music

Ruthie Foster’s career spans three decades. The blues musician has released nine studio albums, five of which were nominated for Grammy Awards, played stages in dozens of states, and received seven Blues Music Awards and a Living Blues Critics’ Poll Award.

In 2016, Fred Woodard envisioned bringing more jazz music to Dorchester and Roxbury by organizing a day dedicated to the genre.

The Newport Jazz Festival enters its 70th year this summer. Starting Aug. 2 and running through Aug. 4, the festival’s lineup is an inclusive and eclectic musical selection that defies genres.

Summer in Boston sounds like the splash of water in the Boston Common Frog Pond, the roar of Red Sox fans belting out “Sweet Caroline” and the rush of bike pedals pumping through Franklin Park. On the city of Boston’s “Dear Summer Mixtape Vol. 2,” the season also sounds like the nimble rhythms of jazz, the beats of R&B and the catchy melodies of pop.

“Candy Girl,” an upbeat ditty by boy band New Edition, was a hit in the ’80s and ’90s. Reminiscent of the Jackson 5 with their boyish charm and sweet vocals, New Edition’s members were young boys from Boston, brought together by Roxbury native Bobby Brown.

For one weekend in July, Danehy Park in Cambridge transforms into a dance party, a celebration of community, a local business market, a cookout, and most importantly — a two-day jazz concert.

Cultural education, production and curation is critical at every level. And that extends to every level of cultural, social, spiritual, healthy, economic and political engagement of all communities at the serious strategy level.

After retiring from her job of more than 20 years at Santander Bank, Robbie DeBarros joined sibling Tracy DeBarros in developing the innovative music platform that the two had been dreaming about for 10 years.

Boston Art & Music Soul Festival (BAMS Fest), the only Boston music festival designed to specifically highlight Black and brown artists, is back this month with a lineup of national and local names featuring BJ the Chicago Kid, Rapsody, Xavier Omär, Elle Varner and many more.

The Mission Hill Arts Festival returns for its fourth year with seven performances this summer by diverse musical and multimedia artists centered on the theme “Elements of Earth: An Uncommon View.”

The Boston Pops season closes this month with a soulful celebration of gospel music and Black artistry. Gospel Night, conducted by Charles Floyd with choir direction by Dennis L. Slaughter, promises an evening of classic and contemporary songs performed by the Boston Pops Gospel Choir and an energetic opening performance by the a cappella group Take 6.

For years, students at the Hamilton-Garrett Center for Music & Arts, an after-school program in Roxbury, had regularly performed “Make Them Hear You,” the triumphant number from the musical “Ragtime.” The song became an integral part of the program’s repertoire. So, when Gerami Groover-Flores stepped into the role of the center’s executive director, she decided to commemorate the song and its message.