BerkshireWeekend Cultural Preview, Sept 3-9, 2014

 

Lizz Wright

Lizz Wright

LIZZ WRIGHT to BRING SOUL-GOSPEL FUSION to HELSINKI HUDSON

(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Critically acclaimed soul-gospel vocalist Lizz Wright, whose music spans jazz, gospel, and R&B, will perform an intimate gig at Club Helsinki Hudson on Saturday, September 6, 2014, at 9pm. Wright can sing a loty spiritual like “Amazing Grace,” and then turn on a dime and render a steamy rendition of “(I’ve Got to Use My) Imagination” by Gladys Knight and the Pips. On a song like “Hit the Ground,” she connects the dots between Ella Fitzgerald and Otis Redding.

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Ji

Ji

PIANIST JI to PLAY BACH, SCHUMANN, RAVEL at TANNERY POND CONCERTS

(NEW LEBANON, N.Y.) – Pianist Ji will play works by Bach-Busoni, Schumann, Prokofiev, Mendelssohn and Ravel at Tannery Pond Concerts in the Tannery on the grounds of the Darrow School on Saturday, September 6, 2014, at 8pm. Ji is this year’s winner of the Tannery Pond Concerts Award, an honor going to select winners of the Young Concert Artists audition, as chosen by Tannery Pond artistic director Christian Steiner.

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Janelle Codianni

Janelle Codianni

FALL BRINGS STORYTELLING EVENTS to THE MOUNT

(LENOX, Mass.) – Old-fashioned storytelling in new-fashioned dress will return to The Mount, the home of Edith Wharton in Lenox, Mass., with three storytelling events this fall, kicking off on Friday, September 5, at 8pm, with seven award-winning storytellers — H.R. Britton, Jannelle Codianni, Norah Dooley, Liz Martin, Theresa Okokon, Brendyn Schneider, and Darlene White – presenting riveting real-life stories about family, travel, and first times, in “Travel, Temptations, and Tribes: Storytelling at The Mount.”

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Carol Wincenc

Carol Wincenc

FLUTIST WINCENC and ESCHER QUARTET TACKLE MOZART, HAYDN, DEBUSSY and MORE

(NEW MARLBOROUGH, Mass.) – Flutist Carol Wincenc and the Escher String Quartet will play works by Mozart, Haydn, and Debussy at the New Marlborough Meeting House on Saturday, September 6, 2014, at 4:30pm, as part of the Music & More series. The concert will also include a rendition of Francois Devienne’s Duo in C minor, Op. 5 No. 3 for Flute and Viola, and the Berkshire premiere of Yuko Uebayashi’s Misericordia for flute and string quartet, composed in 2013 for Wincenc.

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Vijay Seshradi

Vijay Seshradi

PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING POET KICKS OFF FALL POETRY & FICTION READING SERIES at SIMON’S ROCK

(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – Vijay Seshadri, winner of the 2014 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry, will read from his poetry as part of the fall Poetry & Fiction Reading Series at Simon’s Rock College on Thursday, September 4, 2014, at 6:30pm.

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Seun Kuti (photo Johann Sauty)

Seun Kuti (photo Johann Sauty)

FELA KUTI’S SON BRINGS FATHER’S AFROBEAT LEGACY to HELSINKI HUDSON

(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Seun Kuti, son of the late Fela Anikulapo Kuti, whose name was nearly synonymous with “Afrobeat,” will carry on his father’s legacy, combining swirling African rhythms and gritty textures with horn-laced funk in songs laced with social and political messages performed by his 15-piece band, Egypt 80, the combo formerly fronted by his father, at Club Helsinki Hudson on Friday, September 5, 2014, at 9pm.

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COMING SOON:

 

Suzanne VegaSUZANNE VEGA to PLAY BARRINGTON STAGE

(PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – Suzanne Vega — one of the most literate and poetic singer-songwriters of the rock era – will perform on the Boyd-Quinson Mainstage at Barrington Stage Company on Friday, September 12, 2014, at 8pm.

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Carolina Chocolate Drops (photo by Crackerfarm)

Carolina Chocolate Drops (photo by Crackerfarm)

FRESHGRASS FESTIVAL at MASS MoCA to BRING ALL-STAR LINEUP of TRADITIONAL and PROGRESSIVE BLUEGRASS and ROOTS MUSIC

(NORTH ADAMS, Mass.) – The Carolina Chocolate Drops, Railroad Earth, David Grisman Sextet, Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn, Valerie June, Rodney Crowell, Aoife O’Donovan, Sam Amidon, and the Infamous Stringdusters are just some of the bluegrass and roots music acts that will headline the third annual FreshGrass Festival at MASS MoCA, which this year will take place on September 19-21, 2014. Other performers include Sam Bush, the Gibson Brothers, Alison Brown, Valerie June, Liam Ó Manolaí, Michael Cleveland, Claire Lynch, Darol Anger, and Martha Redbone Roots Project. All told, the event promises to be a kind of all-star festival of American country and roots music.

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