Last week at Union Chapel Jonathan Richman delighted an eager audience with an intimate concert with his longtime musical partner, percussionist Tommy Larkins.
Steve Earle sits on his bus at an Owensboro, Ky. bluegrass festival. He played the Opry the night before, Summerfest in Milwaukee the night before that.
The MV Concert series continues this week with Black Violin performing at the Tabernacle in Oak Bluffs on Sunday, June 30 beginning at 8 p.m.
Richard Thompson remembers standing outside his sister’s bedroom door as a young boy, listening to the records she was playing on her Dancette record player, and marvels.
With a lifetime of musical activism and nonviolent resistance behind her, Mavis Staples still sings for peace and justice.
The golden era of reggae and rock-steady gleamed again for two hours at the Martha’s Vineyard Performing Arts Center August 13, when Toots & the Maytals delighted their audience with a concert featuring many Jamaican hits from the 1960s and 1970s.