(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Folk-blues singer-songwriter Chris Smither performs at Club Helsinki Hudson on Saturday, July 13, 2013, at 9pm. Having distilled his own signature sound of blues and folk for over 40 years, Smither is truly an American original. A profound songwriter and virtuoso guitarist, Smither continues to draw deeply from the blues, American folk…
(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – Acclaimed singer-songwriters Mary Chapin Carpenter and Marc Cohn will share the Mahaiwe stage for a double-bill concert on Thursday, July 25, 2013, at 8pm, and husband-and-wife duo John Pizzarelli and Jessica Molaskey will share the stage with Pizzarelli’s guitar-playing father, Bucky Pizzarelli, on Saturday, December 28, 2013, at 8pm. Mary Chapin…
(NORTH ADAMS, Mass.) – Old Crow Medicine Show, whose hard-hitting approach to old-time country, folk, string-band and bluegrass anticipated the neo-folk revival of bands including Mumford & Sons, Lumineers and Avett Brothers, performs at MASS MoCA’s Hunter Center for the Performing Arts on Tuesday, May 28, 2013, at 8pm. The show by the Nashville-based outfit…
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Classical pianist Simone Dinnerstein and singer-songwriter Tift Merritt bring their new, unique musical collaboration captured on their brand new duo album, Night (Sony Classical ) – combining classical, folk, and rock – to Club Helsinki Hudson on Saturday, March 23, 2013, at 8pm, just days after premiering their new repertoire at New…
(HUDSON, N.Y.) –If ever there was a rock musician to the manor born, it’s Amy Helm – the daughter of the late, great Levon Helm, of The Band, and singer/songwriter Libby Titus – who makes the case for herself as more than an heiress but – with her first solo album due out in a…
CLUB HELSINKI HUDSON Martin Sexton Friday, February 1, 2013 Review and photos by Seth Rogovoy (HUDSON, N.Y.) – Talk about your one-man band! As Martin Sexton demonstrated in his first set at Club Helsinki Hudson on Friday night, sometimes less is more – as in, one musician who can do it all. No matter how…
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – There are two approaches in the contemporary neo-folk revival. Many of the most commercially successful bands hearken to the breezy, anthemic, deracinated pop-folk of original white-bread folk-revival groups like the Limeliters, the Chad Mitchell Trio and Peter, Paul and Mary. Others look to the same folk roots but come up with innovative…
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Pianist Armen Donelian will showcase his unique solo piano arrangements of selected songs of the 18th-century Armenian composer Sayat-Nova in advance of an upcoming CD release weaving Armenian, classical and jazz elements live in concert in The Songs of Sayat-Nova at the Hudson Opera House on Saturday, January 5, 2013, at 8pm.…
Natalia Zukerman has always combined the pop songcraft of Shawn Colvin, the rootsy, organic yearning of Lucinda Williams, and the fierce, funky determination of Ani DiFranco, and given these elements a unique twist with her unmistakably personal and intimate voice. Never has all this been heard to better effect than on her new, two-disc live…
CLUB HELSINKI HUDSON Matisyahu Monday, December 17, 2012 Review and photos by Seth Rogovoy (HUDSON, N.Y.) – Expectations were somewhat low going into Matisyahu’s “Acoustic Evening with…” performance at Club Helsinki Hudson on Monday night. Was this to be yet another case of a formerly lively performer now forced by a combination of the harsh…
