Music

Back in Swing of Things, NRBQ Headlines Flatbread

Nicholas Bradley

From rockabilly to pop, rock and blues to jazz-rock, New Rhythm and Blues Quartet, NRBQ, can just about play it all. Founded by pianist Terry Adams...

11:36 am, July 17, 2013
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Spreading the Ladino Love on-Island

Nicholas Bradley

Ladino music is a multicultural experience. A unique blend of Spanish and Hebrew lyrics, Mediterranean instrumentation and Arabic rhythms, it...

11:18 am, July 17, 2013
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Master Class, Marilyn Horne Helps Give Opera Full Voice

Olivia Hull

Marilyn Horne has no plans to travel to Martha’s Vineyard this summer, but her influence and musical genius will arrive in the brain and muscle...

5:06 pm, July 15, 2013
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Benefit for Kidney Disease is Smokin'

A new event for the Vineyard this summer is the On The Vine Festival, which will bring musical artists Smokey Robinson and Natalie Cole, among other...

2:42 pm, July 11, 2013
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Super Group Jam at Hooked

Hooked in Oak Bluffs is baiting the hook with some serious musical talent on Saturday night. Former members of Steely Dan, the Doobie Brothers,...

2:00 pm, July 11, 2013
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Songs in Praise of Whaling Church Mural

This past spring Margot Datz completed work restoring a mural at the Old Whaling Church in Edgatown. The three-month project brought back to life the...

1:29 pm, July 11, 2013
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Raising Voices, Funds for Elderly Housing

Olivia Hull

Seated on the armrest of a couch in her grandparents’ Edgartown parlor room, Caroline Miskovsky straps a guitar around her back and positions her...

12:34 pm, July 11, 2013
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Harlem Quartet Performances

The Harlem Quartet returns to the Vineyard with two concerts, July 15 at 8 p.m. at the Old Whaling Church in Edgartown and on July 16 at 8 p.m. at...

3:53 pm, July 10, 2013
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Guitar Lessons Grant

Guitar lessons are coming to the West Tisbury Library this fall thanks to a grant from the Permanent Endowment for Martha’s Vineyard. The $2,400...

3:52 pm, July 10, 2013
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No Hiding on the Backstreets, Aaron Carter Keeps Swinging

Emily Kennedy

Aaron Carter has a deep, gravelly voice. This may not be what you remember coming from the gangly, thirteen-year-old blonde kid who rapped about his...

1:52 pm, July 4, 2013
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David Crohan Performs at Old Whaling Church

Pianist David Crohan will share the stage with summer resident Caroline Sky as they perform a concert to benefit the Island Elderly Housing’s Quality...