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Rvahub.com - After Hours concert series set to return to innsbrook in 2025 under new "Tribute Thursdays" name Boston Globe - At Passim, an 80th birthday bash and tribute to Chris Smither WBUR - Tom Paxton is gearing up for his final public performances CBS News - Exhibit showcases Boston's storied folk music history The Boston Music Intelligencer - Don’t Tell Anyone About “Secret Byrd” GBH, The Culture Show - BACHtoberfest, Van Leeuwen, and Be the Change Worcester Telegram & Gazette - Music Worcester's The Complete Bach project gets underway with the first BACHtoberfest Patriot Ledger - Grammy-winning Americana performer Pam Tillis playing locally Worcester Telegram & Gazette - Cellist Zlatomir Fung returns to Music Worcester and Mechanics Hall for The Complete Bach Worcester Mag - Loving the alien: Hudson pop culture purveyor Gary Sohmers does it again with 'Beasties' Boston Globe - Sol y Canto celebrates 30 years as Boston’s ambassadors of Latin folk with a party and new album Telegram - Worcester County Wonders: Summer isn't quite over for Webster's Nashville of the North Beachfront concert venue continues to rock on, 78 years later Boston Globe - His Passim project: Through portraits, Barry Schneier tells folk history with ‘The Song Is Still Being Written’ Cambridge Day - The 26th year of holiday festival at Club Passim keeps bringing new folk voices to the Campfire Boston Herald - We Make Noise fest brings beats & more to Boston Telegram - Legendary rock band Little Feat brings Can't be Satisfied tour to Indian Ranch in Webster Worcester Magazine - The road takes Grace Potter to Indian Ranch to 'share the love' Bay State Banner - Blues artist Ruthie Foster is ready to share ‘the details behind the truth’ Worcester Magazine - 'Man, they came to party': Yachtley Crew sails back to Indian Ranch with more yacht rock Worcester Magazine - Elle King promises a royal show at Indian Ranch Bay State Banner - Queer as folk: Club Passim presents its inaugural Pride celebration Worcester Mag - Brad Mastrangelo brings street-smart humor to Samuel Slater’s in Webster Boston Globe - A warmer food and wine fest, a bacon tour, and new dog travel gear GBH - Bermuda Search Party appearance for Town and The City Festival Vanyaland - Paul F. Tompkins’ ‘Varietopia’ unleashes his comedic talents all at once GBH - Rufus Wainwright will 'play for the village' at City Winery Bay State Banner - Composer Daniel Bernard Roumain collaborates with community orgs. to highlight diversity in classical music Boston Globe - ‘Like playing in someone’s backyard’: Lowell’s annual The Town and the City Festival has a special feel. Boston Herald - Martin Barre gives Tull catalog a fresh take on tour Worcester Telegram & Gazette - Bach to Bach — Music Worcester will present 132 concerts over 11 years Boston Globe - Who’s the region’s funniest firefighter? Six hopefuls are warming up their acts. Boston Globe - Nick Morse paints outside the lines — creating signature pieces Plymouth Independent - Downtown wouldn’t be what it is without The Spire The Bay State Banner - ‘Poetry vs. Hip-Hop’: a duel of words at City Winery Worcester Magazine - Comedian Will Noonan returns to Samuel Slater’s in Webster to headline night of comedy Ludwig Van - Kora Virtuoso And Composer Sona Jobarteh On Modernizing Gambian Music WBUR - A new Gloucester music venue opens with a celebration of Willie Alexander Boston Globe - Robert Glasper is jazz’s on-the-go innovator WBUR - A music festival at Club Passim reclaims folk music's Black roots Boston Globe - At BCMFest, a celebration of Celtic music with few boundaries Boston Globe - Artistic director Jonathan Cohen picks up the banner for H+H’s annual ‘Messiah’ WGBH.com -New Music Venue The Cut Comes to Gloucester Patriot Ledger - Joe Merrick, formerly of Marshfield, set to headline The Spire Center Boston Globe - At Passim, 25 years ’round the Campfire Boston Globe - Waterfront art and live jams from dozens of local artists Worcester Magazine - All-star comedy night will benefit foundation