Gabe Hirst reflects on current societal challenges in ‘Opus for 2020.’
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Bridget Kearney & Benjamin Lazar Davis plan Tuesday concert
From left are Benjamin Lazar Davis, Bridget Kearne and Stevo Atambire. Photo courtesy of State TheatreBridget Kearney & Benjamin Lazar Davis will perform at 8 p.m. Tuesday, June 2, at facebook.com/statetheatreportland/live. State Theatre and Port City Music Hall will present a streaming show from Lake Street Dive’s Kearney and Davis of Okkervil River and […]
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Virtual music group videos engage Maine students, communities during pandemic
Their youthful, hopeful voices counterbalance the din of disturbing public health reports, gun-toting protesters and politicians dealing with an unprecedented global threat.
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Lyle Divinsky to perform Wednesdays online
The longtime Mainer a has no intention on stopping online performances until concerts can happen again.
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American mezzo-soprano Rosalind Elias dies at 90
She sang 687 performances of 54 roles at New York’s Metropolitan Opera over 42 years, and she made her Broadway debut at age 81.
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Florian Schneider, Kraftwerk co-founder, dies at 73
The German electronic artist is considered one of the most important musicians of the computer age.
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Dead Gowns plans live stream concert May 2
An Evening with Dead Gowns is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. 7 p.m. Saturday, May 2, at facebook.com/statetheatreportland. The State Theatre and 98.9 WCLZ will host the streamed performance. Geneviève Beaudoin (vocals, guitar and piano) and Luke Kalloch (baritone guitar and vocals) will play tunes from their 2018 EP “New Spine” and […]
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Boston Symphony Orchestra flutist Doriot Anthony Dwyer dies at 98
Dwyer was the second woman ever to win a principal chair in a major U.S. orchestra.
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Recollections of a Lewiston roadie
Kenny Smotherman talks about working for Springsteen, J. Geils, Lynyrd Skynyrd and Jackson Browne, and the Lewiston music scene — or what’s left of it.
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Do-it-yourself music makers dare to dream
In their own bedrooms and basements, inspired young songwriters in Maine have access to the high-tech tools and distribution outlets to blossom on their own terms.