Passim’s Iguana music grants go beyond funk, funding Cliff Notez and Emily Dickinson opera
Club Passim and its yearly Iguana Music Fund have awarded $38,850 to 22 musicians, chosen from among more than 170 applications from across New England.
Rock & Roll Rumble returns to Central Square with first competition since before pandemic
The Rock & Roll Rumble returns for nine nights in April for the first band showdown since 2019, back at The Middle East in Central Square after three years in Somerville.
Lizard Lounge sounds the first notes of its return, starting with Club d’Elf and Poetry Jam and Slam
The Lizard Lounge nightclub opens today for the first time since Covid closed it in March 2020, running a slate of club favorites but, for now, open weekends only.
Jazz Festival announces July 30-31 dates, expecting 10,000 in return to in-person
The Seventh Annual Cambridge Jazz Festival will be held the weekend of July 30-31, returning after a two-year interruption with headliners Eguie Castrillo and his orchestra and Chelsey Green and The Green Project.
Central Square’s techno and house scene travels on Friday to Boston’s Infrastructure Music Fest
The Cambridge electronic music scene pays a visit to Boston on Friday to feature in the Infrastructure Music Festival. The outdoor festival, hosted by Cambridge-based DJ collectives Infra and Keep On, will feature continuous underground techno and house music on two stages, one for the DJs of each organization.
More changes at the Cantab as booker departs, speaking of changes in club approach to bands
The longtime music booker for the Cantab Lounge in Central Square, Mickey Bliss, is out the door after 15 years. He says he was told that responsibility for booking bands in the downstairs space called the Cantab Underground would be taken from him and made less accommodating to bands in some ways.
Well known to audiences at local clubs, events, Amador is winner of 2022’s Tiny Desk Contest
Cambridge singer-songwriter Alisa Amador is the winner of the year’s Tiny Desk Contest, NPR Music announced this week. She is expected to headline an “On The Road” tour of contest participants.
Mahler to be heard Friday at Symphony Hall: Conducted by Zander, aided by St. Paul’s Choir
The Boston Philharmonic closes out its 43rd season Friday, performing Mahler’s Symphony No. 3 at Boston’s Symphony Hall with some strong contributions from Harvard Square.
Once, the rock venue, hopes to lease Oberon, filling it with diverse shows and all-day use
Somerville’s famed music club, Once Lounge and Ballroom, is in the running to rent the space occupied by American Repertory Theater’s Oberon until a permanent closing at the end of 2021. Harvard is trying to fill the Harvard Square site by April.
Confusion at the Cantab as relationships shatter, including a music partnership that began in ’78
The downstairs performance space at the Cantab Lounge, known for 17 years as Club Bohemia, is now the Cantab Underground. The confusion and battle behind it represent another bump in the rough ride the bar has had returning to life in Central Square, during a pandemic – a time bar business has been, by all accounts, brutal.
