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At Newport Jazz Festival, legends, rising stars, and exciting collaborations
The sold-out festival returns this year afer last year's cancellation.
50 years after ‘Sister Kate,’ Taylor comes full circle
The singer has stepped out of her quiet life on the Vineyard to reunite with producer Peter Asher for a new album, "Why Wait!," and a series of local live shows.
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A stripped-down but spirited Newport Folk Festival, with a Beck sing-along
The penultimate day of the six-day fest found artists doing solo sets, shaking off the rust, or greeting an audience for the first time in a very long time.
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How a new music powerhouse survived and thrived
With Bang on a Can returning to Mass MoCA for its annual LOUD weekend, the Globe caught up with musicologist William Robin to discuss his new book on the group.
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Big rewards at Tanglewood’s abbreviated Festival of Contemporary Music
Ninety-minute programs arrived as a COVID-era precaution, but they also aided attentive listening.
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At Newport Folk Festival, a glad-to-be-back vibe after a lost year
The festival's second day featured performances by Jason Isbell, Joy Oladokun, Margo Price, Natalie Hemby, and Randy Newman.
At Tanglewood, a showcase of John Williams’s strengths
The Pops performed many of Williams's film favorites — and the BSO offered a world premiere of his Violin Concerto No. 2, with violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter.
Violinist and Faneuil Hall stalwart Vivian Luo sees things differently now
The well-known busker contracted a rare eye infection this year that left her partially blind.