in honor of Enmanuel 'Manny' Familia Boston Globe - ‘I’ve always wanted to bring people together,’ says Handel and Haydn Society’s new director Rue Morgue - EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: SPENCER CHARNAS OF ICE NINE KILLS DISCUSSES THE SILVER SCREAM CON, NEW BOOK AND MORE Boston Globe - Photographer Danny Clinch, on learning his craft in Boston when the ‘music scene was awesome,’ and clicking with Bruce Springsteen Worcester Magazine - Ice Nine Kills singer offers wicked good time at Silver Scream Con in Danvers WBJ - Q&A: A 77-year-old live music legacy at the Nashville of the North Bay State Banner - Handel and Haydn selects inaugural Stone Fellows Boston Globe - Music Worcester is having a jazzy weekend with 2 extraordinary, and very different musicians Grateful Web - Ripe To Headline 92.5 The River’s 21St Annual Free Riverfest at Salisbury Beach Boston Herald - Get ready for a revolutionary musical lineup as WasFest hits Boston Arts Fuse - Festival Preview: WasFest — Nothing If Not Multifarious WCVB - 5 for Good: Volunteer orchestra raises funds for health causes, STEM education Bay State Banner - Jazz great Kamasi Washington back in town GBH News - Bearnaked Ladies Founder Steven Page on GBH's Boston Public Radio Telegram & Gazette - MUSIC A globe- and genre-spanning season: Music Worcester announces its 165th concert series Worcester Magazine - Artists at home on the ranch as Indian Ranch gets ready for summer concerts Boston Globe - Lowell’s the Town and The City Festival returns with a packed lineup Boston Globe - Nashua gets a new performing arts center after decades of planning Boston Globe - After more than 30 years, Central Square’s Dance Complex still has the moves Bizjournals - A former Nashua shoe store is New England's latest concert venue Filmmaker/actor Roger Kabler was on 'GBH's "Boston Public Radio" with Jim Braude and Jared Bowen talking about his film BEING ROBIN. Patch - 'Being Robin' Brings Spirit Of Comic Legend To Beverly's Cabot Theater Bay State Banner - BLKBOK brings neo-classical piano to City Winery Broadway World - The Dance Complex Launches BLOOM RESIDENCY And PLATFORM-RAISING PROGRAM With Performances Forward - He captured a side of Bob Dylan that hadn’t been seen before Boston Globe - Refurbished church provides performance space for soloists and bands WBUR - New Bob Dylan photo exhibit provides a candid look into a critical point in the artist's career Vanyaland - Fest Intentions: The Town and The City Festival in Lowell, Massachusetts Boston Globe - Mumford & Sons, Bon Iver, and Leon Bridges set to headline Beach Road Weekend Pollstar - Beach Road Weekend At Martha’s Vineyard Topped By Mumford & Sons, Bon Iver, Leon Bridges Consequence Sound - Beach Road Weekend 2023: Mumford & Sons, Bon Iver, and Leon Bridges Heading to Martha’s Vinyard Vanyaland - Fest Intentions: Beach Road Weekend on Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts Boston Globe - Fifty-plus photos of Bob Dylan, from the year everything changed The Patriot Ledger - Milton's Chadwick Stokes & the Pintos head to House of Blues for Calling All Crows benefit Boston Globe Features Ice Nine Kills' Spencer Charnas METR Mag - "BEFORE, DURING AND AFTER (WORKING WITH WILLIAM FORSYTHE)" - TONY RIZZI - DANCE COMPLEX AT CANAL DISTRICT KENDALL (BOSTON, MA.) venuesnow - FERRY DIFFICULT: BEACH ROAD WEEKEND BRINGS MAJOR FEST TO MARTHA’S ISLAND MassNonProfit-It Started with Britney The Boston Globe - A New Hall of Fame at the Wang Brings Boston’s Musical History Into View WGBH - Block party brings Cambridge together through movement as The Dance Complex celebrates 30 years The Boston Globe - PUTTING SOME LIFE INTO IT Boston.com - Get scared stiff at the first Silver Scream Con Bloody Disgusting - EDITORIALS Silver Scream Con – First Horror Convention from Ice Nine Kills Slays Out of the Gate [Event Recap] Lowell Sun - City leaders, public celebrate past – and future – of Lowell Memorial Auditorium Glide Magazine - Jason Isbell, Beck, The Avett Brothers, Shovels & Rope Lead Martha’s Vineyard’s Beach Road