Arts of the Earth
Theresa Thomason began her musical career singing gospel with her family. “I’ve been singing since I was 13,” Thomason said. “My family formed a gospel group. My father is a pastor and he took...
Nashville on the Vineyard
Nashville is coming to light up the Vineyard on Sept. 20 and 21. Matt Casey is bringing both hit songwriters and emerging stars to play a plethora of venues over the Tivoli weekend.
Casey, a...
Silas Berlin returns to perform classics at Edgartown library
Pianist Silas Berlin will be playing an afternoon piano concert at the Edgartown library Saturday, August 10, from 3 to 4 pm. The program will include Bach and Rachmaninov, and he and soprano Molly...
Livingston Taylor: Words and music
Singer, songwriter, teacher, performer, and supreme raconteur Livingston Taylor does it all. The latter makes him enthralling to see on stage and a delight to interview.
Like all busy Vineyarders, we begin our conversation by...
Jewel comes to the Campground
Working to sustain and maintain the beautiful Campground in Oak Bluffs, with its charming and colorful architecture and storied history, is part and parcel of Kelly Feirtag’s job as general manager of the MV...
Fierce, dynamic, touching, trios and quartets
The Martha’s Vineyard Chamber Music Society (MVCMS) has two treats for us this summer at the Old Whaling Church.
The Verona Quartet will return to the Vineyard on July 28 at 4 pm — this...
Meet Dock Street Fight Club
Alone they stand, together they're Dock Street Fight Club. The promising Island band has been playing together for three summers now, and have been playing at Dock Dance since last summer. On June 9,...
Jemima James brings us ‘Silver and Gold’
Island musician Jemima James' new album, “Silver and Gold,” has been released from the nest it was nurtured in, and is flying free at last. Luckily, the Island community will get the opportunity to...
Music at Featherstone Summer 2024
Before Featherstone Center for the Arts was officially Featherstone, music graced its beautiful campus. “It is just the most glorious setting for music,” says executive director Ann Smith.
Musical Mondays began the summer before the...
Circle of friends
On June 29, acclaimed songwriters and musicians Jemima James, Lilah Larson, Willy Mason, Lexie Roth, Rose Guerin, Phil daRosa, Cliff Eberhardt, Amanda Palmer, Rachel Jayson, and more to be announced will perform at the...
‘The Man I Might Have Been’
On Sunday, May 5, from 5 to 7:30 pm at the Grange Hall in West Tisbury, Island musician and Woodstove Studios (woodstovestudios.com) founder Peter Halperin will celebrate the release of his first album, “Bring...
Young bands at Pathways
On Friday, April 12, from 7 to 9 pm, The L.A.B. and The Divergents bring 90s hip hop, 80s punk, and hardcore punk to PathwaysArts. The L.A.B. is Elliot Berz on vocals and guitar...
Island Community Chorus’ spring concert
It isn’t every day that a chorus, and a community one at that, gets to work with the composer of the music they are debuting. That is precisely the fortunate position the Island Community...
Music for all ages
“Thalea” comes from the ancient Greek word meaning, among other definitions, to flourish or to blossom, which is exactly what the Thalea String Quartet will help Island students do this week, and help adult...
‘The Forgotten Kingdom’ comes to the Island
Circuit Arts’ Martha’s Vineyard Film Festival is breaking new ground on March 21 at the MVRHS Performing Arts Center with what promises to be a memorable, live, full-length multimedia work. “The Forgotten Kingdom” will...
Two keeping tempo
Pianists Molly Sturges and Lisa Weiss will perform — very closely — at their Feb. 24 concert, “One Piano, Four Hands” at the Edgartown library.
As the term suggests, in four-hand piano compositions, the two...
Dynamic music duo
The musical duo of baritone David Behnke and pianist David Rhoderick are at it again. On Sunday, Jan. 14, at 3 pm, they will be performing Franz Schubert’s “Die schöne Müllerin” (the Beautiful Miller...
The year in music
It was an amazing year for music on the Island. Pathways Arts began its off-season with an A list group of Island vocalists. Backed by the Jeremy Berlin Trio, some unexpected vocals were performed...
Music for the holidays
It’s indeed that joyous time of year, as the Island Community Chorus’s annual holiday concert delights us at the Old Whaling Church on Saturday, Dec. 2, at 7:30 pm, and 3 pm on Sunday,...
November music
Martha’s Vineyard Chamber Music Society (MVCMS) is continuing to present enticing performances this fall. They began at the end of October with the Cape Cod Chamber Quartet, and are presenting two additional opportunities in...