Making each song her own Sep 9, 2008
A half century into her career, folk icon Joan Baez is making a return of sorts - not to vintage material, but to songs that evoke the spirit and message of her defining early work from the 1960s ... Still, it's the woman at the microphone who turns everything she touches into a Joan Baez song ... Joan Baez plays at the Berklee Performance Center Nov. 1-2. (Boston Globe)
Book Review: 'A Freewheelin' Time' Sep 9, 2008
Book Review: 'A Freewheelin' Time' - International Herald Tribune. Book Review: 'A Freewheelin' Time. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
New releases Sep 8, 2008
Folk: Joan Baez/ Day After Tomorrow (Razor and Tie)Jazz: Natalie Cole/ Still Unforgettable (Rhino)Trip-Hop: Tricky/ Knowle West Boy (Domino)Country: Jessica Simpson/ Do You Know (Epic)Rap/ Hip-Hop: LL Cool J/ Exit 13 (Def Jam)Classical: Lang Lang/ Chopin: Piano Concertos 1 and 2 (Deutsche Grammophon)Heavy Metal: Iced Earth/ The Crucible of Man: Something Wicked, Part 2 (Steamhammer)Rock: Joan Osborne/ Little Wild One (Time Life). Video games - ActionLEGO BatmanMultiple Platform (Warner Home)If... (Boston Globe)
Front Row: Pop Recordings Sep 7, 2008
Joan Baez, "Day After Tomorrow" (Bobolink/Razor & Tie). The 67-year-old folk matriarch continues to defy her age and era with a new album of songs written by Tom Waits, Elvis Costello, and Steve Earle, who produced it. (Boston Globe)
Country's 'Guitar Man' Reed dies Sep 4, 2008
Two further Grammys came for his collaborations with Chet Atkins - and the guitarist went on to play and tour with the likes of Joan Baez and Ringo Starr. Burt Reynolds presents his friend with a surprise guitar-shaped cake in 1980. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Releases on the Horizon for Sept. 4 Sep 4, 2008
Joan Baez, "Day After Tomorrow". Dar Williams, "Promised Land". (Carroll County Times, MD)
'Born To The Breed - A Tribute to Judy Collins, Vol. I' Due for Release October 14th on Wildflower Records Sep 4, 2008
Born To The Breed' features the original writing and poetry of Judy Collins recorded by luminary artists such as Chrissie Hynde, Joan Baez, Rufus Wainwright, Dolly Parton, Shawn Colvin, Leonard Cohen and more. The album launch will coincide with a benefit tribute concert headlined by Judy Collins that will be the centerpiece of Joe's Pub's 10th Anniversary celebration on October 10th at The Public Theater. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
I'm Your Biggest Fan Aug 20, 2008
As a child, I would stare at old photographs depicting rock and roll's greatest suns as they were young rising stars: Bob Dylan at the Gaslight, Joan Baez at Cambridge's Club Passim, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards swaggering at the Marquee Club. I would run my fingers over their bodies, their faces, and then those spectral figures at the coffeehouses, clubs and bars. (Ithaca Times, NY)
AllShows.com Offers Premium VIP Party Ticket for Ridgefield Playhouse Concert Series Aug 19, 2008
Since the Ridgefield Playhouses opening, enthusiastic, sold-out audiences have enjoyed Peter Yarrow, Marcel Marceau, Barbara Cook, Moscow Boys Choir, Joan Baez, and The Bacon Brothers. Film-goers have seen a range of movies from Oscar-winners such as Traffic and Chocolat to family fare to our international film series. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
American Idol is all in the showmanship Aug 11, 2008
She was best known to the crowd as the barefoot hippie guitarist who channeled Joan Baez. Team Idol swooped down on Sunshine like a hawk on a mouse. (DeKalb Daily Chronicle, IL)
Lewis: Learning about daughter's phobia Aug 10, 2008
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New on DVD: 'Counterfeiters' puts twist on prison-camp story Aug 8, 2008
Folkie/activist Seeger, now 89, has always gone his own way, and here are Joan Baez, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen and more to offer praise. But the movie is honest enough to note that wife Toshi-Aline endured lots of family grunt work while Pete was out improving the world, which he did. (USA Today -- Life)
DVD reviews: Nims Island, Lonesome Dove Aug 8, 2008
