“Fiddler OFF the Roof” Close Encounters With Music Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center Great Barrington, Mass. Sunday, April 17, 2016 Review by Seth Rogovoy (GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – The Close Encounters With Music series took on the monumental challenge of exploring “What Is Jewish Music?” in a diverse program of classical and popular works of…
Yo La Tengo Club Helsinki Hudson Hudson, N.Y. March 26, 2016 Review and photos by Seth Rogovoy (HUDSON, N.Y., March 27, 2016) – Making its long-awaited debut at Club Helsinki Hudson, indie-rock trio Yo La Tengo didn’t disappoint in a lengthy evening displaying the well-seasoned group at its schizophrenic best. Yo La Tengo is at…
James Taylor Tanglewood Lenox, Mass. July 4, 2015 Review and photos by Seth Rogovoy (LENOX, Mass.) – Once upon a time, as hard as it might be to believe, the Fourth of July at Tanglewood was not synonymous with a James Taylor concert and love-fest. But with a few exceptions, for the past decade…
Rufus Wainwright Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center Great Barrington, Mass. May 9, 2015 Review and photos by Seth Rogovoy (GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – Rufus Wainwright is scary. By that I mean he is so overflowing with talent, from so many different places and in so many different directions, that it seems he may not be able…
Late Regulars Club Helsinki Hudson Hudson, N.Y. Monday, May 4, 2015 Review and photos by Seth Rogovoy (HUDSON, NY.) –The Late Regulars, a new jazz trio featuring three of the Hudson area’s finest instrumental and improvisational talents, made its low-key debut on Monday night at Club Helsinki Hudson. Drummer Otto Hauser, bassist Terrence Murren, and…
by Seth Rogovoy (LENOX, Mass.) – Classical music is in good hands and its future is bright, according to composer Phil Kline, who spoke at the Mount on Sunday as part of Close Encounters With Music’s “Conversations With…” series. In an engaging, hourlong survey of the contemporary scene, peppered with recorded snippets of music by…
Sean Rowe Club Helsinki Hudson Hudson, N.Y. May 1, 2015 Review and photos by Seth Rogovoy (HUDSON, N.Y., May 3, 2015) – On the basis of his show at Club Helsinki Hudson on Friday night, you can safely add Sean Rowe to the top tier of performing solo singer-songwriters that includes Shawn Colvin, Vance Gilbert,…
Richard Thompson Club Helsinki Hudson Hudson, N.Y. Thursday, April 23, 2015 Review and photos by Seth Rogovoy (HUDSON, N.Y.) – About halfway through Richard Thompson’s masterful solo concert at Club Helsinki Hudson on Thursday night, he played an original song that I hadn’t heard before (it might be one of a selection of new…
BoDeans Colonial Theater Pittsfield, Mass. Thursday, April 16, 2015 Review and photos by Seth Rogovoy (PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – Time and trends may have finally come around for the BoDeans, who have played an Americana-tinged style of heartland rock since forming in Wisconsin in 1983, during the reign of new-wave, dance-rock and hair-metal, and years before…
Nellie McKay Club Helsinki Hudson Hudson, N.Y. Sunday, April 5, 2015 Review and photos by Seth Rogovoy (HUDSON, N.Y.) – Every Nellie McKay concert is different – I’ve seen at least three now – but they’re all tied together by McKay’s faux-naif character, her dazzling wit and wordplay, and her virtuosity. Musically, she ranges all…
