Boston is a great city for music, and with so many concerts happening each week, it can be hard to keep track of them all. Well, fret no more. Boston Public Radio held its summer concert roundtable. Brian O'Donovan, host of A Celtic Sojourn, Berkley College of Music's Rob Hochschild, and WCRB's Brian McCreath gave us their picks for the best live music to check out this summer.
WHO: St. Paul and the Broken Bones
TRACK TO LISTEN TO: “Call me”
WHERE: The Lawn on D, Lawn Fest.
WHEN: June 14th.
WHO: The Four Voices: Joan Baez, Mary Chapin Carpenter, the Indigo Girls.
TRACK TO LISTEN TO: “Catch the Wind”
WHERE & WHEN: June 16th at the Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion in Guildford NH; and June 17th at Tanglewood in Lenox.
WHO: The Caleb Klauder Country Band
TRACK TO LISTEN TO: “Sick, Sad and Lonesome?”
WHERE: The Burren Backroom Series
WHEN: Tonight at 7:30
WHO: Karrin Allyson
TRACK TO LISTEN TO: "Say It (Over and Over Again)" from Ballads: Remembering John Coltrane
WHERE: Scullers
WHEN: July 29
WHO: Ghost Note, featuring Robert Sput Searight and Nate Wert of Snarky
TRACK TO LISTEN TO: "Thing of Gold"
WHERE: Regattabar
WHEN: June 17
WHO: Edmar Castenada and Hiromi
WHAT: Traditional Colombian folk song
WHERE: Scullers
WHEN: Fri/Sat June 16 and 17
WHO: Boston Early Music Festival, Featuring NEVERMIND
TRACK TO LISTEN TO: Jean-Baptiste Quentin — Trio Sonata No. 5,
WHERE: Boston Early Music Festival at the New England Conservatory, Jordan Hall
WHEN: June 17th
WHO: Lorelei Ensemble
TRACK TO LISTEN TO: David Lang - “I want to live” from Shelter
WHERE: Rockport Chamber Music Festival at the Shalin Liu Performance Center
WHEN: June 23
WHO: Boston Symphony Orchestra with Andris Nelsons
TRACK TO LISTEN TO: Mahler — Symphony No. 2, “Resurrection”
WHEN: July 7
WHERE: Tanglewood