Pete Seeger: The Power of SongThe life, times and music of folk-protest patriarch Seeger are chronicled in this documentary that features interviews with the singer and admirers including Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Joan Baez, Arlo Guthrie and Peter, Paul and Mary. Director Jim Brown follows up on his earlier music documentary, The Weavers: Wasnt That a Time, which centered on a farewell performance by Seegers former singing group. (MSNBC -- Movies)
Warner Home Video to Celebrate 40th Anniversary of Woodstock Next Year with Major New DVD Release Aug 7, 2008
The restored and remastered release will include more than an hour of newly discovered Festival performances, some never-before-published in their entirety, from a number of artists, including The Who, Joe Cocker, Canned Heat, Joan Baez, Country Joe McDonald and Country Joe and the Fish with more to be announced. The release will incorporate reflections and perspectives from musicians, celebrities, influencers and other giants in the entertainment industry on the cultural significance of... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
leaves a legacy of unique brickwork Aug 6, 2008
Apparently, according to the crowd at Apple Jack s, Kay s talent as a brick worker was so well-known that folk singer Joan Baez swung by the bar one day in the 1960s with a pickup truck full of bricks and cases of Coors beer and recruited Kay to build her a fireplace. His old watering hole, his other living room, Apple Jack s bar, is located in La Honda, less than a mile down the road from Kay s old house. (Half Moon Bay Review, CA)
Famed Kennedy photographs on display in Ky. Aug 6, 2008
It also includes music from the 1960s, including Joan Baez singing "Blowing in the Wind" and Aretha Franklin's "You Make Me Feel Like a Natural Woman.". Buttons and other souvenirs of campaigns are shown along with memorabilia of the decade, including a 1969 Volkswagen Bug, G.I. Joe dolls and a fallout shelter, reminiscent of Cold War fears of nuclear war. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Newport Folk Festival is mixing it up Aug 2, 2008
GILLIAN WELCH She's been popping up announced and unannounced at the fest since 1997, playing with everyone from Joan Baez to recording partner David Rawlings. Sunday at 2:40 p.m., Fort Stage. (Boston Globe)
Slain 1960s leaders remembered in Kentucky exhibit Jul 26, 2008
The exhibit also includes music from the 1960s, including Joan Baez singing "Blowing in the Wind" and Aretha Franklin's "You Make Me Feel Like a Natural Woman.". Buttons and other souvenirs of campaigns are shown along with memorabilia of the decade, including a 1969 Volkswagen Bug, G.I. Joe dolls and a fallout shelter, reminiscent of Cold War fears of nuclear war. (The Daily Reflector)
Top 9 proved the music of 'Dead Musicians' very much alive Jul 23, 2008
"There's many things to say about that performance. The fact is to me you remind me of the 60s in so many ways, it's this Joan Baez kind of ethereal touch with what songs are really about and how to use your voice as the purest instrument to communicate the lyric of the song. As far as I'm concerned, it's the night that the Top 9 really turns the corner and shows people how damn good they are and the fact is that was phenomenal and you belong here for a long, long time," said Amberly. Jake was... (CTV.ca)
Schlow Library to host trio of bands for 'Splatterfolk' Jul 14, 2008
With her folk-like acoustic music, she has a sound similar to Joan Baez, Rasmussen said. Her debut album, From a Window to a Wall, was released in June of this year. (Daily Collegian, PA)
people: Leonard Cohen, Lara Logan, Madonna Jul 13, 2008
Joan Baez, k.d. lang and Sophie Hunger played an all-female night, while Herbie Hancock, Al Jarreau, Chaka Khan and Angelique Kidjo will perform at a 75th birthday celebration for the music impresario Quincy Jones on July 14. Alicia Keys, Lenny Kravitz, Paul Simon and Pete Doherty's band Babyshambles will also be playing at Montreux. (International Herald Tribune)
Odes to Odetta Jul 8, 2008
Janis Joplin, Joan Baez, and Bob Dylan have cited Odetta as a major influence on their careers. An archival clip of the folksinger, songwriter, acoustic guitarist, hand clapper, and human rights activist was featured in Martin Scorsese's Dylan documentary, "No Direction Home." The direction to take today is to Elma Lewis Playhouse in the Park where the legendary folk artist will open the summer performing arts series. (Boston Globe)
