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Starting in early March, displaced musicians from the Sound Museum at 155 N. Beacon Street in Brighton will be able to move to a new music rehearsal space at 55

After over a year of community and advocacy work, Mayor Michelle Wu and the #ARTSTAYSHERE COALITION are excited to announce a plan to secure the future for a

A new plan will make rehearsal spaces available in Dorchester for musicians who must vacate the Sound Museum at the end of this month. But the evolving saga has raised questions about whether the city could have done more to preserve a major local music business.

Rappers Cousin Stizz and BIA confirmed their hometown hero status, and Best New Artist kei had a breakout night.

Hunched in a dimly lit Dorchester recording studio last November, the Boston-raised singer Rebecca Zama tests her track: riffing in English, belting in Haitian Kreyol, murmuring in Spanish, and, when forgetting a lyric, cursing in French. As the young artist seamlessly flits from language to language, her hands dancing in the air, her pink Converse sneakers tap to the beat and

By Daniel Sheehan, Arts and Features Editor June 2, 2021 Daniel Sheehan, Arts and Features Editor Roslindale-based producer Femi Akindele, left, manned the console in one of TRC’s new recording studios as Benjamin Adeniyi aka “Gingaman” of Lynn recorded vocals in the booth. At right, the lobby of The Record Company. Daniel Sheehan photo Before Covid shut down most of Boston’s music and entertainment economy, local artists already faced challenges in the form of limited accessible rehear...

May 20, 2021 The Record Company have a new EP out, called "Side Project". Its a bunch of covers and here is one of them . It is "Spoonful," the Willie Dixon song made popular by Howlin Wolf and Cream. Thats a picture of me with Chris Vos of The Record Co from their appearance at The Breckenridge Brewery for On Tap With KBCO in August of 2018.  

Amazon pledges $1 million to Boston arts organizations By Malcolm Gay Globe Staff,Updated May 1, 2021, 7:31 p.m. Email to a Friend The donations are led by what the company calls an “anchor investment” to the Boston Arts Academy. Above, a BAA student sat with his trumpet in 2018.Jessica Rinaldi Select Boston arts groups are set to receive a cash infusion after Amazon announced Saturday it was donating $1 million to organizations hit hard by the pandemic. The donations, which will supp...

Alabama Country Gold hosted by Jay Michaels At the age of 5 I knew that Drums and Radio would be my life and I stuck with both. Started in radio in 1966 at the age of 16 in Cullman Al. and then on to Birmingham, Montgomery, Indianapolis, St. Louis, Raleigh, Knoxville and eventually back to my hometown of Birmingham in 1982 at WZZK. I was born in  Birmingham and my hobbies include playing drums professionally at 18 in Ft. Walton Fl. for the Shelby Singleton Record Co. with a few National Hits....

Musician and composer Claudio Ragazzi plays his guitar in the new Studio B at The Record Co. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR) On a recent Friday morning, the gleaming new foyer of The Record Co. at 960 Massachusetts Ave. in Boston was, as usual, empty. In place of a receptionist, a computer monitor and a bottle of hand sanitizer greeted visitors at the door. A well-stocked kitchenette at the back of the room was quiet. “The whole place was designed with the idea of people spontaneously running into on...