Tessa Lark and Michael Thurber gave us a fascinating, unique blend of classical, folk and their own music in Bach to Bluegrass, the most recent show in the 48th Bermuda Festival of the Performing Arts. After an Appalachian folk dance style introduction featuring bowed...
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The Full Watts promises ‘killer, not filler’ at Dockyard show
The Full Watts Band is bringing back “the golden days” of Jamaican reggae this weekend. Live in Dockyard, audiences can expect hits from the Melodians, Alton Ellis, The Eternals, The Paragons, The Techniques, The Heptones and other bands of that era. “The show will be...
From Singer to Producer
Mia Chambray spent the two decades making a name for herself as a singer here, and in Northern England. Marriage and motherhood changed her course. “The last time I performed in the Bermuda Festival in 2018, I was six months pregnant with my son Gunner,” said Ms...
Jazz, grunge, reggae, opera … Joy offers something for everyone
Joy Barnum used to worry over every element of her shows – from her voice, to her dress, to her hair. For this week’s concerts, she has changed her focus. “My goal will be to have fun. This is what I love doing and I don’t want to just love it when I am done. I want...
Stanford Philharmonia: A ‘Powerful’ Festival Presence
We have been starved for live, let alone orchestral, music for two years so it was no surprise that the Earl Cameron Theatre was packed with patrons eager to experience the Stanford Philharmonia under the baton of music director and conductor Paul Phillips. Bermuda...