| Event Name | Organization | Dates | City | | David Roth "The Gripes of Roth"Presented by Salem Theatre Company at Salem Theatre Company February 25-February 26, 2012 The Salem Theatre Company is excited to bring David Roth and his show The Gripes of Roth to the STC Theater for two performances on February 25 & 26.
David Roth is a contemporary version of a ‘60’s folk singer and is hilarious as well as thought-provoking. He strikes many chords, hearts, and minds with his unique songs, offbeat observations, moving stories, sense of the hilarious and powerful singing and subject matter. As singer, songwriter, recording artist, keynote... | Salem Theatre Company | 02/25/12-
02/26/12 | Salem |
Frank YammaPresented by Johnny D's Uptown Restaurant & Music Club at Johnny D's Uptown Restaurant & Music Club February 28, 2012 Come see Frank Yamma at Johnny D's! Frank Yamma is a traditional Pitjantjatjara man from Australia’s central desert and speaks five languages. An extraordinary songwriter and an exceptional guitarist, Frank Yamma also has an incredible voice, rich, deep and resonant. Regarded by many as one of Australia’s most important Indigenous Songwriters, Yamma’s brutally honest tales of alcohol abuse, cultural degradation, respect for the old law and the importance of country are... | Johnny D's Uptown Restaurant & Music Club | 02/28/12 | Boston |
Rose Cousins CD ReleasePresented by Club Passim at Club Passim March 2, 2012 Rose Cousins finds insight in solitude and strength in numbers. Supported by a thriving Halifax music scene and welcomed by an equally vibrant Boston community, her new album We Have Made A Spark was made in the spirit of community and collaboration. We Have Made A Spark follows Cousins’ two multi-award-winning albums The Send Off (2009) produced by Luke Doucet and If You Were For Me (2006) produced by CBC in Halifax. Yet another collection of stunning songs by Rose Cousins, her third... | Club Passim | 03/02/12 | Cambridge |
Max Raabe & Palast OrchesterPresented by Celebrity Series of Boston at Symphony Hall March 4, 2012 Founded in 1986 by the charismatic baritone Max Raabe, Max Raabe and his stellar 12-member band, Palast Orchester, embody the high style and musical glory of the 20s and 30s. Raabe's art lies in revealing the enigmatic intelligence, ambiguity, universal power, and complexity of the German chansons from the turbulent Weimar Republic. With repertoire focused on German and American standards, they keenly remind us that between melancholy and irony, rebellion and resignation, elegy and farce... | Celebrity Series of Boston | 03/04/12 | Boston |
PJ Pacifico, Kristen Cifelli & Shelly FraleyPresented by Club Passim at Club Passim March 7, 2012
Singer-songwriter P.J. Pacifico delivers a confident, upbeat collection of road-tested rock/pop music, on his Viper Records release, Outlet. With a radio-friendly sound that evokes Gin Blossoms and Matthew Sweet, and a storyteller’s cadence that has been compared to James Taylor, Pacifico appears poised for mainstream success with the new album, his third. P.J. has shared the stage with Crosby, Stills & Nash, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Sugarland, and Hank Williams Jr.
| Club Passim | 03/07/12 | Cambridge |
Ashley JordanPresented by Club Passim at Club Passim March 10, 2012 In October of 2011, Ashley released her second CD titled Liquid Words with her new unique mix of country/pop folk-rock music at a CD release concert held at the legendary Club Passim in Cambridge, MA. Her newest album met once again with rave reviews and Ashley’s music has been getting radio play on stations such as WATD FM (“Almost Famous Show” and "Twilight Showcase") and on WMBR Radio in Cambridge, MA. Ashley continues to play her guitar and give powerful vocal... | Club Passim | 03/10/12 | Cambridge |
Spring ForwardPresented by Watertown Children's Theatre at The Arsenal Center For The Arts March 10, 2012 Watertown Children’s Theatre is excited to announce our 2012 Fun-Raiser, “Spring Forward”! Please join us on Saturday, March 10 at the Arsenal Center for the Arts for a special evening, featuring singer-songwriter Rose Polenzani, with an opening act of show tunes by WCT’s own stellar staff members.
The evening begins with a silent auction and reception at 7 pm. Performances begin at 8 pm, followed by a dessert reception, where guest artist, Rose... | Watertown Children's Theatre | 03/10/12 | Watertown |
Paul KellyPresented by Club Passim at Club Passim March 16-March 17, 2012 Paul Kelly has recorded seventeen studio albums as well as several film soundtracks (Lantana and the Cannes 2006 highlight, Jindabyne) and live albums, in an influential career spanning more than thirty years. He was inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame in 199. Songs From The South, a selection of his popular songs first assembled in 1997 and expanded to a double album in 2008,contains many of his songs now lodged deep in the Australian psyche.
