Fiddler Mark O'Connor (right) takes the stage at Berklee College of Music on Thursday night to kick off a new American Roots Music Program intended to help students connect contemporary styles in jazz and rock - Berklee's bread and butter - to their musical heritage. [...]
Big news! Details have been announced for the Joe Val Bluegrass Festival to be held February 12 – 14 in Framingham, Massachusetts.
This premier bluegrass music festival commemorates the legacy of Joe Val -who is arguably one of the finest bluegrass musicians to emerge from New England. [...]
Folk singer Liam Clancy, the last surviving member of the renowned Irish group The Clancy Brothers, has died at 74 in County Cork.
The Celebrity Series presented Liam Clancy as a member of The Clancy Brothers in [...]Contrary to popular believe I do enjoy meeting people and talking to them. I don’t mind chatting up people on the plane and sharing some small talk. However when someone sits next to me with no book, no music, and no desire to watch anything on the in-flight entertainment I [...]
How has technology changed the relationship between musicians and their fans? While major record labels still struggle to grasp the power of the MP3, artists, including Of Montreal’s Kevin Barnes, have embraced and even found creative solutions around file-sharing.
We just stumbled upon this site and thought we’d share a link – Check out the New England Folk Music Archives
The site describes itself as follows:
The New England Folk Music Archives preserves, promotes and documents the ongoing cultural legacy of folk music and its connections to New England through [...]
Mark Morris talks about dance, rehearsal, and choreography in this video from 2007. The clip includes footage of Mark Morris Dance Group rehearsing Mozart Dances.
Mozart Dances (oh by the way) makes its Boston (and Celebrity Series of Boston) debut with the Mark Morris Dance Group (naturally), the Orchestra [...]
An open letter from Tim Rowell – please join the Goodtime Stringband in supporting this event! We weren’t invited to perform, but Andy did had a hand in designing the event’s poster/flyer with Robin Lyness of Namaste Design.
Dear Friends,
On November 14th our music school, Minuteman Music, was [...]
Time is short this morning - jury duty continues - so I'm simply going to give you the press release direct from the Boston Symphony Orchestra with all the plans for next summer's Tanglewood season, including the return of Seiji Ozawa, the jazz fest [...]
You know what? I just realized that I've never been to the ballet. I've been to musicals, plays, operas, the symphony. Just about everything you could think of. But I've never been to the ballet. I was just reminded of that when I got this' [...]
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