‘I don’t think there is anyone that Aretha Franklin’s music has not touched or influenced in one way or another,’ one says.
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Concert review: Chamber festival’s opener emblematic of outgoing founder
Jennifer Elowitch’s programs often incorporate a variety of classic and contemporary pieces.
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After final concert, founder of Portland Chamber Music Festival happily passing the baton
Twenty-five years ago, Jennifer Elowitch and a friend started the annual festival, which opens Thursday.
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Classical review: DaPonte String Quartet premieres piece inspired by poem
The quartet will perform the commissioned work throughout the midcoast in coming weeks.
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Portland Symphony Orchestra names German-born conductor as its new music director
Eckart Preu, the longtime music director of the Spokane Symphony, emerged from a field of three finalists to succeed Robert Moody.
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Cyndi Lauper shares stage with young fans
The North Carolina teens’ father might have gotten the biggest thrill. “I’m an ’80s child,” Ronald Worley Sr. said.
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McCartney returns to Cavern for surprise gig
The former Beatle plays an unscheduled concert in the Liverpool club where it all began.
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The Maine Millennial: Alcohol, alcohol everywhere, but not a drop to drink
When you can’t have alcohol, you really start to notice how pervasive and ubiquitous it is.
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Concert review: Clarinetist, Cassatt Quartet showcase works by Seal Bay Festival faculty
The concert, featuring two Maine composers among others, was Thursday at Space Gallery.
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Stevie Nicks, LeAnn Rimes share heartbreak in new duet
The former Fleetwood Mac singer said she found the song easy to relate to as she was familiar with ‘that same sad, deeply tragic, passionate place’ Rimes was at when she wrote it.