Seth Rogovoy, the author of “Bob Dylan: Prophet Mystic Poet” and the winner of a Simon Rockower Prize for his groundbreaking article, “Leonard Cohen’s Mystical Midrash,” will explore the profound Jewish roots of these two artists and how they influenced their creative work in online multimedia presentations in late September 2021. Dorot will present Rogovoy’s…
(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…
(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.) – Author, editor and cultural commentator Seth Rogovoy will be the featured speaker at the annual Columbia County Brunch for Habitat at Helsinki Hudson on Sunday, November 16, 2014, at 11:30am. Rogovoy, who has called the Berkshires and the Hudson Valley home for nearly four decades and whose professional life has in large part…
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Folk music legends John Sebastian (The Lovin’ Spoonful) and Happy Traum – a session guitarist for Bob Dylan – will be joined by fingerstyle guitarists Kinloch Nelson, Craig D’Andrea and Maycn Taylor performing in a guitars-in-the-round setting at Club Helsinki Hudson on Thursday, October 23, 2014, at 8pm. All five musicians are…
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Husband-and-wife duo Larry Campbell and Teresa Williams will bring their award-winning Americana music and roots-rocking outfit featuring bassist Byron Isaacs and drummer Justin Guip to Club Helsinki Hudson on Friday, October 17, at 9pm. The Woodstock, N.Y.-based singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Campbell is a Grammy Award-winning producer and an Americana icon whose…
It’s hard to cover a Bob Dylan song – Lord knows I’ve spent nearly a lifetime trying. Dylan’s songs – the melodies, lyrics, rhythms, everything that goes into them, really – are uniquely pitched to Dylan’s persona. Whether he’s writing in the blues, folk, rock, country, soul, pop or gospel genre, what comes out is…
(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – Bob Dylan turns 72 years old on Friday, May 24, 2013, and to mark the occasion, a crew of regional musicians, including Jordan Weller, John Clarke, Soul Prophet, Jordan Loder, Tor Krautter, Chris Merenda, Seth Rogovoy, and Scott Guberman will perform songs by Dylan at Gypsy Joynt that evening at 8pm.…
(FALLS VILLAGE, Conn.) – Blues for Challah: The Second Set, a weekend-long workshop exploring the spiritual and mystical aspects of the Grateful Dead and Bob Dylan, will take place at Isabella Freedman Jewish Retreat Center from Friday, November 30, 2012 to Sunday, December 2, 2012. Highlights of the program, the second such at the retreat…
(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – Members of the public are invited to submit their nominations for a “dream season” schedule of any seven performers – living or dead – whom they would love to see on the stage of the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center. A winner of the “Mahaiwe Mix” Dream Season Contest will be selected…
