(NORTH ADAMS, Mass.) – Brooklyn-based dance-rock outfit Superhuman Happiness brings its unique combination of funky Afrobeat and infectious electronica to MASS MoCA‘s Club B-10 into Dance Club B-10 on Saturday, February 2, 2013, at 8 p.m. Featuring multiple instrumentalists including charismatic percussionists and brass players, the group boasts a big sound and joyful spirit. Its…
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – If anyone knows how to get a crowd up and dancing through the change of the calendar, it’s Glen David Andrews, a true prince of New Orleans, whose hard-rocking style of New Orleans jazz, funk, gospel, and party music will ring out the old and ring in the new at Club Helsinki…
(NORTH ADAMS, Mass.) – Rising international star Blitz the Ambassador and the Berkshires’ own Misty Blues headline the seventh annual MCLA Blues and Funk Festival on Friday and Saturday, February 3-4, 2012. The festival takes place at various venues on or near the MCLA campus in North Adams. According to Jonathan Secor, director of special…
(BOSTON, Mass.) – Legendary rocker and four time Grammy Award-winner Lenny Kravitz performs at the Citi Performing Arts Center Wang Theatre on Friday, January 27, 2012. This show kicks off his first American tour in five years and is in conjunction with his ninth studio album, Black and White America, released on August 30, 2011.…
(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – Former James Brown sidemen Pee Wee Ellis and Maceo Parker team up with Afrobeat superstars Cheikh Lô and Vusi Mahlasela in Still Black, Still Proud, a musical exploration of the give-and-take between James Brown’s funk soul and African music, on Friday night at 8 at the Mahaiwe. A longtime project of…
(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – On his latest album, Jamm (World Circuit/Nonesuch Records) only his fourth in 15 years, Afrobeat bandleader-singer-guitarist-percussionist Cheikh Lô includes a song called “Bourama,” recroded with former James Brown sideman and arranger Pee Wee Ellis. The song opens with a funky, African percussion groove atop which Ellis lays down the theme on…
TANGLEWOOD Steely Dan Tuesday, July 26, 2011 Review by Seth Rogovoy (LENOX, Mass.) – It’s hard to believe we had to wait until the year 2011 to see Steely Dan at Tanglewood, but it was worth it, because it was perfect. Which isn’t any surprise, because Steely Dan is all about perfection. If…
