Music on Martha’s Vineyard, a History of Harmony takes readers on a musical history tour of the Island. Although Carly Simon and James Taylor may be the biggest names from these parts, the book does not simply linger among the rarefied.

Sense of Wonder is hosting a concert featuring Gordon Bok on Oct. 14 at 7 p.m. at the studio, 23 Grove street in Vineyard Haven.

On Sunday, Sept. 14, mezzo-soprano Lia Kahler will perform at the Chilmark Community Church. She will perform spirituals, arias and solo works.

Ladies and gentlemen, prepare yourselves for the fifth annual Best Fest. Best of what? Best of everything creative, musical and downright groovy.

Martha’s Vineyard hosts some of Nashville’s finest songwriters and artists from Sept. 11 to 14, when New England to Nashville (NETN) presents the fourth annual Martha’s Vineyard Songwriting Festival.

After more than two and a half years of preparation for her multi-media art project Consenses, Sally Taylor had just concluded her final planning meeting.