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| May 6th, 2008 (Tue) -- Jul 4th, 2008 (Fri) |
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23rd Boston Pops season begins, concerts nightly May 6, 2008: through July 1, 2008
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| Jul 1st, 2008 (Tue) -- Jul 6th, 2008 (Sun) |
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27th Boston Harborfest Celebration citywide July 1-6, 2008 : Opening Ceremony, West End of Faneuil Hall Marketplace, July 1, 2008
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| Jul 1st, 2008 (Tue) |
6:00 PM - 10:00 PM |
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Soul City
Soul City has brought the joy and intensity of the R&B nightclub experience to packed dance floors all over New England and beyond for over twenty years. Using breathtaking four-part vocals and the power and precision of the four-piece rhythm section topped off by the renowned Soul City Horns, they bridge the gap between band and udience to deliver a performance that will be talked about for years to come.
The Soul City Horns enhance the sound with an unbeatable intensity that rivals that of the original artists. Finally, the show becomes an event when the high energy performance of the three dynamic lead vocalists gets the audience singing and dancing right out of their seats.
The passion behind Soul City’s music extends to their involvement with the community and charitable groups. The band has brought together thousands of enthusiastic fans by headlining benefit concerts and fundraising events. Soul City has also shared the stage with Ray Charles, The Four Tops, Meat Loaf, The Platters, The Persuasions and Harold Melvin & the Bluenotes and have performed for many celebrities and political dignitaries. |
| Jul 2nd, 2008 (Wed) |
6:00 PM - 10:00 PM |
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Eula Lawrence, Boston's First Lady of Song
Summer Swing invites guests to dance the night away under Boston’s summer sky to the sounds of the White Heat Orchestra, a high-energy big band playing swing and jazz from 1930s and 1940s, on Wednesday evenings from June 25 through August 27, from 6:00pm to 10:00pm |
| Jul 3rd, 2008 (Thu) |
6:00 PM - 10:00 PM |
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Blues Barge - Toni Lynn Washington
Few people can sing the blues like Toni Lynn Washington. Seven WC
Handy National Blues Award nominations (including 2003, 2004 and 2005
"Soul-Blues Female Performer of the Year" nominations..), and many other award nominations for her previous albums including "Album of the Year" at the W.C. Handy Awards, "Album of the Year" at the NAIRD Awards, and "Outstanding Blues Album" at the Boston Music Awards, a 2006 BMA nomination, participation in charitable projects like the Respond II CD (with Joan Baez...), and critical acclaim from the media, including Essence Magazine, The Boston Globe, The Chicago Sun-Times, Living Blues, Knight Ridder Newspapers, Blues Revue, The Ottawa Citizen, Big City Blues, Boston Magazine, The Boston Herald , Jazziz, Downbeat, The House of Blues Radio Hour, NPR's 'All Things Considered' , Mountain Stage, The Boston Phoenix, Bluestage, WBOS, WGBH, WFNX, etc., and the 1999 Boston Blues Festival Lifetime Achievement Award, are the things which have defined her career. Need we say more!!!
Toni’s career has spanned over 4 decades and she continues to tour with longtime sidekick and keyboard wiz Bruce Bears. When you’re ready to hear real blues, it’s time to enjoy the sounds of the Toni Lynn Washington Band. |
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Movies by Moonlight - Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
The Movies by Moonlight series invites guests to view classic films of old Hollywood in an unmatched setting looking out onto the Boston Harbor from the hotel’s Intrigue Café Terrace on Rowes Wharf. Movies are subject to change, weather permitting. Beginning at dusk. |
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July 4 Boston Pops concert & Fireworks Hatch Shell
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Independence Day Celebration at Old Sturbridge Village, July 4, 2008
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| Jul 8th, 2008 (Tue) |
6:00 PM - 10:00 PM |
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Soul Sound Revue
Soul Sound Revue is by far the hottest Motown show this side of Detroit, performing the greatest hits in the true “Motown Tradition". Soul Sound Revue recreates the dynamic vocal harmonies and musical stylings of classic Motown groups of the sixties, seventies, and eighties: The Four Tops, The Temptations, Stevie Wonder, The Supremes, and many more. With the popular resurgence of the seventies, eighties, and nineties, Soul Sound Revue currently performs the most popular dance hits spanning four decades.
