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The Lowell Summer Music Series Season Pass Is On Sale Now!

A season pass to the Lowell Summer Music Series is a great investment!

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Final Show Announced For The 2015 Lowell Summer Music Series And It’s A Winner!

Booking the fabulous Warren Haynes is a coup for the 2015 Lowell Summer Music Series where he will appear on Saturday, August 15! This solo show (or at least not with Railroad Earth with whom he will tour this summer) is unusual and will be highly anticipated by all!

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It Will Be A Celtic Sojourn At The Lowell Summer Music Series

Brian O’Donovan is bringing his A Celtic Sojourn roots and branches show to the Lowell Summer Music Series on Saturday, August 22! I have seen Brian, but have never seen Cherish the Ladies, one of the featured bands at this show.

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Grammy-Winner Shelby Lynne Enchants

Shelby Lynne may have made her name as a country musician, but her performance at Johnny D’s a few days ago showed that she is a versatile singer-songwriter who is firmly ensconced in the broader category of American roots music.

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Shelby Lynne

This was the first stop on Shelby’s tour to promote her new album, I Can’t Imagine, produced by Massachusetts’ own Rounder Records and released two days prior to this show.

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Soaring Public Art Graces Boston’s Greenway

I love public art exhibits; they add much joy and surprise to those who see them, regardless of whether the viewer previously knew about the piece(s). One such piece is the new installation by Janet Echelman called ‘As If It Were Already Here’, installed over Boston’s downtown Rose F. Kennedy Greenway a week ago.

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‘As If It Were Already Here’

I took a walk last week to see it – luckily I had my camera with me at work.

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Newport Folk Festival Line-Up Adds A Number Of Unknown Acts (To Me, At Least)

The Newport Folk Festival continues its lineup announcements and added some acts whose names are not familiar to me, but that does not matter! I look forward to being introduced to them.

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One Of My Favorite Performers Is Returning To The Lowell Summer Music Series

Wow, for the second year in a row, Trombone Shorty and Orleans Avenue will be appearing at the Lowell Summer Music Series on Thursday, August 13! I see this band every chance I can, and this Series is perhaps my favorite place to see them!

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A Crazy Great Jazz Show

I am a huge fan of the jazz guitar great Mike Stern. Even though I had seen him perform a number of times, I had never seen him with his own band until last weekend when I attended the last of his four sold-out (or nearly sold-out) shows at Regattabar.

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Mike Stern

Mike is an incredible performer in terms of both his talent and his performance style.

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Tom Russell Performs His Ballad Of The West

See No Depression for my review of this terrific show by Tom Russell at Club Passim.

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Tom Russell

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Thad Beckman

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Tom Russell

Tom  Russell and Thad Beckman

Tom Russell and Thad Beckman

Tom  Russell

Tom Russell

Thad Beckman

Thad Beckman

Tom  Russell and Thad Beckman

Tom Russell and Thad Beckman

Tom  Russell

Tom Russell

Thad Beckman

Thad Beckman

Tom  Russell

Tom Russell

Tom  Russell and Thad Beckman

Tom Russell and Thad Beckman

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Tom Russell

Tom  Russell

Tom Russell

Tom  Russell

Tom Russell

Tom  Russell

Tom Russell

Another Great Act Making Its First Appearance At The Lowell Summer Music Series

As part of their 35th anniversary tour, Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo will be appearing at the Lowell Summer Music Series on Friday, July 10! I have never seen them and finally have my chance!

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