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Under new leadership, Phoenix takes on Mahler and Schreker

Led by music director Joshua Weilerstein, the chamber orchestra revived its Prime series on Thursday night at the Artists for Humanity EpiCenter.

Garth Brooks gets rowdy with his friends in Gillette’s low places

The country superstar — who limited tickets for Friday's show to the field and the stadium’s first tier — was boisterous and charged up, burning nonstop with the thrill of performance.

Pops open season with a beautiful beast of a show

Performances highlight the magical works of Disney and composer Alan Menken, whose music fueled the stories of Ariel, Belle, Aladdin, Rapunzel, Hercules, and Audreys I and II.

10 standout pop concerts this summer

Shows from the likes of Bad Bunny, Lady Gaga, Kenny Chesney, Kendrick Lamar, and Jonathan Richman highlight a packed season of pop concerts.

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10 essential shows for folk, country, and world music fans
From a legendary salsa ensemble to a Saharan guitar god, the Mavericks to Miko Marks, these artists will be mixing it up on local stages all summer.

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From legends to rising stars, 10 shows to excite jazz fans
The summer season features a wide range of artists, from 82-year-old Herbie Hancock to 26-year-old Connie Han, plus a packed lineup at the Rockport Jazz Festival.

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Herbie Hancock comes to Jimmy's Jazz & Blues Club in Portsmouth, N.H., for four shows in June.

From legends to rising stars, 10 shows to excite jazz fans

The summer season features a wide range of artists, from 82-year-old Herbie Hancock to 26-year-old Connie Han, plus a packed lineup at the Rockport Jazz Festival.

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Wilco will be one of the headliners at this summer's Beach Road Weekend festival on Martha's Vineyard. Frontman Jeff Tweedy and drummer Glenn Kotche are shown performing with the band at Leader Bank Pavilion in Boston in 2021.

Beach Road Weekend puts Martha’s Vineyard on the summer festival map

This year’s festival features the Avett Brothers, Beck, and Wilco as headliners, along with performances by Khruangbin, Guster, Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, Lucinda Williams, and Emmylou Harris.

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Chelsey Green and her band The Green Project will headline the second day of this year's Cambridge Jazz Festival.

After a two-year layoff, the Cambridge Jazz Festival returns with twice as much in store

A second day of live music has been added to this year's free festival July 30-31, featuring Chelsey Green and Eguie Castrillo, among other artists.

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An iconic sign — "Musicians at Play" — signals to visitors they have arrived at Marlboro Music, a celebrated summer destination for chamber music.

10 places to hear classical music with a view

From the Cape to the Berkshires and Vermont, concerts head for the hills.

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Randy Newman performs at the 2021 Newport Folk Festival.

No matter what kind of music you like, there’s a festival for you this summer

Whether you're a fan of indie, folk, reggae, jazz, or hip-hop, New England has you covered.

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The John Doe Folk Trio. From left: Kevin Smith, Doe, Conrad Choucroun.

John Doe’s latest foray into folk music isn’t quite the way Woody might have done it

The X founder and frontman comes to Passim for two shows in June with the John Doe Folk Trio, but he hasn't permanently traded rock for the coffeehouse.

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Roger Daltrey (left) and Pete Townshend led the Who in concert at the TD Garden.

The Who strike a familiar chord at TD Garden

The band's setlist largely mirrored the one from their 2019 Fenway Park show, but unlike that concert, they were held back by a muddy sound mix.

Quinn Sullivan plays the Narrows Center for the Arts in Fall River Friday.

New Bedford blues guitar whiz kid Quinn Sullivan is now his own guy

Mentored by Buddy Guy for most of his life — a relationship documented in the film "The Torch" — Sullivan has arrived at a time in his career “when you have to do your own thing."