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WERS 88.9 FM

Apr 7, 2026

Boston orchestra makes music with typewriters

Emerson College's WERS 88.9 FM reports on the Boston Typewriter Orchestra and how the ensemble makes music with manual typewriters.

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Worcester Telegram & Gazette

Jan 4, 2026

Worcester County Wonders: The history of the typewriter

The Worcester Telegram & Gazette (reporter Sarah Barnacle) talks with the Boston Typewriter Orchestra about Worcester County's place in typewriter history.

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OnMilwaukee

Sep 18, 2025

BTO returns to Turner Hall for QWERTYFEST MKE

OnMilwaukee covers the Boston Typewriter Orchestra's return to Turner Hall for QWERTYFEST MKE.

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WCVB Boston (NewsCenter 5)

May 12, 2025

Rocking on relics: This is how Boston’s Typewriter Orchestra puts on a show

WCVB Channel 5 profiled the Boston Typewriter Orchestra in a "Rocking on Relics" segment around the group's 20th anniversary.

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The New York Times (Style)

Mar 24, 2025

At a Cambridge Typewriter Company party (featuring James Brockman)

The New York Times style section covers a Cambridge typewriter event, featuring Boston Typewriter Orchestra member James Brockman and his typewriter art.

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Dan's Papers

Feb 15, 2025

Typewriter Orchestra

Hamptons institution Dan's Papers (founder Dan Rattiner) recounts attending the Boston Typewriter Orchestra's performance at The Church in Sag Harbor, New York.

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WCVB Boston (Chronicle)

Feb 14, 2025

New England drumming staples that keep the music playing

WCVB Channel 5's Chronicle featured the Boston Typewriter Orchestra, with reporter Leanna Scachetti interviewing the group about New England's typewriter-music tradition.

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The East Hampton Star

Jan 30, 2025

A Typewriter Concert at The Church

The East Hampton Star (by Mark Segal) previews the Boston Typewriter Orchestra's performance at The Church in Sag Harbor, New York.

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27east (The Express News Group)

Jan 28, 2025

The Boston Typewriter Orchestra Turns the Sound of Work Into Music

Long Island's 27east (by Annette Hinkle) previews the Boston Typewriter Orchestra ahead of a performance at The Church in Sag Harbor, New York.

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The Sag Harbor Express (27east)

Jan 10, 2025

A Night With the Boston Typewriter Orchestra (front-page feature)

The Sag Harbor Express ran a front-page feature on the Boston Typewriter Orchestra ahead of the group's performance at The Church in Sag Harbor, New York.

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WGN Morning News (Chicago)

Jun 21, 2024

The Boston Typewriter Orchestra performs LIVE

Chicago's WGN Morning News, with anchor Lauren Jiggetts, hosted the Boston Typewriter Orchestra for a live in-studio performance during the band's June 2024 Chicago visit.

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RetroFuturista

Mar 21, 2024

The Typing Beats of the Boston Typewriter Orchestra (interview)

RetroFuturista publishes an in-depth interview with the Boston Typewriter Orchestra about their experimental approach to making music with typewriters.

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NBC TODAY

Feb 11, 2024

Orchestra of typewriters makes new music in a different kind of key

NBC's TODAY featured the Boston Typewriter Orchestra in a national video segment on the group's typewriter music.

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NBC Nightly News

Dec 7, 2023

Typewriter orchestra making music in a different key

NBC Nightly News featured the Boston Typewriter Orchestra in a national broadcast segment on the group's typewriter music.

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My Modern Met

Jul 10, 2023

Creative Band Plays Music Using Vintage Typewriters

Arts site My Modern Met features the Boston Typewriter Orchestra and its performances on vintage typewriters.

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GBH / Boston Public Radio

Jul 6, 2023

This Boston-based band makes weirdly impressive music from typewriters

Boston's GBH public radio examines how the Boston Typewriter Orchestra builds structured, surprisingly musical compositions out of typewriter sounds.

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Laughing Squid

Jun 7, 2023

BTO performs “Left Blank”

Laughing Squid features the Boston Typewriter Orchestra performing their composition "Left Blank."

