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Christine McVie, a songbird who led with her heart

McVie, who died Wednesday at 79, penned songs that were openhearted and romantic even as her musical partners churned with drama.

Christine McVie, a songbird who led with her heart

McVie, who died Wednesday at 79, penned songs that were openhearted and romantic even as her musical partners churned with drama.

In a dazzling display at the Orpheum, Tedeschi Trucks Band impresses by not trying to

Singer Susan Tedeschi and guitarist Derek Trucks are the names above the title. But on Wednesday, the second of four sold-out nights at the Orpheum Theatre, they left space to coalesce with the other 10 musicians onstage into a sympathetic unit not reliant on flash.

‘Mountain Stage’ comes to Boston for a live performance today at 7 p.m.

Rosanne Cash will headline a lineup that also includes Loudon Wainwright III, Molly Tuttle, and Ally McGuirk for a recording of the show's 1,003rd episode at Berklee Performance Center.

Stevie Nicks pens handwritten tribute to Fleetwood Mac bandmate Christine McVie: ‘See you on the other side, my love’
Nicks said she wanted to go to London to be with her “best friend” to sing to her after learning she was ill.

Musical adventurer Don Byron returns to NEC, where his explorations began
Byron, 64, is the featured guest artist on a concert program called “Crossing the Boundaries,” presented by his alma mater on Dec. 8.

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Víkingur Ólafsson: re-envisioning ‘Mozart & Contemporaries’ in Cambridge

Presented by Celebrity Series of Boston, the Icelandic pianist unveiled a live version of his album Tuesday at Longy School of Music’s Pickman Hall.

Boston Pops conductor Keith Lockhart promises a festive Holiday Pops showcasing musical diversity

Lockhart is preparing a program this season that augments classic Holiday Pops fare with a new work by México-born composer Arturo Rodríguez, a pair of Ukrainian carols, and songs sung in five different languages.

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Guest conductor Václav Luks brings out musical merits of Handel and Haydn Society’s ‘Messiah’

This weekend at Symphony Hall, H+H upheld its holiday tradition for the 169th consecutive year.

‘Jazz and healing’ at Coolidge Corner, through the lens of Justin Freed

Freed will showcase his photographs and present his 40-minute “visual memoir,” “Jazz Saved My Life,” in a program that will also feature pianist Donal Fox and composer/bandleader Maria Schneider.

During Thanksgiving week, a bounty of Haitian music

More than a dozen Hattian artists are appearing in the Boston area for what has become an annual Thanksgiving week tradition.

Tedeschi Trucks’ 2022 tally: four albums, four films, four nights in Boston

The band members will likely dip deeply into their four-album song cycle, “I Am the Moon,” when they play the Orpheum Theatre for four nights beginning Tuesday.

Icelandic pianist Víkingur Ólafsson finds his balance

Ólafsson is in the midst of a series of US concerts that includes his first Boston recital: a sold-out appearance in the Celebrity Series of Boston’s Debut Series on Tuesday.

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Turnstile gives Roadrunner a thrashing

As sweatshirts and spraying water bottles whipped overhead, the hardcore punk band let loose with a feral kind of fun.