Sound Check is the Globe’s weekly guide to concerts, tunes, and trends rooted in Boston and beyond. This column covers ...

Lake Street Dive, accompanied by the Huntertones, returned to their roots at the band’s Friday night concert at MGM Music ...

We offer you a front row seat to the best live albums of the year. Rolling Stones, The Damned, Al Jarreau, Micky Dolenz and ...

Kraftwerk will return to North America for another sprawling outing in 2025. Today, the iconic German electronic pioneers ...

The first single, “Coast,” was recorded by the late influential audio engineer Steve Albini at his Electrical Audio studio in Chicago. The song features sister Kelley Deal (guitar), former Breeders ...

Christmas music tests an artist’s creativity. If they’re covering a song, how do they give their version a reason to exist?

The talk series has become popular for landing top guests like Selena Gomez , Hailey Bieber and Margot Robbie that click with ...

In 1977, Haslam began her solo career with her album “Annie in Wonderland,” produced by Roy Wood (who was a key member of The ...

From a klezmer clarinetist to one of the most popular singers in the nation, the year’s best local albums are a charmingly eclectic group as indicative of our critics’ varying tastes as they are of ...

This year’s all-Boston Christmas playlist honors this city’s history of Christmas music, from seasonal depression to bawdy ...

We asked Boston Globe music writers to tell us 50 of their favorite albums of 2024, and the results range from folk pop to ...