Music

Jackson Browne (Photo by Nels Israelson)

Jackson Browne Is Still Posing Musical Questions On 'Downhill From Everywhere'

Songwriters Hall of Fame musician's new album is out Friday.

Here & Now

11:05Jul 23, 2021

Simone Cameresi, Dandara Veiga and Shelby Colona of Ballet Hispánico in "Tiburones" at Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival. (Courtesy Christopher Duggan)

Berkshires Notebook: Dance At Jacob's Pillow, Art At Mass MoCA And The Clark, Live Music At The Foundry

Arts & culture writers Jacquinn Sinclair and Ed Siegel take in dance, music and art as their Western Massachusetts coverage continues.

WBUR News

Jul 23, 2021

The main stage and crowd at the 60th annual Newport Folk Festival at Fort Adams State Park on July 28, 2019 in Newport, Rhode Island. (Photo by Douglas Mason/WireImage)

6 Acts To Catch At This Year’s Newport Folk Festival

If you’re headed to Newport this weekend, contributor Lauren Daley rounded up six must-see artists -- from guitar goddesses to bluegrass picking masters -- who are breaking the fest scene...

WBUR News

Jul 22, 2021

One of the lantern displays in Franklin Park Zoo's Boston Lights experience. (Courtesy Franklin Park Zoo)

5 Things To Do This Weekend, Including A Lantern Festival And Summer Concert

Plus a blueberry and flower festival and climate-change themed murals.

WBUR News

Jul 22, 2021

Hip-hop artist $hayBand$. (Courtesy Lee Gill)

Listen: Hip-Hop Artist $hayBand$ Comes Into Her Own On New EP

The “1st Lady” of Roxbury's Shooterz Muzik, the hip-hop artist has seemingly come out of nowhere and surprised many with her music making abilities.

WBUR News

Jul 20, 2021

Singer Shemekia Copeland Looks Back On 50 Years Of Chicago Blues

Copeland talks about the release of "50 Years of Genuine Houserockin' Music," an album that celebrates the 50th anniversary of Chicago's own Alligator Records.

Here & Now

11:07Jul 16, 2021

The Boston Latin School. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

School Committee Unanimously Adopts Controversial New Exam School Admissions Policy

Plus, the impact of monthly child tax credit payments on children and families in the Commonwealth.

Radio Boston

48:20Jul 15, 2021

Mehmet Ali Sanlikol at rehearsal in Roslindale, Mass., back in 2016. (WBUR/Tim Skoog)

An Elegant Ritual

Mehmet Ali Sanlikol, Grammy-nominated musician, composer, and faculty member at the New England Conservatory, joins us to talk about his new album, "An Elegant Ritual," which comes out Friday, and...

Radio Boston

16:21Jul 15, 2021

Left to right, William Gardiner as John Watson and Alexander Platt as Holmes in "Baskerville." (Courtesy Gloucester Stage Company)

5 Things To Do This Weekend, Including A Sherlock Holmes Play And A Food Festival

Plus live music outdoors and a virtual art exhibit.

WBUR News

Jul 15, 2021

Singer-songwriter Alejandro Escovedo (Courtesy of Nancy Rankin Escovedo)

Singer-Songwriter Alejandro Escovedo Helps Musicians Struggling With Mental Health, Substance Abuse

The SIMS Foundation, co-founded by Alejandro Escovedo, launched a challenge to raise funds to make their services available to a wider audience.

Here & Now

09:30Jul 14, 2021

Andris Nelsons leads the Boston Symphony Orchestra as Tanglewood reopened Saturday, July 10. (Courtesy Hilary Scott)

BSO's Beethoven Blast At Tanglewood Brings The Berkshires Back To Life

Andris Nelsons conducts a transcendent opening; The Knights join in on the fun, says critic-at-large Ed Siegel

WBUR News

Jul 12, 2021

In 'I Ain't Studdin' Ya,' Blues Legend Bobby Rush Reflects On Over 7 Decades Of Making Music

Rush has written over 400 songs and won his first Grammy at 83 years old for his album "Porcupine Meat."

Here & Now

11:05Jul 8, 2021

The Alloy Orchestra performing in Milwaukee. (Courtesy)

After Three Decades, The Alloy Orchestra Has Disbanded

In the group’s time together, they traveled to 14 countries and accompanied soundtracks to more than 40 silent films, both feature length and shorts, like Alfred Hitchcock’s “Blackmail” and F.W....