Weekend Festival (FESTIVAL RECAP/PHOTOS) Venues Now - LOWELL AUDITORIUM MARKS CENTENNIAL METRMAG - COME TOGETHER - A NIGHT OF BEATLES MAGIC, MYSTERY & HISTORY Boston.com - Howl with local legend Peter Wolf in Beverly Boston.com - Take in all sorts of traditions at the Lowell Folk Festival MV Times - Wired for sound The Loft hosts national and local musicians all summer long Worcester Magazine - Seems like old times, with some new, this summer at Indian Ranch as 'season is looking great' Boston.com - Take a look at and listen to Armenia at an Arlington photographer’s striking multimedia show The Huntington News - Club Passim stays performance ready MV Times - Beach Road approved for three years Spectrum News: Webster's Samuel Slater Experience announces March 4 grand opening Boston Globe - With Omicron surging, Passim’s annual Boston Celtic Music Festival goes virtual Boston Globe- After some of the darkest days of Gregory Porter’s life, music lights the way The Providence Journal- 'A godsend': Nearly silenced by pandemic, local musicians are backed up by relief fund Boston Globe- Václav Luks’s bold Handel and Haydn debut at Symphony Hall Boston Irish- Still in a virtual format, BCMFest staging its 19th annual run Jan. 13-16 Bay State Banner- All rise for the gospel king The Maine Edge - Vital signs: The struggle for professional musicians nearly two years after Covid Grateful Web- CAMBRIDGE, MA BASED PASSIM AWARDS $40,000 IN 2021 IGUANA MUSIC FUND GRANTS TO NEW ENGLAND BASED MUSICIANS WGBH- Wu's vaccine mandate gets mixed reaction from local businesses METRMAG SPOTLIGHT ON: Mass Nonprofit News - Handel and Haydn Society Gets $10M Donation, Its Largest Ever Boston Globe- Harry Christophers on Portugal, his diary, and ‘the opportunity to read loads of books’ Haute Living-Harry Christophers Returns To Symphony Hall For His 13th And Final Season With Handel and Haydn Society Boston Herald-Boston Int’l Kids Film Fest spotlights work of young moviemakers Boston Globe- ‘It tests our emotions’: The wonder of ‘Messiah’ returns to Boston Boston Globe- Handel and Haydn proves French composer Louise Farrenc deserves a wider audience Bay State Banner-Black composers featured in H+H season opener New York Times-Louise Farrenc, 19th-Century Composer, Surges Back Into Sound Boston Globe-Handel and Haydn Society returns to Symphony Hall with a fresh ‘Four Seasons’ Boston Globe-Jason Isbell on songcraft, Scorsese, and staying safe Metro West Daily News-Boch Center offers rapid COVID-19 testing before Saturday's performances at Wang, Shubert The Patriot Ledger-Nashville songwriter Jason Isbell plays to sellout crowd at Boston's Wang Center Boston Globe- Boch Center to offer free rapid COVID tests for kids 12 and younger Rock 92.9- INTERVIEW: Comedian Dane Cook Checks In With Adam 12 METRMAG - Celebrity Access-The Live Music Society Names Cat Henry As Executive Director The Maine Edge- Live Music Society set to issue grants to small music venues MV Times - Loft-y Goals (MV Summer Concert Series, Beach Road Weekend) Boston Globe - Handel and Haydn Society returns to live performances for Harry Christophers’s final season (Handel and Haydn) Boston Globe - An accordion, a fiddle, and a world of possibilities (NEMRF) WCVB Chronicle - FC Academy is inspiring and teaching students the ropes of filmmaking (FC Academy) Grateful Web - Indian Ranch in Webster, MA to Celebrate its 75th Anniversary (Indian Ranch) Boston Herald - Work of slavery-era composer gets new life from Handel and Haydn Society (Handel and Haydn) Boston Globe - The Wang stage isn’t too big for 9-year-old Louie Phipps (Boch Center) NECN - Turning The Music Back on: Supporting Our Local Musicians (NEMRF) Boston Globe - Once, Boston was ‘a special place’ where musicians thrived (NEMRF) CBS Boston - ‘I Can Spread Joy’: 9-Year-Old Ukulele Player Louis Phipps Performs At Wang Theatre (Boch Center) WMTW TV - Relief fund aims to raise $500K for struggling musicians in Maine, New England (NEMRF) CBS Boston - Grammy Awards: Stoughton Songwriter Lori McKenna Nominated For Best Country Song (Lori