Virginia-based pianists Harold Bailey and Brian Bratton team up for Expressions, a double-feature program of classical and contemporary works. An American classical pianist and composer, Bailey began his career at age 16, and has performed at Carnegie Hall and improvised with the late Chick Corea. Filipino-American composer-pianist Bratton found a new lease on life through […]
Virginia-based pianists Harold Bailey and Brian Bratton team up for Expressions, a double-feature program of classical and contemporary works. An American classical pianist and composer, Bailey began his career at age 16, and has performed at Carnegie Hall and improvised with the late Chick Corea. Filipino-American composer-pianist Bratton found a new lease on life through […]
Percussionist and composer Tom Teasley enchants the ears during a cross-cultural musical exploration. Teasley’s two-day residency kicks off with an ensemble performance featuring classical Thai dancer Suteera Nagavajara and eclectic instruments, including the kanjira and bansuri. Then, in collaboration with PVCC students, Teasley live scores two silent comedy classics: Charlie Chaplin’s The Adventurer and Buster […]
Violin virtuoso Augustin Hadelich and prolific pianist Orion Weiss open the 75th season of the Tuesday Evening Concert Series with a varied program of classic and contemporary works. The duo play off each other in modern movements like the minimal Road Movies by American composer John Adams, and the delicate Romance Op. 23 by Amy […]
Embrace your inner punk and ship out for a night of headbangin’ tunes with Dropkick Murphys. The Boston rock ‘n’ roll outfit has been steadily building its discography since 1996, with chantable songs like “Rose Tattoo,” “The State of Massachusetts,” and “I’m Shipping Up to Boston.” Its recent records, This Machine Still Kills Fascists and […]
Three Notch’d Road opens its 13th season with Genius of Bach, a program celebrating two masterworks by the great German composer. The baroque ensemble is joined by cellist René Schiffer for the Goldberg Variations arranged for strings and the fifth Brandenburg Concerto. Also performing are David Ross on baroque flute, Fiona Hughes on baroque violin, […]
Blues guitarist Kenny Wayne Shepherd made his first hit record when he was only 16 years old. Now, almost 30 years later, the child phenom is relishing the past while looking toward the future. Shepherd completed an exhaustive tour promoting the 25th anniversary re-release of his breakout album Trouble Is… in May. He’s back on […]
Joy Oladokun documents her life in songs. Her new record, Proof of Life, takes stock of her journey thus far, from examining her experiences as a proud queer Black person, to celebrating the simple pleasures of being alive. “My lyricism is very open, and I’m able to dip my toes into genres and styles I’ve […]
It’s your last chance to dance with the 180 Band. Following a 25-year career, the local seven-piece is retiring with 400 gigs under its guitar strap. Grab a bite from Mexican Tacos and Sliced Cake Bar food trucks, then groove to three sets of dance and rock ‘n’ roll covers from the ’60s through today. […]
Modern beats meet classical virtuosity in Black Violin, a hip-hop duo from Fort Lauderdale. Classically trained musicians Wil Baptiste and Kev Marcus met in high school, and got their start covering hip-hop songs on their violins in local clubs. The act has since worked with a variety of names, from Kanye West to Tom Petty, […]
With imaginative compositions and an eye for eclectic experimentation, guitarist and vocalist Corey Harris has his own vision of the blues. Drawing on his origins as a New Orleans street singer and his travels through the South and Cameroon, Harris takes the traditional blues formula to the next level with influences from reggae, soul, rock, […]