The life of a working musician is not a second-class life, and Mimi Rabson’s is Exhibit A: “I try to get past the limits of the definitions and get to the joy.”
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Music Feature: Guitarist and Composer Toninho Horta Meets Berklee
Toninho Horta’s musical signature is distinctive: complex harmonies, subtle but masterful guitar work, and gentle, plaintive vocals.
Jazz Review: Jason Anick and Jason Yeager — A “United” Front
Jason Anick, on violin and mandolin, and Jason Yeager, on piano, showed off just how exhilarating it can be to kick down musical walls.
Music Feature: Joyce Moreno at Berklee
When she composes a song, she said, it’s her guitar, rather than her voice, that “chooses the key. The guitar is the boss.”
Music Interview: Country Singer Susan Cattaneo—Making it as a Musician in Boston
“I love analyzing songs and finding out what makes them tick and what makes them wonderful.”
Fuse Music Preview: Joyce Moreno Meets Berklee
Iconic second-generation bossa nova composer, singer, and guitarist Joyce Moreno.
Fuse News: Berklee Beantown Jazz Festival Hits the Streets this Saturday
This year’s festival, themed “Jazz: The Voice of the People,” will explore jazz music in all of its global colors.
Visual Arts Commentary: A Trio of Local Arts Colleges Complete Major Structures
Three Boston-based arts colleges have completed major structures. Each has taken a different aesthetic path to assert its very own institutional signature.
Jazz Week 2014: Wall-to-Wall Jazz with No Walls
Jazz Week 2014′s theme of “No Walls: A salute to the power of jazz to bring people together” emphasizes the place of jazz on the world stage.
Music Preview: A Natural Transition for Singer Mili Bermejo
“Music just comes, you know? You’re harvesting potatoes, and something happens and you have to put it immediately on paper.”