Emerson College UnCommon Corner

Veronica Robles
2023-05-17 18:00 - 19:00 (America/New_York)
Veronica Robles accompanied by her all Women Mariachi band (Boston’s First Female Mariachi) brings a lively interactive music performance that includes traditional Mexican songs, some Latin tunes and her original music.

Kenny Mascary
2023-05-17 16:00 - 18:00, 2023-05-10 16:00 - 18:00, 2023-05-03 18:00 - 20:00
http://mixcloud.com/Knszwrth

Nicolás Emden
2023-05-14 16:00 - 18:00, 2023-05-07 16:00 - 18:00
Nicolás Emden is a multi-instrumentalist, composer, singer and songwriter, originally from Chilean Patagonia. His music navigates the waters of pop, rock, and Latin American folk.

Nicolás was a former member and founder of the Chilean band “Tejado Pimiento” (2007-2012) with whom he won the nacional TV contest “Garage Music” (Canal 13) and wrote 2 studio albums, “Triciclo” (2007) and “Sensación de verdad” (2010). After that, he published his first solo album named “Como los pájaros” (2014), which included a YouTube documentary series traveling and performing throughout Chile called “Como los pájaros x Chile”.

The Chilean artist moved to Boston USA in 2014 (where he’s currently based) for the completion of his music studies at Berklee College of Music (2014 – 2016). From there, he’s been performing and touring throughout the United States, Canada, and back to Chile.

Nicolás started his musical journey at the age of 6, through learning folk South American music, singing, and playing the acoustic guitar. Since his school years, Nicolás has been part of a wide variety of music projects as a multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, composer/songwriter, music director, and orchestra conductor for professional musical theater shows. He has also written the music for 2 original musical theater shows, based on traditional South American tales and mythology.

http://www.nicolasemden.com

Photo credit: Nicolás Amaro (Chile) https://www.nicolasamarophoto.com/

Jill McCracken
2023-05-13 19:00 - 20:00
Most soul artists can caress listeners with a song, but how many can say their music reaches out and asks for a caress in return? Jill McCracken knows comfort goes both ways, and she’d like her share of the love, please and thank you.

As one of Boston’s leading singer-songwriters, McCracken paints with strokes of compassion and warmth, using her long-standing love of songcraft to grip listeners to the soft spots of her heart. Her ears are trained to translate tenderness into works of art — and so is her eye for sentimental visuals, thanks in part to a BFA in Fine Art Photography from the Rochester Institute of Technology.

Originally from western New York, McCracken’s obsession with strong songs began at just eight years old, long before she began tinkering on the guitar and drums as a preteen. It wasn’t until she was 19 that the world got to hear her strongest instrument – her voice – but she’s been using it to embrace crowds ever since. Now rooted at the core of the Boston music community, McCracken’s passion for writing, arranging, and producing music remains front and center in her career, although her knack for pivoting between sparse solo sets and boisterous big band performances is just as impressive. (Fans who gathered at her headlining Brighton Music Hall performance in May can happily confirm this).

McCracken’s May 2022 song “help me, hold me, heal me” took a literal approach to her signature call for openness, rousing a bold sound that asks for gentle patience and understanding. The single’s outreach clearly resonated with the scene; in recent months, McCracken nabbed a New England Music Award for “Soul/R&B Act of the Year,” as well as a nod from NEMA in the “Female Performer of the Year” category and a Boston Music Award nomination for “Singer Songwriter of the Year.”

After wrapping up 2022 with a West Coast tour, McCracken extends a piece of herself again, unveiling her new single “just right” on February 22. The new song helps her catalog come full circle, offering the earnest reassurance that “help me, hold me, heal me” pleads for.

“i’ve always been a lot – big ideas, high standards, loud voice. we all internalize lessons about how we should be in the world, and i learned to shrink myself down. the best way to keep the peace was for me to be an ‘easy’ kid; there wasn’t much space for messy and complicated feelings, so i just denied mine altogether for so much of my life. ‘just right’ is a love song to myself and to anyone else who needs to hear this: you’re not too much, you’re not too little– you’re just right, just as you are.” –Jill McCracken

Latest single “Just Right” now streaming everywhere.

