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May 2022
Sea Songs and Stories with Davis Bates
The Medford Public Library invites you to join singer/storyteller Davis Bates for an evening of maritime music. Bates will share traditional sea chanteys and some stories too. A Western Massachusetts resident, Davis has been telling stories for over 38 years, in schools, libraries, and community settings around New York and New England and across the country. His recording "Family Stories" won a prestigious Parents Choice Magazine Gold Award, and received a starred review by the American Library Association’s "Booklist" magazine.
Find out more »Castle of Our Skins: Remembrance
Castle of our Skins presents a special lecture-performance titled "Remembrance - An Evening of Music and History Sharing," featuring award-winning researcher, internationally recognized concert pianist and renowned public speaker Dr. Samantha Ege. Co-sponsored by the Tufts Department of Music, Dr. Ege will speak at 6 p.m., followed by a 7 p.m. performance featuring solo and chamber works for strings and piano. The concert repertoire will be Undine Smith Moore's "Soweto for piano trio," Margaret Bonds' "Spiritual Suite for solo piano," Florence…
Find out more »Savtones with Danielle Miraglia at The Porch
Tony Savarino's Savtones perform in their third Wednesday residency at The Porch Southern Fare & Juke Joint, joined tonight by special guest vocalist Danielle Miraglia. Savarino is a pillar of the Boston music scene. His original compositions are instrumentals focusing on guitar melodies. It's like instrumental Western Swing with some early jazz with some telecaster twang with a little blues and a great sense of humor. Free admission for the music; if you plan to have dinner, reserve a table.
Find out more »Soulsville at The Porch
The Porch Southern Fare & Juke Joint presents free live soul and funk with your dinner, courtesy of the boys from Soulsville: Tom Arey (drums), Johnny Trama (guitar) and Darby Wolf (Hammond B3 organ).
Find out more »Fridays With Matt Heaton at Playstead Park
Medford singer/songwriter Matt Heaton presents his Fridays with Matt outdoor singalong at Playstead Park in West Medford. If you can't attend in person, catch the livestream on Matt's Facebook page.
Find out more »Toussaint the Liberator Band at The Porch
Catch some island soul with your dinner as Toussaint the Liberator and his band perform at the Porch Southern Fare & Juke Joint. A staple of Boston’s rich and authentic music scene, Toussaint is the former Soulive frontman and lead singer of Band of Killers. He always brings his unique style of soul, a little spoken word poetry, and whatever else the vibe dictates. To be assured of a table, make a dinner reservation.
Find out more »Medford Community Chorale Spring Concert
The Medford Community Chorale and Youth/Young Adult Chorus present their spring concert, entitled Lift Every Voice and Sing! The concert, a celebration of the joy of music and singing, was the one being planned by the Community Chorale in 2020 when COVID-19 intervened. After an 18-month hiatus, the Community Chorale presented its first live performance, a holiday concert, last December. Admission is free, but a $5 donation is suggested to help people of Ukraine. Also, a portion of the proceeds…
Find out more »Matt & Shannon Heaton Virtual Guided Session
Matt and Shannon Heaton present a special Virtual Guided Session of standard Irish tunes played very slowly two times around, and then a bit faster the third time around. This is great for learning tunes by ear on the fly; for working on a second instrument; or for tone development. (Playing at this pace means every note really counts, so it's pretty exposing and illuminating.) All levels and all humans welcome to the slow-slow-fast experience Join the global community in the…
Find out more »Abbott Street String Band at The Porch
The Abbott Street String Band brings some old-timey music to The Porch Southern Fare & Juke Joint. This group of local old-time players formed at an Abbott Street residence during the pandemic. They feature acoustic instruments such as banjos, fiddles and guitars, and groove on the melodies of traditional fiddle tunes, dances and reels. Free admission for the music; reserve a table if you plan to have dinner.
Find out more »Kalliope Ensemble with Cholong Park
First Baptist Church of Medford continues its spring classical music concert series with Kalliope Ensemble in its first collaboration with Brookline-based Korean pianist Cholong Park. The program will include arrangements of works by well known and more obscure composers of the 20th century. It will begin with a reed trio by a less-known French composer Ann Marie Simon, who composed under the pseudonym Claude Arrieu. Following that we will be Kalliope's own adaptation of the Poulenc Sextet – originally for…
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