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Boing Boing

Jun 5, 2023

Boring office workers perform epic orchestral tune on typewriters

Boing Boing shares the Boston Typewriter Orchestra performing an epic orchestral piece entirely on typewriters.

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The Boston Globe

Jun 1, 2023

A Symphony of Typewriters

The Boston Globe's 20th-anniversary feature on the Boston Typewriter Orchestra, covering the group's two decades of typewriter-based performance.

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The Berkshire Eagle

Sep 25, 2022

There’s an orchestra entirely made up of typewriters, and it’s coming to the Berkshires

The Berkshire Eagle previews the Boston Typewriter Orchestra's performance at TurnPark Art Space in the Berkshires.

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WGN News (Chicago)

Aug 1, 2022

The Boston Typewriter Orchestra (remote Zoom segment)

Chicago's WGN News featured the Boston Typewriter Orchestra in a remote (Zoom) segment on how the group makes rhythmic music on manual typewriters.

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CBS Boston / WBZ-TV

Jul 22, 2022

Boston Typewriter Orchestra makes music in new key

CBS Boston's WBZ-TV reports on the Boston Typewriter Orchestra and its unusual approach to making music. (Date corrected to 2022-07-22 per Wikipedia.)

The Daily Free Press (Boston University)

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The Daily Free Press (Boston University)

Oct 22, 2021

Boston Typewriter Orchestra uses music to bring new life to old machines

Boston University's student newspaper, The Daily Free Press, profiles the Boston Typewriter Orchestra and its revival of old typewriters as instruments.

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Hindustan Times (Delhi)

Feb 14, 2021

The right type of music

India's Hindustan Times profiles the Boston Typewriter Orchestra in a feature titled "The right type of music."

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Radio Rumba Network

2020

Orquesta de máquinas de escribir realiza sinfonía con distanciamiento social (VIDEO)

Radio Rumba Network shares the Boston Typewriter Orchestra's socially distanced pandemic performance (Spanish-language syndication).

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Good News Network

2020

This Orchestra Performs ‘Symphonies’ Using Typewriter Sounds

Good News Network features the Boston Typewriter Orchestra and its remotely recorded pandemic-era typewriter symphony.

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Laughing Squid

2020

The Members of the Boston Typewriter Orchestra Perform Original Symphony From Home

Laughing Squid covers the Boston Typewriter Orchestra performing an original piece remotely from home during the pandemic.

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The Vale Magazine

Sep 10, 2020

Boston Band Turns Typewriter Sounds Into Original Songs

The Vale Magazine profiles the Boston Typewriter Orchestra and how it turns typewriter sounds into original songs.

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The Kelly Clarkson Show (NBCUniversal)

Aug 17, 2020

Boston Typewriter Orchestra performance

The Boston Typewriter Orchestra appeared on NBCUniversal's nationally syndicated Kelly Clarkson Show.

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Periodismo.com (Argentina)

Jun 19, 2020

Orquesta de máquinas de escribir realiza sinfonía con distanciamiento social

Argentina's Periodismo.com covers the Boston Typewriter Orchestra's socially distanced pandemic typewriter symphony (Spanish-language).

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Nerdist

Jun 18, 2020

Typewriter Orchestra Performs Symphony from Afar

Nerdist covers the Boston Typewriter Orchestra performing a remotely assembled typewriter symphony during the pandemic.

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Ripley's Believe It or Not!

Jun 16, 2020

Clacking Along With the Boston Typewriter Orchestra

Ripley's Believe It or Not! profiles the Boston Typewriter Orchestra as an example of unusual real-world performance.

Video

Great Big Story (CNN)

Jun 10, 2020

The Typewriter Orchestra Performs from Home

CNN's Great Big Story revisited the Boston Typewriter Orchestra in 2020 for a follow-up on the group performing remotely from home during the pandemic.

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Chronogram Magazine

Apr 1, 2020

The Boston Typewriter Orchestra’s Innovative Approach to Music-Making

Hudson Valley arts magazine Chronogram (by Peter Aaron) profiles the Boston Typewriter Orchestra and its approach to making music on typewriters.

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20th Century Fox — "The Post"

Dec 30, 2017

“Entropy Begins at the Office” featured in promotional ads for The Post

The Boston Typewriter Orchestra's song "Entropy Begins at the Office" was used in promotional advertising for the 2017 film The Post.

