Boston has made some formidable contributions to American life — revolution; academia; the Kennedys; the Roomba — so it’s hardly surprising that Beantown’s status as a longtime hub of Klezmer music ...

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 ...

Here’s a curious fact: Every member of the fast-rising Boston band Couch (and there are a lot of them — seven, to be exact) is the younger of two siblings. What are the odds? The bandmates are brainy ...