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Shakira performs at TD Garden on July 10. Photo by Maddie Browning

Review & Setlist: Shakira delivers high-energy nostalgia and new beginnings at TD Garden | Boston.com

Marcus Mumford performing with Mumford & Sons at Folsom Field in Boulder June 6. Photo by Alden Bonecutter

Mumford & Sons come home for a joyful performance filled with hits | OnStage Colorado

The Last Dinner Party, seen here at a show in England in 2025. Photo by Drew de F Fawkes

The Last Dinner Party rocks and enchants at Mission Ballroom | OnStage Colorado

Album covers clockwise from top left: Vintage Lee's “Grease Pack” (Courtesy Cody Remillard and Christian Korpi); "The Swell Slice" (Courtesy Swelltune Records); Yana's “Talk About” (Courtesy Caity Krone); Will Paquin's “I Work So Hard” (Courtesy Abigail Zachko); Dropkick Murphys' “For the People” (Courtesy); Miranda Rae's “Pleasant St” (Courtesy Emmanuel “Boogie” Cazeau); and Couch's “What Were You Thinking” (Courtesy Billy Landers x Prophet Media).

Our favorite local music from July | WBUR

Jelly Roll sported Celtics finery for his performance at TD Garden Thursday. (Ben Stas for The Boston Globe)

Review & setlist: Jelly Roll cherishes the ‘Beautifully Broken’ at TD Garden | Boston.com

Sammy Rae & The Friends (Courtesy Mia Aguirre)

Review & Setlist: Sammy Rae & The Friends radiate positivity and light at Roadrunner | Boston.com

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Review & Setlist: FINNEAS rocks and opens emotional wounds at MGM | Boston.com

From left, album art for Ghost Girl's "Fragment" (courtesy); Copilot's "Vroom Vroom, etc" (courtesy Julia Paccone); and Roger Clark Miller's "Curiosity for Solo Electric Guitar Ensemble" (courtesy).

New music by local artists to listen to this month | WBUR

Foxborough native Joanna “JoJo” Levesque did a hometown show at Roadrunner Wednesday night. (Jake Browning for Boston.com)

Review and setlist: Mass. native JoJo comes home to Roadrunner | Boston.com

Tucker Pillsbury aka ROLE MODEL

Review & setlist: ROLE MODEL’s ruby red shoes brought him back to Boston | Boston.com

Album covers clockwise from top left: Thalia Zedek Band's "The Boat Outside Your Window" (Courtesy Thrill Jockey); The Favors' "The Dream" (Courtesy Darkroom Records); Hallelujah the Hills' "DECK" (Courtesy); Time and Place's "Time and Place" (Courtesy Joe Botsch); and Intac "Money Love Music" (Courtesy).

Our favorite local music from June | WBUR

The sign at the 2024 BAMS Fest. (Olivia Moon Photography for WBUR)

At BAMS Fest, local music and community thrive | WBUR

Album covers clockwise from top left: Otis Shanty's "Lowballer" (Courtesy Sadye Bobbette/Otis Shanty); Ethan Setiawan's "Encyclopedia Mandolinnica" (Art by Mike Cox, design by Louise Bichan); Najee Janey's "Royalty" (Courtesy Charles Janey); The WAITIKI 7's "Exotica Reborn" (Courtesy the band); Overserved Again's "Songs of Our Youth Pt. 1" (Photo by Leandro Moro, edited by Garrett Moloney).

Our favorite local music from August | WBUR

Favorite albums of 2024

The best local albums of 2024, according to our critics | WBUR

music review and set list for adrienne lenker

Review & setlist: Adrianne Lenker killed us softly at the Shubert | Boston.com

music review of newport folk festival

Musicians, comedians and more took the stage at Newport Folk Festival | WBUR

music review and set list for laufrey concert

Review & setlist: Jazz-pop sensation Laufey reclaims Boston on her ‘Goddess Tour’ | Boston.com

music review and set list for tate mcrae concert

Review & Setlist: Tate McRae returns to Boston with sultry set | Boston.com

music review and set list for st. vincent

Review & setlist: Both sweet and macabre, St. Vincent is an engaging enigma at MGM | Boston.com

music review and set list for james taylor

Review & setlist: James Taylor lights up hometown show with cheerful optimism (and dad jokes) | Boston.com

music review for clairo

‘Boston, you must know how special this is for me’: Clairo brings cozy vibes in homecoming show | The Boston Globe

music review of aurora

Review & setlist: AURORA summons MGM Music Hall into her cult of humanity | Boston.com

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