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A new Broom Lil Rail and 608 Nikyra Monae Here we are at the end of February, creeping toward a year since we all started staying home. All that time at home combined with multiple streaming channels has led to possibly even more new music than usual by local artists, so much so that it would be a full-time job just to keep up with it all. And it would be a fun job, thanks to the creativity and range of sounds and experiences you can find out there. Read on for a sampling of whats caught my ear...

A year of survival and reinvention Artists, venues and organizations persist through the dark times Arts-Barrymore-12-30-2020 The 91-year-old Barrymore Theatre will come out the other side of the pandemic, says general manager Steve Sperling. Oh, the things I learned while talking to arts folks about surviving the COVID-19 pandemic. Bill Brehm, director of the Stoughton Opera House, planted grass for the first time this spring, and was enjoying watching it grow, except under the ferns. Steve Sp...