Josh Kantor

@jtkantor

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· 1d

Temperatures in the 90s combined with high humidity can do strange things to the human brain.

A screenshot of a list of Fenway organ song requests played from 8/4/26 thru 8/9/26 (DM me if you need a text version of the list to be able to read it).

Josh Kantor@jtkantor· 4d

I'm a guest on my favorite podcast, @RevPerMovie.bsky.social! We talk about Stevie Wonder's most misunderstood album and the weird film that it soundtracked. Listen at shows.acast.com/revolutionspermovie/josh-kantor or other podcast sites. Chris even let me record an organ version of his theme song.

Josh Kantor@jtkantor· 5d

That game was un-fucking-believable, Also, the Red Sox have just won 31 of 36 for the first time in the team's 126-year history, and I'm commemorating the occasion by playing Peabo Bryson & Roberta Flack's "Tonight, I Celebrate My Love For You."

Screenshot of the line-score from tonight's Red Sox game: the Red Sox came from behind to tie the game 5 separate times before winning in the 13th inning.

Josh Kantor@jtkantor· 12d

Passim still has the best Green Room going.

3-by-8 stack of 12-paks of many many different flavors of Polar Seltzer

Josh Kantor@jtkantor· 15d

Red Sox fans are trying to kill me, but the team has won 21 of the last 25, so it all evens out.

A screenshot of a list of Fenway organ song requests played from 7/17/26 thru 7/26/26 (DM me if you need a text version of the list to be able to read it).

Josh Kantor@jtkantor· 17d

Tonight's pitching match-up in Baltimore will answer an eternal question.

A graphic showing the starting pitchers for Atlanta vs. Baltimore: Elder vs. Young

Josh Kantor@jtkantor· 29d

Greetings from Vienna, where I just met Keytar Bear’s Austrian cousin.

Josh Kantor@jtkantor· Jul 10

Vacation update: found a Slovakian translation of @peteramescarlin.bsky.social’s new @remhq.bsky.social biography at the excellent Hummel Music in Bratislava. // Cc: @millsish.bsky.social @bertisdowns.bsky.social @michaelstipe.bsky.social

Front cover of orange book jacket. At the bottom is an early R.E.M. black-&-white photo. At the top, the text reads, “KAPEL, KTORÁ NECHELA BYŤ SLÁVNA R.E.M. Peter Ames Carlin”

Josh Kantor@jtkantor· Jul 9

Scene report: This castle in Bratislava looks like a cake.

exterior of an old church whose contours and mostly light-blue color make it look like a gigantic cake

Josh Kantor@jtkantor· Jul 8

Scene report: Hungarian Parliament on the Danube in Budapest

Enormous ornate old European-looking building illuminated splendidly with the light reflected in the river. The backdrop is a deep-blue night sky.

Josh Kantor@jtkantor· Jul 2

I gave up on trying to justify this stuff a long time ago.

A screenshot of a list of Fenway organ song requests played from 6/25/26 thru 7/1/26 (DM me if you need a text version of the list to be able to read it).

Josh Kantor@jtkantor· Jul 1

The very wonderful @jessethorn.bsky.social swung by my office hours a couple weeks ago.

Me sitting at the Fenway organ. A swath of the ballpark is visible in the background. Jesse is in the foreground handling selfie duties. We’re both smiling.

Josh Kantor@jtkantor· Jun 30

Josh Kantor@jtkantor· Jun 29

What a weekend. Sox score 3 in the bottom of the 10th to complete the 4-game sweep. Closing out the night with Vanessa Williams' "Save the Best for Last."

List of final scores of the Red Sox beating the Yankees each of the last 4 days.

Josh Kantor@jtkantor· Jun 23

I was on BBC 4 Radio last Friday talking about the wonderful Scottish soccer fans at Fenway. Here's an abridged version of the piece (edited for Bluesky length limit)... the full version -- complete with snippets of fans singing and me playing organ -- is at instagram.com/p/DZ8pE36KzJh

Josh Kantor@jtkantor· Jun 20

See if you can guess which 15 songs on this list were requested by Scottish soccer fans.

