“Wary and Strange” isn’t just the title of Amythyst Kiah’s new Rounder Records album — it’s a description of how she felt growing up in Tennessee facing issues of race, […]
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Adam Ezra Group Builds Community
A band that is greater than the sum of its parts
“There is nothing that can bring people together more effectively than music,” says Adam Ezra, who will be performing with his group at the Payomet Performing Arts Center on Friday, […]
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Ray Benson’s Back in the Swing
He and Asleep at the Wheel are making up for lost time
A semi-centennial is a long time coming, but Ray Benson had to wait a bit longer to start celebrating. Asleep at the Wheel — the Western swing band that Benson […]
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From Brooklyn With Love
Alexis P. Suter brings her booming voice to Payomet
If thunder could sing, it would sound like Alexis P. Suter. The big-voiced blues belter from Brooklyn is a singer whose power and presence bring to mind Ma Rainey and […]
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Something New From the B.J.Q.
Bert Jackson and his jazz quartet release a soulful new album
One day a few years back, during a particularly snowy winter, jazz musician Bert Jackson sat on the couch in his Brewster home, picked up his guitar, and composed a […]
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Tianna Esperanza Defies Defining Herself
The singer-songwriter is ‘Comin’ Up’ to Provincetown
With a new single on the market and an album on the way, Tianna Esperanza is moving forward along the path that she started on two years ago. Born and […]
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Tim Eriksen Performs a Wide World of Music Traditions
But the eclectic artist feels right at home in New England
Where others only hear sounds, Tim Eriksen hears music. “I’ve always been interested in the most elemental sounds,” he says. “It could be train sounds, as well as crickets and […]
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The Many Styles of Susan Werner’s Music
An eclectic singer and songwriter comes to Eastham
But for a papal decree, singer-songwriter Susan Werner might not be who she came to be. “I owe my entire career to Pope John XXIII,” Werner says, “because Pope John […]
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Preservation Hall Serves Up Cold Chocolate
A sweet musical treat comes to Wellfleet
Americana music covers a lot of territory, and Ethan Robbins and Ariel Bernstein seem determined to explore it all. Known collectively as Cold Chocolate, the drum and guitar combo, who’ll […]
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Lisa Bastoni Makes the Most of Second Chances
Her folk music reflects how she wants to live
Lisa Bastoni is having a great year. The Northampton native, who’ll be the featured artist at Monday evening’s Coffeehouse at the Mews open mic in Provincetown, was one of six […]
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Harold López-Nussa’s Jazz Comes From the Heart of Havana
His quartet will perform at Wellfleet Preservation Hall
When, in the 1930s and ’40s, Cuban musicians such as trumpeter Mario Bauzá and percussionist Chano Pozo introduced the American jazz world to Afro-Cuban rhythms, they kicked off a cultural […]
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Joe Louis Walker Paints the Payomet Tent Blue
From San Francisco’s Fillmore district, a legendary guitarist
“I was sort of ordained to play music.” So says blues singer-guitarist Joe Louis Walker, who’ll be performing at the Payomet Performing Arts Center in Truro on Saturday, Oct. […]