Tagged: music
Herbie @ Harvard
I’m very disappointed that I haven’t been able to attend any of the talks which Herbie Hancock has been given during his tenure in the Charles Eliot Norton Professorship here in town this year....
Wayne Shorter’s Birthday
Last night we were lucky enough to be in the audience for the big ‘do at Symphony Hall in honor of Wayne Shorter’s 80th birthday. It was quite the lineup. First up, was ACS,...
Beantown Jazz Festival
Chris and I went in to the Beantown Jazz Festival on Columbus Ave today. It was a lot of fun. They had three stages going all day long. Plus lots of tents serving great...
Brush Up Your Shakespeare
We went down to the Hatch Shell tonight to see Commonwealth Shakespeare and Boston Landmarks Orchestra do Kiss Me Kate. It was a beautiful summer night in Boston, and the music was wonderful. In...
Hugh Masekela
As you may have heard, last week was kind of a rough one here in Boston. Everyone we know personally was relatively unaffected by all of the horrible goings-ons, but by the end of...
Roadrunner
Joyce Linehan, who helped bring us Senator Warren, has embarked on another important political battle. She’s gotten Marty Walsh to introduce a bill in the legislature which declares Roadrunner the official state song of...
Ladysmith Black Mombazo & Miloš Karadaglić
We saw a couple of great concerts this week. First up was Ladysmith Black Mombazo at Sanders theater. This concert was originally supposed to be Saturday night, but the blizzard forced them to delay...
The Indian Queen
Last night we went to Jordan Hall to see the Handel & Haydn Society do Purcell’s The Indian Queen. Here they are getting set up between the preconcert talk and the concert. Before the...