McKenna) Metrowest Daily News - Sounds Around Town: Kaiti Jones to livestream her album release show from Club Passim (Passim) World Music Central - Club Passim to present Streaming Global Roots Series (Passim) Jewish Journal - Gloucester violinist helps keep the sound of Yiddish music alive (Passim) The Arts Fuse - Music Feature: Two Musicians on Dealing with the Pandemic –Jennifer Slowik and Yahuba Torres (NEMRF) Boston Globe - The crisis continues for region’s sidelined freelance musicians (NEMRF) The Bay State Banner - Anthony Trecek-King named new resident conductor of H+H Chorus (Handel and Haydn) Vanyaland - This Stream Is Tonight: VT Sounds, A Bash to Bring Back Vermont Music (NEMRF) The Maine Edge - The New England Musician’s Relief Fund: A lifeline for musicians in need (NEMRF) Boston Globe - Passim sends grants totaling $40,000 to 24 project-minded musicians (Passim) WBUR - Passim's 18th Boston Celtic Music Fest Goes Virtual (Passim) WCVB - 5 for Good: Boston theater industry helps secure financial lifeline (Boch Center) Boston Globe - Local music and art, a grill for outdoor adventures, and new Belize beach bungalows to dream about (Club Passim) Wicked Local - Cappella Clausura releases video of ‘Magnificat’ performance (Cappella Clausura) Cambridge Day - Passim releases its Iguana Music Fund grants, adapted to coronavirus’ effects on performers (Passim) Patch - Newton Musicians, Dancers To All: 'Let There Be Peace on Earth' (New Phil) Broadway World - VIDEO: New Philharmonia Orchestra & Boston Ballet School Collaborate for Performance of 'Let There Be Peace on Earth' (New Phil) Boston Globe - Catch these online classical concerts before year’s end (Handel and Haydn) Cambridge Day - Passim board elects Bartlett as its next chair, honoring outgoing Potts with grant for artists (Passim) Boston Herald - Hallelujah! You can still catch the ‘Messiah’ this season (Handel and Haydn) Rock 92.9 - Get Into the Spirit and Support a Great Cause with Chadwick Stokes on Saturday (Calling All Crows) Boston Globe - A ‘Messiah’ to count on! Handel and Haydn Society keeps its tradition going for 167 years (Handel and Haydn) Burlington Free Press - 'We're struggling': Vermonters help raise funds for out-of-work musicians (NEMRF) Metrowest Daily News - Sounds Around Town: Rock 'n' roll is here to stay in Ron Pownall's photos at the Wang (Boch Center) WGBH - In It Together 11/24/2020 (New England Musicians Relief Fund) WAMC - Musicians Relief Fund Hopes To Support Struggling Artists During Pandemic – And Beyond (New England Musicians Relief Fund) Post and Courier - Live Review/Photos: First big, COVID-adjusted concert at Columbia Speedway (Cola Concerts) WBZ News - To Do List: Holiday Lights, Kids Film Festival, Thanksgiving To-Go (BIKFF) The Boston Globe - Eighth annual Kids Film fest screens dozens of films from more than 17 countries (BIKFF) The Post and Courier - How COVID-adjusted concerts featuring Jason Isbell, Shovels & Rope are coming to Columbia (Cola Concerts) Greenfield Recorder - Some ‘Magical’ times during COVID-19 (BIKFF) WBUR - Sheltering At Home, Families Get Creative With Entries For Boston International Kids Film Festival (BIKFF) WCVB - Fund aims to help local musicians struggling without gigs due to pandemic (NEMRF) WGBH - Open Studio with Jared Bowen (BIKFF) The Crimson - Portrait of an Artist: Guy Fishman, The Guy Who Brought Baroque Back (Handel and Haydn) Venues Now - Boston's Boch Center Rocks On (Boch Center) Celebrity Access -New England Musicians Relief Fund Launches A Holiday Fund-Raising Campaign (NEMRF) Boston Globe - Doc Talk: The Kids Are All Right (BIKFF) West Metro News - Historic Columbia Speedway taking shape for Cola Concerts venue (Cola Concerts) Boston Globe - Grant helps Passim plan for life after COVID (Club Passim) Cambridge Day - Club Passim is one of 20 venues nationwide awarded grant by new live music nonprofit (Club Passim) Cape Cod Times - Concert promoter hopes to expand on success at Yarmouth drive-in (Yarmouth Drive-in) Orlando Weekly - 'Live! at the Bandshell' to bring music and comedy