A selective, curatorial view of the cultural highlights of the upcoming weekend in the greater Berkshire region.
A highly selective preview of cultural events taking place this weekend in the greater Berkshires region, including a British blues-rock pioneer; a John Coltrane musical meditation; slam poetry meets new music; and a good ol’ rockabilly blowout. BRITISH BLUES-ROCK PIONEER JOHN MAYALL at COLONIAL TONIGHT (PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – John Mayall, the “Godfather of British…
(PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – On the 50th anniversary of “A Love Supreme” by John Coltrane, an interfaith jazz ensemble plus the First Church singers of Between the Banks will pay tribute to Coltrane’s groundbreaking composition in the 9th annual Good Friday experiment in music and meditation at First Church on Friday, March 25, at 7pm. Musicians…
(NORTH ADAMS, Mass.) — Slam poetry meets new music when poet Roger Bonair-Agard joins forces with Kronos Quartet cellist Jeffrey Zeigler, composer/steel-pan player Andy Akiho, and composer/percussionist Sean Dixon, in “M Is Black Enough,” a work-in-progress program in the Hunter Center at MASS MoCA on Saturday, March 26, at 8pm. Jeffrey Zeigler is a…
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – A mini-festival of rockabilly music featuring regional stars The Lustre Kings and Lara Hope & the Ark-Tones takes place at Club Helsinki Hudson on Thursday, March 24, at 8pm. This date was originally featured to include Wanda Jackson, who had to withdraw from the evening for health reasons. For several decades, the…
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – The Nashville-based Rayland Baxter brings his singular brand of alt-country to Club Helsinki Hudson on Friday, April 22, at 8pm. Baxter should appeal to fans of Steve Earle, Townes Van Zandt, Justin Townes Earle, and Ryan Adams. Baxter released his first full-length album, “Feathers & Fishhooks,” in 2012. Last year, he released…
(PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – John Mayall, the “Godfather of British Blues,” performs at the Colonial Theatre on Thursday, March 24, at 8pm. Mayall’s impressive musical career spans over 50 years. The English blues singer, pianist, harmonica player, guitarist, and songwriter founded the band, John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers, in the 1960s — a group that was…
A highly selective preview of cultural events taking place this weekend in the greater Berkshires region, including an avant-garde multimedia revival of a lost filmmaker’s work at MASS MoCA; a chamber concert devoted the far-flung works by those associated with the Bach musical family at the Mahaiwe; a ‘Mad Men’ era illustrator at the Norman Rockwell Museum;…
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – With roots right here in Hudson, jazzy soul-funk outfit Lady Moon & the Eclipse returns to Club Helsinki Hudson on Friday, March 18, at 9pm, to preview songs from their debut EP, “Believe,” due out next week. Lady Moon & the Eclipse is a multicultural seven-piece band based in Brooklyn, N.Y. Led…
(STOCKBRIDGE, Mass.) – Mac Conner, whose work as a prominent illustrator in advertising and magazines in the mid-1950s and 1960s helped shape the aesthetic and tone of the “Mad Men” era, is the subject of Mac Conner: A New York Life, an exhibition of more than 70 original works by the New York City-based artist…
(NORTH ADAMS, Mass.) – Mikael Jorgensen of Wilco teams up with art historian and curator James Merle Thomas (his partner in Quindar), performer and composer Nick Hallett, and guitarist William Tyler for a new project that blends Quindar’s intergalactic sonic waves with folk fingerpicking and found images from the archive of Los Angeles filmmaker Fred…
