Eleanor Dubinsky is a polyglot in every sense of the word. She sings in four languages: French, Spanish, Portuguese, and English. She plays the cello and the guitar. She’s lived […]
Music
PHASED AND CONFUSED
Local Performers Are in the Dark on Reopening Rules
Towns diverge on indoor and outdoor guidelines
Currently in Massachusetts, you can dine indoors at a restaurant, you can attend church and even sing there, but you’re still not officially permitted to attend an outdoor performance of […]
RECORDINGS
Alex Brewer Explores the Poetry of Cape Musicians
His new album features his songs performed by others
Wellfleet singer-songwriter Alex Brewer’s new album, Unquoted, is a tribute to his community. Brewer is fascinated by artistic scenes — Paris in the ’20s, Laurel Canyon in the ’60s — […]
MUSIC
Friends Virtually Celebrate a Joe Cocker Classic
The Star Island Shoal Survivors perform together alone
Every September since 2014, a group of friends — Malcolm Pollack, Kemp Harris, Carl Sturken, Ray Castoldi, Gary Lue, and others — journey to Star Island, one of the Isles […]
MUSIC
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 […]
HEAVENLY CUTS
Local Musicians Mourn the Passing of John Prine
His sharp lyrics were buoyed by a smoke-and-whiskey twang
On April 7, America lost singer-songwriter John Prine to Covid-19. He was a giant in the world of country and folk music — genres that, it may surprise some to […]
MUSICAL VIRTUALITY
Creating a Work of Multi-Chamber Music
Elena Ruehr’s new string quartet maintains its social distance
“Begin staggered, play as written, see what happens.” These are the instructions at the beginning of Elena Ruehr’s most recent composition for string quartet. Titled Zoom, it’s intended to be […]
PANDEMIC
WOMR’s John Perrone, 70, Dies of Covid-19
The popular host of the radio show 'Night Shift'
PROVINCETOWN — John Perrone, 70, whose passion for and knowledge of Motown attracted fans from all over world, died of the novel coronavirus on April 5, 2020, the same day […]
MUSIC
Virtual Concerts: The Next Best Thing to Being There
They’re a musical balm for social isolation
Ladies and gentlemen, the show is about to begin. Please leave your cell phones on full volume and unwrap the noisiest candies you have. Throw on some pajamas and pour […]
MUSIC
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 […]
MUSIC
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 […]
MUSIC
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 […]
MUSIC
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 […]
HOLIDAY
Fuel for Love
Having returned to the Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater, the annual Yule for Fuel benefit concerts — host Stephen Russell and Chandler Travis, above, at last weekend’s jamboree — will have […]
The Outer Cape Chorale: Voices Carry
Local singers gear up for this weekend’s holiday concerts
Newcomers to the Outer Cape often ask year-rounders, “Don’t you get bored in the winter?” The answer is often no, because of all the volunteer groups and homegrown music, art, […]
