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Stephin Merritt of Magnetic Fields to Run Down Alphabet in Concert at MASS MoCA

(NORTH ADAMS, Mass.) — Singer-songwriter Stephin Merritt, the contemporary bard of wry romance, will perform an alphabetically ordered concert of 26 songs from his vast catalog, which includes the Magnetic Fields’ masterpiece “69 Love Songs” and two dozen albums under four different band names, in the Hunter Center at MASS MoCA on Saturday, November 21,…

Stephin Merritt to Launch Book at Spotty Dog

(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Stephin Merritt, best known as the frontman and visionary behind alternative pop-rock outfit the Magnetic Fields, celebrates the publication of his first book, “101 Two-Letter Words,” illustrated by Roz Chast of the New Yorker, with a reading and booksigning at Spotty Dog Books & Ale on Wednesday, October 15, 2014, at 7…

(Concert Review) Stephin Merritt, Club Helsinki Hudson, 7.25.14

Stephin Merritt Club Helsink Hudson Hudson, N.Y. Friday, July 25, 2014 Review and photos by Seth Rogovoy   (HUDSON, N.Y., July 27, 2014) – “This song is about a dead bird,” Stephin Merritt introduced one of his many three-minute masterpieces of wit, concision and melody on Friday night at Club Helsinki Hudson. And the room…