Tag: Music
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Q&Allston: DIY music scene, Beatles love, and new music with Allston band Winkler
Cooped up in the small green room at the Rockwell Theatre in Somerville (255 Elm St), I spoke to the five member Allston-Brighton based band, Winkler, 30 minutes before their performance in Rockwell Theatre. The band members consist of Christian…
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Using the Arts to Confront the Racism That’s Not Always Seen
Inside Belmont High School’s Black Box Theater on Friday, Feb. 27, music and poetry will take on a subject some communities might believe they have already solved: racism. But for organizers and performers behind the upcoming Black History Month concert,…
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Sotheby’s Real Estate Office hostsJP Tiny Desk Concert series
Local real estate agent Brian Fizer has turned Sotheby’s real estate office into an intimate concert venue on select Thursday nights in Jamaica Plain. Free to attend, the “JP Tiny Desk Concert Series” features Boston musicians with a side of charcuterie boards and the…
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Two worlds on the same street: How a violin bridges Beacon Hill with the unhoused community
In the small, dimly-lit community center turned chamber hall on 74 Joy St., Jennifer Stevens is brought back to her grandparents’ living room. There, she would watch the piano strings dance as her great uncle played. Sometimes she sat beneath…
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Going to Porchfest this weekend? Here are 10 groups to watch for
by Hazel Nystrom Brookline Porchfest happens Saturday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., so get ready to roam the streets and soak up all kinds of music. The lineup features more than 100 bands whose self-described genres range from “indie…
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Lexington’s third annual Porchfest returns Sept. 27
Lexington’s streets, or rather, porches and patios, will be occupied by bands and musicians this weekend during the town’s third annual Porchfest, a festival that debuted in Ithaca, New York in 2007, and has been spreading across the U.S. and…
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Strummerville Ukulele Club expands to Brookline with monthly jam sessions at the library
The Strummerville Ukulele Club attracts a large crowd. Photo by Maeve Callaghan. Two dozen people strum ukuleles, filling the second floor of the Brookline Village Public Library with the catchy melody of Creedence Clearwater Revival’s “Bad Moon Rising.” Welcome to…