Discover famous celebrities born in Massachusetts. From Hollywood stars to music legends, these surprising names all trace their roots back to the Bay State.
The musical composition sounds like the music for a Roman Catholic Mass, but instead of Scripture uses excerpts from The Origin of…
Thirty years ago, next month, Robert Cray appeared on the cover of Rolling Stone with the headline announcing: "The Blues are…
BOSTON – The Alabama Shakes took center stage to mark the end of three-day Boston Calling Festival last night. Britney Howard the…
BOSTON – The sun peeked through the windows as the sounds of classical piano gently filled the air. A 13-year-old black…
BOSTON – Three Hub artists from a mix of disciplines will receive $20,000 stipends to work with Boston agencies and civic groups…
BOSTON—Boston is already gearing up to celebrate its favorite holiday – St. Patrick's Day!…
BOSTON – Can Boston compete with New York and Los Angeles artistically? Statistics indicate the competition so far hasn't favored the…
BOSTON – Singer-songwriter Peter Wolf became enshrined in Boston Thursday as Mayor Marty Walsh declared April 14 to be the former J.…
BOSTON – Organizers of City Hall's cultural planning initiative, Boston Creates, reached out for feedback on a draft plan to develop…
BOSTON – With sunny skies and warm weather finally arriving, the outdoor interactive space Lawn on D in South Boston's Seaport…
BOSTON – Flower crowns, plaid shirts and full animal costumes are about to dot downtown Boston as City Hall Plaza becomes a staging…
Leadership: Finding your voice in Music and Medicine was a lecture hosted by Harvard University at the Ed Portal in Allston. The…
"I don't mean to sound arrogant, but even at this stage, I do feel that we are meant to…
Two Boston colleges are leading the way in protecting the rights of music creators, performers and rights holders around the world. Berklee…
This Thursday, May 5, the Handel and Haydn Society will perform a special concert of music by Black composers at the Museum…
ROME (AP) — Oscar-winning composer Ennio Morricone is back on his feet after canceling a string of concerts because of two collapsed…
NEWTON, Mass. (AP) – The singers enter single file, taking slow, deliberate steps as they intone a soft melody. Norman Doelling, an 85-…
STORRS, Conn. (AP) — When Boston Pops conductor Keith Lockhart asked the University of Connecticut to provide a guest narrator to read "…
LOS ANGELES (AP) — An attorney for the American Civil Liberties Union says federal officials are investigating whether gender discrimination exists in Hollywood.…
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Prince's representatives arranged for the musician to meet a California doctor to help him kick an addiction to…
CHASKA, Minn. (AP) — Five of Prince's six surviving siblings appeared in court Monday for the first hearing to start sorting…
WEST BRIDGEWATER – "We won't make fun of the way you talk if you don't make fun of…
The death of Prince marks the end of a brilliant music career by one of pop music's most talented and…
CHANHASSEN, Minn. (AP) — Pop superstar Prince, widely acclaimed as one of the most inventive musicians of his era with hits including "…
NEW YORK (AP) — James Levine, the former Boston Symphony Orchestra maestro, will retire as the Metropolitan Opera's music director at…
The New England Conservatory is at the forefront of cultural renewal in Boston's urban neighborhoods. Through their Community Performances &…
Amid the increasingly surreal scramble for the Republican Party's presidential nomination, one of the most bizarre promises of the primary…
BOSTON – As Easter approaches, films about the life and death of Jesus regularly pop up, and older movies from years ago get…
Authenticity is an elusive accomplishment when performing that most profound of musical scores, Bach's St. John Passion. Artists must interpret…
After Sunday night's Golden Globes you may be wondering, why is Mozart in a jungle, and more importantly, why is he stealing all our awards? How did an under-the-radar Amazon Instant Video show about an orchestra nab the top prize for comedy television?
Big-band jazz has a new home in the Providence area.…
The Beatles were a miracle not only of talent, but of chemistry. No producer was better suited for them than the resourceful…
BOSTON — The Boston Symphony Orchestra is rhapsodizing over winning the Grammy award for best orchestral performance Monday. The symphony and musical director…
NEW YORK (AP) — Glenn Frey, a rock 'n' roll rebel from Detroit who journeyed West, co-founded the Eagles and…
NEW YORK (AP) — David Bowie, the other-worldly musician who broke pop and rock boundaries with his creative musicianship, nonconformity, striking visuals…
