Earlier this month, well over a thousand people packed into the Berklee Performance Center, many for the first time at the venue, to see a rare, solo performance by the chart-topping singer-songwriter Brandi Carlile. The sold-out show can partially be attributed to the singer’s fame with her popular songs, such as “The Story,” but also [...]
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Berklee Presents Chasing Blue and BMUZ at Grey Fox
August 1, 2011 – 11:03 am
For the second year in a row at Grey Fox, Berklee’s American Roots Music Program was represented by two fine bands, in this case Blue Moose and the Unbuttoned Zippers, and Chasing Blue. A seminar on the program by its loco pater familias, Matt Glaser, was super well attended, and Berklee musicians were seemingly everywhere, playing, [...]
Berklee’s SXSW Party at Lucky Lounge in photos
March 27, 2011 – 2:47 pm
Back from SXSW in Austin, where Berklee hosted three events again this year. The thirteen alumni and student bands who played at Berklee’s parties made their mark among the dozens of alumni bands performing at shows and parties around Austin last week (who were in turn among 2,000 plus (!) bands playing at the 25th [...]
Sing Song with Bobby McFerrin @ The BPC
March 1, 2011 – 9:04 am
こんにちは、Chopingです。 今回は先日2/24にBPCにて行われた”Sing Song with Bobby McFerrin”と題された一大イベント、現在Berkleeに特別滞在して教鞭をとっているあのBobby McFerrinと、Berkleeの教授でBobbyの盟友であるJoey Blake、そしてそのVocalアンサンブルの生徒達による「声だけのコンサート」の模様をレポートしたいと思います。 James Taylorが来たときもしかり、ヴォーカリスト関連のイベント時は毎度のことなのですが、BPCの周り1/4周ぶん行列が、、、！
CMJ: We’ve Got Annie Covered
October 23, 2009 – 3:21 pm
Berklee came out in force for alumni band Annie and the Beekeepers CMJ Showcase last night at the Living Room. Magen and I were there, as were students and alumni Nathan Reich, and members of Sex!, and Nini & Ben, who, not coincidentally, happen to all be playing Berklee’s CMJ Showcase tomorrow (1-5 at Bowery [...]