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 […]
Music
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 […]
MUSIC IN THE SCHOOLS
Jazz for a New Generation
Drummer Bart Weisman inspires students with music that’s part of American history
TRURO — First, Bart Weisman and his group played George Gershwin’s 1934 tune “Summertime” slow and easy — just like it was in the original production of the musical Porgy […]
JAZZ
Wellfleet’s Ella Mae Dixon Makes Her Birdland Debut
A young ‘old-fashioned’ singer pursues her dream in New York
NEW YORK CITY — Ella Mae Dixon took the stage at Birdland on West 44th Street in Manhattan’s theater district on Tuesday night, March 21. The legendary jazz club, which […]
BENEFIT CONCERT
Music to Help Heal a Broken Land
Providing ‘a sonic environment for reflection and action’ in the wake of disaster
It’s difficult to grasp the massive scale of the earthquakes that struck southeast Turkey and northern Syria last month. More than 53,500 deaths have been confirmed as of this week, […]
ALBUM REVIEW
‘Terror’ Heralds a Towering Talent
Cape Cod’s Tianna Esperanza’s new album is a stunner
Anyone who was lucky enough to be at the Mews in Provincetown on March 9, 2020 may have witnessed the early stages of a supernova. When Tianna Esperanza performed at […]
INDIE PLAYLIST
Songs for International Women’s Day
Our staff picks to celebrate the vision and power of women in music
For International Women’s Day this year, members of the Independent staff sat down with Denya LeVine of WOMR for a roundtable discussion about women and music. You can tune in […]
MUSIC
An Indie Playlist for New Beginnings
Picks by staff and contributors to get your New Year off to a smashing start
We begin every January thinking about resolutions, but we never hear anything about what music to listen to while we’re trying to accomplish them. So, we asked Independent staff and […]
