Josh Kantor
@jtkantor.bsky.social
Organist for Boston Red Sox games at Fenway Park. I also do a bunch of other music stuff.
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Josh Kantor
@jtkantor.bsky.social
· Apr 3
If you're at a Red Sox home game and you want to send me a song request, this is the best place to do it. If you prefer to send it via Twitter, that's okay. If you prefer to send it via some other means, I may or may not see it in time. Thanks! Let's have an awesome Red Sox season together! ⚾ 🎹
10 years ago today: at my 2nd-ever European gig -- in front of 300 people, in the Arctic Circle -- I got to play "When the Levee Breaks" with John Paul Jones and the absolutely wonderful Mike Mills, Steve Wynn, Linda Pitmon, Scott McCaughey, and Kurt Bloch. www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bKc...
Mike Mills (& Friends) - When The Levee Breaks - Ice Station Vadsø, Vadsø, Norway, 11 Nov 2015
YouTube video by kiwichrisha
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November 11, 2025 at 3:05 PM
10 years ago today: at my 2nd-ever European gig -- in front of 300 people, in the Arctic Circle -- I got to play "When the Levee Breaks" with John Paul Jones and the absolutely wonderful Mike Mills, Steve Wynn, Linda Pitmon, Scott McCaughey, and Kurt Bloch. www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bKc...
I know a place. She took me there.
November 9, 2025 at 2:34 AM
I know a place. She took me there.
Time and Place (my favorite folk-punk labor activist band) is up for Americana Artist of the Year at next month's Boston Music Awards, and they kindly let me play accordion on their latest single ("The Great Unwashed") and appear in the music video for it (below) that just dropped.
Time and Place - The Great Unwashed (Official Video)
YouTube video by Time and Place
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November 8, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Time and Place (my favorite folk-punk labor activist band) is up for Americana Artist of the Year at next month's Boston Music Awards, and they kindly let me play accordion on their latest single ("The Great Unwashed") and appear in the music video for it (below) that just dropped.
Wesley Stace's show at Club Passim this Sunday night will include guest performances by the great Bob Pernice and a secret handsome accordionist. Tickets via passim.org/live-music/events/wesley-stace (and there will be a livestream option on the day of).
November 7, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Wesley Stace's show at Club Passim this Sunday night will include guest performances by the great Bob Pernice and a secret handsome accordionist. Tickets via passim.org/live-music/events/wesley-stace (and there will be a livestream option on the day of).
November 6, 2025 at 1:19 PM
I'm out here putting Twizzlers on cake to see how it tastes so you don't have to.
November 5, 2025 at 9:04 PM
I'm out here putting Twizzlers on cake to see how it tastes so you don't have to.
Just seems unnecessarily confusing.
November 4, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Just seems unnecessarily confusing.
9,999th percentile in height, 5th percentile in weight.
November 3, 2025 at 11:14 PM
9,999th percentile in height, 5th percentile in weight.
I strongly object to accusations that I would eat leftover-from-Halloween Milk Duds for breakfast... it's 11:15, which clearly makes it brunch.
November 2, 2025 at 4:15 PM
I strongly object to accusations that I would eat leftover-from-Halloween Milk Duds for breakfast... it's 11:15, which clearly makes it brunch.
This solo piano version of "Round Midnight" might be my favorite 4 minutes of recorded music.
Thelonious Monk ~ Round Midnight
YouTube video by Evan Bennet
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November 1, 2025 at 4:27 PM
This solo piano version of "Round Midnight" might be my favorite 4 minutes of recorded music.
Happy Halloween from our home to yours. #AtomicPumpkin
October 31, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Happy Halloween from our home to yours. #AtomicPumpkin
Hats off to my co-worker's 10-year-old son who has decided to dress up for Halloween as "entropy."
October 31, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Hats off to my co-worker's 10-year-old son who has decided to dress up for Halloween as "entropy."
And if you have means, please give money to a food bank: feedingamerica.org/find-your-lo...
MA residents:
If SNAP goes away, your EBT card still lets you use HIP to get fruits/vegetables: mass.gov/info-details...
You can still get Transitional/Emergency Economic Assistance: mass.gov/economic-ass...
This hotline gives access to other meal/pantry programs: projectbread.org/foodsource-h...
If SNAP goes away, your EBT card still lets you use HIP to get fruits/vegetables: mass.gov/info-details...
You can still get Transitional/Emergency Economic Assistance: mass.gov/economic-ass...
This hotline gives access to other meal/pantry programs: projectbread.org/foodsource-h...
October 29, 2025 at 11:16 AM
And if you have means, please give money to a food bank: feedingamerica.org/find-your-lo...