It's a Real 'Kumbaya Moment' - and It's Not What You Think Jul 7, 2008
Kumbaya, a traditional African-American Gullah spiritual (the word means "come by here"), traveled to Angola and back to the USA again before it matured into a popular scouting/campfire standard, a 60s folk favorite recorded by Joan Baez, Pete Seeger, Peter Paul & Mary and several others, and eventually an anthem of the civil rights movement on par with We Shall Overcome. "It's a beautiful song about closeness and unity that deserves far more respect than it's received," says Sir Ivan, the... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
True folk song inspiration Jul 4, 2008
"When I was coming up in the 60s that was such an inspiration to me because although I was called a folk singer, I wasnt one really, I was a songwriter. Yet I was around people like Joan Baez and others who would sing 400-year-old Welsh folk songs, and how inspiring to know that you could write a song that would last generations and generations and cross language barriers and be appreciated. "Its almost like an antique chair; everybody thinks its so wonderful they just take care of it for a... (TheChronicleHerald.ca)
At WCRB, it's a grand old tradition Jul 3, 2008
9) will celebrate the Fourth with "Live Across America." Tomorrow's 6 a.m-9 p.m. programming features prerecorded, hourlong concert sets from such artists as Joe Ely (6 a.m.), Joan Baez (8 a.m.), Bob Dylan (noon), and Johnny Cash (4 p.m.). The Corporation for Public Broadcasting has announced it will be funding three winners of the Public Radio Talent Quest competition: Al Letson, Majora Carter, and Glynn Washington. (Boston Globe)
Kate Clanchy's workshop Jul 1, 2008
I prefer the original Cohen version on Songs of Love and Hate, but I know those who like the Joan Baez version. They point out that Joan can actually sing: I say that's the whole problem. (Guardian Unlimited -- Books)
Verve take swipe at festival boss Jun 30, 2008
Page last updated at 01:23 GMT, Monday, 30 June 2008 02:23 UK. By Ian Youngs BBC News music reporter, at Glastonbury. (BBC News)
Starry London Night Fetes Mandela Jun 29, 2008
Mandela, who will turn 90 on July 18, was honored with a celebration that included Leona Lewis and Josh Groban, as well as longtime legends Annie Lenox, Joan Baez and Queen. The event was sponsored by the 46664 charity, an HIV/AIDS awareness organization launched five years ago by Mandela, whose son died of AIDS in 2005. (ABC News)
Reporter's log Jun 28, 2008
1830 - Live show starts with a performance by Jivan Gasparyan 1833 - Will Smith introduces Razorlight 1847 - Into the Hoods 1853 - Sipho 1858 - Quincy Jones introduces Leona Lewis 1910 - Zucchero and Jivan 1917 - Susannah Owiyo and D'Gary 1920 - Lewis Hamilton introduces Sugababes 1934 - Will Smith performs 1937 - Annie Lennox speech then performance with Agape Choir 1949 - Emmanuel Jal 1955 - Jamelia performance 2005 - Vusi Mahlasela 2010 - Geri Halliwell introduces Johnny Clegg and Joan Baez... (BBC News -- UK)
SHE DID IT! Glowing Amy Winehouse takes to the stage... Jun 28, 2008
Wowing the crowd: Presenter Geri Halliwell introduced Joan Baez, while Eddy Grant performed some of his songs. Duet: Newlywed Jamelia, who returned from her honeymoon on Thursday, performs with South African singer Loyiso. (The Drudge Report)
Fourth of July in Maine Jun 28, 2008
And now the frosted summer night-dew brightens, the north wind rushes through your ailing cedars, finds the gaps; thumbtacks rattle from the white maps, food's lost sight of, dinner waits, in the cold oven, icy plates repeating and repeating, one Joan Baez on the gramophone. And here in your converted barn, we burn our hands a moment, borne by energies that never tire of piling fuel on the fire; monologue that will not hear, logic turning its deaf ear, wild spirits and old sores in league with... (The Atlantic Online)
Frail Mandela marks 90th birthday Jun 28, 2008