Soul Sound Revue has performed with a variety of Detroit’s greats such as, The Temptations, The Marvelettes, The Chi-Lites and Wilson Pickett. The group also shared the stage with The Drifters, Little Anthony and the Imperials, Shirley Austin Reed & The Shirrells, James Cotton and Tower of Power, to name a few. This high energy show performs to full houses from the peaks of Killington, VT to the dazzling stages of Las Vegas. Soul Sound Revue is currently a steady act at the world class Mohegan Sun Casino and Resort in Uncasville, CT.
With all the flash and finery reminiscent of a time when dress and show were as important as the players and vocalist's stage presence, Soul Sound Revue's three lead vocalists explode onto the stage with a vibrant six-piece rhythm and multi-horn back-up band that will leave you breathless! Audiences will "groove" through the sixties and "boogie" through the seventies with Soul Sound Revue. |
| Jul 9th, 2008 (Wed) |
6:00 PM - 10:00 PM |
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American Idol Finalist, Joh Stevens
Summer Swing invites guests to dance the night away under Boston’s summer sky to the sounds of the White Heat Orchestra, a high-energy big band playing swing and jazz from 1930s and 1940s, on Wednesday evenings from June 25 through August 27, from 6:00pm to 10:00pm |
| Jul 10th, 2008 (Thu) |
6:00 PM - 10:00 PM |
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Blues Barge - Bruce Marshall Band
The Bruce Marshall Group formed in 1991 and has been performing and
recording steadily throughout the US since their inception, delighting
crowds and garnering rave reviews at every stop.
The Bruce Marshall Group live show treats their fans to a soaring ride as they rip through a catalogue of original material that truly sets this band apart. They love to mix it up, whether it's pulling off exciting jams that build with dynamics and layering, or playing the concise arrangements of their songs with discipline and taste. The sound defies categorization, slipping seamlessly around touches of Blues, R&B, Country Blues and Southern Boogie. The songs are mostly upbeat, but even those dealing with love lost and missed opportunities, carry an underlying sense of hope and optimism. The band continues to work tirelessly and must be experienced live to be
fully appreciated. |
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33rd Bastille Day Celebration , French Library & Marlboro Street, July 11, 2008
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Movies by Moonlight - Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
The Movies by Moonlight series invites guests to view classic films of old Hollywood in an unmatched setting looking out onto the Boston Harbor from the hotel’s Intrigue Café Terrace on Rowes Wharf. Movies are subject to change, weather permitting. Beginning at dusk. |
| Jul 15th, 2008 (Tue) |
6:00 PM - 10:00 PM |
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Groove Authority
Groove Authority plays an exciting mix of R & B, dance grooves, funky
rhythms, ballads, and all-out jams. With a repertoire that includes R & B, funk and good old soul, the band loves playing live and always delivers their music with energy and passion. Groove Authority has performed at such well known Massachusetts venues as the House of Blues, Harper's Ferry, Johnny D's, Ryles Jazz Club, Bob The Chef's, The Yard Rock, Gilrein's, the Acton Jazz Cafe, the Rio Grande, the Chicken Bone, as well as many other popular clubs in the New England area, such as the Newport Blues Cafe in Rhode Island, the Rynborn and the Black Brimmer in New Hampshire. People love watching Groove Authority play and they always get the crowd on their feet. |
| Jul 16th, 2008 (Wed) |
6:00 PM - 10:00 PM |
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Tribute to Peggy Lee Featuring Jody Ebling
Summer Swing invites guests to dance the night away under Boston’s summer sky to the sounds of the White Heat Orchestra, a high-energy big band playing swing and jazz from 1930s and 1940s, on Wednesday evenings from June 25 through August 27, from 6:00pm to 10:00pm |
| Jul 17th, 2008 (Thu) |
6:00 PM - 10:00 PM |
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Blues Barge - Rick Russell & the Cadillac Horns
In these days of sampled and computer-generated music, it is refreshing to hear music the way it is meant to be played - honestly and with soul! Ricky "King" Russell is one of the Blues' most seasoned performers and brightest talents.
