Emerson College UnCommon Corner

Anibal Cruz
2023-10-25 18:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York)

Dwayne Haggins
2023-10-24 19:00 - 21:00, 2023-10-21 18:00 - 20:00
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

Brooke Annibale
2023-10-24 17:00 - 19:00
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

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Dan Behlman
2023-10-22 16:00 - 18:00, 2023-10-15 16:00 - 18:00
Facebook.com/Danielsturgisband

Olivia Wendel
2023-10-22 14:00 - 16:00
Olivia Wendel is a singer-songwriter from a small town in Massachusetts. Her songs are observational and truthful, with honest experiences from her life woven into a dream-like indie folk pop landscape.

https://www.oliviawendelmusic.com/

https://www.instagram.com/oliviawendelmusic/

Zahili Gonzalez Zamora
2023-10-22 12:00 - 14:00
Zahili Gonzalez Zamora is a Cuban pianist, composer, bandleader, arranger, and educator. She feels most defined by her Cuban heritage and her status as an immigrant. Her passion for music has taken her to Canada, to South East Asia and, now, to the United States. Her rich musical background, career experience and extraordinary improvisation skills render her a leader in the modern Latin jazz idiom and an influential, emulated musician.

​In 2018, her Afro-Cuban jazz Trio, MIXCLA, released its self-titled album, which features her original tunes and arrangements. It has received critical acclaim and earned the attention of major agents locally and internationally. The album has thus far advanced in the world of jazz, adding to her accolades two nominations from the Boston Music Awards (2018 & 2019).

https://www.zahilizamora.com

https://www.instagram.com/zahiligz/

Tolieth
2023-10-21 15:00 - 17:00, 2023-10-14 18:00 - 20:00
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/

Catherine Bent and Ian Coury
2023-10-20 18:00 - 20:00
Ian Coury is a Brazilian 10-string bandolim (mandolin) player currently studying at Berklee. Catherine Bent is an English-born cellist and Berklee professor. The two have a musical connection that transcends their backgrounds and crystallizes around their passion for Brazilian choro music. Choro (pronounced “shoh-roh”) is an instrumental music that has its origins in late 1800s Rio de Janeiro. It’s been likened to New Orleans jazz, and shares that tradition’s improvisation, soulfulness, and often irrepressible joyfulness.

https://linktr.ee/catherinebentmusic

Samantha Farrell
2023-10-20 16:00 - 18:00
Samantha Farrell is a Boston-based musician and vocalist whose sound is a gorgeously moody fusion of jazz, alt R&B, and pop. Once described as “the best singer-songwriter you’ve never heard of,” by NBC Los Angeles, Farrell has always been understated in her approach to her music career – but, those who are in the know, have been quietly dazzled with her unique voice, rhythmic subtleties and tonal nuance for years.

“Prodigious and undulating vocals that are delivered with rare, swinging passion.” – Relix Magazine

“Samantha Farrell’s voice resonates with the clean complexity of a hard truth, put simply: it is a declaration.” – Fogged Clarity

www.samanthafarrell.com

https://linktr.ee/samanthafarrell

Loman with Rvrsr
2023-10-20 12:00 - 14:00
Experience a groovy collaboration as beatmaker Loman joins forces with guitarist Rvrsr. The duo brings listeners on a journey with their eclectic blend of instrumental hip hop and far-out electric guitar. From punchy beats to soulful melodies, Loman and Rvrsr’s performance will deliver high vibrations. Start your weekend off right with this dynamic duo!

Loman – @lomantypebeatsRvrsr – @rvrsr

Asia Vu
2023-10-19 19:00 - 20:00

DJ Ed Word
2023-10-19 18:00 - 19:00

Naomi Westwater
2023-10-19 17:00 - 18:00

Sam Spear
2023-10-18 18:00 - 20:00
The Sam Spear Quinet delivers hard-hitting bop, soulful swing, and blistering ballads. Composed of two saxes, piano, bass, and drums, the group performs an eclectic mix of original tunes and cleverly crafted arrangements of jazz standards.

https://samspearmusic.com/

Facebook: Sam Spear Music

Instagram: @sam_spear_music

The Femmes
2023-10-17 17:00 - 19:00, 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

Jim Healey
2023-10-16 19:00 - 20:00
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)

Cameron Keiber
2023-10-16 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.

Book of Life
2023-10-16 17:00 - 18:00

Maddie Lam
2023-10-15 14:30 - 15:30
https://www.facebook.com/maddiexlam

https://twitter.com/madelinexlam

https://www.instagram.com/maddiexlam/

Roella
2023-10-15 12:00 - 14:15
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

Fabiola Méndez Trio
2023-10-14 15:00 - 17:00
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/

IG – @fabiolamendezmusic

Diamond Blues
2023-10-14 12:00 - 14:00
Since 2021, Diamond Blues, an eclectic group of accomplished musicians passionate about honoring the legacy of Jerry Garcia, have taken Boston by storm.

Led by David Rubin on Vocals & Guitar, Diamond Blues features Madolyn Allison on Vocals & Percussion, Lucas Bateman on Drums, Ian Brenkle on Bass, Caroline Killoh on Vocals & Keys, and Christopher Belden on Sax.

DB, as it’s often called by fans, mines their repertoire from the Jerry Garcia Band songbook and blends other fan favorites consistent with the original sound of JGB. Their uniquely crafted setlists touch the entire catalogs of JGB, Legion of Mary/Merl Saunders, and Jerry Garcia Solo, leaving audiences inspired and electrified. DB blends deep cuts with hits that will have you respectfully asking, “why didn’t Jerry play that more often?”

Join Diamond Blues at one of their residencies! Catch them at The Burren in Somerville (the 2nd Sunday of the month) and at The Midway Cafe in JP (4th Wednesday of the month). How sweet it is!

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DiamondBluesJGB

Instagram: https://instagram.com/diamondbluesjgb?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

https://www.diamondbluesmusic.com/

Chloe Swindler
2023-10-13 18:00 - 20:00
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

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.

Albino Mbie
2023-10-13 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