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LTC TV (Lowell, Massachusetts)

October 2017

Lowell Train: Boston Typewriter Orchestra

Lowell Telecommunications Corp.'s community-access TV program "Lowell Train" featured the Boston Typewriter Orchestra in an October 2017 segment.

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BBC World Service

Sep 27, 2017

Outlook: The Boston Typewriter Orchestra

The BBC World Service program Outlook interviewed the Boston Typewriter Orchestra about making music on manual typewriters.

Video

Great Big Story (CNN)

May 4, 2017

Playing Against Type: The Typewriter Orchestra

CNN's Great Big Story filmed the Boston Typewriter Orchestra in performance for a short documentary titled "Playing Against Type."

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El Comercio (Peru)

Apr 5, 2017

Esta banda hace música con máquinas de escribir

Peru's El Comercio features a video of the Boston Typewriter Orchestra making music on typewriters (Spanish-language).

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Beyond Yacht Rock (podcast)

2016

Boston Typewriter Orchestra audio bumpers on Beyond Yacht Rock

The Boston Typewriter Orchestra contributed typewriter audio bumpers to the comedy music podcast Beyond Yacht Rock.

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Mental Floss

Dec 8, 2016

Jamming with the Boston Typewriter Orchestra

Mental Floss interviews the Boston Typewriter Orchestra about how different vintage typewriter models produce distinct sounds (by Jake Rossen).

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Seven Days (Vermont)

Sep 7, 2016

All Keyed Up for the Boston Typewriter Orchestra

Vermont's Seven Days previews the Boston Typewriter Orchestra's state debut at the Burlington Book Festival (by Pamela Polston).

Film

California Typewriter (documentary film)

Sep 2, 2016

California Typewriter

The Boston Typewriter Orchestra appears in California Typewriter, the documentary about typewriter enthusiasts that also features Tom Hanks.

Video

Google (Doodle)

Feb 1, 2015

Langston Hughes’ 113th Birthday Google Doodle — typewriter music by BTO

Google's animated Doodle for Langston Hughes's 113th birthday features typewriter music performed by the Boston Typewriter Orchestra, with piano by Adam Ever-Hadani.

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KULT Underground (Italy)

December 2011

Boston Typewriter Orchestra (Insolita Musica 2)

Italian arts e-zine KULT Underground profiles the Boston Typewriter Orchestra in its "Insolita Musica" column (Italian-language).

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America's Got Talent (NBC)

Jun 21, 2011

Season 6 audition (Episode 607)

The Boston Typewriter Orchestra auditioned for Season 6 of NBC's America's Got Talent in 2011, performing their typewriter percussion on national TV.

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CBS Boston / WBZ-TV

Jun 6, 2011

Boston Typewriter Orchestra: The Revolution Will Be Typewritten

CBS Boston covers the Boston Typewriter Orchestra around their album "The Revolution Will Be Typewritten." (An earlier, separate CBS Boston piece.)

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Wired

October 2010

Decoder Ring: Boston Typewriter Orchestra Applies the Wite-Out

Wired magazine featured the Boston Typewriter Orchestra, naming their typewriter cover of "Wipe Out" ("Wite-Out") a pun of the year.

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Pipeline! (WMBR 88.1 FM)

Mar 24, 2009

Boston Typewriter Orchestra live on Pipeline!

The Boston Typewriter Orchestra performed live on Pipeline!, MIT's WMBR 88.1 FM local-music radio program.

Radio

NPR

Oct 9, 2008

Boston Orchestra Makes Typewriters Sing

National Public Radio profiles the Boston Typewriter Orchestra, explaining how the group turns manual typewriters into percussion instruments.

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Radiocable.com (Spain)

Sep 8, 2008

La orquesta de máquinas de escribir

Spain's Radiocable.com profiles the Boston Typewriter Orchestra (Spanish-language) — early international coverage.

Video

Rocketboom

Aug 8, 2008

Boston Typewriter Orchestra (Rocketboom field segment by Steve Garfield)

Rocketboom, the pioneering daily video blog, featured the Boston Typewriter Orchestra in a 2008 field segment in which correspondent Steve Garfield interviews the group about making music on manual typewriters.