When Daniel Parkington first saw his future wife, Cheryl, she was walking into a laundromat in Orleans carrying a guitar. This is according to Rose Parkington, one of Daniel and […]
Music
JAZZ
A Voice That Can Bring Fever Dreams
Downbeat’s vocalist of the year Cécile McLorin Salvant comes to town
Cécile McLorin Salvant, a three-time winner of the Grammy for Best Jazz Vocal Album, will be performing at Payomet in Truro this weekend, and jazz fans on the Outer Cape […]
PORCHFEST PREVIEW
Jacqueline Schwab Improvises on a Theme
The pianist tries to create ‘music that welcomes everybody’
Pianist Jacqueline Schwab, who lives in Cambridge, describes growing up in Pittsburgh, Pa. surrounded by “a black shroud of dust” from the city’s steel mills. “It’s in my lungs, I’m […]
MUSICIANS
The Gospel According to Suede
An Outer Cape legend has learned to get out of her own way
Suede the fabric is a velvety, pliable kind of leather made from the underside of animal skin. But Suede the musician is not so easily defined. An independent artist through […]
FINAL BOWS
The Emerson Quartet Says Goodbye
They will play Walker, Shostakovich, and Beethoven in their last appearance here
“There’s a time for everything,” says Lawrence Dutton, violist of the Emerson Quartet. After 47 years of touring, the renowned string quartet will disband in October. Their performance at the […]
IN TUNE
Harold López-Nussa Brings the Piano to Life
A new album, Timba a la Americana, reflects his move from Cuba to France
The Cuban pianist Harold López-Nussa was born into music. His mother was a piano teacher and his father a professional drummer. His uncle and grandmother were both piano players. While […]
MUSIC
Aoife O’Donovan Channels Springsteen
A pandemic-era livestream of Nebraska becomes a national tour
Fresh off an international tour for his hit fifth album The River, Bruce Springsteen was a veritable rock star in 1982. But he had hit a personal wall, grappling with […]
KEEPING SCORE
Composing on the Outer Cape
Three women composers talk about their lives and their work
Classical concerts rarely feature pieces composed by women. Three women composers who draw inspiration from the Outer Cape discuss how they found (and are still finding) their ways in an […]
CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL
Roll Over, Beethoven, for the Saxophone
The Sinta Quartet has the element of surprise on its side
The Sinta Quartet often has the element of surprise on its side when it performs, says soprano saxophonist Dan Graser. Many audiences have never heard a concert by a classical […]
SONGWRITERS
Patty Larkin’s Outer Cape Comeback
After a devastating spinal cord injury, the singer returns with renewed passion
Folk musician Patty Larkin, 72, tripped and fell in a dark room during a family vacation last June, suffering a spinal cord injury that could have left her a quadriplegic. […]
MUSIC
Indie Playlist: Songs for Summer
Staff picks to celebrate the season you’ve been looking forward to all year
Whether it’s wafting from the open windows of a passing car, making its way down the beach from an unseen stranger’s radio, or simply filtering through the privacy of your […]
WOMEN’S WEEKEND
In Perpetual Pursuit of a Creative Life
Natalia Zukerman will lead a workshop on unlocking difficult stories for Women’s Weekend in Provincetown
Natalia Zukerman has taken a “long and winding road,” to where she is now, she says on the phone. Primarily known as a piercing singer-songwriter and stalwart touring musician, Zukerman […]
MUSIC
The Oshima Brothers’ Big New Sound
The folk-pop duo brings multiple instruments, new songs, and video to Twenty Summers
Only two musicians will be playing at the Hawthorne Barn in Provincetown on May 27. But the Oshima Brothers want the audience to feel like they’re experiencing the sound of […]
MUSIC
Julian Saporiti’s Musical Histories
In “No-No Boy,” he teaches aspects of American history you didn’t know you didn’t know
Many Americans weren’t taught in history class about the U.S. government’s imprisonment of more than 120,000 Japanese Americans during World War II — much less that a swing band made […]
MUSIC
Rufus Wainwright Comes Home to Provincetown for the First Time
The ‘baroque pop’ star returns to his folk music roots
Rufus Wainwright has never been to Provincetown, though it’s been on his radar for a long time. “We’ve kind of been circling each other dramatically for a while now, P’town […]