Chloe Swindler
2023-05-13 17:00 - 19:00, 2023-05-12 19:00 - 21:00
Chloe Swindler is a Boston-based trumpeter, vocalist, arranger, and songwriter who thrives on finding the sweet spots of blurred genre lines. From soulful originals to jazz standards to classical arrangements, Chloe’s live music set is a showcase of a variety of musical styles paired with her own original music.

www.chloeswindler.com

www.instagram.com/chloeswindlermusic/

www.youtube.com/c/chloeswindler

Tim Hall
2023-05-13 13:00 - 15:00, 2023-05-03 17:00 - 18:00
Tim Hall is an award winning musician, performance poet, and producer from Detroit, MI, while honoring Boston as his current home. His poetry draws inspiration from his lived experiences – charting the nuances of blackness, masculinity, and the beauties of life. Tim has shared stages and recordings with artists such as The Nappy Roots, Carolyn Malachi, Bilal, Chris Turner, Aloe Blacc, Maria Fenklemeier, The Boston Symphony Orchestra, and Diana Oh, among others. Additionally, Tim is faculty at Berklee College of Music, a member of the award winning band STL GLD, and a principal collaborator with Cliff Notez, Oompa, and Will Dailey. He was honored as “Session Musician of the Year” by the 2020 Boston Music Awards, and recognized by WBUR’s Artery 25 as 1 of 25 millennials of color impacting Arts and Culture in Boston. His work can be experienced through his new project – Trust the Process EP, as well as Colors Of My Soul, and self-published book – Trust The Process.

https://www.timvhall.com/

Jonathan Suazo Trio
2023-05-12 16:00 - 18:00
Saxophonist/composer Jonathan Suazo and his trio will present a fresh mix of Jazz Standards and Latin Classics combined with original compositions from Suazo’s formal debut album release “RICANO” which draws inspiration from the traditional rhythms of his Puerto Rican / Dominican roots.

https://www.jonathansuazo.net

Gaby Cotter
2023-05-12 12:00 - 14:00, 2023-05-05 12:00 - 14:00
Gaby Cotter is a Boston-based Panamanian singer, songwriter, and educator. Her work mixes the different colors of Latin-American sounds with jazz, blues, pop, and R&B.

www.instagram.com/gabycotter

www.gabycotter.com

Modular Troupe
2023-05-11 20:00 - 21:00

You Already Know Band
2023-05-11 19:00 - 20:00

Nia Suhn
2023-05-11 18:00 - 19:00
Nia Suhn is an emerging soul/hip-hop artist, singer, and songwriter Born and Raisedin Boston, Massachusetts. The talented musician is poised to make waves in thescene with her unparalleled sound and style. Through her emotion-filled vocalperformances, Nia Suhn radiates raw emotion through ear-gracing instrumentation.Inspired by her life experiences and her close ones, Nia Suhn strives to push theenvelope with her sound and bridge various elements from different genres to makea well-rounded, dynamic style. The Boston-native seeks to connect intimatelythrough her emotion-evoking lyricism with listeners around the world. With ErykahBadu, Cleo Sol, H.E.R, Masego, and Jhene Aiko as musical influences, she will havelisteners engulfed in the musical world she creates with her no-frills approach andrealness. Nia Suhn is an artist to watch as she is set to leave an impact in the musicindustry for years to come.

Jason Palmer
2023-05-10 18:00 - 20:00
Jason Palmer has performed with Roy Haynes, Wynton Marsalis and the LCJO, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Maria Schneider, Ravi Coltrane, Mark Turner, Grace Kelly, Allison Miller, Lee Konitz, Phil Woods, Common, Roy Hargrove, Lewis Nash, etc. He has 16 albums as a leader and has performed on over 100 recordings as a sideperson. Jason has toured in over 40 countries and is a professor at Berklee College of Music, New England Conservatory of Music, as well as a visiting artist at Arizona State University. Jason has received multiple grants/commissions/fellowships in composition from CMA and Mass Cultural Council, etc. He also starred in the movie Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench directed by Damien Chazelle (Whiplash, LaLa Land).