http://www.paulkelly.com.au/ | Club Passim | 03/16/12-
03/17/12 | Cambridge |
Sarah JaroszPresented by Club Passim at Club Passim March 23, 2012 The best and brightest in the acoustic world move the music forward with an awareness of what came before them; that is certainly true of Sarah Jarosz. On her second album for Sugar Hill Records, Follow Me Down, she pays homage to her musical roots while pushing beyond those sometimes limited boundaries, taking us on a journey both dark and mystical. For this, Jarosz has a simple yet telling explanation: “I’m influenced by the older, and the contemporary, and the new.” Her... | Club Passim | 03/23/12 | Cambridge |
An evening with singer-songwriter Carrie FergusonPresented by Sovereignty Music Services March 23, 2012 Based in Northampton, MA, Ferguson creates soaring folk-pop with haunting melodies and smart, gorgeous lyrics. She celebrated the release of her debut CD, Riding On the Back Of the Wind, with a sold-out show at the Iron Horse in Northampton, MA. Her songs have been featured on WUMB in Boston, WRSI The River in Northampton, and other regional stations. Carrie has opened for Antje Duvekot, Cheryl Wheeler, and Anne Heaton, and has shared festival bills with Goddess and She, and Catie... | Sovereignty Music Services | 03/23/12 | Norwood |
Jeffrey FoucaultPresented by Club Passim at Club Passim March 31, 2012 Jeffrey Foucault grew up in a small town in Wisconsin. His father played a plywood guitar and his mother liked to sing. Winter Sundays were for church or ice fishing, which are not so different when you think about it. He went to college and dropped out, took a job on a fruit farm and started writing songs about a girl from Iowa. He finished school, roofed houses, drove a snowplow, and home-schooled the son of the local bar owner in exchange for beer. He cut his first album in the winter of... | Club Passim | 03/31/12 | Cambridge |
The Vieux Farka Touré & Idan Raichel QuartetPresented by World Music/CRASHarts at Somerville Theatre April 15, 2012 African guitarist/songwriter Vieux Farka Touré and Israeli pianist/composer Idan Raichel are two virtuosic artists from vastly different musical traditions, but both perform in the spirit of promoting peace and cross-cultural harmony. After meeting in Spain, Touré and Raichel forged a deep friendship, and the Vieux Farka Touré and Idan Raichel Quartet was born. With a hauntingly beautiful album due out this spring, the touring quartet features Touré and Raichel... | World Music/CRASHarts | 04/15/12 | Somerville |
Café VariationsPresented by ArtsEmerson at Cutler Majestic Theatre April 13-April 22, 2012 Incorporating Charles Mee’s Café Plays, music from the American musical songbook and dance, SITI Company joins young artists from Emerson to render romantic and philosophical stories from the café world. A coproduction with Emerson Stage and SITI Company.
Buy ½ price tickets at BosTix.org | ArtsEmerson | 04/13/12-
04/22/12 | Boston |
Jane Monheit, Celebrity Series Debut!Presented by Celebrity Series of Boston at Sanders Theatre May 4, 2012 An intoxicating jazz singer with a warm and supple voice and perfect pitch, Jane Monheit has the chops to do just about anything she chooses, musically. Audiences have long responded to her fearless honesty through her performances and over her 10-year recording career. She sings like she knows what the song is about and has lived its story. Jane Monheit is the real deal. | Celebrity Series of Boston | 05/04/12 | Cambridge |
Bobby McFerrinPresented by FirstWorks May 10, 2012 “McFerrin’s greatest gift to his audience – changing them from spectators into celebrants and
transforming a concert hall into a playground.” —The Los Angeles Times
One-man orchestra Bobby McFerrin uses his four-octave range and a vast array of vocal techniques to conjure the unmistakable sound of a trumpet in a jazz standard, the cello in a classical composition and the bubbly melody of a pop song.
Best known for his Grammy... | FirstWorks | 05/10/12 | Providence |
The Honey Dewdrops and Ari & Mia at Me & Thee CoffeehousePresented by me and thee coffeehouse May 11, 2012 Laura Wortman and Kagey Parrish are The Honey Dewdrops. They make their home in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains in Charlottesville, Virginia.
The couple has been playing music in some capacity for over 15 years, but honed in on their natural duet abilities 7 years ago when they met for the first time in college. It was their love of folk music that brought them together and has since taken them out on the road to tour fulltime as the award-winning duet they are... | me and thee coffeehouse | 05/11/12 | Marblehead |
33rd Annual Cambridge River FestivalPresented by Cambridge Arts Council June 2, 2012 Join us for this one-day celebration of the arts, attracting 200,000 annually. This FREE event along the banks of the Charles River features jazz, folk, roots and world music performances, dance, art demonstrations, family art-making activities and over 100 specialty food purveyors and craftspeople! | Cambridge Arts Council | 06/02/12 | |
Spring 2012 Programs at Brookline Music SchoolPresented by Brookline Music School at Brookline Music School January 31-June 17, 2012 Brookline Music School’s Term II (Spring) programs run January 31-June 17, 2012, offering a variety of classes and private instruction for all ages and abilities. Programs offered include early childhood music and movement and dance classes, Suzuki instruction, group classes including Beginning Piano, Group Voice, Music Technology, Garage Band, iPad Band, Theory, and Jazz/Rock/Pop, Chamber and Flute Choir ensembles for kids, teens and adults. For detailed information visit... | Brookline Music School | 01/31/12-
06/17/12 | Brookline |
Johnny Clegg BandPresented by World Music/CRASHarts at Somerville Theatre June 27, 2012 With a career spanning three decades, Johnny Clegg pioneered a new, unique sound combining Western rock with Zulu rhythms and became one of South Africa's most prolific musicians and an international superstar. Known for his lively, energetic stage performances, he returns to Boston after a stellar sold-out performance last year. | World Music/CRASHarts | 06/27/12 | Somerville |
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