WBUR News

Jul 8, 2021

The 10-day Cape Cod Hydrangea Festival celebrates everything hydrangea. (C.L. Fornari)

5 Things To Do This Weekend, Including A Hydrangea Festival And Virtual Poetry

Plus the return of an in-person Somerville ArtBeat Festival and more Greater Boston arts celebrations.

WBUR News

Jul 8, 2021

Pop Goes The 4th!

Boston Pops Conductor Keith Lockhart joins us to talk about preparing for the Pops' return, what's been lost over the last sixteen months, and how he's thinking about the July...

Radio Boston

13:28Jul 2, 2021

Conductor Keith Lockhart will lead the Boston Pops' annual Fourth of July concert from Tanglewood this year. (AP/Michael Dwyer)

A Special Hour Of Radio Boston, Celebrating Summer Joy

We'll check in with Boston Pops Conductor Keith Lockhart, preview the upcoming summer season of movies, and send you into the holiday weekend with a burst of pure energy and...

Radio Boston

47:05Jul 2, 2021

Composer Philip Glass performs (Scott Wintrow/Getty Images)

Go With The Flow Of Philip Glass' 'Águas Da Amazônia' And Its 'Tricky Simplicity'

Classical music opinionator Fran Hoepfner says the energy of the 1990s piece matches the mood of this possibly post-pandemic summer.

Here & Now

11:07Jul 1, 2021

Fireworks explode over the Hatch Shell during rehearsal for the Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular. (Michael Dwyer/AP)

5 Things To Do This Weekend To Celebrate The Fourth Of July

Including the Boston Pops’ July 4th Spectacular and Harborfest.

WBUR News

Jul 1, 2021

Van Buren Records (OJ Slaughter for WBUR)

Brockton Rap Collective Van Buren Records Is Making A Name For Itself And Its City

Van Buren is charting new terrain for a city which must also adapt to the tides of development. They’re the rap game’s best kept secret, but like most good things,...

WBUR News

08:05Jul 1, 2021

Tony Lawrence hosts the Harlem Cultural Festival in 1969, featured in "Summer of Soul." (Photo courtesy of Searchlight Pictures. © 2021 20th Century Studios)

PBS Journalist Charlayne Hunter-Gault On The Cultural Shifts Spotlighted In 'Summer Of Soul'

The new documentary "Summer of Soul" about the iconic Harlem Cultural Festival in the summer of 1969 opens in theaters and can be streamed on Hulu on Friday.

Here & Now

09:26Jun 30, 2021

The New Yorker Radio Hour

Jackson Browne Is Still Posing Musical Questions On 'Downhill From Everywhere'

Berkshires Notebook: Dance At Jacob's Pillow, Art At Mass MoCA And The Clark, Live Music At The Foundry

6 Acts To Catch At This Year’s Newport Folk Festival

5 Things To Do This Weekend, Including A Lantern Festival And Summer Concert

Listen: Hip-Hop Artist $hayBand$ Comes Into Her Own On New EP

Singer Shemekia Copeland Looks Back On 50 Years Of Chicago Blues

School Committee Unanimously Adopts Controversial New Exam School Admissions Policy

An Elegant Ritual

5 Things To Do This Weekend, Including A Sherlock Holmes Play And A Food Festival

Singer-Songwriter Alejandro Escovedo Helps Musicians Struggling With Mental Health, Substance Abuse

BSO's Beethoven Blast At Tanglewood Brings The Berkshires Back To Life

In 'I Ain't Studdin' Ya,' Blues Legend Bobby Rush Reflects On Over 7 Decades Of Making Music

After Three Decades, The Alloy Orchestra Has Disbanded

5 Things To Do This Weekend, Including A Hydrangea Festival And Virtual Poetry

Pop Goes The 4th!

A Special Hour Of Radio Boston, Celebrating Summer Joy

Go With The Flow Of Philip Glass' 'Águas Da Amazônia' And Its 'Tricky Simplicity'

5 Things To Do This Weekend To Celebrate The Fourth Of July

Brockton Rap Collective Van Buren Records Is Making A Name For Itself And Its City

PBS Journalist Charlayne Hunter-Gault On The Cultural Shifts Spotlighted In 'Summer Of Soul'