Emerson College UnCommon Corner

Chloe Swindler
2023-10-13 18:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York)
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

Fabi and Will
2023-10-13 16:00 - 18:00
Fabiola Méndez and Will Dailey bring their duo project to the Uncommon Stage, which originally began back at Roundhead Brewing in Hyde Park, MA. Fabi and Will were paired as part of a 6 month mentorship program, hosted and activated by Departure Arts.

Guitarist/vocalist/songwriter Will Dailey and cuatrista/singer/composer Fabiola Méndez will share their own music inspired by their conversations together, while also sharing stories throughout the performance of their recent mentorship journey.

The Femmes
2023-10-13 14:00 - 16:00
The Femmes are an all-woman and non-binary wedding band specializing in songs by female and non-binary artists. When you’re at a Femmes show, you’re at a high energy concert experience. Epic sing-alongs, expertly crafted harmonies, and musicians who absolutely LOVE to interact with the audience, the Femmes are Boston’s go-to women’s party band! Our roster includes Berklee alumni, touring artists, veteran wedding band performers, and pit band musicians with over 10 years of professional experience.

Social Media: @thefemmesband

Website: thefemmesband.com

Albino Mbie
2023-10-13 12:00 - 14:00, 2023-10-06 12:00 - 14:00, 2023-09-29 12:00 - 14:00
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

ToriTori
2023-10-12 19:00 - 20:00
ToriTori is a highly accomplished singer-songwriter and performing artist based in Boston, renowned for her remarkable ability to seamlessly blend diverse musical genres and styles. ToriTori is currently nominated for three Boston music awards in 2023 for New Artist of the Year, R&B artist of the year and EP/ Album of the year. With a unique sound characterized by her sweet and bright melodically stacked harmonies against full-bodied drum grooves, ToriTori has quickly established herself as a true innovator in the industry.

https://linktr.ee/TheLaboraToriTori

Leo Alarcon
2023-10-12 18:00 - 19:00
Leo’s love for music is felt on the dance floor, through his music selection, as well as through his music production style and flavor. His passion for music was seeded at a very young age through his cultural upbringing in Ecuador.​In his late teens while working at a local Boston after hours/hot spot “The Loft 21 Boston” He felt the energy and impact of House music at a club level. Watching a room full of “House Headz” vibing and dancing to house music with hands up in the air! ALL AS ONE PEOPLELeo started producing music from his studio dubbed Playroom Boston and is currently working on music production with various Boston Artists & Producers, Including Kelvin Sylvester, Lee Wilson, Curtis Atchison, Sasi Lady, Liza Zayas aka Luna del Flor, Ife Franklin, Alberto ‘SOULJAH’ Correia, Giana Scola, BLISS, Terry Orlando, Amina Gunn to name a few. His releases have been Featured on TRAXSOURCE’s ESSENTIAL AFRO HOUSE, WEEKEND WEAPONS & TRAXSOURCE ‘s TOP 100 Afro House Tracks Charts.

Leo’s life passion is to create and to share his love for house music and it’s community.ORIGINAL RELEASES: OCHA RECORDS, DEFECTED RECORDS, TAMBOR MUSIC, OPEN BAR MUSIC, HEAVY MUSIC, MOBLACK RECORDS, UNCOVER MUSIC, SOUNDGROOVE RECORDS, SOULFUL HORIZON MUSIC, NATIVE OKAN RECORDS, SOUNDMAN ON WAX RECORDS, NAUGHTY BOY RECORDS , HOME RECORDINGS, HOUSE TRIBE RECORDS, UTOPIA BOSTON RECORDS & His own imprint PLAYROOM BOSTON RECORDS.

WWW.LEOALARCON.COM

Augustina Vaiginyete
2023-10-12 17:00 - 18:00
Augustina is a singer, songwriter, performing artist born and raised in Lithuania, Vilnius. She started her music education at the age of 4, majoring in a classical piano performance with a minor in trumpet. At a later age vocals became her main focus. She got into professional music school where she finished vocal performance major with the highest grade. After high school Augustina moved to the Netherlands, where she got a chance to study with New York based artists, made great collaborations with international artists, recorded and released her debut album “Terapia” and organized small tours, bringing musicians from Amsterdam to perform in Lithuanian festivals and other venues. In 2022 Augustina got accepted to Berklee College of Music with a full scholarship combined from Berklee and a Lithuanian competition that she won. At the moment she is successfully studying in Berklee, writing and recording new music and performing in Boston as well as in Lithuania.

Instagram- augustinavaiginyte, Facebook- Augustina Vaiginyte

The Jazzi
2023-10-11 18:00 - 20:00
A group of friends and professional musicians that are deeply in love with jazz and like to share emotions through their playing. The different backgrounds of each member add a special flavor to both the arrangements of famous jazz standards and to the original compositions, creating a unique landscape where elements of their cultures merge.

https://www.instagram.com/samuelcerra/

unCommon Stage Closed
2023-10-10 12:00 - 21:00
unCommon Stage and Trillium beer garden will be closed on Tuesday October 10.

