Music

Barn Raisers' Ball Is Music to the Ears

The annual Barn Raisers’ Ball is this Saturday, Nov. 3, starting at 7:30 p.m. at the Agricultural Hall in West Tisbury. The event is a celebration...

3:34 pm, November 1, 2012
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Singer-Songwriters Perform

Tristan Israel and Nancy Jephcote will perform next Friday evening, Nov. 9, at the Katharine Cornell Theatre in Vineyard Haven. They will be...

3:32 pm, November 1, 2012
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Music Festival to Benefit Breast Cancer

Katie Ruppel

Breast is the word for Saturday night. On Oct. 13, from 7 p.m. to 1 a.m. a bounty of local and regional female singer-songwriters will perform at...

10:36 pm, October 11, 2012
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Long Point 5 Concert

The Long Point 5 rocks the music of Scott Joplin, Argentine tangos, the big band sound of Duke Ellington, Fats Waller, Jelly Roll Morton, George...

10:29 pm, October 11, 2012
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A Picker, a Grinner, a Tisbury Selectman

Mark Alan Lovewell

There are many moving parts to Tristan Israel. For 23 years he has served as a selectman for the town of Tisbury. For seven years he has worked as a...

4:56 pm, October 4, 2012
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Spreading the Word Through Song

On Saturday Oct. 6, the Watoto Children’s Choir from Africa begins their five-month Beautiful Africa tour with a free performance in Oak Bluffs at...

4:27 pm, October 4, 2012
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New Instrument is Music to Their Ears

Mark Alan Lovewell

The music sounds so sweet these days at the Chilmark Community Church, thanks to the addition of a new pipe organ. It is not only a lovely instrument...

6:07 pm, September 28, 2012
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Irish Music

The Irish are coming and they are related. On Friday, Oct. 5, the brothers Vallely, Niall and Cillian, are playing a concert at the Katharine Cornell...

2:34 pm, September 28, 2012
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Air Force Jazz Band

The United States Air Force Liberty Jazz Band is holding a free concert beginning at 5 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 14, at the Ocean Park bandstand. The...

4:08 pm, September 14, 2012
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Best of the Fiddle and Whistle

To become an All-Ireland music champion is no easy feat. Ireland may be a small country, but it takes its traditional music very seriously. Throw a...

6:17 pm, September 13, 2012
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Opera at Library

The Vineyard Haven Library is stepping into the great fall void with a full list of programs. On Tuesday, Sept. 11 at 7 p.m. James Sullivan, author...

10:26 am, September 7, 2012
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Piano Man Keeps Us Feeling Allright

It was the summer of 1962 and young David Crohan had just graduated from high school. His aunt and uncle owned a house in the Camp Ground and David...