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Passim’s Matt Smith brings his love of local music to the airwaves By Lauren Daley Globe correspondent,Updated March 1, 2021, 5:59 p.m. Email to a Friend It feels like a match made in New England music heaven. Matt Smith, the managing director of Club Passim who has booked thousands of acts at the Cambridge club in the last quarter century, is now also an WMVY-FM DJ, spinning local tunes each week for the station’s “Local Music Café” program. “To me, the absolute joy in this is hoping to find some new favorites for somebody,” said Smith. “And to show my o...

Green Heron “at” High Street Coffeehouse (Boscawen NH) ~ 7-9:30pm ~ https://www.boscawencongregationalchurch.com/high-street-coffee-house1.html ~ High Street Coffee House & Open Mic will continue to meet on Zoom from 7:00-9:30 pm on the first Friday of the month through May. The zoom link for each event is in the event posting on the High Street Coffee House Facebook page, and on the webpage.  Our features are: March 5, Green Heron, April 2, Liz Kantz & “Doc” Rogers and May 7, Rupert Wates.  The features open and close each evening, and in between there will be 8-10 open mic slots ...

Jeff Daniels joins Ann Arbor Folk Festival lineup as emcee Updated Jan 06, 2021; Facebook Share ANN ARBOR, MI - Emmy award-winning actor, director, singer/songwriter and Chelsea native Jeff Daniels is joining the 44th annual Ann Arbor Folk Festival lineup, serving as the event’s emcee. Daniels was among the additions to the Folk Festival lineup announced by The Ark on Wednesday, Jan. 6, along with Nashville singer/songwriter Kim Richey. Several other musicians have been added to the bill since the initial announcement of the lineup, including noted actor and musician Kiefer Sutherland, Gin...

Jeff Daniels to Host Annual Ann Arbor Festival Enter your number to get our free mobile app Actor and musician Jeff Daniels is set to host the 44th Ann Arbor Folk Festival in Ann Arbor. The longtime running fundraiser is in support of The Ark, a nonprofit music venue for folk, ethnic and roots music. This is the second time Jeff Daniels has hosted Folk Festival. He hosted in 2007 and performed the event in 2014. The two night "at home" event will take place on Friday, January 29th and Saturday, January 30th. Yes, this is a live stream event. The Ark:

Concert halls are dark. Big arenas and small clubs are closed. Outdoor venues canceled their usual summer series. This hasn’t been a great year for live music. But that didn’t keep local musicians from staging streamed shows in their living rooms or from releasing new recordings. And throughout it all, they still loved talking about music. To mark the end of 2020, here’s a selection of quotes from some New England-based players about their personal – some of them very personal – experiences with music and performance. Vance Gilbert on audiences “I’ve always been made for the sta...