A selective, curatorial view of the cultural highlights of the upcoming weekend in the greater Berkshire region.
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Already a quartet featuring four stars of the contemporary bluegrass scene, Mr Sun augments its lineup when it performs with special guest Tony Trischka, perhaps the most influential banjoist in the world, at Club Helsinki Hudson on Thursday, November 19, at 8pm. Led by legendary fiddler Darol Anger, a founding member of…
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Roots-blues musician David Jacobs-Strain will bring his singular modern take on rootsy blues to Club Helsinki Hudson on Friday, November 20, at 9pm. A highly percussive guitarist and slide wizard, David Jacobs-Strain buries himself inside a song and seemingly channels decades more life than he could possibly have experienced and miles beyond…
THREE NEW MUSICAL THEATRE PROJECTS WORKSHOPPED at MASS MoCA (NORTH ADAMS, Mass.) – Obie Award-winning writer Kirsten Childs’ “Buffalo Bella: An American Tall Tale,” a musical exploring the African-American experience in the Old West, is one of three new musical theater projects that will be presented in Club B10 at MASS MoCA on Saturday, November…
(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass., and LAKEVILLE, Conn.) – The period music ensemble Crescendo – the 2014 winner of Chorus America’s ASCAP/Alice Parker Award for Innovative Programming – will present choral works of the Italian composer Pietro Torri and the German composer Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel in back-to-back concerts at at the First Congregational Church in Great…
(PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – Pianist and new-age music composer Robin Spielberg inaugurates the new on “On the Stage” series at the Colonial Theater with a concert on Sunday, November 15, at 2pm. Audience members will be seated onstage for performances in this series. Spielberg’s albums bring traditional, classical, original and popular music to life in piano…
(NORTH ADAMS, Mass.) – Obie Award-winning writer Kirsten Childs’ “Buffalo Bella: An American Tall Tale,” a musical exploring the African-American experience in the Old West, is one of three new musical theater projects that will be presented in Club B10 at MASS MoCA on Saturday, November 14, at 8pm, as part of the annual Sundance…
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Singer-songwriter Jessica Lea Mayfield brings her moody, rootsy indie-rock to Club Helsinki Hudson on Thursday, November 12, at 8pm. While Jessica Lea Mayfield has often earned comparisons to the Black Keys (Dan Auerbach produced her debut album, and she was the first guest vocalist ever to be featured on a Black Keys…
COMIC BETH STELLING BRINGS GIRL-NEXT-DOOR WIT to MASS MoCA (NORTH ADAMS, Mass.) – Chicago-bred standup star Beth Stelling brings her “razor-sharp wit combined with her girl-next-door aesthetic” to Club B-10 at MASS MoCA on Saturday, November 7, at 8pm. A Beth Stelling gig is like chatting with your funniest friend as she delivers well-crafted jokes…
(KINGSTON, N.Y.) – Chaka Khan brings her classic, funky R&B sounds to the Ulster Performing Arts Center (UPAC) on Sunday, November 8, 2015, at 7pm. With 10 Grammy Awards (22 nominations!), ten #1 Billboard hits, and a career spanning 40 years and influencing countless other singers, Khan truly is the “Queen of Funk.” From her…
(PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – Celtic music sensation Natalie MacMaster brings her “Visions from Cape Breton and Beyond: A Celtic Family Celebration,” featuring her fiddler husband Donnell Leahy, to the Colonial Theatre on Saturday, November 7, 2015, at 8pm. Since marrying in 2002, two of Canada’s brightest stars have been captivating audiences all over North America with…