Taking his cue from Blues masters past and present, Ricky plays with
passion and style. His 3 CD’s are radio favorites and the song, "Big Boy" has been featured on the House of Blues Radio Hour with Dan Ackroyd. Ricky is a guitarist/vocalist/songwriter forty year musician with a list of credits and accomplishments too long to list here. Described as "volcanic" by the Boston Globe, Ricky always delivers from the heart. He has appeared with such notables as John Lee Hooker, Eddie Clearwater, Mighty Sam McClain, Ronnie Earl, Jerry Portnoy, Duke Robillard, Kim Wilson, Tommy Shannon and Chris Layton (Double Trouble), Susan Tedeschi, Toni Lynn Washington, Roomful of Blues and many others. He is a featured artist at the original House of Blues in Cambridge, MA and Harvard University has bestowed upon him an honorary "Doctorate of the Blues". |
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Movies by Moonlight - Some Like It Hot (1959)
The Movies by Moonlight series invites guests to view classic films of old Hollywood in an unmatched setting looking out onto the Boston Harbor from the hotel’s Intrigue Café Terrace on Rowes Wharf. Movies are subject to change, weather permitting. Beginning at dusk. |
| Jul 22nd, 2008 (Tue) |
6:00 PM - 10:00 PM |
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Ray Greene & Innervisions
Ray Greene is a singer, producer and multi-instrumentalist living in Boston, Massachusetts. Being brought up in the shadows of the great Soul/R&B legends of our time, Ray is equally adept at the traditions of Gospel, Jazz and Blues.
Ray Greene has performed with several of the biggest names in the fields of Pop and R&B, such as Aretha Franklin, Natalie Cole and Rick James, to name a few. In addition, he has recorded with Englebert Humperdinck, New Kids on the Block and many artists on the East and West Coast.
Ray’s voice has been featured on commercials for Converse sneakers (with basketball superstar Magic Johnson), ESPN, Cadillac, Bose Speakers, Fox Television and Walt Disney Productions. He has also produced several CD's and even earned a Boston Music Award for Best Local R&B act.
Ray Greene has performed the National Anthem for several sporting events: the Boston Red Sox, the New England Patriots, the New England
Revolution and the Bay State Games. He has also recently performed with world renowned author and poet Maya Angelou at the Boston Opera House.
Ray's music and voice have been featured prominently in several movies and television shows such as "Pentathlon" starring actors Dolph Lundgren and Avery Brooks, and "Phat Beach" starring Hip Hop artist Coolio. His music can also be heard on daytime soap operas "The Young and the Restless" and "One Life to Live." He was also featured in an HBO documentary entitled "Legacy" which was recently nominated for a Grammy Award. |
| Jul 23rd, 2008 (Wed) |
6:00 PM - 10:00 PM |
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Tribute to Bobby Darin Featuring Bobbie Vincent
Summer Swing invites guests to dance the night away under Boston’s summer sky to the sounds of the White Heat Orchestra, a high-energy big band playing swing and jazz from 1930s and 1940s, on Wednesday evenings from June 25 through August 27, from 6:00pm to 10:00pm |
| Jul 24th, 2008 (Thu) |
6:00 PM - 10:00 PM |
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Blues Barge - Racky Thomas Band
The Racky Thomas Band hails from Boston, Massachusetts but plays the
blues as though they came right out of post-war Chicago or the Mississippi delta. The band has received widespread critical praise in local, national, and international blues publications, as well as worldwide radio airplay of their two most recent self-produced cd’s, “Last Of The Big Spenders” and “Troubled All The Time”.
The band formed in 1995 and has been performing throughout the northeast to enthusiastic audiences, steadily gaining a devoted following ever since. The band got a great boost in 1997 by winning Boston’s prestigious Battle of the Blues Bands. That earned them a trip to Memphis, TN. To compete in the International Blues Competition where they made a strong showing and gained broader exposure.