https://www.jasonpalmermusic.com/

Tolieth Marks
2023-05-07 14:00 - 16:00
Tolieth is a contemporary soul singer fusing elements of reggae, Afrobeats, and pop into an upbeat live performance. Good vibes and smooth grooves are guaranteed with Tolieth on the mic.

https://tolieth.com/

Matt Charette
2023-05-06 19:00 - 20:00
One of the busiest, most visible members of Boston’s thriving DIY music scene, singer-songwriter Matt Charette plays his own brand of hard-hitting, punk-laced Americana. “Or,” as Charette put it recently, “whatever reformed-punk version of bastardized Americana I’ve come up with.https://matt-charette.bandcamp.com/

Cameron Keiber
2023-05-06 18:00 - 19:00
In the late 1990s Cameron Keiber formed and co-fronted Boston indie noise pop outfit The Beatings. The band released six albums. The Beatings toured the US for years opening for the likes of The National, The Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Mclusky and other notables. The Beatings released their music on their own label called Midriff Records and garnered a dedicated following and critical praise from the likes of The Village Voice, Mojo, The Washington Post, LA Weekly and others. They disbanded after 20 years together.

After the breakup of The Beatings, Keiber formed and continues to play with his project Eldridge Rodriguez. That band has released four full length albums and a handful of EPs. Eldridge Rodriguez has been praised by outlets such as Stereogum, CoS, Various Small Flames, The Big Takeover and many more fine music/media outlets. Keiber continues to operate Midriff Records with his brother Clayton out of Brooklyn and Boston and has released 36 albums to date including releases from his projects and several other like minded bands. Keiber is currently recording his first solo album with a tentative late 2024 release date. The upcoming Eldridge Rodriguez full length, Atrophy, will be released by Midriff Records on September 15, 2023.

Jim Healey
2023-05-06 17:00 - 18:00
Singer/songwriter Jim Healey is the guitarist and vocalist for Blood Lightning, Set Fire, We’re All Gonna Die, Black Thai, and Shatner. Jim’s solo efforts are filled with emotionally weighted hooks, pleasing guitars, and soaring vocals. Good old fashioned Americana with a hint of grunge and classic rock’n’roll.

https://jimhealey.net/

(Photo Credit James Jay Fortin)

Albino Mbie
2023-05-05 19:00 - 21:00
Boston-based multi-award-winning guitarist, singer, composer, and producer Albino Mbie, originally from Mozambique, shares his own original music.

www.instagram.com/albinombie/

www.youtube.com/albinombie

albinombie.com

EarthTones ft. Tim & Friends
2023-05-05 16:00 - 18:00

DJ Snuggles
2023-05-04 20:00 - 21:00
Snuggles is one of the best beatboxers in the world. He is a world-class artist and vocal percussionist known for explosive sounds & extravagant performances. DJ Snuggles is “battle tested” as a competitor, sought-after as a collaborator, and successful as an internationally touring live performer.

BAMS Fest
2023-05-04 20:00 - 21:00
Join us for an evening of featured artists curated by BAMS Fest!

Fabiola Méndez Trio
2023-05-04 18:00 - 20:00
Fabiola Méndez is a Puerto Rican cuatro player, singer, educator, and composer that has taken part in a musical movement, crossing over the lines of genres such as folkloric, jazz & Latin. Her musicality and original compositions take the listener on a journey through her identities and culture, while celebrating and exploring the versatility of the cuatro puertorriqueño. Recognized for being the first student to graduate from Berklee College of Music with the cuatro as principal instrument (2018), Fabiola performs nationally and internationally, and works as a composer for children’s shows Alma’s Way (PBS Kids) and Sesame Street’s Mecha Builders (HBO Max). She has received numerous awards, including the Quincy Jones Award for composition, WBUR’s ARTery 25, the Brother Thomas Fellowship, Whippoorwill Arts Fellowship, ASCAP Lucille and Jack Yellen Award 2022, and a motion from the Puerto Rican House of Representatives for her work and accomplishments as a cuatrista.

https://www.fabiolamendezmusic.com/

DJ SavSoul
2023-05-04 12:00 - 14:00
https://soundcloud.com/djsavuth
