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Bow Thayer takes a break from work on a stone stairway in his Gaysville yard to reacquaint himself with an old guitar while his son River, 3, plays nearby. Thayer has built a studio at his home that serves as rehearsal and recording space. (Valley News - James M. Patterson)

Working for a Song: Vermont Musician Bow Thayer Illustrates Challenge Facing Independent Artists

Sunday, May 19, 2013

Gaysville, Vt. — On a chilly day last week, singer, songwriter and band leader Bow Thayer was replacing the stone steps that run up the rise above his house to the recording studio. He’d torn up the steps and the adjoining patio a while back to accommodate the underground hot water pipes for his new heating system. Now, he was …

The Handel Society is to perform J.S. Bach's St. Matthew Passion at Dartmouth College on May 18-19. (Jon Gilbert Fox photograph)

Entertainment Highlights: Handel Society Performs Bach’s ‘St. Matthew Passion’

Friday, May 17, 2013

Johann Sebastian Bach’s St. Matthew Passion, the oratorio that the Handel Society of Dartmouth College will perform this weekend, is not the type of piece that a choral ensemble can pull off on an annual basis. It’s long — the Handel Society’s performance will span just over three hours, with an intermission — …

NBC Plans a ‘Crisis’ Series for Fictitious Washington VIPs

Monday, May 13, 2013

Today at Radio City Music Hall in New York, NBC will unveil to advertisers its prime-time schedule for the 2013-14 television season. Among the new shows to be announced will be an action thriller set in Washington starring Dermot Mulroney (not to be confused with Dylan McDermott) and Gillian Anderson. The premise of the show, titled Crisis, goes like this: There’s this bus …

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