Zack Bolles Band
2023-10-08 16:00 - 18:00
The Zack Bolles Band is a folk rock trio featuring Abe Dewing on fiddle, Ed Cardenas on cajon and Zack Bolles on guitar.

www.zackbolles.com

@zackbollesband

Ciara Moser
2023-10-08 14:00 - 16:00

Brooke Annibale
2023-10-08 12:00 - 14:00
This will be a solo performance by indie pop-folk singer-songwriter and guitarist, Brooke Annibale.

Not confined by any one genre, Brooke’s expressive and beautifully thoughtful songwriting creates a dreamy, dark, and enticing sonic landscape. Her songs have been placed on many TV shows including Grey’s Anatomy, Pretty Little Liars, and One Tree Hill. Brooke has recently performed on SiriusXM The Coffee House, AudioTree Live, Paste and more. ​Brooke’s new album Better By Now is out now.

http://brookeannibale.com

http://instagram.com/brookeannibale

http://facebook.com/brookeannibale

Tweets by brookeannibale

tik tok @brookeannibale

Zoe Murphy
2023-10-06 18:00 - 20:00
Zoe Murphy is a trumpet player, composer, and educator, based in Boston, MA. With a background in jazz performance, Murphy plays an array of styles in various ensembles throughout New England. Most recently, she specializes in duo settings rooted in improvisation.

@zoemurphymusic

Joseph Borsellino
2023-10-06 16:00 - 18:00
Joseph Borsellino is a Boston-based composer, producer, multi-instrumentalist, and DJ. Behind the boards, he curates mixes of contemporary hip hop and R&B, Afro-Caribbean music, and classic 80’s jams, all while adding saxophone to the blend. On April 16th, 2021 he released his second EP, “Last year was a beautiful, terrible mess,” a collection of collaborative projects recorded throughout 2020’s extensive period of quarantine and social isolation.

linktr.ee/the_real_calo

Dan Behlman
2023-10-06 14:00 - 16:00
Facebook.com/Danielsturgisband

Cliff Notez
2023-10-05 19:00 - 20:00
Prolific collaborator and award-winning multimedia artist Cliff Notez seamlessly manifests a mix of hip hop, jazz, folk, soul and R&B that’s been likened to “Kendrick Lamar’s To Pimp A Butterfly, blended with the paranoia of Radiohead’s Kid A.”Their music reveals the repercussions of trauma, exposes the realities of the Black experience, and shares an intimate journey towards healing. Heavy lyrical themes are often juxtaposed with uplifting sounds: bright horns, sparkling keys, snappy percussion and glowing guitar riffs.Cliff Notez’s work has caught the attention of publications like The New York Times, NPR, The Boston Globe, and Boston Herald, among others and have garnered shoutouts from the likes of Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley. They performed at Boston Calling Music Festival in 2022 and have previously shared the stage with Ja Rule and Gym Class Heroes.

https://cliffnotez.com/

@cliffnotez

Luna Del Flor
2023-10-05 18:00 - 19:00

Heyssis
2023-10-05 17:00 - 18:00

Anabel Gil Diaz
2023-10-04 18:00 - 20:00

Dwayne Haggins
2023-10-03 17:00 - 19:00
He’s been described as “the love child of Otis Redding and Doc Watson.” “The John Legend of rockabilly.” And recently, “a ‘what-took-you-so-long’ fusion of Elvis and Marvin Gaye.” But he is Dwayne Haggins, and his voice is his own. Whether on the stage of a metropolitan concert hall or the makeshift bandstand of a neighborhood dive, you will find him exploring uncharted musical territories, listening for new ways to stir his influences into this night’s expression of his unique sound – strangely familiar, naturally mysterious, unmistakably his own.

Notably, Haggins has shared the stage with acts such as Joe Bonamassa, Keb Mo, Jimmy Vivino, Chris Lane, Suzanne Santo, and Fitz and the Tantrums. Haggins was signed in November of 2021 and his Verdict debut LP was released in June of 2022 titled “Call Me Boston”.

dwaynehaggins.com

Instagram & FB: @hagginsmusic

Roella
2023-10-01 16:00 - 18:00
So far, In 2023 Roella has performed with her piano trio at the NAMM show in Anaheim, California and at Capitol Turnaround in Washington DC as a featured artist of the SHEROCKS 2023 showcase. As a pianist, this year I represented Berklee’s Jazz and Gender Justice Institute at the RENO JAZZ FESTIVAL in Reno, Nevada, the Detroit Jazz Festival Collegiate competition in Detroit, Michigan, and headlined with Terri-Lyne Carrington’s band as part of BAMSfest 2023.

Last year, she won the ISJAC (International Society of Jazz Arrangers and Composers) prize for Emerging Black Composers. In May 2022, she travelled to Austin, Texas to accept the award and perform with the 17-piece jazz orchestra that was provided. In November 2022, Roella booked and completed a London Mini-tour with her trio from Berklee that coincided with the London Jazz Festival. The 3 biggest of the 5 show dates; The Elgar Room at the Royal Albert Hall, a Late Late Show at Ronnie Scott’s and a lunch-time show at The Pizza Express Soho were all sold out. The tour also coincided with the release of her first EP ,”Sentient Sounds.”

