Tag Archive for pop

Rufus Wainwright Brings His Best to the Mahaiwe

(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – Folk-pop singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright brings his “Best of” tour to the Mahaiwe on Saturday, May 9, 2015, at 8pm. Wainwright is widely regarded as one of the best songwriters of his generation by his fellow musicians, critics, and audiences alike, and in addition to seven albums of his own songs and…

Dianne Reeves Brings Pop-Jazz to Mahaiwe

(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – Four-time Grammy Award-winning pop-jazz vocalist Dianne Reeves will perform with her quartet at the Mahaiwe on Sunday, October 19, 2014, at 7pm. The concert will feature selections from her most recent album, “Beautiful Life,” which taps the rock era for covers of Bob Marley’s “Waiting in Vain,” Fleetwood Mac’s “Dreams,” Marvin…

Simi Stone Brings ‘Mountain Motown’ to Club Helsinki Hudson

(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Woodstock singer-songwriter Simi Stone brings her signature, upbeat “Mountain Motown” style of music to Club Helsinki Hudson on Thursday, August 1, 2013, at 8pm. The multi-talented multi-instrumentalist tours with Simone Felice’s band, the Duke and the King, and has performed with Denis Leary’s band on Conan O’Brien’s TV show. Simi Stone can’t…

Gabriel Kahane’s Chamber-Pop Showcased at MASS MoCA

(NORTH ADAMS, Mass.) – Chamber-pop singer-songwriter Gabriel Kahane, whose songs betray his parallel life as a classical music composer, will be joined by Rob Moose of Bon Iver for a duo concert at MASS MoCA‘s multi-colored Pavilion, an outdoor sculpture of overlapping canopies located at the center of the museum’s renovated 19th-century factory campus, on…

Lake Street Dive Brings Jazzy Pop to Club Helsinki Hudson

(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Lake Street Dive brings its unique fusion of jazz, classical, pop, swing and soul to Club Helsinki Hudson on Saturday, July 6, at 9pm. Lake Street Dive is a unique quartet with an approach like no other group you’ve ever heard. Four jazz- and classical-trained musicians who met at Boston’s New England…

Cabaret Star Ann Hampton Callaway Brings ‘Standards’ to Club Helsinki Hudson

(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Jazz-pop vocalist Ann Hampton Callaway brings her cabaret show, “Celebrating The Great American Songbook,” to Club Helsinki Hudson on Sunday, July 7, at 7pm, as part of the Helsinki on Broadway series presented in association with Showstoppers. Returning to Club Helsinki by popular demand, Callaway presents the best of Gershwin, Porter, Rodgers,…

Mary Chapin Carpenter, Marc Cohn, Pizzarelli and Molaskey Are Mahaiwe-Bound

(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…

Canadian Folk-Pop Duo Celebrates Holidays at MCLA

(NORTH ADAMS, Mass.) – Canadian acoustic folk-pop duo Dala returns to perform a Christmas concert at Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts (MCLA) on Thursday, December 13, 2012, at 7:30 p.m., as part of the MCLA Presents! performance series. Melody Rolph ’14 will warm up the crowd for Amanda Walther and Sheila Carabine, who together as…

UK Folk-Pop Singer-Songwriter Sensation Laura Marling to Play MASS MoCA

(NORTH ADAMS, Mass.) – It’s a terrible cliche to compare guitar-strumming female singer-songwriters to Joni Mitchell, who sort of broke the mold of the genre about 40-odd years ago, but there’s no two ways about it — innovative UK folk-pop singer-songwriter Laura Marling recalls Mitchell, not only because she sounds like her, but because she…

Judy Collins to Share Stage with Jimmy Webb at Mahaiwe

(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – In an evening of unprecedented folk-pop royalty, Grammy Award-winning folk music pioneer Judy Collins will share the stage at the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center with hit songwriter Jimmy Webb as her opening act on Sunday, August 26, 2012, at 7 pm. Known for her blend of interpretive folk songs and contemporary…