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Was is the Don at Berklee

ARTIST IN RESIDENCE: Don Was, left, with Berklee student Mario Guthrie.

9h ago By Jim Sullivan / / Music Review

Here are a handful of songs you don’t expect to hear during a single 85-minute concert: Willie Nelson’s...

Miley Cyrus tour bus overturns in Va., killing 1

12h ago By Associated Press

DINWIDDIE, Va. — One person was killed today when a tour bus belonging to entertainer Miley Cyrus overturned,...

Tanglewood: A perfect ‘10

23h ago By Larry Katz

With frost in the air, it’s not too soon to think about summer and listening to music outdoors on balmy evenings in the Berkshires - or so is the message...

Gigs around town

23h ago By Brett Milano

TODAY DEVENDRA BANHART Psychedelic folkie who’s gotten even more eclectic since becoming a left-field star. At Berklee Performance Center, 617-747-2261. LUKE...

’Comber fetes 50 years of live performances

NOW AND THEN: The Spores reunite to help the Beachcomber celebrate its 50th anniversary.

23h ago By Jim Sullivan

Quick: Name the Boston-area club whose stage has been graced by Benny Goodman, Louis...

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RAKIM

1d 7h ago By Martin Caballero

Long-awaited albums rarely live up to the hype (“Chinese Democracy,” anyone?). Legendary MC Rakim’s return after a decade’s absence...

SARA TAVARES

1d 7h ago By Kevin R. Convey

Given the mix of traditions (Portuguese, African, Cuban, Brazilian) that make up Cape Verdean music, and the size of the expat market in the United States,...

AMY SPEACE

1d 7h ago By Kevin R. Convey

Lucinda Williams’ artistic decline creates opportunities for acolytes such as Speace, who cultivates a similar patch...

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DARRELL NULISCH

1d 7h ago By Nate Dow

It’s clear from his fifth and best release on Severn that the Texas transplant has found something good for his soul in the waters of Gloucester. With...

Kaestli’s beat grew in the heartland

1d 9h ago By Bob Young

Swiss-born jazz singer Beat Kaestli has a soft spot for America’s heartland. It’s where he discovered soul...

Try ’em, you’ll like ’em

1d 9h ago By Jed Gottlieb

Underground ’80s rock fans are descending on Boston’s Theater District for what they’ll deem the shows...

Gallery

Flutist Galway plays well with everyone

2d 6h ago By Ed Symkus

Sir James Galway wants to set the record straight. He did not, as has been printed again and again over the years, start...

LEONA LEWIS

2d 9h ago By Lauren Carter

Radio superhits, an “X Factor” crown and love from Simon Cowell don’t change the fact that Lewis’ voice is a powerful, distinctive instrument...

Lola and behold: Davies rocks Berklee

2d 10h ago By Jim Sullivan / Music Review

“I have a lot of shifts in mood,” Ray Davies told the crowd at Berklee Performance Center Tuesday night by way...

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Fit to be a drummer

2d 14h ago By Sam McManis / McClatchy Newspapers

Rock drummers, some claim, are finely tuned athletes, as fit as any long-distance runner. But to get your head around that idea, you’ll have to put aside...