For this fourth installment of the Indie Playlist, contributors were asked to pick songs that are imperfect in some way. Perhaps they were recorded live. Or the singer’s voice breaks […]
Music
MUSICIANS
There’s No Stopping Anne Stott
Her revamped show at Pilgrim House combines harmony and drama
When actor and singer-songwriter Anne Stott first arrived in Provincetown in 2007, she wasn’t expecting to stay long. She had planned a four-month winter writing retreat as an escape from […]
STATE OF PERFORMANCE
As Live Performers Return, Covid Turns Venues Inside Out
Most expect indoor seating to happen, but aren’t sure how or when
The problem, as most producers of live entertainment will tell you, is planning. Though everyone is expecting indoor entertainment to return to the Outer Cape in the next few months, […]
ALBUM REVIEW
What Is Truly Fearless About Taylor Swift
A re-recording raises ethical and artistic questions
From the start of her career 15 years ago, when she was just a 17-year-old with a cascade of blond curls writing her own lyrics about the pitfalls of high […]
INDIE PLAYLIST
Songs for a Spring Awakening
Musical picks from Independent staff and contributors
For this spring edition of the Indie Playlist, contributors chose songs traversing the genres of country, rap, disco, funk, blues, and rock. Many of them, though undeniably feel-good, express something […]
MUSICIANS
The Secret of Ken Field’s Sax Appeal
His jazz improvisations will be featured in ‘Music Without Borders’
It starts with long drawn-out notes forming a simple melody. The sound of the alto saxophone is warm and reedy. At first, you might wonder, where is this going? But […]
SELF-CONSTRUCTION
The Music of Sophie Is Transcendent
A tribute to the late queer icon
Sophie — self-styled in all capital letters — a trans DJ and producer who died on Jan. 30, 2021 at age 34 from an accidental fall in Greece, sculpted and […]
MUSICIANS
Eric Maul Is Provincetown’s Rebel With a Flute
His weekly online tootin’ is classical sass
“I moved here in the summer of 2019,” says Eric Maul, a Provincetown-based, classically trained flutist. “I’d been living in Boston for five years, and I just wasn’t getting what […]
MIXING MEDIA
Berger and Motherwell: An Artistic Friendship
The past isn’t always black and white, or red and black
A red sky is bisected by a darker red column, shadowed in black. Affixed are three paper fragments. The one at left is sheet music from Arthur Berger’s Trio for […]
MUSIC
An Indie Playlist for the New Year
Musical picks from Provincetown Independent staff and contributors
For this new edition of the Indie Playlist, the focus was specifically on music videos and filmed performances. The result? “Radiated country music,” Dante pop, psychedelic Baroque, three harpists with […]
PERFORMANCE
Bitch Is Back in Provincetown
She has a new album and video of ‘Pussy Manifesto’
“It’s a new year/ or about to be/ I wanna forgive/ everything that has harmed me.” These are the opening lyrics of the song “New Year,” by Bitch, formerly half […]
EYE FOR AN EAR
Judging Musical Performance on Film
Classical music criticism for the Covid era
As more and more music making goes online — with YouTube videos, pre-recorded concerts, and live-streams — music critics are having to become more like film critics. They are having […]
BOOK REVIEW
Bach to the Drawing Board
In The Way of Bach, Dan Moller makes the missteps of an academic amateur
The concept behind Dan Moller’s recently published The Way of Bach: Three Years With the Man, the Music, and the Piano, is a good one. It tells of the author’s […]
MUSIC
The Indie Playlist
Musical picks from Provincetown Independent staff and contributors
Compiled and edited by Saskia Maxwell Keller Contributors to our first-ever Indie Playlist were given minimal instructions: choose a song or music video that you love and tell us about […]
CONCERT REVIEW
The Joy of Watching A Far Cry
Pieces by young women composers steal the spotlight from Mozart
A Far Cry may be one of the most democratic ensembles out there. This Boston-based orchestra is “self-conducted,” meaning that the players, who call themselves “criers,” take turns leading the […]
