MusicAfter 13 years, Boston's Count Zero returns to say they 'Thought So'The new album, out Nov. 8, shows how the band’s sharp, thoughtful and gloriously off-kilter art-rock has evolved since its 1997 debut “Affluenza."Arts & CultureNov 5, 2024Singer-songwriter Veronica Lewis traverses grief and dysfunction on 'Too Late for Tears'The Massachusetts and New Hampshire-based 20-year-old indie rock artist embarks on a path of self-discovery and healing with her latest record. Arts & CultureOct 30, 2024Remembering Steve Morse, the longtime Boston Globe music writerMorse died at age 76 on Oct. 26. WBUR contributor Jim Sullivan and musicians from The Cars, Aerosmith and more reflect on his legacy in the music community.Arts & CultureOct 29, 2024Brandeis cutting storied Lydian Quartet as part of music department layoffsThe decision came one month after the ensemble welcomed a new violinist amid wider university budget cuts.Arts & CultureOct 29, 2024Virtual reality meets music in an inventor's cosmic dreamBill Sebastian built his first "visual synthesizer" in the 1970s and performed it onstage with the pioneering jazz musician Sun Ra. Now, with the advancement of virtual reality, he plays...ResumeArts & Culture06:11Oct 17, 2024AdvertisementMeet Glasshouse, our favorite local entry to NPR's Tiny Desk ContestThe Lawrence hip-hop trio won over our judges with a charismatic performance of their song "Slum Village."ResumeArts & Culture04:51Oct 3, 2024From the Mass. Tiny Desk: Nikhil Dasgupta reframes his story of chronic illnessThe 30-year-old's Tiny Desk Contest entry is a snapshot of a time when he feared he would never play music professionally again.Arts & CultureOct 2, 2024From the Mass. Tiny Desk: Zola Simone's powerful ode to the creative journeyThe Boston artist's sonically upbeat song "Nine Lives" deals with the successes and failures in an ever-changing music industry and the constant want for more.Arts & CultureOct 1, 2024From the Massachusetts Tiny Desk: FifteenØeight reveals a swirling synth prayerBoston bandmates Daphne Eleftheriadou and Tomer Oron's entry "TRUTHFULLY" has an innate sense of intimacy and unconventional flow that impressed WBUR's panel of judges.Arts & CultureSep 30, 2024From the Massachusetts Tiny Desk: Eph See embraces imperfectionThe singer-songwriter's entry, titled "headfirst," is a song that’s at once sweet and sour, yearning yet hopeful. Arts & CultureSep 27, 2024These are the top 21 Tiny Desk Contest entries from MassachusettsNearly 250 musical artists entered NPR's Tiny Desk Contest from Massachusetts alone. We listened to all of them in the hunt for WBUR's local favorite. These are the 21 finalists.Arts & CultureSep 26, 2024A sweeping guide to Greater Boston's fall classical music performancesFrom the world premiere of White Snake Project's opera "Is This America?" to a performance from the Australian Chamber Orchestra, WBUR arts critic Lloyd Schwartz shares the concerts and productions...Arts & CultureSep 17, 202414 albums by New England musicians to listen to this fallFrom the peace of Sol y Canto to the hope of R&B singer Rey Royale, WBUR music writer Noah Schaffer shares 14 fall albums that are full of optimism.Arts & CultureSep 12, 2024Listen to Otis Shanty explore 'Outrage' of navigating adulthoodOn its new single, the Somerville-based alt-rock band explores the internal struggle of growing into yourself in your 20s with an energetic surf rock soundtrack.Arts & CultureSep 11, 2024Mayor Michelle Wu will return to Symphony Hall as a guest soloistFree tickets for the Sept. 21 Concert for the City will be available beginning Thursday. The mayor will play Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue" to mark the piece's centennial. Arts & CultureSep 10, 2024Indie band Hush Club creates community around music and late night bitesHush Club will play The Sinclair, their biggest venue yet, on Sunday, Sept. 8. And yes, there will be ice cream. Arts & CultureSep 6, 2024Orpheum Theatre sues Boston Holocaust museum over alley accessThe popular Boston concert venue says construction underway for a new museum blocks access to trucks and acts loading in for shows.Arts & CultureSep 5, 2024Indie artist chrysalis is ready to take offIndigo Ansin, who releases under chrysalis, grew up in Lincoln, Massachusetts. Now, before moving to Nashville, they will be playing the Lizard Lounge in Cambridge on Saturday.Arts & CultureAug 23, 2024At Somergloom, underground heavy music and a kiss of doomSpanning multiple genres, from dark folk to post-metal, Somergloom will take place from Aug. 22-24 at the Center for Arts at the Armory.Arts & CultureAug 20, 2024Listen: Twisted Pine shows its sassy side on 'Chanel Perfume'Featuring backing vocals from guest artist Ali McGuirk, the funky song is on the surface about a relationship, but it’s also about the need to assert independence and stand up...Arts & CultureAug 19, 2024Next Page
