The last time Father John Misty appeared in Portland, it was for a 2018 performance at Thompson’s Point.
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Bowdoin International Music Festival presents the Ying and Balourdet quartets
The Bowdoin International Music Festival will present a special May 1 spring concert at Nomad Pizza featuring two string quartets — the world-renowned Ying Quartet and the rising Balourdet Quartet. The two quartets will team up for a performance of Mendelssohn’s Octet. The Ying Quartet is an ensemble-in-residence at the festival each summer season where […]
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Seymour Stein, music industry executive who signed Madonna, dies at 80
He and his label, Sire Records, also championed punk and new-wave bands including the Ramones, Pretenders and Talking Heads.
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Duane Edwards Trio takes stage at Freeport’s Meetinghouse Arts
The Duane Edwards Trio will take stage in Freeport for a 7 p.m. performance on Saturday at Meetinghouse Arts, part of the venue’s jazz series. Bassist Duane Edwards is an accomplished musician currently living in Portland. He has performed throughout New England, across the United States, in Canada, and notably at Lincoln Center. He performs […]
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An afternoon of musical entertainment with Josée Vachon
Josée Vachon will bring her musical entertainment and cultural show to the Riverfront-Franco Center stage at 1 p.m. Sunday, March 5. Through her music, she will share her Franco American joie de vivre–her joy of living as a Franco American. Born in Quebec and raised in Maine, Vachon has been sharing her Franco American upbringing for over 20 years, through traditional and contemporary folksongs from Quebec and […]
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Huey ‘Piano’ Smith, session man and hitmaker, dead at 89
Smith was one of the last survivors of an extraordinary scene of musicians and songwriters who helped make New Orleans a fundamental influence on rock ‘n’ roll.
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R&B musician Chuck Jackson dies at 85
Nearly 30 of Jackson’s singles spent time on the Billboard Hot 100 chart during the 1960s, according to Best Classic Bands.
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Drifters singer Charlie Thomas dies at 85
While performing with the R&B group for more than 60 years, Thomas recorded hits such as ‘There Goes My Baby,’ ‘Under the Boardwalk,’ ‘This Magic Moment’ and ‘Save the Last Dance for Me.’
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Jeff Beck, guitar virtuoso who influenced generations, dies at 78
Beck won 8 Grammy Awards and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame twice – once with the Yardbirds in 1992 and again as a solo artist in 2009.
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Midcoast Symphony Orchestra to perform ‘Favorite Music for All Ages’
Orchestra to perform family-friendly concerts in Topsham and Lewiston with emphasis on children.