Review by Seth Rogovoy (HUDSON, N.Y., November 11, 2014) – Melora Creager, best known as the founder and leader of cello-rock band Rasputina, is the midst of a month-long residency at Club Helsinki Hudson, called, aptly enough, “Mondays with Melora.” I caught the second of four scheduled show last night, and I wouldn’t be surprised…
by Seth Rogovoy (ANNANDALE-on-HUDSON) – From the very first time I heard it, one of my favorite Amanda Palmer songs has been “The Bed Song.” It’s an intimate, first-person account of a long-term relationship, which uses the couple’s evolving sleeping arrangements as a weighty symbol of their emotional entanglement or lack of such. It’s a…
LeeSaar The Company Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival Becket, Mass. Wednesday-Sunday, August 20-24, 2014 Review by Seth Rogovoy (BECKET, Mass., Thursday, August 21, 2014) – They apparently saved the best for last this season at Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, as LeeSaar The Company dazzled in its evening length production of “Grass and Jackals” in the…
Amanda Palmer Bard Spiegeltent Bard Summerscape Bard College Annandale-on-Hudson, N.Y. Friday, August 15, 2014 Review and photos by Seth Rogovoy (ANNANDALE-on-HUDSON, N.Y.) – Rock singer-songwriter Amanda Palmer is very much a cabaret artist at heart – literally and figuratively – and thus it was magical to see her perform in the intimate, casual cabaret setting…
Dance Heginbotham and Brooklyn Rider Featuring Shara Worden and Gabriel Kahane Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival Doris Duke Theatre Becket, Mass. Wednesday, July 30, 2014 – Sunday, August 3, 2014 Review by Seth Rogovoy (BECKET, Mass., July 31, 2014) – There was a lot going on – a lot to see, a lot to hear, a…
Stephin Merritt Club Helsink Hudson Hudson, N.Y. Friday, July 25, 2014 Review and photos by Seth Rogovoy (HUDSON, N.Y., July 27, 2014) – “This song is about a dead bird,” Stephin Merritt introduced one of his many three-minute masterpieces of wit, concision and melody on Friday night at Club Helsinki Hudson. And the room…
Simi Stone Club Helsinki Hudson Hudson, N.Y. July 26, 2014 Review and photos by Seth Rogovoy (HUDSON, N.Y., July 27, 2014) – I went to see Simi Stone again at Club Helsinki Hudson on Saturday night, just to see if what I observed last December was a fluke or if lightning could indeed strike twice.…
Fool for Love Williamstown Theatre Festival Williamstown, Mass. July 24-August 2, 2014 Review by Seth Rogovoy (WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass., July 24, 2014) – If nothing else – and there’s plenty else, believe me – the production of “Fool for Love” running through August 2 on the Nikos Stage at Williamstown Theatre Festival reminds us why…
The Baseball Project Club Helsinki Hudson Wednesday, July 23, 2014 Review and photos by Seth Rogovoy (HUDSON, N.Y.) – You didn’t have to know jack about baseball to enjoy last night’s easygoing concert by the Baseball Project at Club Helsinki Hudson, but I’m sure it helped. Especially if you were a fan – possibly a…
Buddy Guy Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center Friday, July 11, 2014 Review and photography by Seth Rogovoy (GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – Buddy Guy is on everyone’s list of the greatest bluesmen of all time. Many in particular pay tribute to him as an essential and influential guitarist – Eric Clapton, no guitar slouch himself, said,…
