All That Jazz: Our expert tells you the can’t miss sets at Newport Jazz Fest
It has been a long time for jazz fans to wait, but we are finally nearing the date when the historic Newport Jazz Festival will make its triumphant return to […]
When Ren and his mother move from Chicago to a small farming town, he is prepared for the inevitable adjustment period at his new high school. But he’s not prepared
July 11 - July 21Songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and session musician.
July 17 @ 8:00 pm - 11:00 pmJazz guitarist.
July 18 @ 8:00 pm - 11:00 pmRock & roll fable performed by participants in the Garde’s Summer on Stage program and the Missoula Children’s Theatre.
July 19 @ 7:00 pm - 10:00 pmComedian, author, radio host, podcaster, and actress.
July 19 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pmLynyrd Skynyrd tribute.
July 19 @ 7:30 pm - 10:00 pmAcoustic trio.
July 19 @ 8:00 pm - 11:00 pmComedian, author, radio host, podcaster, and actress.
July 20 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pmDoo wop.
July 20 @ 7:30 pm - 10:00 pmPop singer-songwriter known for her recording of “One of Us.”
July 20 @ 8:00 pm - 11:00 pmJazz guitarist and singer.
July 20 @ 8:00 pm - 11:00 pmComedian, author, radio host, podcaster, and actress.
July 20 @ 9:30 pm - 11:30 pmBlues.
July 21 @ 7:00 pm - 10:00 pmIndie/alternative.
July 23 @ 8:00 pm - 9:00 pmRevisit one of the world’s most beloved musicals. THE SOUND OF MUSIC tells the tale of a young postulant who is dispatched from the local abbey to serve as governess
July 24 - August 17Folk.
July 25 @ 8:00 pm - July 26 @ 12:00 amAcoustic folk with blues and country roots.
July 25 @ 8:00 pm - 11:00 pmRuby red slippers, flying monkeys, oh my!
July 26 @ 7:00 pm - 10:00 pmIt has been a long time for jazz fans to wait, but we are finally nearing the date when the historic Newport Jazz Festival will make its triumphant return to […]
Rhode Island’s veteran drummer Joe Holtzman stills pats the snare and bass drums in greater Providence.In 1954, while growing up in South Carolina, Holtzman joined The Brooklyn-Cayce Marching Band. After […]
There hasn’t been a whole lot to report on over the past few months in regards to the Rhode Island jazz scene, but all that is changing. Here is a […]
Noted reedman Dan Moretti, one of the nation’s top tenor saxophone artists, lives in Narragansett. Dan has been composing, recording, leading, teaching and performing jazz and some R&B around the […]
The Downbeats were a group of young high school musicians that formed a quartet that was to play local school dances, featuring upbeat music of the times. These young performers […]
During 1932, the gifted international musician Frank D’Rone was born.He grew up in Providence, where at five years old he began singing and learning to play guitar. By age eleven […]
There are few keyboard players and pianists in Rhode Island who have the stylistic breadth and musical depth of local musician Jhony Keys. He’s played in a wide range of […]
Providence’s Billy Lipson, born in 1911, was blessed with a terrific jazz singing voice. Billy sang with several large orchestras in greater Providence.His renditions often sounded like Frank Sinatra or […]
If you hear guitar at a jazz gig around Providence, there is a good chance it’s coming from the amp of local musician Gino Rosati. Rosati has a voice that […]
Motif’s jazz writer, Ben Shaw — interviewer of musicians, reviewer of albums and guy in the know — also is a jazz performer, and he dropped an album of his […]