MA residents:
If SNAP goes away, your EBT card still lets you use HIP to get fruits/vegetables: mass.gov/info-details...
You can still get Transitional/Emergency Economic Assistance: mass.gov/economic-ass...
This hotline gives access to other meal/pantry programs: projectbread.org/foodsource-h...
If SNAP goes away, your EBT card still lets you use HIP to get fruits/vegetables: mass.gov/info-details...
You can still get Transitional/Emergency Economic Assistance: mass.gov/economic-ass...
This hotline gives access to other meal/pantry programs: projectbread.org/foodsource-h...
October 29, 2025 at 11:14 AM
MA residents:
If SNAP goes away, your EBT card still lets you use HIP to get fruits/vegetables: mass.gov/info-details...
You can still get Transitional/Emergency Economic Assistance: mass.gov/economic-ass...
This hotline gives access to other meal/pantry programs: projectbread.org/foodsource-h...
If SNAP goes away, your EBT card still lets you use HIP to get fruits/vegetables: mass.gov/info-details...
You can still get Transitional/Emergency Economic Assistance: mass.gov/economic-ass...
This hotline gives access to other meal/pantry programs: projectbread.org/foodsource-h...
There's now a livestream option for this baseball-themed show that I'm playing this Thursday night: TinyURL.com/KnuckleballStream
Me & @petermulvey43.bsky.social & Sean are singing & playing our favorite baseball songs at Club Passim in Harvard Square next Thursday. Chris Anzalone brings the color commentary. Tickets at TinyURL.com/KnuckleballSuite
October 29, 2025 at 12:06 AM
There's now a livestream option for this baseball-themed show that I'm playing this Thursday night: TinyURL.com/KnuckleballStream
My lady-friend found a FRIGGIN’ SEVEN-LEAF CLOVER
October 28, 2025 at 11:46 AM
My lady-friend found a FRIGGIN’ SEVEN-LEAF CLOVER
My Halloween costume this year is J Mascis fronting a one-man John Carpenter tribute band.
October 27, 2025 at 12:57 PM
My Halloween costume this year is J Mascis fronting a one-man John Carpenter tribute band.
Finally wrapping my head around the fact that Ann Arbor is a place and not a person.
October 26, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Finally wrapping my head around the fact that Ann Arbor is a place and not a person.
"So then I'm like, 'If I'm supposed to go to Friendsgiving with all these other fucking people, am I your *ellipses girlfriend* or your girlfriend?'" #overheardinharvardsquare
October 25, 2025 at 12:44 PM
"So then I'm like, 'If I'm supposed to go to Friendsgiving with all these other fucking people, am I your *ellipses girlfriend* or your girlfriend?'" #overheardinharvardsquare
My brilliant bandmate @jiminfantino.com has a brilliant new solo album that is OUT TODAY. jimsbigego.bandcamp.com/album/assemb...
Assemble Yourself, by Jim Infantino
13 track album
jimsbigego.bandcamp.com
October 24, 2025 at 1:40 PM
My brilliant bandmate @jiminfantino.com has a brilliant new solo album that is OUT TODAY. jimsbigego.bandcamp.com/album/assemb...
Internet is telling me it was 21 years ago tonight the first time I got to play at a World Series game.
October 23, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Internet is telling me it was 21 years ago tonight the first time I got to play at a World Series game.
I was drinking coffee BEFORE it was cool. That's why the inside of my mouth has so many burn marks.
October 21, 2025 at 1:32 PM
I was drinking coffee BEFORE it was cool. That's why the inside of my mouth has so many burn marks.
Me & @petermulvey43.bsky.social & Sean are singing & playing our favorite baseball songs at Club Passim in Harvard Square next Thursday. Chris Anzalone brings the color commentary. Tickets at TinyURL.com/KnuckleballSuite
October 20, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Me & @petermulvey43.bsky.social & Sean are singing & playing our favorite baseball songs at Club Passim in Harvard Square next Thursday. Chris Anzalone brings the color commentary. Tickets at TinyURL.com/KnuckleballSuite
Me trying to properly contextualize Ohtani's performance tonight.
a black and white photo of a woman holding her head in her hands .
Alt: Joan Crawford in black-and-white having a horrific mental breakdown while running her hands through her hair
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October 18, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Me trying to properly contextualize Ohtani's performance tonight.
Remember that one season when MLB tried to spice things up by using dirt and bulldozers in place of grass and outfielders?
October 17, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Remember that one season when MLB tried to spice things up by using dirt and bulldozers in place of grass and outfielders?