Few regions can boast an outsized influence on the greater musical culture more so than New Zealand, tucked away at the bottom of the earth thousands of miles from anywhere else. With Flying Nun (and lesser known labels such as Propeller, Ripper, South Indies and Xpressway), the country of three million became an insanely […]
PARTY LIKE IT’S 1775
Handel & Haydn Society play Mozart and Haydn this weekend Walk into most music shops and the violins hanging on the wall will be strung with steel strings. The highest string on the violin (the E) is particularly prone to sounding metallic when improperly played (think horror-film screech.) Back in Mozart’s day, though, […]
HOME ALONE WITH THE BOSTON POPS
Q&A w/ Kevin McDonald and two high school chorus members On December 29-30, the Boston Pops will perform the score to the Christmas classic movie Home Alone in sync with the film on screen at Symphony Hall. The Pops will be joined in the performance by members of the Wellesley High School chorus. […]
NEVER A DHOL MOMENT: 15TH ANNUAL BOSTON BHANGRA COMPETITION
Amit Bhambi has been around Bhangra all his life. The colorful costumes, the upbeat music, the expressions and energetic movements—all of it is familiar to him. When he asks Americans unfamiliar with the Punjabi-style dance what they think of it? “They usually describe it as a mix of hip-hop and cheerleading with a […]
KEITH LOCKHART ON HALLOWEEN AT SYMPHONY HALL
This Halloween, the Boston Pops will perform the original score of the classic Alfred Hitchcock film Psycho in sync with the film on screen at Symphony Hall. DigBoston caught up with Pops conductor and musical director Keith Lockhart ahead of this very special event. Why did you decide on Psycho for this year’s […]
BOSTON’S FIRST ANNUAL ART BOOK FAIR
Celebrating DIY culture in the Hub
OPEN NIGHTS: LAYING OUT THE PERFORMANCE AND VISUAL ART OPENINGS AHEAD FOR FALL
It’s going to be a good season.
FALL PREVIEW 2014: THEATER PICKS
Theater geeks, mark your calendars … THE FORGETTING CURVE BRIDGE REPERTORY THEATER In 1953, a young man agreed to undergo an experimental surgery hoping to be cured of epilepsy, and devastatingly, the treatment destroyed his ability to make new memories. To kick off their second season, Bridge Rep brings the fictionalized story of Patient HM […]
FALL PREVIEW 2014: A PIE TO FALL FOR
It’s a real downer when summer promptly abandons us in September. It’s a cruel time of year, but keeping our spirits warm as the cold weather returns is Petsi Pies. From their Beacon Street bakery just beyond Inman Square, founder Renee “Petsi” McLeod and crew will soon be bring back the seasonal apple pear cranberry […]
FALL PREVIEW 2014
When Henry David Thoreau wrote “I would rather sit on a pumpkin, and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion,” he was basically saying (depending on how deep you read into it) that the life of a city dweller, with all one’s material possessions mandated by the opulence a own […]
