The long-running Rhythm and Roots Festival, near extinction earlier this year when it’s cancellation was announced, is on for this Labor Day weekend at Charlestown’s Ninigret Park, with a strong lineup of musical artists, food and craft vendors and the traditional dancing and camping that’s made it an end-of-summer staple for nearly four decades.… MORE
by Kimberly Rau Theatre by the Sea closed its 2022 summer season with the Broadway hit Kinky Boots, and it ranks as one of the best shows they’ve done in a while, with one of the best casts they’ve assembled. The plot: Charlie doesn’t really want to go into the family business making and selling…… MORE
Hundreds of people turned out on a picture-perfect Sunday afternoon to hear dozens of artists in the 8the annual Rhode Island Folk Festival at Rose Larisa Park in East Providence… MORE
The Goo Goo Dolls brought their “Chaos in Bloom” tour to the Leader Bank Pavilion on Boston on Tuesday, August 16. Check out some photos from the show. All photos by Doug MacGunnigle for Cumulus Media.… MORE
Rod Stewart and his band played popular favorites from his legendary catalog at the Xfinity Center in Mansfield, MA on Friday, August 12. Check out photos from the show below. All photos by Doug MacGunnigle for Cumulus Media.… MORE
The Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra reports the death of its former conductor and music director Larry Rachleff.… MORE
Save the dates, say the emails from the Newport Folk and Jazz Festivals.… MORE
Surprise! Joni Mitchell is back onstage. The folk legend performed her first full-length concert on Sunday at the Newport Folk Festival in Rhode Island. … MORE
Three days of unbelievable heat, tremendous musical surprises and happy faces brought the Folk family together for the 2022 edition of the Newport Folk Festival. … MORE
Conductor and composer Bramwell Tovey, the Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra’s principal conductor and and artistic director died at his home in Barrington on Tuesday, one day after his 69th birthday, according to the orchestra.… MORE
