CONWAY — The beat goes on for high school sophomore Matthew Farrar, due in part to the generosity of a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting patriotism and providing financial help to individuals and causes.
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CONWAY — Mike Sakash will be presenting his popular jazz history course, entitled “1959, The Year That Changed Jazz” this year, on Wednesdays from 5:15 to 6:30 p.m. at the Journey Church at 15 Hutchins Drive in Conway (near the corner of Routes 302/Eastman Road and 113).
CONWAY — Arts Jubilee, the non-profit that presents a summer concert series at Cranmore Mountain Resort each year, has an additional mission to bring live music performers to area schools.
CONWAY — Local musicians are invited to attend a free recycle and restring event at North Conway Music Center in North Conway on Saturday, April 20, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
A few weeks ago, “Saturday Night Live” did a funny sketch about Weezer fans, with Lesley Jones playing a Weezer aficionado who only admires the band’s first two albums and host Matt Damon playing a Weezer enthusiast who loves their whole catalog. Their impassioned debate ruins a dinner party.
Every year, I try to find new Christmas music to act as an alternative to the usual songs played on repeat. I seek out songs with a sense of fun that subvert familiar holiday themes or even have an anti-Christmas message.
CONWAY — North Conway Music Center will be hosting a music yard sale on Saturday, May 26, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
FRYEBURG, Maine — The Fryeburg Academy jazz ensembles wrapped up another successful season on April 6 and 7. Under the direction of Mimi Rohlfing, the bands attended the Maine Music Educator’s State Vocal Jazz Festival at Stearns Junior/Senior High School in Millinocket, Maine, to compete ag…
FRYEBURG — Junior Georgia Stafford, 16, of Fryeburg Academy made her family, friends and school proud when she won first place in the Jazz Singers Showcase competition at the 50th annual Berklee High School Jazz Festival in Boston on Feb. 10.
Mark Mothersbaugh is best known as one of the founding members of the new wave Devo whose song “Whip It” was a staple of the 1980s. For more than 30 years, Mothersbaugh has been an increasingly in-demand film and television composer with an eclectic resume that includes “Pee-Wee’s Playhouse,…
WOLFEBORO — Clearlakes Chorale, a non-auditioned community chorus based in Wolfeboro, will kick off its fall semester with an open rehearsal on Thursday, Sept. 14, from 7 until 9 p.m. at Brewster Academy in the lower level of the Rogers Building on Academy Drive. All prospective members wish…
BARTLETT — Looking for a way to warm up a late winter's night?
BROWNFIELD, Maine — Fryeburg Academy alum Ben Hammond is returning to the valley for a series of gigs culminating with a CD release show for his new album "Friction" at Stone Mountain Arts Center in Brownfield, Maine Sunday, Jan. 18, at 8 p.m.
BROWNFIELD, Maine — Most actors who try to be musicians fail, perhaps, because they're striving too hard to be something they aren't. Jeff Daniels is a different breed. The biggest difference being that he never tried to succeed as a musician, he just became one. This puts him closer in spir…
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