March 21 is the 330th birthday of Johann Sebastian Bach, and students from Berklee College of Music will be celebrating by giving a free concert in South Station. From 2 p.m. to 2:45 p.m. the chamber orchestra and choir will play Bach favorites under the station’s schedule board, including the Concerto for Two Violins in D minor and the Sonata for Solo Flute in A minor. More
“I’m driving in your kind of weather right now,” Robert Earl Keen told BDCwire back in January. “It’s about 33 and just raining like crazy.” More
When we think of “lost” albums of the 1960s, we tend to think of rock groups. The Beach Boys’ “Smile,” the Who’s “Lifehouse,” Neil Young “Homegrown.” We don’t typically think of the lost works of the great R&B and soul artists of the era. More
Many electronic music producers strive to make genre-bending music, but Eliot Lipp is known for actually doing it well. The Brooklyn via Chicago via San Francisco via Tacoma, WA musician has mastered a warm, analogue synth-laden signature sound steeped in jazz, funk, synthpop, and hip hop influences and inspired by the many places he’s called home. More
Since the explosion of the rock era, there is no question that female songwriters have had a bigger seat at the pop music table. While many of their contributions have been behind the scene, women in the rock era had a huge hand in penning not just girl-group songs, but some of the biggest hits of the day. On Sunday evening, Berklee College of Music celebrates the achievements of some of these celebrated names and more, as it continues its Great American Songbook series with the program Great Women Songwriters — featuring the music of Aretha Franklin, Dorothy Fields, Bessie Smith, Joni Mitchell, Carole King, Billie Holiday, Laura Nyro, Lillian Armstrong, Dianne Warren, Brenda Russell, a Dolly Parton medley, a blues medley, and more. More
