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April Stanford, Cosmic Jíbaros Celebrate Egleston

April Stanford testifies. After this number, she told the audience  she just flew in Friday from Barbados where she played mas at Crop Over.
April Stanford testifies.
After this number, she told the audience she just flew in Friday from Barbados where she played mas at Crop Over.

Jazz/soul. Latin/R&B. The sounds filled the air over and around the Peace Garden Saturday afternoon at the Egleston Square Main Street “Celebrate Egleston Square/Volume 1 Episode 3.”

Opening featured artist April Stanford moved the audience with her powerful vocals, accompanied by  rhythm guitarist Sean Rosati, who twirled and swirled  the steel string mellow melodies and smooth tempo  around her voice.

Skippy White: 54 Years of Hipping You to the Crossroads of American Music

SKIPPY WHITE. EVANGELIST AND ENTREPRENEUR OF R+ B
SKIPPY WHITE. EVANGELIST AND ENTREPRENEUR OF R&B.

In August of 1964 my entourage and I (OK, there were just two with me), all newly minted  graduates of Framingham High School, went to the EM Lowes Centre Theater at 690 Washington St. downtown to see Bikini Beach with Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello (ahhhsigh…Annette!!).

(Reader advisory: Unless you’re over 50, most of the names in this story will seem like a foreign country…so just Google it…)

Porchfest will Bring Music, Dance, and Community to the Streets of Jamaica Plain

Sterling Rhyne plays on the porch of resident Betsaida Gutierrez at JP Porchfest 2014. Photo credit Samuel J. Sacks.
Sterling Rhyne plays on the porch of resident Betsaida Gutierrez at JP Porchfest 2014. Photo credit Samuel J. Sacks.

On Saturday, the streets of Jamaica Plain will be filled with the sights and sounds of music and dance, as thousands of attendees comb the sidewalks for the JP’s second annual celebration of art and community, Porchfest.