(AMHERST, Mass.) – Seth Rogovoy will debut a new multimedia program called “The Times They Were a-Changin’: Jewish Protest Singers of the 1960s,” in a free livestream on Thursday, July 15, at 7pm (Eastern Time), presented by the Yiddish Book Center as part of its annual YIDSTOCK: The Festival of New Yiddish Music and its…
(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 contributions he made to…
(June 4, 2021) – With the cap on attendance at Tanglewood this summer now doubled to 9,000, the stage door has opened for concerts by alternative country artist Brandi Carlile (8/21, 7pm), soul-gospel icon Mavis Staples (8/21, 7pm), and legendary folksinger Judy Collins (8/22, 2:30pm). Concerts by James Taylor and Ringo Starr have been postponed…
(LONDON, U.K.) – Bob Dylan turns 80 years old on Monday, May 24, 2021, and to celebrate and pay tribute to the Nobel Prize-winning rock poet, Seth Rogovoy will produce and host a global, all-star, Jewish-oriented virtual tribute concert, featuring Socalled (Montreal), Niki Jacobs (Amsterdam), Daniel Kahn (Berlin/Hamburg), and Lail Arad (London). In “Happy…
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – The founders of the very successful DC Writers Room are focusing their attention on Hudson as a likely site for their next project. They want to hear from local writers to gauge their interest in such an effort. Charles Karelis and his son, Alexander Karelis, founded a writers’ space in Washington, DC,…
(WOODSTOCK, N.Y.) – A dozen regional musicians will take part in Holocaust Survivors: A Concert of Resilience and Hope, which will be livestreamed from the Bearsville Theatre on Sunday May 23, at 4pm. Performers include Elizabeth Clark, Michael Veitch, Jen Clapp, Vicki Russell, Bonnie Meadow, Elise Pittelman, and Judy Kass. Musical director is Julie Last,…
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Seth Rogovoy has launched Reflections & Illuminations, a newsletter devoted to his creative, original writing, on the widely popular Substack platform. The newsletter, which will be delivered to subscriber inboxes two to three times per week, is free and will include Rogovoy’s writings and thoughts on culture, politics, and life itself. To…
(AMHERST, Mass.) – YIDSTOCK: The Festival of New Yiddish Music will feature a dozen musical artists from around the world—including Eleanor Reissa, Lorin Sklamberg of the Klezmatics, and Daniel Kahn and Sveta Kundish from Berlin—in a program of Yiddish songs of social justice streaming on Sunday, July 11, at 4pm (ET). The ninth annual YIDSTOCK—what…
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – In spring 2021, Seth Rogovoy will deliver virtual talks, presentations, and classes and host and produce several online concert events on topics ranging from Bob Dylan to Leonard Cohen to klezmer and more. Seth’s virtual spring kicks off with his participation in BOB DYLAN: JEWISH PERSPECTIVES ON HIS REPERTOIRE: Themes of Prophecy…
