A selective, curatorial view of the cultural highlights of the upcoming weekend in the greater Berkshire region.
(HILLSDALE, N.Y.) – There will be an artist’s reception for Winter Nova, an eclectic group exhibition featuring work by the eight artists represented by Neumann Fine Art, at the gallery on Saturday, January 17, 2015, at 5:30pm. The work by artists including Ron Goldfinger, Ken Young, Margot Trout, Joel Griffith, H.M. Saffer II, Joel Mark,…
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Sister Sparrow & the Dirty Birds will bring their old-school, horn-inflected soul and R&B to Club Helsinki Hudson on Friday, January 16, 2015, at 9pm. The Brooklyn-based sextet, fronted by Catskill Mountains native Arleigh Kincheloe aka Sister Sparrow, and featuring her brother Jackson Kincheloe on harmonica, plays a gritty, Southern style of…
NEW MUSIC FEST at WILLIAMS FEATURES WORKS by GEORGES APERGHIS, PHILIP GLASS (WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass.) – Talea Ensemble’s performance of “Happy End” by Greek composer Georges Aperghis will be the centerpiece of the sixth annual I/O Festival of New Music, which takes place in the ’62 Center at Williams College from Thursday, January 8, through Saturday,…
(NORTH ADAMS, Mass.) – Alt-country icon and political singer-songwriter Steve Earle will make a return engagement in the Hunter Center at MASS MoCA on Saturday, February 7, 2015, at 8pm. Earle, who will be performing solo on the eve of the release of “Terraplane,” his new album of swampy, southern-stomp blues, is a multiple Grammy…
(WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass.) – Talea Ensemble’s performance of “Happy End” by Greek composer Georges Aperghis will be the centerpiece of the sixth annual I/O Festival of New Music, which takes place in the ’62 Center at Williams College from Thursday, January 8, through Saturday, January 10, 2015. The festival will also feature a rendition of Philip…
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Club Helsinki Hudson’s annual Elvis Birthday Bash, featuring Mark Gamsjager and the Lustre Kings plus other special guests, will take place on Saturday, January 10, 2015, at 9pm, just two days after what would have been Elvis Presley’s 80th Elvis Presley’s impact on all music that came after him is impossible to…
JOHN PIZZARELLI and JANE MONHEIT TEAM UP for XMAS CONCERT at MAHAIWE (GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – Popular jazz artists John Pizzarelli and Jane Monheit will join forces for a Christmas concert at the Mahaiwe on Saturday, December 27 at 8pm. Renowned seven-string jazz guitarist, singer, and bandleader John Pizzarelli addresses, in his own manner, repertoire…
(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – Popular jazz artists John Pizzarelli and Jane Monheit will join forces for a Christmas concert at the Mahaiwe on Saturday, December 27 at 8pm. Renowned seven-string jazz guitarist, singer, and bandleader John Pizzarelli addresses, in his own manner, repertoire associated with Nat King Cole, Frank Sinatra, the Beatles, and others. Known…
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Boston-based twang-rocker Sarah Borges and honky-tonk outfit Girls Guns and Glory share a roots-rocking co-bill at Club Helsinki Hudson on Friday, January 2, 2015, at 9pm. Both artists mine early rock ‘n’ roll styles as well as their roots and tributaries, including country, blues and R&B, on their way toward making new…
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Seth’s Sauerkraut Revue, a mini-festival of regional Americana and honky-tonk performers hosted by “Sauerkraut” Seth Travins, returns to Club Helsinki Hudson on Friday, December 26, at 9pm. Seth’s Sauerkraut Revue includes an all-star cast of Hudson Valley roots musicians, including Pete Adams, Tony Kieraldo, Chris Neumann, Lukas Schwartz, Sasha Pearl, Jay “The…
