Mattapoisett has had a town band since the mid-1800s. It’s likely it was formed the same year the town was incorporated: 1857. Archeological forensics notwithstanding, what we do have is very ...

Verdi can be played on original instruments, too. Teatro Nuovo presented Verdi’s “Macbeth” using 19th-century period ...

This is also such a gem of a set sonically. The opening tune “Fire on High” (which CBS Sports used for their opening theme for a number of years) begins an album in the way you never begin an album — ...