Simi Stone Club Helsinki Hudson Hudson, N.Y. July 26, 2014 Review and photos by Seth Rogovoy (HUDSON, N.Y., July 27, 2014) – I went to see Simi Stone again at Club Helsinki Hudson on Saturday night, just to see if what I observed last December was a fluke or if lightning could indeed strike twice.…
The Baseball Project Club Helsinki Hudson Wednesday, July 23, 2014 Review and photos by Seth Rogovoy (HUDSON, N.Y.) – You didn’t have to know jack about baseball to enjoy last night’s easygoing concert by the Baseball Project at Club Helsinki Hudson, but I’m sure it helped. Especially if you were a fan – possibly a…
Buddy Guy Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center Friday, July 11, 2014 Review and photography by Seth Rogovoy (GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – Buddy Guy is on everyone’s list of the greatest bluesmen of all time. Many in particular pay tribute to him as an essential and influential guitarist – Eric Clapton, no guitar slouch himself, said,…
Dust Bowl Faeries / Two Cats in Suits Club Helsinki Hudson Hudson, N.Y. Saturday, June 28, 2014 Review and photos by Seth Rogovoy (HUDSON, N.Y., June 29, 2014) – It’s not every day you hear a trio comprised of accordion, synthesizer, and lap-steel guitar. In fact, it may be never, if you never see…
Beck Ghost of a Saber-Toothed Tiger (GOASTT) with Sean Lennon MASS MoCA North Adams, Mass. Tuesday, June 24, 2014 Review and photos by Seth Rogovoy (NORTH ADAMS, Mass.) – As if we needed any reminding, Beck demonstrated once again that he is one of the greatest entertainers and songwriters in modern music in his stellar…
Ethel Mahaiwe Theatre Great Barrington, Mass. Saturday, June 21, 2014 Review by Seth Rogovoy (GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – String quartet Ethel played one of the rockingest concerts ever at the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center on Saturday night. Yes, you read that right. Although the group is a classic, classical string quartet – two violins, a…
Autumn Defense Club Helsinki Hudson Thursday, June 5, 2014 Review and photos by Seth Rogovoy (HUDSON, N.Y.) – Autumn Defense – like Wilco, of which it is an offshoot – is one of the dwindling number of bands who still think the Beatles were onto something. Like the Fab Four before them, they’re a vocal…
MAGYAR! Close Encounters With Music Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center Sunday, April 27, 2014 Review by Seth Rogovoy (GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – A brilliantly curated and executed chamber music concert on the theme of Hungarian- and Gypsy-influenced art music took place at the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center on Sunday, as part of the Close Encounters With…
Banda Magda Club B-10 MASS MoCA North Adams, Mass. Saturday, April 12, 2014 Review by Seth Rogovoy Photography by Sabina Curti (NORTH ADAMS, Mass.) – Athens-born accordionist, vocalist and musical polymath Magda Giannikou brought her cosmopolitan world-pop group Banda Magda to Club B-10 at MASS MoCA on Saturday night, lending the cozy North Adams…
The Budos Band Club Helsinki Hudson Hudson, N.Y. Friday, April 11, 2014 Review by Seth Rogovoy Photography by Sabina Curti (HUDSON, N.Y.) – On paper, what the Budos Band is going for is quite promising – an instrumental fusion of funk, Ethiopian grooves and Black Sabbath-style heavy metal. And in concert at Club Helsinki…
