Music residencies - regularly scheduled performances from the same band or artist at a set venue - are a key part of a thriving local music scene. Today on
The Common, WBUR Arts Contributor Noah Schaffer has recommendations for five
can't-miss residencies you can check out in Boston, Somerville and Cambridge all year long.
Noah recommends...
- The Fringe - Mondays at The Lilly Pad in Cambridge (featured song: "I Loved You Yesterday")
- The Conscious Band - Sundays at West End Johnnies in Boston (featured song: "Oh What a Saturday Night" by lead singer, Errol Strength)
- The Natural Wonders - Sundays at Sally O'Briens in Somerville (featured live recording, September 2021)
- Bars Over Bars - First Sundays at The Junge in Somerville (featured live recording, March 2024)
- Yoko Miwa Trio - Fridays at The Mad Monkfish in Cambridge (featured song: "Keep Talkin'")
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