Spring brings warmer weather, thoughts of being outside, and the lilting tones and bopping beats of New England Public Media's Spring Music Series. During Morning Edition this spring, listen for interviews with New England musicians, or check them out right here.
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Nearly seven years ago, jazz concert producer Glenn Siegel found he was saying “no” more than he wanted to say “yes.” He said that’s because more great… -
Dan Román began composing as a young teenager growing up in Puerto Rico. He doesn't know why he started, exactly — just that simply playing instruments… -
Opera fans, and even non-fans, are familiar with the music of Bizet's "Carmen" or Puccini's "Madama Butterfly." Lesser-known is the world of new opera,… -
Today, many composers don't perform on the instruments they write for -- they compose for other musicians. It wasn't that way centuries ago. Think Bach or… -
Jazz vocalist Sarah Elizabeth Charles, a native of western Massachusetts, has been making a name for herself nationally.Charles, 29, is among a new… -
Abe Loomis of Conway, Massachusetts, says he feels deeply connected to western Massachusetts and to the Berkshires. Loomis is a singer songwriter who… -
Pianist Khalif Neville is heir to one of the most prominent musical families to come out of New Orleans. Khalif is the son of Charles Neville, of the… -
This is how a guitar prodigy starts out: Kiam Rennix of Springfield, Massachusetts, was seven years old, watching a Saturday children's show on public TV…