A screenshot of a list of Fenway organ song requests played from 6/12/26 thru 6/18/26 (DM me if you need a text version of the list to be able to read it).

Josh Kantor@jtkantor· Jun 18

The text of a very dumb joke I wrote years ago about the song "Centerfield."

Josh Kantor@jtkantor· Jun 16

Scottish soccer fans in town for the World Cup made a side-trip to Fenway on Sunday and brought actual magic with them. It was such a delight and honor to get to accompany their singing.

Josh Kantor@jtkantor· Jun 8

This is the most egregious case of fraudulent marketing I’ve ever seen.

A container labelled Peanuts Butter Cups is full of long asparagus stalks.

Josh Kantor@jtkantor· Jun 5

Only half has many home games as a typical homestand, so I only need half as much therapy this week.

A screenshot of a list of Fenway organ song requests played from 6/2/26 thru 6/4/26 (DM me if you need a text version of the list to be able to read it).

Josh Kantor@jtkantor· May 31

Playing an Oasis song in front of a batting cage at a teen center with Alex Edelman, Ryan from @guster.bsky.social, Wolves of Glendale, @jennyowenyoungs.bsky.social, @willnoonan.bsky.social, Tony V, Darren Criss, and Kelly MacFarland, as one does on a typical Friday night.

Josh Kantor@jtkantor· May 29

Medicine balls and hula hoops… someone at tonight’s venue must have read the rider I submitted.

A multi-tiered rack full of medicine balls, with some hula hoops hanging from its side.

Josh Kantor@jtkantor· May 29

This is my job... I don't understand it, either.

A screenshot of a list of Fenway organ song requests played from 5/22/26 thru 5/28/26 (DM me if you need a text version of the list to be able to read it).

Josh Kantor@jtkantor· May 28

Awesome pop-up show happening in Brookline tomorrow (Friday) night. I'm not allowed to say who the "& Friends" are, but one of them might just be a devastatingly handsome organist. Tickets: secure.givelively.org/event/brookl...

Black-and white show poster. Photo is an image of a person in the distance walking away down a big curved hallway. Text reads: Brookline Teen Center. 40 Aspinwall Avenue. Alex Edelman (from Brookline!), Ryan Miller (from Guster!), and Friends They Asked For Favors: "HONEST IS EASY." Friday, May 29th, 9:30pm. a music and comedy show with amazing special guests.

Josh Kantor@jtkantor· May 26

7-year-old neighbor who’s learning face painting was excited to have such a vast canvas to work on.

close-up of my forehead with a rainbow and hearts and stars drawn on it

Josh Kantor@jtkantor· May 22

My prediction from five years ago was only off by three years and one social media platform migration.

Screenshot of a tweet I posted in 2021 reads, "Me, scrolling through Twitter on 5/20/15: 'Am I the only musician who was never on Letterman?' Me, scrolling through Twitter on 6/24/21: 'Am I the only musician who was never on Conan?' Me, scrolling through Twitter on 8/31/29: 'Am I the only musician who was never on Colbert?'"

Josh Kantor@jtkantor· May 20

40 years ago tonight.

old-school ticket stub reads, "Portal 12, Sec 208, Row J, Seat 10, $15.00. Pace Concerts presents Van Halen at the Omni (no cameras). Tue May 20, 1986, 8:00pm"

Josh Kantor@jtkantor· May 19

Just how long were you planning to let me go through life without knowing about this?!

Screenshot of the first three paragraphs of the Wikipedia page for the song "My Boyfriend's Back." Highlighted text in the 3rd paragraph reads, "This song features a young Ronnie Dio on the trumpet."

Josh Kantor@jtkantor· May 17

What bands were broken up for a long time (16 years in this case) and then knocked it out of the park with their first song after reuniting? I'll start:

Josh Kantor@jtkantor· May 15

It's all fun and games until someone actually has to play these songs.