Whilst at Berklee, Roella has received tutelage from exceptional professors such as NEA Jazz Masters Terri Lyne-Carrington and Joanne Brackeen and Grammy nominated saxophonist Tia Fuller. In Spring 2022, she studied with Esperanza Spalding at Harvard as part of Spalding’s Black Improvisational Music and Dance class. One of her most notable Berklee opportunities, was performing with Berklee’s Jazz and Gender Justice Institute on WGBH’s “Basic Black” TV show in Fall 2019.”

Over the course of the pandemic, she was a BBC Young Musician 2020 Semi-finalist, a Jazz South UK grant recipient, appeared on Decca Records’, “Alone Together” Jazz piano album, on British TV as part of “Jazz 625, the British Jazz Explosion” and released her first single entitled “Sacrificial Lamb”.

Instagram: @roellaoloromusic

Twitter: @Rella_xo

Facebook: Roella Jazzisrealmusic Oloro

Nicolás Emden
2023-10-01 14:00 - 16:00
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/

Selkii
2023-10-01 12:00 - 14:00
With a Loop Station, South African born Selkii creates sonic backdrops for her powerful vocals. (7th place on South African Idol TV Show , Team Blake NBC The Voice Finalist.) She ‘loops’ live-performed percussion, soulful backing vocals & guitar – & can even mash up real-time song requests on the fly!

Selkii has headlined fairs and festivals nationwide. She was the soloist in the adult lounge on Disney Cruise Lines Flagship for 3 years & has performed over 100 virtual concerts for virtual and digital events from her home studio in Boston MA. She travels nationally and internationally as a one woman band with uplifting original compositions as well as a ‘covers’ repertoire of over 1600 songs : Abba – Zeppelin.

Maz & Bencils
2023-09-30 18:00 - 20:00
Coming out of São Paulo, Brazil, Maz has started to make a name for himself in the alternative hip hop realm. Citing various influences as a son of a DJ, he utilizes his own overblown, yet a times mellow production to accompany an unorthodox delivery; painting a world beyond sounds into a multi-dimensional aesthetic delving into photography, film, and fashion. Currently based in Boston, Maz plants his feet promptly into the minds of the listener, transporting them to his expression of his past, present, and future.

@maztypebeat everywhere, @madebybencils everywhere

Toki Wright
2023-09-29 18:00 - 20:00
Toki Wright is a two-time Emmy Award-winning MC, poet, producer, and cultural diplomat. He has received two CLIO Award for advertising with General Mills for the number one worldwide Twitter trending project “Watch the Stove” which was also nominated for a Cannes Lion Award. Wright is currently the chair of the Professional Music Department at Berklee College of Music in Boston. Before relocating he was the Department Head of the United States’ first fully accredited Hip-Hop Studies program at McNally Smith College of Music. The program was awarded the “Best Transformative Higher Learning Model” from the Hip-Hop Education Center at NYU. Toki also facilitated seven Twin Cities Celebration of Hip-Hop Festivals and helped establish “Hip-Hop at H.E.A.L.S,” a program for former child soldiers in Gulu, Northern Uganda.

Toki’s worked with the US State Department, delivered a TED Talk, and ran the youth-led nonprofit YO! The Movement, helping to build community through the arts. Toki is a freelance writer, radio host and has been a judge for NPR’s Tiny Desk Contest, and a community organizer. He’s released albums and film through his media company Soul Tools Entertainment that have charted top 50 on MTV, iTunes, and more. Wright has performed at events like Coachella, Rock The Bells and more while sharing stages with the likes of Lizzo, Terri Lyne Carrington, Atmosphere, the late Sean Price, and J-Live. Toki has released recordings with Talib Kweli, BJ The Chicago Kid, and G Yamazawa to name a few.

Lee Wilson
2023-09-28 19:00 - 20:00

Munashe Mututu
2023-09-28 18:00 - 19:00
29 year old artist Muna hails from Waltham, MA by way of Harare, Zimbabwe. Muna has a unique east coast style, with a passion for lyrical content and substantial material. With a true passion for music, rapper Muna hopes to touch the world not only with his sound, but with his words as well.

DJ Troy Frost
2023-09-28 17:00 - 18:00
Kyara Andrade-Howell also known as DJ TROY Frost is an artist, educator, and event curator from Dorchester and Roxbury. She started DJing in 2013 and completed Scratch DJ Academy’s certification program in 2015. After graduating from Barnard College in 2017, she worked for Boston Public Schools in varying roles. In 2019, she piloted The Breaks, an enrichment program which gave 15 Boston youth an introduction to the pillars of Hip Hop. Kyara now works part time as a library coordinator at middle/high school and at Frugal Bookstore in Roxbury. She teaches Hip Hop & Black History classes periodically. She is currently working on growing Purple Produce, an event series dedicated to creating events focused on Hip Hop, wellness, literacy and community collaboration.

Instagram/Twitter: @djtroyfrost