Other performers included Simple Minds, Josh Groban, Joan Baez, Leona Lewis, the Sugababes, Eddy Grant, Jamelia, the Sudanese "war child" rapper Emmanuel Jal and a host of other African artists. Today's concert, which was broadcast around the world, came 20 years after a concert at London's Wembley Stadium that helped press South Africa's apartheid authorities for Mandela's freedom. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Josh Groban To Honor Nelson Mandela Jun 27, 2008
The 27-year-old singer will join legendary folk-rock singer Joan Baez and Jerry Dammers (an Artists Against Apartheid organizer) whose song "Free Nelson Mandela" ignited the 80's anti-apartheid movement in the U.K., Amy Winehouse, Leona Lewis, U2, Queen + Paul Rodgers, Annie Lennox, Simple Minds, Sir Paul McCartney, The Spice Girls, Sugababes, Dame Shirley Bassey, Keane and Razorlight. The impressive lineup will also include an array of Africa's most praised artists, including Johnny Clegg,... (CBS News)
Glastonbury: The best party on the planet Jun 26, 2008
For a festival which prizes and promotes new music, Sunday's line-up is dominated by old-timers and comeback kings, with The Verve's headlining reunion show supported by sets from septuagenarian Leonard Cohen, 68-year-old "King of Rock Solomon Burke and 67-year-young Joan Baez. Not that the day is exactly starved of either mainstream names or new young talent, with Groove Armada, Goldfrapp, Mark Ronson and The Zutons sure to draw substantial followings, while more exploratory ears will be turned... (Independent)
Stars prep for Madiba bash Jun 26, 2008
Other performers on the concert bill include Amy Winehouse, Simple Minds, Josh Groban, Joan Baez, Leona Lewis, the Sugababes, Andrea and Sharon Corr, Eddy Grant, Jamelia, Zucchero, South African artists and the Sudanese "war child" rapper Emmanuel Jal. "When one retires, it means that you have time for birthdays," Nobel Peace Prize laureate Mandela said. (iAfrica.com)
Peace activist Baez has no regrets Jun 23, 2008
American folk singer and pacifist Joan Baez, 67, can't seem to keep quiet. For decades she has stood up against violence and for peaceful coexistence all over the world, and now for the first time is backing a political candidate, Bara 00004000 ck Obama. (The Age)
Emmylou Harris Explains What She 'Intended' Jun 17, 2008
"He was always playing Loretta Lynn and George Jones and Buck Owens, and I was into folk music - Joan Baez, Bob Dylan, Ian and Sylvia.". Today, Harris, who lives on a spread in Nashville with her widowed mother ("She's my best friend"), has eclectic tastes in music. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Newport Folk Festival expands well beyond folk Jun 13, 2008
Since 1959, the festival has hosted a who's who of folk performers and singer-songwriters, from Joan Baez, Pete Seeger and Peter, Paul and Mary to James Taylor, the Indigo Girls and Mary Chapin Carpenter ... "It's not a scholarly academic festival. It's not like a university-funded and organized anthropological festival of folk music in the purist sense. It never has been," said Hajdu, author of "Positively Fourth Street: The Lives and Times of Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Mimi Baez Farina and Richard... (MSNBC -- Music)
Rock's pro-war tours Jun 12, 2008
The anti-war movement in the 60s had Joan Baez, Bob Dylan and John Lennon. This time round it's the goddamn Dixie Chicks, who've. (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)
Helena's lens caps career Jun 1, 2008
George says he enjoyed meeting folk singer Joan Baez too, but it was Bishop Desmond Tutu who touched his heart. I got the greatest photo of him before he went into the Montana Club, shaking hands with a little boy, George said. (Helena Independent Record, MT)
Back to basics v gimmicks May 31, 2008
"I wanted to do it the way festivals used to be," he says, "to get away from modern life, be in a field and not have to look at advertising hoardings. I just don't see what mobile phones have to do with music." Taffe was also inspired by footage from the Newport Folk Festival, showing "Bob Dylan and Joan Baez and everyone playing together, that laid-back feel, where anyone can pick up a guitar." Now in its third year, End of the Road has earned an impressive reputation with festival-goers and... (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)
'I don't make things easy' May 30, 2008
