MUSIC REVIEW: Standout classical CDs of 2018
Selling recordings has never been a strength of classical music. In fact, now it’s not strength of any kind of music. But classical music ensembles have found a way — with limited pressings, direct...
View ArticleMusic: It's a blues bash in Boston with the North Mississippi All Stars
The North Mississippi All Stars don't play in New England nearly enough, it seems, but they certainly make it count when they do. Saturday night's marathon show before about 300 fans at Brighton Music...
View ArticleMile Twelve visits Club Passim with new and traditional bluegrass sounds
There wasn’t any bluegrass spinning around in Evan Murphy’s head when he was growing up in Milton. Nor was he playing guitar, though there was one sitting in a corner, gathering dust.But these days,...
View ArticleYear in review: The best jazz albums of 2018
The physical album as a vehicle for new music is becoming rare, with downloads and online collections taking over, and jazz is often out of the spotlight these days. But there are plenty of dedicated...
View ArticleMusic: 'Gumbo, Grits and Gravy' is a stew of musical styles
Blues is a jumping off point for Guy Davis. He uses it as a basis to explore a variety of sounds and styles. Over his lengthy career, Davis has played all the usual blues venues and festivals, but also...
View ArticleSeth Rosenbloom brings a blast of the blues at the Burren
Blues guitarist Seth Rosenbloom puts the blame squarely on the movie “School of Rock” for getting him interested in both playing guitar and playing blues on guitar, which is what he’ll be doing at the...
View ArticleMUSIC REVIEW: The Revivalists get Boston jumping
New Orleans is known as the musical mecca where musicians and bands gleefully ignore stylistic boundaries and mix genres in unexpected ways. About the only thing you can be sure of is that with any...
View ArticleMusic review: The Revivalists get Boston in the groove
New Orleans is known as the musical mecca where musicians and bands gleefully ignore stylistic boundaries and mix genres in unexpected ways. About the only thing you can be sure of is that with any...
View ArticleCappella Clausura’s entire repertory this season features women composers
They worked in convents. If they showed talent, it was stifled when adulthood approached. “Women wrote to their physical reality,” says Cappella Clausura’s music director Amelia LeClair. “Not being...
View ArticleThe Lights Out Blues Band will shine at Jasper Hill
Gary Bernath has loved the harmonica since, many decades ago, his father gave him one so he could learn how to play “Silent Night” during the Christmas season, and “Red River Valley” the rest of the...
View ArticleMusic: Weekend concerts to benefit musician Mark Cutler
It is a measure of the respect and admiration musicians from all over southeastern New England have for him that when the idea of a salute to Mark Cutler's music came up, more than 20 acts signed on...
View ArticleMusic: Kongos back in spotlight with tour, album
Kongos was the family rock band that epitomized the old show business irony; overnight sensations…after a decade in the music business. Kongos also became that other music business cliche, where they...
View ArticleSOUNDS AROUND TOWN: Framingham's Jason Yeager
It’s been a few years since Framingham native Jason Yeager played at Amazing Things Arts Center, and even longer since, in his high school days, he was the regular Thursday night pianist at Bella Costa...
View ArticleSuper Bowl 2019: Quiz yourself on these halftime shows and musical mishaps
The Los Angeles Rams will take on the New England Patriots on Sunday, Feb. 3 in Super Bowl LIII.MORE: Super Bowl 2019: Kickoff time, who’s playing and how to watchIt's the biggest football event of the...
View ArticleMusic: Amy Black returns to her solo roots in Duxbury show
Amy Black has found an audience all over the world with her last two albums, singing soul and r&b tunes with a crackerjack band, but she's ready for something different, so she's going back to her...
View ArticleSuper Bowl 2019: Gladys Knight delivers flawless national anthem
Apparently it's a thing to place bets on how long the national anthem will last. If you had 118 seconds, you're a winner for Super Bowl 2019 before the game even kicked off.The folks at...
View ArticleSuper Bowl 2019: 5 cringeworthy moments from Maroon 5's halftime show
Sure, Maroon 5 has hits, but that doesn't change the fact that they're almost TOO easy to hate on.Not many expected the band's Super Bowl LIII halftime show to be good (in fact, the best moments from...
View ArticleGet in the mood for Valentine's Day 2019 with this romantic playlist
We swear by the moon and the stars in the sky that we'll be there if you listen to this Valentine's Day playlist we made.Maybe we're amazed by the way you click "play" on this romantic list of songs.We...
View ArticleYo-Yo Ma, Renee Fleming among artists at new Tanglewood Learning Institute
During a pre-opening tour last summer of the Linde Center for Music and Learning, Boston Symphony Orchestra Managing Director Mark Volpe said the center would be transform Tanglewood, the symphony's...
View ArticleMusic: South Shore blues-rockers have music in their souls
No doubt there will be another big welcome home for Soul Box at The Next Page Cafe in Weymouth tonight, as the South Shore blues-rockers continue to bask in the plaudits of their semi-final performance...
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