Awards are overrated. Shows matter, so check out the bluesy, bubbly band Glad Valley, or Ezra Furman, or a hot jazz trio.

Boston has made some formidable contributions to American life — revolution; academia; the Kennedys; the Roomba — so it’s hardly surprising that Beantown’s status as a longtime hub of Klezmer music ...

The phrase “strike while the iron is hot” has never applied to Boston’s founding member and musical mastermind, Tom Scholz. Time and again in the band’s career, Scholz proved that he’d take extra time ...

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Album covers clockwise from top left: Otis Shanty's "Lowballer" (Courtesy Sadye Bobbette/Otis Shanty); Ethan Setiawan's "Encyclopedia Mandolinnica" (Art by Mike Cox, design by Louise Bichan); Najee ...

The Boston Music Awards announced its 2025 nominations on Friday, with voting also now open to the public for this year’s ceremony. The annual celebration of the city’s music scene, which launched in ...

Here’s a curious fact: Every member of the fast-rising Boston band Couch (and there are a lot of them — seven, to be exact) is the younger of two siblings. What are the odds? The bandmates are brainy ...

The 502s, an indie folk group hailing from Florida, were all smiles as they started their set at Boston Calling. Circling around each other as a tropical background flooded the stage’s screens, they ...

There wasn’t much sunshine at Boston Calling 2025. Despite early weather reports calling for “scattered showers” on Friday followed by dry conditions for the rest of the weekend, concertgoers at ...

The members of Jane’s Addiction have decided to go their separate ways following the band’s final and chaotic show in Boston more than a year ago. The iconic rock group announced the end of their ...