Bruce Springsteen has her on his iPod, Joan Baez invited her on tour, and she has collaborated with members of the Zutons and the Waterboys as well as Martha Wainwright. She has been described as "the best singer/songwriter of the last 10 years", is not yet 29 and has just released her seventh album of self-penned songs (having written her first when she was 16). (Guardian Unlimited)
Taking In the Groovy New Woodstock Museum May 30, 2008
So if you visit the museum, which I recommend, here's what I would do: play with the interactive screens, admire the replica hippie bus, watch the film clips of Jimi Hendrix and Joan Baez and the Who. Then go outside, head over to the slope and lie facedown in the grass--preferably in the rain. (Time.com)
* Finding her voice again May 26, 2008
An avid record collector, her main inspiration came from Joan Baez. Hearing her, I decided that when you sing, its got to be like that. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Shakey meets Jay-Z at Glastonbury May 2, 2008
Joan Baez will headline the Acoustic Stage on the Sunday. There are the legendary fogeys to cater for the ageing hippies - Leonard Cohen on the main stage and Joan Baez, Solomon Burke, Jimmy Cliff and Neville Staple off the beaten track. (BBC News)
* Blast from the past May 2, 2008
McLeans music X along with American Folk Music revival legends such as Jim Croce, Bob Dylan and Joan Baez X was associated with open-air concerts and spontaneous jams on college campuses. PHOTO: COURTESY OF JUEDING INTEGRATED MARKETING AND EMI. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Girls Like Us author talks about Joni, Carly and Carole Apr 23, 2008
(Say, Laura Nyro, Bonnie Raitt, Joan Baez or anyone else ... Joan Baez, too old a major older sister, as it were. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
Not so funny business Apr 18, 2008
Hajdu (HAY-doo) made the accidental discovery while researching his 2001 book, "Positively 4th Street," about the lives and cultural influence of four seminal folk singers from the 1950s and '60s: Bob Dylan, Joan Baez and Richard and Mimi Farina. Everything Hajdu read about the era traced the postwar sensibility to rock 'n' roll. (Syracuse.com)
Grandmother sees hope in Obama's candidacy Apr 18, 2008
"Music was important to us. It united us in many ways," said Mrs. Akins, who still has vinyl albums by Pete Seeger, Joan Baez and other troubadours in her record collection. While the message has been adapted to the campaign slogan of "Change We Can Believe In," Mrs. Akins wishes more baby boomers would show some of the old activism. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
New folks at Newportrock festival's traditions Apr 17, 2008
"I don't like the idea that it's just dissipating into another festival like so many others," says Joan Baez, who launched her career at the 1959 festival. "It seems that it's all about money and not much about holding onto something that's been pretty precious for a lot of years.". (Boston Globe)
The long march Apr 15, 2008
It reminded me of the folk singers, when they'd call us to the folk festivals, and there'd be Joan Baez, Bob Dylan, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Richie Havens. And after we sang the festivals, they'd take their acoustic guitars and go to one of these big houses and just sit on the floor and just everybody sing together. (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)
Bluesman on a unicycle Apr 14, 2008
Though he was born in Chicago, Taylor's family relocated to Denver, where he discovered the Folklore Center, an instrument store run by Harry Tuft, a veteran of the New York folk scene who promoted Bob Dylan and Joan Baez. Taylor remains devoted to his mentor: his track Harry Turn the Music Up recalls the days when Taylor would go round to the store on his unicycle after school, and sit on the bench where blues legends such as Son House, Skip James and Mississippi John Hurt all played. (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)
Dear Bob, if not for you... Apr 12, 2008
There is an illuminating scene in Don't Look Back: Dylan is in a hotel room in England during his earthquake-rending British tour, Joan Baez is strumming a guitar. Dylan is at a table writing a song, on a typewriter. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Joan Baez leaves 'em wanting more Apr 9, 2008
