What I remember about FreshGrass festivals in the last 10 years or so is all over the map. It’s a mild fall day and I’m in the courtyard playing Farewell to Whiskey …
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International musicians enliven FreshGrass — #flashback
Yacouba Sissoko, one of the most sought-after kora musicians in the world, has joined a growing and global group of musicians who have come to the Berkshires for FreshGrass.
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Rana Santacruz brings Mexican folk to FreshGrass — #flashback
The tuning of a banjo blends into the tempo and strum of son jarocho, Mexican folk music from the Gulf coast, as Rana Santacruz sings his own original music.
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Kavakos plays Mendelssohn at Tanglewood
Greek violin virtuoso Leonidas Kavakos performs a modernist and French program infused with radical interpretative choices and the harmonic and compositional inventiveness of Debussy and Ravel.
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Cafuné’s Noah Yoo speaks on cats, bards and musical politics
Cafuné performs at Mass MoCA, and Noah Yoo talks about nostalgic influences, fan engagement and being a musician in 2022.
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Breathing space in the heat of summer #this weekend
We’re sharing iced coffee and a palm-sized blueberry pie — my old friend Teresa is here for the weekend, and we have been getting lost at Tanglewood.
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Composer Valerie Coleman imagines new worlds in music
Acclaimed composer Valerie Coleman considers the expanding future of orchestral music as she honors the musicians and composers who have opened the way.
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Generations of musicians honor BSO harpist Ann Hobson Pilot
Renowned harpist Ann Hobson Pilot and composer-flutist Valerie Coleman are sitting in a pavilion with windows clear enough for the afternoon sunlight and the sound of classical musicians at practice to stream in …
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Once — Finding the courage to act #this weekend
The actors are holding an Irish music jam — E.J. Zimmerman is singing Red-haired Mary, buoyant with the syncopated swing of the reel …
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Eastern Woodland Dances return to the land
The Iroquois dancer holding the stage is keeping a beat in time to a tenor voice and a live drum. His father and grandfather are singing here tonight, as dancers carry living traditions.
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