With 'Glass Works' BMOP celebrates Philip Glass' 80th birthday
Prolific, engaged in every genre, and restlessly exploring ideas and collaborations - that’s composer Philip Glass. Choosing one concert’s worth of music to celebrate his 80th birthday was no easy...
View ArticleSOUNDS AROUND TOWN: X-Man John Doe goes solo at Club Passim
Well before John Doe joined forces with Exene Cervenka to form the LA punk band X in 1977, he lived in Baltimore, listened to folk, pop, country and soul music on the radio, and played bass in a rock...
View ArticleCereal numbers: Her first cello was made from a Rice Krispies box
Alisa Weilerstein’s connection with her instrument of choice – the cello – is so innate and exceptional that it borders on mystical.At age 2, sick with the itchy rash of the chicken pox, she played...
View ArticleColin Hay goes the solo route at the Wilbur March 17
It’s been more than three decades since the Australian band Men at Work hit its heights in America, with constant radio play, number one status “Who Can It Be Now” and “Down Under,” and the...
View ArticleMOVIE REVIEW: 'Fate of the Furious' one of the best of the bunch
So long after “The Fast and the Furious” started it all in 2001, we're here more for the car chases and gunfire and explosions and one-liners and camaraderie and the subject all of the films keep...
View ArticleMUSIC REVIEW: Peter Wolf and the Midnight Travelers
"There’s a New Orleans tradition," Peter Wolf was saying after his second song Saturday night before a capacity crowd of 280 at the Narrows Center, "when someone dies, you grieve and you mourn. But...
View ArticleThe remarkable Kristin Chenoweth sings in Boston, and on TV, April 30
Kristin Chenoweth has advice for anyone trying to decide between seeing her in concert at Boston’s Symphony Hall on April 30, or staying home to watch her new television series, “American Gods,” which...
View ArticleTake a 'Trip to Walden Pond' at Club Passim
Let’s get the name pronunciation out of the way, then go into the music: Hanneke Cassel. The first bame is much like the Jewish holiday celebrated in December; the last is exactly like the building a...
View Article'Glee' star Lea Michele sings from her newest album at the Shubert May 3
Two years after wrapping a six-season run on “Glee” as Rachel Berry, the star of the fictional William McKinley High School show choir, actress and singer Lea Michele sings in Boston to promote her...
View ArticleLEAPIN’ LIZARDS! Franklin girls star in musical 'Annie'
FRANKLIN – It’s the “hard-knock life” for two young Franklin sisters who are on the road with the national tour of “Annie the Musical” – and they’re loving every minute of it.Amanda Wylie, 12, and her...
View ArticleQueen Latifah makes her debut with Boston Pops May 10-11
To call Queen Latifah the proverbial show business triple threat would be to underestimate her.A genre-crossing, Grammy Award-winning recording artist, Academy Award-nominated movie star and...
View ArticleLaura Vecchione sings cool songs for a good cause at TCAN
When singer-songwriter Laura Vecchione and her band take the stage at The Center for Arts in Natick (TCAN) on May 13, she’ll have two big reasons to celebrate: It’s the official release gig for her...
View ArticleFolk veteran Catie Curtis to perform in Franklin
They'll appear May 6 at the Circle of Friends Coffeehouse.
View ArticleThe 411 on Boston Calling
Boston Calling musical and comedy festival makes a move to Harvard May 26-28.
View ArticleJames Burton prepares to lead the Tanglewood Festival Chorus
Conducting the Tanglewood Festival Chorus appears to be a satisfying and rewarding job – the last guy who held the position was there for 45 years.He was the beloved John Oliver, who founded the...
View ArticleIt’s time to light up the Campfire
Another Memorial Day weekend ... another Campfire at Club Passim. The annual event has been around for almost two decades, and continues to be one of the most popular offerings at the Cambridge...
View ArticleIt's certainly a thrill: 50 years since 'Sgt. Pepper's'
Let’s play a game of pretend. It is not 2017. It is 1967. June 2, 1967. I’m holding in my hands the brand-new Beatles album “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.” I can’t even slit it open. I’m too...
View ArticleFramingham actress lands dream role in 'Mamma Mia!'
Performer Chloe Kounadis has no trouble remembering how she first got the show business bug.“My mom used to sing the ‘Funny Girl’ soundtrack to me when I was just a baby. When everyone else was hearing...
View Article‘Hamilton's’ Leslie Odom Jr. brings fireworks to the Pops June 6-7, and July...
Leslie Odom Jr., is on a roll.Last year, the performer won both a Tony and a Grammy for the Broadway blockbuster “Hamilton: An American Musical,” in which he originated the role of Aaron Burr.And this...
View ArticleA musical family: Falmouth church group welcomes all
On the first and third Thursday evening of every month, Ben Carnevale sets out coffee, cookies, and chairs in the hall at the First Congregational Church for his coffeehouse/song circle/jam session,...
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