Joan Baez has aged well ... But there are not many Joan Baezes in the world to see, and I expected a bigger crowd. (Florida Times-Union)
Revisiting musical greats on film Apr 6, 2008
That movie included not just Dylan but Joan Baez, Johnny Cash, and Donovan. Lerner's Dylan material was used in the Scorsese film, and that may be what gave him the extra push (and cash) to re-edit the raw concert footage from the 1960s into yet another focused piece on Dylan's time of transformation from folk musician to rock musician. (Boston Globe)
Martin Scorsese knows his way around a doc Apr 3, 2008
Joan Baez, doing the best Dylan imitation ever, quotes him, shrugging, I dont know where the f--- it comes from. . (MSNBC -- News)
Laura Bush High School Reunion Apr 3, 2008
Lauras tastes ranged from Elvis and the Beatles to the Neville Brothers, Ray Charles, Joan Baez, the Crickets, Little Richard, Muddy Waters, Bo Diddley, the Big Bopper, Lenny Welch, and Little Willie John. She especially liked Buddy Holly, who was from Lubbock, Texas, and Roy Orbison, who was from Odessa. (Newsmax)
Back where she first started, Baez shows no sign of slowing Mar 30, 2008
CAMBRIDGE - Joan Baez was doing what she always does at a concert, something as inane as tuning her guitar as the audience piped down. Except last night it felt particularly poignant, even nostalgic. (Boston Globe)
Roger McGuinn Mar 27, 2008
In addition to a monthly song available for free on his Web site (), McGuinn has released two folk compilations: 2002's Grammy-nominated "Treasures From the Folk Den," with the likes of Pete Seeger, Joan Baez, Judy Collins and Odetta, and 2006's "The Folk Den Project.". Roger McGuinn. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
They Might Be Giants, or they might not (we wouldn't know) Mar 27, 2008
JF: My mom avidly listens to a bunch of quite specific music that is very non-rock and very non-kid: Noel Coward, Joan Baez, Louie Armstrong, Lotte Lenya (which was very mysterious to me as a kid). West Side Story and Cabaret were routinely played at top volume to inspire housecleaning. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
The top five music movies Mar 26, 2008
But the directors' approach -- to kick back and let Bob do the talking -- is wonderfully revealing, as is the music, which opens with the Ginsberg-featuring video of "Subterranean Homesick Blues" and includes a beautiful impromptu rendition of "Lost Highway" with Joan Baez. 2. (CNN -- Showbiz)
Why comic books scared us so Mar 25, 2008
Music man: David Hajdu has written biographies of music greats Billy Strayhorn, Bob Dylan, and Joan Baez. Michelle Heimerman/AP. (Christian Science Monitor -- World)
Giant Memories Mar 23, 2008
JOAN BAEZ "Joan was the wittiest and most beguiling for someone 18 or so. We were so charmed by her wit and voice. She and I met when we were freshladies at BU. I loved her immediately and admired her constant courage.". BOB DYLAN "To us in the very early 1960s, Bob Dylan was known as a budding performer, poet, and storyteller and became part of our family in Cambridge. Bob stayed in our house with my husband, a graduate student in neuropharmacology by day and a bluegrass musician by night. We... (Boston Globe)
Peace at Last? Mar 23, 2008
This week, Joan Baez returns to Cambridge to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Club Passim, where it all began for her ... Left: Joan Baez, in her Woodside, California home, is quite comfortable with her more relaxed pace, which includes fewer protests and more family time ... The view out of the living room window at Joan Baez's house is a Northern California dreamscape: nothing eye-popping or panoramic. (Boston Globe)
Where Folk History Lives Mar 23, 2008
"Phil Ochs, Mississippi John Hurt. The legend of Joan Baez was one of the big reasons I moved there. It seemed like a place [where] people got started." ... "And we all came out budding folkies." Siggins, who dropped out of BU following freshman year with her best friend, Joan Baez, waitressed at the club during the week, cooked on Sundays, and ran the art gallery in the afternoons ... The university routinely offers the free use of Sanders Theatre for high-profile Passim concerts, including the... (Boston Globe)