Eleanor Dubinsky met Dario Acosta Teich in 2019 while scoping out a Candombe jam at a Uruguayan restaurant on the Lower East Side. “Candombe is Afro-Uruguayan,” Dubinsky says. “It comes […]
Music
ENSEMBLE
The Boston Gay Men’s Chorus Sings Its Truth
For Holly Folly, a holiday concert both silly and profound
For three hours every Wednesday evening, Reuben Reynolds, the music director of the Boston Gay Men’s Chorus (BGMC), leads more than 300 members in song. A self-described “mean queen” at […]
EXPERIMENTS IN MUSIC
Twisted Pine’s Progressive Spin on Bluegrass
The band combines tradition and innovation — with a Whammy pedal
Chris Sartori, the bassist of the bluegrass band Twisted Pine, says the band’s success is due to the friendship they have cultivated on the road, traveling across the country in […]
GUITAR HERO
Peter Donnelly’s Gentle Diatribes Are Back
The singer-songwriter heralds the 32nd season of the Coffeehouse at the Mews
It was Christmas night in Provincetown, 1990. The crowd was “gay and cheery” and Peter Donnelly, a 30-year-old musician from Watertown, had been invited to sing. All he had on […]
MUSIC
Indie Playlist: Songs for Fall
Staff picks to listen to while you’re watching the leaves change color
For this latest installment of our Indie Playlist, we asked Independent staffers to tell about a song that puts them in an autumnal state of mind: a tune to soundtrack […]
ALBUM REVIEW
The Parkingtons ‘Collide’ in a Celebration of Unity
Three sisters play and sing of ‘love, loss, heartache, hope’
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 […]
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. […]