to Daytona's Oceanfront Park (Live! at the Bandshell) WBUR - 'No Matter The Distance, We Can Sing Together': New Voices Children Choir Collaborates With Colombian Group (Handel and Haydn) WBUR - City Scenes: How Boston's LGBTQ+ Musicians Are Making Space For Each Other (Club Passim) Pollstar - Newly Formed Cola Concerts To Present 3,500-capacity Outdoor Shows At Columbia Speedway (Cola Concerts) Pollstar - The Drive-In Concert Evolution: Tours, Bands And Pods As The Business Parks And Revs Up (Yarmouth Drive-in) The Boston Globe - Amanda Forsythe on recovering her voice after COVID-19: ‘Everything sounds normal’ (Handel and Haydn) Top Shelf Music Mag - Calling All Crows presents 2nd Unlocked Voices livestream fundraiser (Unlocked Voices) Vanyaland - This Stream is Tonight: Unlocked Voices rallies against mass incarceration (Unlocked Voices) Bay State Banner - Take a virtual stroll with the Beacon Hill Art Walk (Beacon Hill Art Walk) Tufts Daily - Weekender: Handel and Haydn Society opts to hold virtual concerts (Handel & Haydn) Cape Cod Times - Lone Bellow’s musical experiments include Yarmouth drive-in stop (Yarmouth Drive-in) Live Music News and Review - Yarmouth Drive-In Keeping Live Music Live (Yarmouth Drive-in) Cambridge Day - Q&A: Club Passim’s Abby Altman on ecosystem of musical streams, fed by donations and grants (Club Passim) What's Up Newport - Handel and Haydn Society Announces New Streaming Concerts Beginning Sept. 29 (Handel and Haydn) Broadway World - The Handel And Haydn Society Elects Robert N. Shapiro As Chairman Of The Board (Handel and Haydn) Cambridge Day - Boston Local Music Festival is this weekend, streaming from Somerville venue and beyond (Boston Local Music Festival) The Arts Fuse - Concert Preview: On a Mission — Chris Smither Returns to Club Passim (Club Passim) Boston Globe - Boch Center shines a light on struggling music venues with a series of shows (Boch Center) Jambase - Goose Performs Socially Distanced Concert At Yarmouth Drive-In (Yarmouth Drive-in) Billboard - Music Returns to Wang Theatre Stage for Boch Center's Ghost Light Series (Boch Center) Live Music News And Review - Chris Smither to Release New Album (Club Passim) Live For Live Music - Marcus King Trio Rolls Into Yarmouth Drive-In To Put Tour Into Gear (Yarmouth Drive-in) Disco Biscuits Sell Out 2 Shows At Yarmouth Drive In An Hour Wicked Local - Club Passim’s campfire. festival will warm up your living room (Club Passim) Boston Globe - At the Kowloon Drive-In, a special student film showcase (FC Academy) Boston Herald - Shutdown can’t keep folk legend Chris Smither from playing (Club Passim) Item Live - Lynnfield Middle Schoolers Film To Be Featured At Kowloon Drive-In Movie Night (FC Academy) Boston Globe - Anything — and anywhere — for a laugh (Yarmouth Drive-in) Dig Boston - Lemonheads Frontman Weathers Pandemic on Vineyard, Readies for Drive-In Show (Yarmouth Drive-in) Dig Boston - How Club Passim Rocked the Virtual Space and Revamped a Staple (Club Passim) Broadway World - Please Share! Student-Made Films Take Over the Kowloon Drive-In for FC Academy Movie Night (FC Academy) Cape Cod Times - Mt. Joy members hope Cape Cod concert will ‘lift people up’ (Yarmouth Drive-In) Vanyaland - Sal Vulcano is eager to embrace the challenges of a drive-in comedy show (Yarmouth Drive-in) Worcester Telegram - Back-to-school blues? Big Jon Short returns to live gigs while getting ready for the school year (Samuel Slater's) Burlington Free Press - Guster embraces the uncertainty of playing drive-in concerts in an uncertain time (Guster) Richmond Times Dispatch - Innsbrook After Hours entire 2020 season canceled (Innsbrook After Hours) WGBH - Greater Boston with Jim Braude - Singer-Songwriter Lori McKenna Talks “The Balladeer (Lori McKenna) Lowell Sun/Fitchburg Sentinel - Keeping the Lowell Folk Festival tradition alive, virtually (Lowell Folk Festival) Boston Herald - All In For Chelsea concert livestreams for hard-hit city (All in for Chelsea) Boston Globe - Chadwick Stokes and his musical pals are ‘All in for Chelsea’ (All in for Chelsea)
