Hudson community activist Peter Frank drafted the following open letter, in which he shares his thoughts about the flaws in the…
Rees Shad (photo Ed Rode/courtesy artist) (GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – Once again, the summer-long Berkshire Busk! downtown music and arts…
James Taylor performs at Tanglewood (Hilary Scott) by Noah Peretz (Rogovoy Report intern) (LENOX, Mass.) – James Taylor will receive…
Justin Hayward by Noah Peretz (Rogovoy Report intern) (GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – The Moody Blues frontman Justin Hayward (Fri, July…
UPDATED MARCH 25, 2024 (HUDSON, N.Y., June 15, 2021) – Seth Rogovoy will write a book about George Harrison for Oxford University Press, according to Publishers Marketplace, which describes WITHIN YOU WITHOUT YOU: Listening to George Harrison as “a critical reappraisal, giving Harrison his due as a musician, composer, and human being, revealing the crucial…
Hudson community activist Peter Frank drafted the following open letter, in which he shares his thoughts about the flaws in the proposed City Charter revision: by Peter Frank I am a longtime proponent of the council/manager model for city government. The recent Hudson Charter Change proposal, which would adopt that model, has done a service…
(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – Once again, the summer-long Berkshire Busk! downtown music and arts festivalwill bring weekly live music and performances to downtown Great Barrington. Highlights of its fourth season include a performance by Americana group Rees Shad & The Conversations – whose new album, The Galahad Blues, reimagines the story of The Knights of…
by Noah Peretz (Rogovoy Report intern) (LENOX, Mass.) – James Taylor will receive the 2024 Tanglewood Medal from the Boston Symphony Orchestra in recognition of his extraordinary accomplishments as a singer-songwriter and performer as well as his many significant contributions to the BSO and Berkshires communities. The Tanglewood Medal will be presented to Taylor during…
by Noah Peretz (Rogovoy Report intern) (GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – The Moody Blues frontman Justin Hayward (Fri, July 19) and Grammy Award-winning South African choral group Ladysmith Black Mambazo (Fri, Aug 9) have been added to the summer concert calendar at the Mahaiwe. As the driving force behind the Moody Blues, Justin Hayward wrote classics…
(CHATHAM, N.Y.) – Margot Leverett, one of the greatest living exponents of klezmer clarinet, will be joined by her trio for a free concert, open to the public, at The Chatham Synagogue on Friday, May 31, at 7:45pm. Leverett’s appearance is part of a special musical evening ushering in the Sabbath at the unaffiliated, lay-led…
(NEW YORK, N.Y.) — Composer/trumpeter and bandleader Frank London — the “mystic high priest of avant klez-jazz” (All About Jazz) — presents SPIRIT STRONGER THAN BLOOD: A Retrospective Celebration of Frank London’s Life & Works, at Brooklyn’s Roulette on June 3, 2024, at 8pm. The concert takes place the week London turns 66 and on…
(AMHERST, Mass.) – The Klezmatics, Eleanor Reissa, Socalled, Daniel Kahn, and Judy Bressler are just some of the world-renowned Yiddish and klezmer artists who will be performing at Yidstock: The Festival of New Yiddish Music, at the Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, from Thursday, July 11, through Sunday, July 14, 2024. Now in its twelfth…
by Noah Peretz (Intern, the Rogovoy Report) (BECKET, Mass.) – Critically acclaimed American choreographer Pam Tanowitz will receive the 2024 Jacob’s Pillow Dance Award. Tanowitz will accept the award at Jacob’s Pillow’s Season Opening Gala in Becket on Saturday, June 22. The Jacob’s Pillow Dance Award is presented each year to an artist of exceptional…
(LENOX, Mass.) – Innovative alt-rock singer-songwriter Beck will make his Tanglewood debut on Tuesday, July 23, 2024, performing with the Boston Pops. The concert, to be conducted by Edwin Outwater, will feature unique arrangements of familiar favorites and seldom-heard deep cuts from the master of perpetual reinvention. In addition, pop vocal trio Boyz II Men…
(HUDSON, N.Y, March 27, 2024) – At its meeting last night, the Hudson City School Board accepted an offer from the Hudson Development Corporation (HDC) to purchase and develop the John L. Edwards School as a centralized community hub for Hudson residents. The Hudson Development Corporation (HDC) – a nonprofit with the mission of promoting,…
by Noah Peretz (Intern, the Rogovoy Report) (SAUGERTIES, N.Y.) – Singer-songwriter, author, and all-around Renaissance man Robert Burke Warren will present his Big Birthday Shindig: An Evening of Songs, Stories, and Celebration at The Local in Saugerties, N.Y., on Saturday,March 30, at 8pm. The Hudson Valley-based Warren will perform a blend of original songs and…
(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – Singer-songwriters Lyle Lovett, Ben Folds, Keb’ Mo’, Suzanne Vega, and rootsy heartland-rockers BoDeans will perform at the Mahaiwe in Great Barrington, Mass., between May and October 2024. Lyle Lovett, joined by singer-songwriter Lisa Loeb will perform in a collaboration on May 10, roots-rock band BoDeans on May 25, blues guitarist and…
(LENOX, Mass.) – Brandi Carlile, Roger Daltrey, John Fogerty, and Jon Batiste have been added to Tanglewood’s Popular Artists Series for summer 2024, joining the previously announced James Taylor, the Pretenders, Kool & the Gang, Judy Collins, Rufus Wainwright, and Indigo Girls. Other performers include indie-rockers Dispatch, Scottish alt-rock singer-songwriter KT Tunstall, George Thorogood, folk-pop…
(AMHERST, Mass.) February 27, 2023 — Aaron Lansky, the Yiddish Book Center’s visionary founder and MacArthur Foundation Genius Grant winner, will retire from his role as president of the center in June 2025. Susan Bronson, the center’s long-time and accomplished executive director, will assume the position of president. Following his retirement, Lansky will remain at…
(WEST STOCKBRIDGE, Mass.) by Noah Peretz and Seth Rogovoy – Theater, comedy, and an eclectic musical menu are on tap for The Foundry’s winter-spring season, kicking off with a weekend of comic performances featuring New York City comedian Mina Hartong on Friday, February 9, at 1pm, when Hartong, a member of Lincoln Center Directors Lab…
(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) — Ny Whitaker has been named executive director of the W. E. B. Du Bois Center for Freedom and Democracy (known as the Du Bois Freedom Center), following a seven-month, national search funded by a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Whitaker will oversee operations, fundraising, and programming while reporting to…
(LENOX, Mass.) – James Taylor returns to Tanglewood with his All-Star Band for performances on Wednesday, July 3, and Thursday, July 4, 2024, at 8pm, in the Koussevitzky Music Shed. This summer marks 50 years since Taylor first performed at Tanglewood on July 30, 1974. The two dates scheduled this July will bring the total…
(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – Berkshire restaurateur Josh Irwin (Cantina 229, MoonCloud) will open a “fast casual” food establishment in a space adjacent to the Triplex Cinema. Plans call for a 550-square-foot space, accessible from both the interior of the Triplex and the exterior on the Triplex patio via a takeout window. Juju’s will open in…
