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Celebrating the Cowboy Junkies
Music has a way of burrowing into my psyche. I don’t know if everyone is wired this way or whether it’s my own peculiar emotional telemetry. I wanted to celebrate the Cowboy Junkies and to me that means celebrating their landmark album, The Trinity Sessions. Nearly 53 minutes of musical bliss was recorded in the Church of the Holy Trinity in Toronto using a single mic back in 1987. The result is…
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#Alan Ashton#Canada#Cowboy Junkies#Margo Timmins#Michael Timmins#Peter Timmins#Rockport#Shalin Liu Performance Center
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A Quick Nod to Lonnie Donegan
There are some changes happening at my blog. I started this blog way back in the mid aughts—just about twenty years ago. A lot has changed in my life since that time but there’s one constant: music appreciation. My passion for supporting independent musicians and live music remains steadfast.
I started my life as a devoted music fan around age 6. I don’t have many recollections of being…
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Quick Q and A with Conor Ryan Hennessy
Quick Q and A with Conor Ryan Hennessy
Imagine my surprise when I got notice of this year’s New Folk at the Kerrville Folk Festival (a legendary fest that has a distinct position among all festivals in that it’s an 18-day event and many folks stay for the duration. A lot of stellar songwriters set up camp on the festival site and collaborate with others throughout the fest. This year one of the…
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#Beatles Simon and Garfunkel#Blaze Foley#Clancy Brothers#Conor Ryan Hennessy#Gulu Gulu Cafe#James Taylor#Kerrville Folk Festival#Kervville New Folk#Mississippi John Hurt#Ronnie Drew#roots#Salem#songwriter#The Dubliners#The Pogues#Townes van Zandt#Woody Guthrie
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Basics about "Back to Bach" -- Eudaimonia performance on Friday, May 12
Music fans come in all shapes and sizes and also come with a wide range of experience and knowledge. Fans of popular music may never have made a connection between Bach and the Beatles, but if you connect the musical dots (or notes!), you’ll see how much of an influence the masterful genius of Bach has been used by Paul McCartney on his beloved song “Blackbird.” You’d probably not be surprised to…
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#Bach#baroque music#Beatles#Boston#Cambridge#Dave Brubeck#Eudaimonia#Harvard Square#jazz#Longy School of Music#Paul Simon#pop music
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Getting to Know Shelter Music Boston
There’s something very magical that occurs when musicians use their talents to inspire, soothe, and help heal audiences with their music. The spirit of giving to one’s community and being present for those who could use some peace and solace to forget their troubles is most admirable.
Adrian Anantawan is the Artistic Director of Shelter Music Boston and he is a force to be reckoned with for his…
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#Adrian Anantawan#Anne-Sophie Mutter#benefit#disabilities#homeless#Itzhak Perlman#Julie Leven#mental health#Pinchas Zukeman#Shelter Music Boston
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Quick Q and A with Julia McKenzie
Quick Q and A with Julia McKenzie
Julia McKenzie is the co-director of Eudaimonia, a purposeful period band from the greater Boston area. As her bio on the group’s website details, Julia is a most versatile musician and tastemaker in the Boston music scene. Notable associations are with the Handel and Hayden Society and Boston Baroque. One of her passions is taking part in Eudaimonia performances that are directly involved with…
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#chamber music#classical music#Eudaimonia#Julia McKenzie#Julie Leven#Maynard MA#Shelter Music Boston#Vivian Montgomery
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Getting to Know Tunefoolery
Getting to Know Tunefoolery
Tunefoolery is a true gem of an organization located in Boston, Massachusetts. Musicians have reaped its benefits of trusted guidance and support as well as camaraderie and community since the doors opened over 25 years ago. It has given musicians a place to come and be among other musicians who are recovering from mental health issues that have affected their lives and sometimes even their…
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Catch the amazing Grace Morrison at the Spire Center in Plymouth, MA on November 3 at 7:30 pm. Grace is an award-wnning songwriter and is definitely going places. Get to see her while you can!
