PREVIEW: Upcoming chamber music season is exciting, accessible
Chamber music society. It sounds expensive just to belong.Fortunately, it’s not an exclusive club. Just accessible and various music, with many concerts tucked away in places you wouldn’t...
View ArticleSOUNDS AROUND TOWN: blindspot in the spotlight at Boston Local Music Fest
There are going to be 50 half-hour sets of music, performed by 50 different local bands/artists at the kickoff Boston Local Music Festival, taking place on three stages at Boston’s City Hall Plaza...
View ArticleRoslindale's Lowbudget Records pays homage to The Beatles
With the release, almost a decade ago, of “Across Their Universe: Lowbudget Records Does the Songs of The Beatles,” Roslindale-based Lowbudget Records began branching out from their goal of getting...
View ArticleThe Well Pennies back east at Amazing Things Oct. 12
Bryan and Sarah Vanderpool met when they were both on the East Coast – Bryan is from Hopkinton, Sarah moved to the area from Des Moines – crossing paths when performing at different open mikes and...
View ArticleBoston Children’s Chorus sings Newton composer Aline Shader’s songs
“We’re trying to inspire young people both to have a love of music and take that into their everyday lives. But also, through the music, to become agents of social change," says Robbie Jacobs, Boston...
View ArticleCountry women sing out at Boston cancer fundraiser
As the name of the fundraiser – “Country Women for Women’s Cancers” – suggests, there’s going to be a boatload of country music on the stage of the Hard Rock Café in Boston on Nov. 2, with Samantha Rae...
View ArticleSOUNDS: Newton native brings his boogie-woogie to the Lilypad
When Norm Zamcheck was growing up in Newton, he knew pretty early on that his parents expected him to become a doctor or a lawyer. But something got in the way: music. By the time he was 5, he was...
View ArticleSOUNDS AROUND TOWN: Aztec Two-Step brings version 2.0 to TCAN
Aztec-Two-Step, the folkie duo of singer-guitarists Rex Fowler and Neal Shulman, was approaching its 50th year of playing on stages and in recording studios when, earlier this year, Shulman opted for...
View ArticleFoo Fighters, Red Hot Chili Peppers to headline Boston Calling 2020
Foo Fighters and Red Hot Chili Peppers will headline the 2020 Boston Calling Music Festival on Memorial Day weekend, organizers announced.The two massive rock acts will join a lineup with more than 60...
View ArticleSOUNDS: Alice Howe has a homecoming gig at Club Passim
It’s no surprise to anyone who knows her that Alice Howe is in the midst of a fast-rising career in music. The 28-year-old singer-songwriter-guitarist, who performs a solo show at Club Passim in...
View ArticleMusic: With Amplifier Heads, Sal Baglio is still stomping
For bands based right around the Boston area, there's a hot new outfit with some familiar names behind one of the year's best albums. The Amplifier Heads have just released their debut album, "Loudah"...
View ArticleSOUNDS AROUND TOWN: Will Dailey happily shares his songs at The Burren
Will Dailey’s music is all over the place. And that’s a good thing. Born in Malden, raised in Arlington, and having spent time in Andover and Saugus, and currently living by the Newton Corner-Watertown...
View ArticleRenaissance Men to record their Christmas gala concert live in Newton
Renaissance Men (RenMen), New England’s professional male vocal chamber ensemble, stages a live professional album recording at its fifth annual "A Very RenMen Christmas" gala on Wednesday, Dec. 11, 7...
View ArticleSOUNDS AROUND TOWN: Marlborough's Jason Anick fiddles around Boston this month
Violinist Jason Anick has two – count ’em, two – local shows this week, and each will be highlighting very different sides of his musical interests and chops.On Dec. 16, the Marlborough native will be...
View ArticleSOUNDS AROUND TOWN: What Rick Nielsen, Shawn Colvin and Kay Hanley said
Music writer Ed Symkus looked back through his interview notes and recalls some interesting tidbits from some of this year's music interviews.
View ArticleMatt Heaton turns Somerville into Surf City
One of the cool things about going to hear guitarist Matt Heaton in concert is that if you don’t read the small print first, you can’t be quite sure about what you’re going to get. He could be playing...
View ArticleSOUNDS AROUND TOWN: Former 'Freshman' Graham Gaines brings it all to The...
Just off a stint as one of The Four Freshmen, 27-year-old West Roxbury resident Graham Gaines brings a "indie-jazz-electric-singer-songwriter" show to the Lilypad.
View ArticleSOUNDS AROUND TOWN: The Revenants expand bluegrass horizons at Club Passim
The only music that Taylor Armerding can recall hearing around the house when he was growing up in Boston and on the North Shore in the 1950s was classical and sacred, due to his parents’ preferences....
View ArticleClassical musicians finding ways to practice their craft during the pandemic
Life for everyone has been disrupted. For musicians, the practice/rehearse/performance cycle has disappeared, leaving excessive alone time - even in a profession predicated on alone time.“If there ever...
View ArticleBoston Symphony Orchestra announces cost containment measures
In response to the public health crisis over COVID-19, the Boston Symphony Orchestra has recently made a series of announcements about the cancellation of more than 130 events between March 12 and...
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