Ballou News

Joel Grey and John Kander will each receive the 2023 Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre.

Wall of Grass, the interactive folk-music collective featuring musicians from across New England, are raising funds for music therapy at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute. The group will hold a benefit concert at Club Passim in Harvard Square on Saturday, March 18 at 1:00 PM.

​​​​​​​Woodwindist, composer and creative musician Josh Sinton caps off an extraordinarily productive and busy year with a 10-city tour, Thursday, December 1 – Sunday, December 18. Performances include stops in New York City; Baltimore, MD; Cary, NC; Richmond, VA; Knoxville, TN; Athens, GA; Pittsburgh, PA; Bloomington, IN; Kansas City, MO; and Chicago, IL.

A perennial favorite during the holidays, NAT KING COLE’s classic, festive songs have been a staple for wintry households for generations. Capitol/UMe has unveiled visualizers for two of his most beloved songs “Caroling, Caroling” and “O Tannenbaum” to launch us into the joyous season. Watch the new videos now!

Kerrigan Quenemoen will present MEAT, a new comedy about rabid groundhogs, multilevel marketing schemes, robot theology, and the slipperiness of change. Written by Robert Leverett and directed by Liza Couser, MEAT will run at The Tank from December 9-17, 2022.

BroadwayWorld is saddened to report that Michael Callan, who starred as Riff in the original Broadway cast of West Side Story, has died at age 86. 

BlackRock Center for the Arts, providing opportunities to explore, celebrate and engage in the arts, invites you to join us for an anniversary season to ignite your inner joy and love of the arts. To kick off this special 20th year, BlackRock will be celebrating an entire week with an artist reception and gallery opening on September 17, social media previews of the season during the week, and a culminating opening party on September 24, 2022 at 6:00 PM. 

Converge guitarist and producer Kurt Ballou [Code Orange, High On Fire, KVELERTAK] notably mixed Cult Leader’s two tracks, while END guitarist Will Putney recorded, mixed, and mastered END in addition to mastering Cult Leader. Deathwish Inc. co-founder and Converge frontman Jacob Bannon also personally created the artwork and layout.

Among the tech luminaries putting their musical innovations on full display at the 2022 NAMM Show this June are the minds behind JackTrip Labs, whose Virtual Studio lets musicians collaborate in real time from miles apart.

Boston legends Cave In make a highly anticipated return with their Relapse Records debut, Heavy Pendulum, their first full studio record in over a decade. Today, Cave In share the newest single “Reckoning” with an accompanying band performance video. Plus, check out upcoming tour dates!

Boston legends CAVE IN make a highly anticipated return with their Relapse Records debut, Heavy Pendulum, their first full studio record in over a decade. Today, CAVE IN share the new track, “Blood Spiller” alongside a music video filmed and directed by Jordan Olds and Drew Kaufman of Two Minutes To Late Night.

Northern Stage concludes its 2021/22 season with the hilarious musical MONTY PYTHON'S SPAMALOT, April 13 through May 15, in the Byrne Theater at Northern Stage's Barrette Center for the Arts.

Boston legends CAVE IN makes a highly anticipated return with their Relapse Records debut, Heavy Pendulum, their first full studio record in over a decade. Today, CAVE IN shares the second single “Blinded By A Blaze” with an accompanying video featuring album artwork by Richey Beckett combined with live footage by Frank Huang from 3 sold out shows at Saint Vitus Bar/Brooklyn NY in 2021. 

Urbanity Dance will present inTENtion, the Professional Company's season finale and the culmination of Urbanity's 10 Year Anniversary season.

Stony Plain Records announces a March 18 release date for They Called It Rhythm & Blues, the exciting new CD from two-time Grammy nominee and multiple Blues Music Award-winning guitarist Duke Robillard.

Straight from their ranch nestled in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, Alberta folk-roots and swing duo Over The Moon deliver their signature stone-ground sound in the form of new single, 'Lonesome Bluebird'- available now via Borealis Records.

Mila Jam, the transgender singer, songwriter, dancer, actor and LGBTQ activist, joins the cast of  I Put a Spell on You: The Sanderson Variant, Jay Armstrong Johnson’s annual love letter to the cult-classic film Hocus Pocus.

Theatre Under The Stars is presenting Rock of Ages! Leading off the cast is Justin Matthew Sargent as 'Drew' and Diana Huey as 'Sherrie.'

Theatre Under The Stars bursts with Rock n Roll energy as they reopen at the Hobby Center after a 19-month intermission with Rock of Ages. On October 7th, Chris D'Arienzo's rock party opened to great applause as a nostalgic night out greeted Houstonians becoming a much-needed break from the turbulent world. As one walks into the Hobby Center, one can feel a sense of normalcy of a pre-pandemic life as patrons can feel the buzzing of excitement they are about to witness.

The album will feature collaborations with Kristin Chenoweth, Gloria Estefan, John Legend, Johnny Mathis and Calum Scott