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05/18/2008

Estafan, Joel, kick off busy summer season
The Friday-night faceoff between Gloria Estefan at the new MGM Grand at Foxwoods and Billy Joel at the Mohegan Sun Arena (the first of 10 shows for Joel between Friday and early July) is just the beginning of a packed concert season in southern New England that includes plenty of action not only at the casinos but at longtime summer staples in the area.

05/19/2008

Sweet times for Sugarland
Listening to Kristian Bush talk about his band’s upward trajectory inspires enough convincing, aw-shucks optimism to fill an arena-sized washtub.

05/18/2008

Foxwoods’ grand new idea
The opening of a new venue next weekend marks Foxwoods’ entry into the big-name casino-entertainment game, which has been dominated in recent years by the Mohegan Sun, in Uncasville. But with its new venue, Foxwoods is thinking small — relatively.

Bedingfield brings Sunshine to Tweeter
British pop singer Natasha Bedingfield catapulted to fame in 2005 with her infectious songs “Unwritten” and “These Words (I Love You, I Love You)” dominating Top 40 radio for months. Two years after its release, “Unwritten” lost out to Christina Aguilera’s “Ain’t No Other Man” for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance at the Grammys.

Raven-Symone comes of age, at 22, with a new self-titled CD
Even though Raven-Symone can now add movie producer to her long list of accomplishments, some people still perceive her as just a little girl.

05/16/2008

Kanye West in his own world on Tweeter’s stage
MANSFIELD, Mass. — It ain’t easy being Kanye West. Just ask him.

Vocal talent, Strauss waltzes lift Fledermaus
Opera Providence seemed to be on the right track with its decision to stage lesser-known operas that can’t be heard most places. So far this season, the company has done a couple of amusing one-acts by Lee Hoiby and a respectable rendition of the charming Scott Joplin folk opera Treemonisha.

05/15/2008

Otis Read goes solo on Turn a Page
Singer-songwriter Otis Read has been living in Rhode Island for roughly 30 years, and is currently best known for his work with the Celtic group The Gnomes. But this weekend he celebrates the release of his first solo CD, Turn a Page.

Die Fledermaus at the Columbus
Opera Providence wraps up its season this weekend with two performances of Johann Strauss Jr.’s Die Fledermaus.

05/14/2008

Untiring rendition of Beethoven fills Vets
After wrapping up its regular season a couple of weeks ago, the Rhode Island Philharmonic was back at Veterans Memorial Auditorium last night for a benefit gala with pianist André Watts, who roared through Beethoven’s popular Emperor concerto.

05/11/2008

Simon tries on a samba rhythm in new album
Bette Davis is very important to Carly Simon. “The way she talks is so individual. Nobody can imitate her. If I could imitate her, that’s all I would do with my life,” she laughs.

05/09/2008

New Kids on The Block tickets will go on sale Mon. at noon
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05/08/2008

At 63, Geoff Muldaur hasn’t slowed down much
Geoff Muldaur has one of the most varied and lengthy resumes in American music, rising from the Cambridge folk-blues scene of the early 1960s, making a name with Jim Kweskin’s jug band and going on to work with luminaries ranging from Bob Dylan to Richard Thompson to Benny Carter to Phil Everly and more. “There are only three white blues singers,” Thompson has famously said, “and Geoff Muldaur is at least two of them.”

05/07/2008

Amazed by success
ALBANY, N.Y. Panic at the Disco bassist Jon Walker checks in from Miami, where he’s just come back from getting sunburned after an afternoon at the beach. Soon, he’ll put on a fancy suit and tie and hit the stage, where he’ll play for hundreds of young, screaming hipsters.

Rollins, Hancock, Botti at Jazz Fest
Sonny Rollins, Herbie Hancock and Chris Botti are among the headliners of the JVC Jazz Festival Newport, which announced its lineup yesterday.

05/04/2008

Rhode Island Philharmonic closes season with a stunning rendition of Mahler
The Rhode Island Philharmonic ended its season last night with a whimper — a divine whimper — with the final moments from Gustav Mahler’s shimmering Fourth Symphony. This was an elegant, heartfelt performance from conductor Larry Rachleff, whose wife, soprano Susan Lorette Dunn, was on hand to sing about all the joys of heaven in the lilting finale.

A one-man melting pot of African music
The Malian singer, songwriter and guitarist Habib Koite took six years between records, but he wasn’t sitting idle — quite the opposite.

Hip-hop is livening up its concert act
Hip-hop had a problem.

05/01/2008

The Bravery delivers its music two ways
When The Bravery began putting together their second record, The Sun and The Moon, they knew they were in for a challenge. Their first recording, 2003’s Unconditional EP and the 2005 self-titled full-length, bolstered the underground and Internet-based appeal they had built in their native New York and in England. But then what?

Enjoy a double helping of Mahler this weekend, courtesy of the Rhode Island Philharmonic and the Brown University Orchestra
Mahler fans are in luck this weekend. Performances of two of the composer’s more popular symphonies are scheduled.

Mozart at Music Mansion, organ recital at cathedral
Mary Sadovnikoff teams up with fellow fortepianist Michael Bahmann at the Music Mansion tomorrow night for an evening of four-hands Mozart on the replica of a Mozart-era piano. Joining them will be soprano Andrea Matthews, a Brown University freshman, who’ll be singing Mozart arias and leider.

04/30/2008

Gillette Stadium to tackle live music
FOXBORO The owners of the New England Patriots and the National Amusements chain yesterday unveiled plans for a live-music venue next to Gillette Stadium.

04/28/2008

British pop-rocker Nick Lowe is reaching new highs
For Nick Lowe fans, the last year has been a bonanza.