Interview
Singer/songwriter Aoife O’Donovan’s new album is a moving tribute to the women, particularly Carrie Chapman Catt, who made the 19th Amendment a reality.
“I’m going to be 80 in October, and what a way to spend your 80th year on the planet, to be able to go out and do rock ‘n’ roll shows everywhere!”
Many of us think of Harriet Tubman as a lone heroic figure. But the truth is she was never alone; she did things that other people did not do.
The inciting action of Smith’s moving memoir is the event that forced her to reckon with the fact that her marriage was in trouble.
This month, the veteran guitarist, singer, and songwriter released his first solo album, 99 Shots, and found himself leaning in a direction he had spent decades avoiding.
“I believe folks coming to the theater will have a great time, they’ll learn about the Negro leagues and about a phenomenal woman.”
“I wanted to explore the real nature of guilt and innocence, and why it isn’t easy for society to forgive.”
Penning some of the most beautiful and harmonious tunes for the Wailin’ Jennys over the group’s two decades, Ruth Moody always envisioned a solo career to complement her Jennys output.
Clea Simon’s latest mystery, “Bad Boy Beat,” features the memorable heroine Em Kelton, a tough Boston journalist who can mix with the hard-boiled reporters and hard-living cops on her beat — none of whom want to realize that she happens to be a brilliant detective.
“We ask them to interpret the music through their own experiences, so they are connecting to and performing what Mr. Ailey called ‘blood memories’ on stage.”
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