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…
