David Lemuel Rivera

David Rivera is a Puerto Rican artist with over 15 years of experience spanning composing, arranging, teaching, podcasting, and performing various music styles including Jazz, Latin, Gospel, Rock, and Pop. His band, David Rivera y La Bámbula, blends his relatable lyrics with folkloric urban sounds from the Caribbean, creating innovative rhythms that fuse jazz and...

The Femmes

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...

Thea Hopkins

A member of Aquinnah Wampanoag tribe of Martha’s Vineyard MA, performing songwriter Thea Hopkins calls her music Red Roots Americana. She has been described as a “standout writer” by the Washington Post. In the spring of 2024, Thea attended the ISPA Congress in Perth Australia as a Western Arts Alliance artist delegate. She was an official showcase...

Zack Bolles Band

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

Fabiola Méndez Trio (TIME HAS CHANGED)

Fabiola Méndez is a Puerto Rican cuatro player, singer, educator, and Emmy-nominated composer that has taken part in a musical movement, crossing over the lines of genres such as Folk, Afro-Caribbean & Jazz. Recognized as the Latin Artist of the Year 2023 by the Boston Music Awards, her artistic vision and original music focus on...

Bear Garden (Feat. KNSZWRTH)

The Emerson UnCommon Stage and Harpoon Beer Garden are thrilled to welcome Commonwealth Shakespeare Company and Percy the Bear!  We are honored to have another Boston institution, CSC, activate this special corner of the Common.  Tuesdays in July beginning at on July 16th, patrons are welcome to enjoy a drink from Harpoon, delicious food from...

Sam Spear

The Sam Spear Quintet 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

Roella

Roella is a British multi-instrumentalist, performer and composer of Nigerian and Jamaican heritage. As of June 2024, she is a recent graduate of the Berklee Global Jazz Institute Masters Programme; in 2023 she was a Magna Cum Laude graduate of Berklee College of Music’s undergraduate programme. In spring 2023 Roella performed with her piano trio...

BAMS Presents: S.O.U.L.STICE – Toki Wright x Ashanti Eva Davenport and the Soul Tribe

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...

Gaby Cotter

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.

CALO

CALO brings an eclectic mix of 90's hip-hop classics, remixes, and instrumentals to the UnCommon Stage, accompanied with solo saxophone and electronica. CALO (Joseph Borsellino III) is an award-winning composer, multi-instrumentalist, producer, and DJ, born and based in Boston. On his principal instrument-- saxophone-- he has entertained audiences along the eastern coast with popular jazz repertoire, dance music,...