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Getting to Know Improbable Beasts
Getting to Know Improbable Beasts
How can one not gravitate to the name of a band called Improbable Beasts? Improbable Beasts is a Boston-based professional bass clarinet ensemble –15 members strong — dedicated to bringing the deeply expressive power of multiple bass clarinets before a broad audience. Their repertoire ranges from Renaissance choral music to brand-new compositions to klezmer tunes and holiday songs. Their mission…
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#Adolphe Sax#bass clarinet#ClarinetFest#classical music#Cornelius Boots#Edmund Welles#ensembles#Eudaimonia#Hildegard von Bingen#Improbable Beasts#Jonathan Russell#Mahler#Marc Mellits#Shostakovich#Sqqonk#Tchaikovsky#Tunefoolery#Vivian Montgomery
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Getting to Know Eudaimonia
Getting to Know Eudaimonia
If you had asked me what the word “Eudaimonia” means a while ago, I would have shrugged my shoulders and asked for an explanation. Life is funny though. I was asked Vivian Montgomery, the leader of Eudaimonia, to help them with some publicity for an upcoming concert in November so that led me to the dictionary to see what this mysterious word meant. As it turns out, it’s a wonderful word from the…
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Quick Picks #2 Joan Shelley, Alan Williams, and Bella White
Quick Picks #2 Joan Shelley, Alan Williams, and Bella White
Joan Shelley “The Spur”
Photo by Amber Thieneman
Joan Shelley hails from Kentucky and there’s something very rural and very real about her sound. Her musical influences range from the traditional music of the United Kingdom to the familiar names from the world of country music like Tom T. Hall, Dolly Parton, and Roger Miller. My own personal take: Joan Shelley is Gillian Welch meets Sandy…
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#Alan Wlliams#Allan Holdsworth#Appalachian music#Bella White#Brian Wilson#Calgary#Dolly Parton#Gillian Welch#Jimmy Johnson#Joan Shelley#Joni Mitchell#Kentucky#King Sunny Ade#Led Zeppelin#Nashville#Neil Finn#Paul Jackson Jr.#Pink Floyd#Roger Miller#Roxy Music#Sandy Denny#Steely Dan#The Cars#Tom T. Hall
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Meet Natalia Zukerman
Natalia Zukerman is one of fourteen acts to appear at the 2022 Falcon Ridge Folk Festival Thursday Night Music Stage.
I can’t recall the first time I heard Natalia Zukerman but I can tell you that I was riveted. She has exceptional command of her guitar and her lyrical rootsy voice is captivating. The New Yorker rightly described her: “Natalia’s voice could send an orchid into bloom while her…
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Meet Erin Ash Sullivan
Meet Erin Ash Sullivan
Erin Ash Sullivan is one of fourteen acts to appear at the 2022 Falcon Ridge Folk Festival Thursday Night Music Stage.
It’s only been a short time that I’ve known Erin and her music. She contacted me and asked if I could interview her for this blog. I agreed that I’d listen to her music and see if my journalistic muse prompted me to ask some questions. And, boy, I hit the jackpot when I sat down…
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Meet Annie Sumi
Annie Sumi (with Travis Knapp) is one of fourteen acts to appear at the 2022 Falcon Ridge Folk Festival Thursday Night Music Stage.
Thank you to a friend who suggested that I ask Annie Sumi to play on the Thursday Night Music Stage. I had totally forgotten that Annie and her musical partner, Travis Knapp, were living in New York State and might be interested in a trek over to Connecticut to play…
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Meet Grace Morrison
Grace Morrison is one of fourteen acts to appear at the 2022 Falcon Ridge Folk Festival Thursday Night Music Stage.
Take a little bit of folk music, add a heaping of country, toss in some Americana, and top it off with a whole lot of honesty and authencity and you’ve got Grace Morrison. As someone who has watched from the sidelines for quite a few years, I’d also have to add that this talented…
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#Austin#Connecticut#Falcon Riddge Folk Festiival#Goshen#Grace Morrison#Joan Osborne#Lisa Loeb#Lori McKenna#Natalie Merchant#New Bedford#Walt Wilkins
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Meet Crys Matthews
Crys Matthews is one of fourteen acts to appear at the 2022 Falcon Ridge Folk Festival Thursday Night Music Stage.
Crys Matthews is one of the most exciting songwriters to hit the music scene in some time. The songs that Crys writes and delivers to us are powerful tools to remind us all that change is possible and that we are not invisible. Her song “Changemakers” was named the International…
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#Connecticut#Crys Matthews#Falcon Ridge Folk Festival#Goshen#International Folk Music Award#protest music#social change#social justice#Woody Guthrie
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Meet Peter Lehndorff
Peter Lehndorff is one of fourteen acts to appear at the 2022 Falcon Ridge Folk Festival Thursday Night Music Stage.
Peter Lehndorff is an integral member of the western Massachusetts music community. He is also a familiar face having volunteered for many years at Falcon Ridge Folk Festival. It’s high time to celebrate his presence among us and to simultaneously rejoice upon the release of his…
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#Chris Haynes#Dave Chalfant#Jim Henry#JJ O&039;Connell#Joel Tepp#Lisa Bastoni#Lorne Entress#Open mics#Paul Kochanski#Peter Lehndorff#Sue Hill#Tracy Grammer#Vanilla Bean#Western Massachusetts Music
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