(PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – Rock On Young Musicians Workshop celebrates its 10th anniversary with Play it Forward, a concert at the Colonial Theatre on Friday, October 19, 2012, to benefit the Rock On Scholarship fund. Headlining the show are guitarist Barry Goudreau and drummer Sib Hashian, former members of the band Boston. Goudreau and Hasian rocked…
(NORTH ADAMS, Mass.) – The Bandana Splits bring nostalgic charm to MASS MoCA’s Club B-10 on Saturday, October 6, 2012, at 8pm. The Brookyn-based trio of Dawn Landes, Lauren Balthrop, and Annie Nero re-creates the bubblegum pop and doo-wop styles of the 1950s and ’60s with upbeat three-part harmonies featuring ukuleles, guitars, and even kazoos.…
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – With bands like Mumford & Sons and the Avett Brothers leading the way, old-fashioned, boisterous folk-rock is making a big comeback. With its new recording, The Way We Move, Langhorne Slim & The Law stake their claim to the contemporary folk-rock pantheon. The upstate New York group performs at Club Helsinki Hudson…
(NORFOLK, Conn.) – The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band – one of the key groups to put the roots back into country, folk and roots-rock music in the 1960s and 1970s, paving the way for the full-fledged American roots or “Americana” revival of the 1990s and beyond – performs at Infinity Hall in Norfolk on Friday,…
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – As soon as he opens his mouth and sings, the relationship is unmistakable. Like his father, Willie Nelson, Lukas Nelson has a unique, reedy vocal instrument with a natural twang and vibrato, and a sense of ease with gliding melismas – one note flowing into another on the same syllable. Lukas Nelson,…
(PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – The famed Woody’s Roadhouse of Washington, Mass., will be celebrated with a “Woody’s Roadhouse Reunion Concert” featuring acts that performed at the greatly beloved Berkshire venue of yore, including the Commander Cody Band, Fat, the Spampinato Brothers Band (featuring Joey and Johnny formerly of NRBQ) and Burnt Bacon and The Home Fries,…
(NORTH ADAMS, Mass.) – Real Estate brings its considered, melodic pop songs to MASS MoCA in North Adams on Thursday, August 9, 2012, at 8 p.m.. From suburban New Jersey, the band comes with music that echoes the mellow and unique charm of rural life. Real Estate plays lo-fi, summery songs – think Yo La…
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – In conjunction with the second annual Hudson MusicFest and the long standing local Hudson Black Arts & Cultural Festival, the creative directors of Basilica Hudson — musician Melissa Auf der Maur and filmmaker Tony Stone – have programmed the Basilica Music Festival (Fri-Sat, Aug 10-11, 2012), which itself marks the official launch…
(NORTH ADAMS, Mass.) – The long-form dance music video Girl Walk // All Day kicks off a dance party on Saturday, August 4, 2012, at 9 p.m. at MASS MoCA. Directed by Jacob Krupnick, Girl Walk // All Day is set to Greg Gillis’s (a.k.a. Girl Talk) album All Day, in which three dancers move…
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Indie-rock duo Wye Oak brings its uniquely haunting sound to Club Helsinki Hudson on Sunday, July 8, 2012, at 8 pm. As heard on last year’s album, Civilian, named one of NPR Music’s top albums of the year, the Baltimore natives Jenn Wasner and Andy Stack play a compelling blend of music…