After 13 years, Boston's Count Zero returns to say they 'Thought So'The new album, out Nov. 8, shows how the band’s sharp, thoughtful and gloriously off-kilter art-rock has evolved since its 1997 debut “Affluenza."Arts & CultureNov 5, 2024
Singer-songwriter Veronica Lewis traverses grief and dysfunction on 'Too Late for Tears'The Massachusetts and New Hampshire-based 20-year-old indie rock artist embarks on a path of self-discovery and healing with her latest record. Arts & CultureOct 30, 2024
Remembering Steve Morse, the longtime Boston Globe music writerMorse died at age 76 on Oct. 26. WBUR contributor Jim Sullivan and musicians from The Cars, Aerosmith and more reflect on his legacy in the music community.Arts & CultureOct 29, 2024
Brandeis cutting storied Lydian Quartet as part of music department layoffsThe decision came one month after the ensemble welcomed a new violinist amid wider university budget cuts.Arts & CultureOct 29, 2024
Virtual reality meets music in an inventor's cosmic dreamBill Sebastian built his first "visual synthesizer" in the 1970s and performed it onstage with the pioneering jazz musician Sun Ra. Now, with the advancement of virtual reality, he plays...ResumeArts & Culture06:11Oct 17, 2024
Meet Glasshouse, our favorite local entry to NPR's Tiny Desk ContestThe Lawrence hip-hop trio won over our judges with a charismatic performance of their song "Slum Village."ResumeArts & Culture04:51Oct 3, 2024
From the Mass. Tiny Desk: Nikhil Dasgupta reframes his story of chronic illnessThe 30-year-old's Tiny Desk Contest entry is a snapshot of a time when he feared he would never play music professionally again.Arts & CultureOct 2, 2024
From the Mass. Tiny Desk: Zola Simone's powerful ode to the creative journeyThe Boston artist's sonically upbeat song "Nine Lives" deals with the successes and failures in an ever-changing music industry and the constant want for more.Arts & CultureOct 1, 2024
From the Massachusetts Tiny Desk: FifteenØeight reveals a swirling synth prayerBoston bandmates Daphne Eleftheriadou and Tomer Oron's entry "TRUTHFULLY" has an innate sense of intimacy and unconventional flow that impressed WBUR's panel of judges.Arts & CultureSep 30, 2024
From the Massachusetts Tiny Desk: Eph See embraces imperfectionThe singer-songwriter's entry, titled "headfirst," is a song that’s at once sweet and sour, yearning yet hopeful. Arts & CultureSep 27, 2024
These are the top 21 Tiny Desk Contest entries from MassachusettsNearly 250 musical artists entered NPR's Tiny Desk Contest from Massachusetts alone. We listened to all of them in the hunt for WBUR's local favorite. These are the 21 finalists.Arts & CultureSep 26, 2024
A sweeping guide to Greater Boston's fall classical music performancesFrom the world premiere of White Snake Project's opera "Is This America?" to a performance from the Australian Chamber Orchestra, WBUR arts critic Lloyd Schwartz shares the concerts and productions...Arts & CultureSep 17, 2024
14 albums by New England musicians to listen to this fallFrom the peace of Sol y Canto to the hope of R&B singer Rey Royale, WBUR music writer Noah Schaffer shares 14 fall albums that are full of optimism.Arts & CultureSep 12, 2024
Listen to Otis Shanty explore 'Outrage' of navigating adulthoodOn its new single, the Somerville-based alt-rock band explores the internal struggle of growing into yourself in your 20s with an energetic surf rock soundtrack.Arts & CultureSep 11, 2024
Mayor Michelle Wu will return to Symphony Hall as a guest soloistFree tickets for the Sept. 21 Concert for the City will be available beginning Thursday. The mayor will play Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue" to mark the piece's centennial. Arts & CultureSep 10, 2024
Indie band Hush Club creates community around music and late night bitesHush Club will play The Sinclair, their biggest venue yet, on Sunday, Sept. 8. And yes, there will be ice cream. Arts & CultureSep 6, 2024
Orpheum Theatre sues Boston Holocaust museum over alley accessThe popular Boston concert venue says construction underway for a new museum blocks access to trucks and acts loading in for shows.Arts & CultureSep 5, 2024
Indie artist chrysalis is ready to take offIndigo Ansin, who releases under chrysalis, grew up in Lincoln, Massachusetts. Now, before moving to Nashville, they will be playing the Lizard Lounge in Cambridge on Saturday.Arts & CultureAug 23, 2024
At Somergloom, underground heavy music and a kiss of doomSpanning multiple genres, from dark folk to post-metal, Somergloom will take place from Aug. 22-24 at the Center for Arts at the Armory.Arts & CultureAug 20, 2024
Listen: Twisted Pine shows its sassy side on 'Chanel Perfume'Featuring backing vocals from guest artist Ali McGuirk, the funky song is on the surface about a relationship, but it’s also about the need to assert independence and stand up...Arts & CultureAug 19, 2024
