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NEC program aims to train but not pigeonhole
New England Conservatory is renowned as a premier institution for classical and jazz musicians. But a training ground for singer-songwriters, bluegrass artists, and jam bands? NEC’s department of contemporary improvisation is developing a reputation as just that: a place where promising popular musicians come for rigorous training. Alumni like singer Aoife O’Donovan, fiddler Lissa Schneckenburger, keyboardist John Medeski, and clarinetist ...
Musician Sarah Jarosz chooses the NEC classroom over the road
PATIENCE IS A VIRTUE rarely lavished on the young, but Sarah Jarosz is downright gifted in the elusive art of waiting. Folks have been clamoring for an album from the mandolinist, clawhammer banjo player, and singer-songwriter since she began traveling the bluegrass festival circuit at the tender age of 12. Jarosz wouldn’t be rushed, biding her time until she had ...
Carly Simon revisits her classics on a new album
TISBURY - “I have this brain machine. Would you like to try it? It’s so not scary.’’ With that tantalizing offer Carly Simon scales the hidden spiral staircase that bisects her beautiful, whimsical home and returns to the sofa with a Fisher-Wallace Cranial Stimulator. She straps the portable pulse generator to a visitor’s temples.