CLASSICAL MUSIC BANG ON A CAN Tomorrow, the so-called Banglewood festival at Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art zeros in on Steve Reich (inset), the essential American composer. Reich will be on hand for a 3 p.m. talk about Sol LeWitt, and at 8 p.m., Bang on a Can performs an all-Reich program including his landmark “Music for 18... |
The gospel according to Glen David Andrews : “Traditional jazz, the way it was played 100 years ago, is dying out with my generation, and I’m not about to let that happen.’’ The New Orleans native deftly blends a contemporary, funky, brass-band sound with traditional jazz from the Big Easy through his... |
Dudley Laufman has never strayed far from the moment he fell in love with the dance. The New Hampshire musician, dance caller, farmer, and poet is perhaps the most important figure in launching the contra dance revival of the 1970s, and he received this year’s National Heritage Fellowship, the country’s most prestigious... |
CAMBRIDGE - Bleu’s back in town, and he’s doing exactly what he promises on “One Day,’’ a sweeping power ballad from his just-released solo album, “A Watched Pot.’’ He’s having the last laugh at hard times, and with good reason. |
Bruce Johnston of the Beach Boys There are, as Bruce Johnston points out, three versions of the Beach Boys: the group led by founder-slash-genius Brian Wilson under his own name; the band “Help Me, Rhonda’’ singer Al Jardine tours with; and the Beach Boys with frontman Mike Love and Johnston, a member since 1965.... |
If a pop star has worked harder than she has this past year, Katy Perry doesn’t know who it would be. In fact, you get the feeling Perry is perhaps working too hard since galvanizing radio last year with the cotton-candy singles “I Kissed a Girl’’ and “Hot N Cold.’’ She... |