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Summer Concerts at The Greenway Sessions


Presented by Natixis Global Asset Management

As the weather warms up, join Berklee students, alumni, and faculty for a free outdoor music series held in neighborhoods throughout Metro Boston and beyond. The series culminates with the Berklee BeanTown Jazz Festival on September 28.


“Summer in the City is one of our very best contributions to the local community – the world’s next great artists performing throughout Boston all summer long. You can be among the first to see their careers take flight,” said Berklee President Roger H. Brown. Past performers have included Esperanza Spalding, Dopapod, and the Stray Birds, to name a few.


Summer in the City concerts bring neighborhoods to life with free programs of pop, rock, jazz, Latin, blues, flamenco, and Celtic music. The Boston-area concerts take place in destinations throughout the city from the Rose Kennedy Greenway, Institute of Contemporary Art, the Boston Harbor Islands, and the Boston Common’s newly renovated Brewer Fountain Plaza to communities with strong cultural identities ranging from Jamaica Plain, Roxbury, East Boston, and the South End.


Click on one of the locations on the left to find a concert near you.

Chris Kazarian

Dewey Square, 12:00 p.m.Free

Chris Kazarian is a young, vibrant, up and coming artist from Worcester, MA.  He is known as one of the 9 members of the Doo Wop Shop’s “Disney Medley,” which currently has over 2 million views on YouTube.  Currently enrolled at Berklee, his peers call his performances electric, wild, fun, goofy, and liberating!

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Eric Law

Dewey Square, 12:00 p.m.Free

Eric Law won first prize at the 2013 American String Teachers Association's National Alternative String Competition, where he performed a combination of traditional old-time music and his own songs.

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Siv and Maddie

Greenway Boston, 6:00 p.m.Free

Siv and Maddie is a Boston-based acoustic folk duo whose music is inspired by Norwegian folk and Americana music.

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Lauren Desberg

Greenway Boston, 12:00 p.m.Free

A recent Berklee graduate, Lauren Desberg recently released her first EP, Sideways, produced by Gretchen Parlato.

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The Dwells

Greenway Boston, 6:00 p.m.Free

The Dwells are a neo-Americana, cosmic folk duo that gives a nod to earlier genre-benders like Gram Parsons and Elliott Smith. 

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Amethyst

North End Park, 6:00 p.m.Free

Created in the fall of 2012 by vocalist and composer Raquel Rivera, Amethyst brings together six of Boston’s up-and-coming musicians for a project that effortlessly combines pop, jazz, and Latin influences into a magnetic new sound.

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Betty Who

North End Park, 6:00 p.m.Free

Betty Who blends indie, pop, and dance music into an irresistible mix of bold soundscapes, Top 40 hooks, and knowing lyrics. 

 

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Siv Jakobsen

North End Park, 6:00 p.m.Free

Siv Jakobsen's music is often described as both dark and ethereal, drawing inspiration from her background in traditional Norwegian music and folk artists like Laura Marling, Ane Brun, Joni Mitchell, and Melissa Horn. 

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Melanie Lynx

North End Park, 6:00 p.m.Free

 

Pop/rock vocalist Melanie Lynx performs covers and orginals.

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