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Folds played a fantastic concert last summer with Rufus Wainwright and Guster in New York’s Central Park. The singer-songwriter consistently engaged his audience from behind the keys, at times conducting them to hum the orchestral parts missing during his performances of old Five songs. But there’s nothing engaging, and certainly nothing to sing along with, on Super D, which only includes three Folds originals. Instead, the ever-innovative pianist tries his hands at addressing the demand for a metal piano arrangement of the Darkness’s “Get Your Hands...
This dance benefit concert is put on by the Harvard Society of Black Scientistsand Engineers, which is dedicated to the advancement of minorities in science.Proceeds from the third annual step show will benefit HSBSE’s Science Club forGirls, designed to encourage more young minority women to pursue careers in thesciences. Tickets $7 general; $5 HSBSE members $5. 7:30 p.m. Lowell Lecture Hall. Harvard Box Office...
Called “the world’s leading viol vonsort,” Fretwork features guest artist Emma Kirkby, soprano. Works include English consort songs by Byrd, Wilbye, Tye, Hume, Dowland and Gibbons. A lecture precedes the concert. Tickets are $21-$59, with discounts available for students, senior citizens and groups. (Harvard Box Office) (617) 424-7232. Paine Hall...
After a little research, we remain unimpressed with the low wattage of the stars secured by the Harvard Concert Committee (HCC). At least Busta dropped that hot verse on “Scenario”—we defy you to name a single Tribe track featuring this Dylan person. Seeking a little more insight into the HCC’s perverse choice of stars, we stopped by a local record store. First we were tempted by an album called Blonde on Blonde. Maybe this guy should get in touch with the editors of H Bomb, we wondered...
...prices, these stores carry everything from early 1930s Jazz to the latest in underground techno. And though Newbury Comics maintains a carefully constructed bohemian vibe, the real deal can only be found in the endangered species of Mom-and-Pop record shops. So throw on your vintage rock concert tee, turn off that free jazz record and prepare yourself for musty rooms stuffed with some of the greatest music ever made...