Fun On The Playground: Harvard Square
Need some summer fun with mom and dad? There is a great local area that is good in the rain or the bright sun shine! Harvard Square, a small section of Cambridge that is located off of the red line, is a great place to walk round on a nice sunny day. When the sun [...]
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
This weekend, April 20-22nd is your last chance to see Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, presented by the Milton Players in Milton, MA! Dirty Rotten Scoundrels is a musical with music and lyrics by David Yazbek and book by Jeffrey Lane, based on the 1988 film of the same name. It tells the story of two con [...]
“Visions” by Grimes
Grimes, aka Montreal-based electro-pop sprite Claire Boucher, is finally breaking through with her third LP ‘Visions’. It’s an irresistible album— it’s dreamy, breezy electro-pop, yet it hides something deep underneath its charm. It’s extremely catchy, and rides on the current wave of 80s-inspired electronic dance music. Yet, the album leaves you with something more. Grimes [...]
Les Miserables
Andrew Varela plays the role of Javert in Les Miserables at the Boston Opera house. A week before the interview, I had the pleasure of seeing the show. Even in the opening scene of of the show, standing silent amongst a crew of rowing prisoners, Varela’s presence is captivating. As an actor, he has some [...]
Rolie Polie Guacamole
Rolie Polie Guacamole just played a wonderful set in honor of Live Music Week on the Playground, promoting their new albums and showing their support for public radio. The New York group is celebrating their third Live Music Week at WERS, and is really enthusiastic about the station and unique kid’s programming like the Playground. [...]
Fermata Town
Today we had Boston a Cappella group Fermata Town come in and perform for us. Maria had the privilege of interviewing the energetic native Bostonians and talked to them about what it’s like being out of the college a cappella scene and performing in what they referred to as “the real world.” They discussed the [...]
The Kadima Band
This Live Music Week, Chagigah hosted the Kadima Band live in studio. The Kadima Band is a popular band in the Massachusetts area playing bar/bat mitvahs and community events all around. The band members include Lloyd Baron, Bradley Nelson and Jill Goldman. Bradley Nelson took over the band when his father passed away. His father [...]
Harvard Din and Tonics
For today’s in studio I had the absolute pleasure of interviewing The Harvard Din and Tonics, who are as classy in person as they are in vocal form. Sticking to traditional style a cappella, having them in the studio was a breath of fresh air. They were definitely the kind of classic gentlemen you don’t [...]
Slow Club Live In Studio
Within the next few weeks, Slow Club will head over for a tour through Australia, where Charles Watson and Rebecca Taylor have performed before in the past. This time around, though, their drummer Avvon Chambers and bassist Stephen Black will be joining them. “We’re looking forward to playing all the new songs. We’re kind of [...]
All A Cappella Live ’12
The best Collegiate A Cappella groups in Boston performed on the Cutler Majestic Stage
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Serenata de Amor Brings Cape Verde to Emerson
Serenata de Amor, a musical theater project spearheaded by visual media arts associate professor Claire Andrade-Watkins, was brought to Emerson this past year. The project is a tribute to the morna of Cape Verde and Brava set in the 1940s. Andrade-Watkins worked with a team of faculty and staff members from Emerson to bring Serenata [...]
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