The band maintains a steady performance schedule of over 150 dates a year and continues to earn rave reviews from critics and music enthusiasts alike. The band also has a number of festival performances to their credit, and has opened for Luther ‘Guitar’ Jr. Johnson, Bobby ‘Blue’ Bland, Paul Rishell & Annie Raines, and Susan Tedeschi. |
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Movies by Moonlight - Harold and Maude (1971)
The Movies by Moonlight series invites guests to view classic films of old Hollywood in an unmatched setting looking out onto the Boston Harbor from the hotel’s Intrigue Café Terrace on Rowes Wharf. Movies are subject to change, weather permitting. Beginning at dusk. |
| Jul 29th, 2008 (Tue) |
6:00 PM - 10:00 PM |
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Soul City
Soul City has brought the joy and intensity of the R&B nightclub experience to packed dance floors all over New England and beyond for over twenty years. Using breathtaking four-part vocals and the power and precision of the four-piece rhythm section topped off by the renowned Soul City Horns, they bridge the gap between band and audience to deliver a performance that will be talked about for years to come.
The Soul City Horns enhance the sound with an unbeatable intensity that rivals that of the original artists. Finally, the show becomes an event when the high energy performance of the three dynamic lead vocalists gets the audience singing and dancing right out of their seats.
The passion behind Soul City’s music extends to their involvement with the community and charitable groups. The band has brought together thousands of enthusiastic fans by headlining benefit concerts and fundraising events.
Soul City has also shared the stage with Ray Charles, The Four Tops, Meat Loaf, The Platters, The Persuasions and Harold Melvin & the Bluenotes and have performed for many celebrities and political dignitaries. |
| Jul 30th, 2008 (Wed) |
6:00 PM - 10:00 PM |
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Echoes of Count Basie the 1930s
Summer Swing invites guests to dance the night away under Boston’s summer sky to the sounds of the White Heat Orchestra, a high-energy big band playing swing and jazz from 1930s and 1940s, on Wednesday evenings from June 25 through August 27, from 6:00pm to 10:00pm |
| Jul 31st, 2008 (Thu) |
6:00 PM - 10:00 PM |
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Blues Barge - Jeff Pitchell & Texas Flood
Jeff Pitchell is an internationally acclaimed dynamic singer, songwriter, guitarist, and actor. Jeff achieved national recognition when his last CD, Heavy Hitter (Pyramid Records/EMI) reached #7 on the Billboard Charts, selling more CDs than Delbert McClinton, Robert Cray, Etta James, Johnny Lee Hooker & Muddy Waters. Jeff has recorded with such greats as Rick Derringer, Dave Mason, james Cotton and Clarence Clemons. Jeff received international recognition when he toured Europe and then was asked to join the Commitments as a special guest.
Jeff Pitchell is an international recording artist, and an award winning singer, guitarist, songwriter and actor. Jeff was recently chosen by the Boston Red Sox to sing "God Bless America" to a sold out Fenway Park and nationwide TV and radio audience. Jeff has had such musical greats as Rick Derringer, Dave Mason, James Cotton, Clarence Clemons play on his CD and "dueled" with Dickey Betts, founding member of the "Allman Brothers", and recently returned from a tour of Europe. Jeff has performed in the Caribbean and was a special guest of The Commitments in a United States/Canadian tour and debuted as an actor in a movie entitled "Cathedral Pines" which was released in July 2006.
Texas Flood consists of Deric Dyer on sax (12 years with Tina Turner), Ivan Santiago on percussion(Toured with Sheila E & Carlos Santana), John Peckman on drums (11 years with 8 to the bar), Ken Kosicki on bass (Wild Vherry, Vanilla Fudge, Dion), Bob Marston on B3 Organ (Kman Band). These seasoned musicians unite to bring a high energy mix of Rhythm and Blues, Rock Soul, and funky Texas Blues. Together, this accomplished group of musicians will entertain you with their hard driving brand of thunder and lightning blues, rock, funk, and soul music. |
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