(NORTH ADAMS, Mass.) – The folk-rock trio the Lone Bellow brings its rootsy take on Americana to MASS MoCA for the annual Memorial Day weekend kickoff concert on Saturday, May 23, 2015, at 8pm. The group’s recent album, “Then Came the Morning,” was produced by Bryce Dessner of the National, and introduced a more contemporary…
(PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – Boston-based folk-rock collective Session Americana kicks off the 2015 Mr. Finn’s Cabaret season at Barrington Stage Company (BSC) on Sunday, May 17, and Monday, May 18, at 8pm. A kind of all-star supergroup of Boston-based roots-music talent, the core of the band includes singer-songwriter Ry Cavanaugh, drummer Billy Beard (Patty Griffin), multi-instrumentalist…
(NORTH ADAMS, Mass.) – Critically acclaimed folk-rock singer-songwriter Josh Ritter brings his “Trying Out Some New Songs and Such” solo tour, an intimate, acoustic set emphasizing a new body of songs yet to be recorded, to the Hunter Center at MASS MoCA on Saturday, November 22, at 8pm. The Moscow, Idaho-native has a literary disposition…
(NORTH ADAMS, Mass.) – Between now and Thursday, November 20, 2014, all those who make contributions to the Rogovoy Report will earn a chance to win a free pair of tickets tickets (a $60 value) to see Josh Ritter at MASS MoCA on Saturday, November 22, at 8pm, as well as receive a signed old-fashioned vinyl…
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – With bands like Mumford & Sons and the Avett Brothers leading the way, old-fashioned, boisterous folk-rock is making a big comeback. With its new recording, The Way We Move, Langhorne Slim & The Law stake their claim to the contemporary folk-rock pantheon. The upstate New York group performs at Club Helsinki Hudson…
(SHEFFIELD, Mass.) – Singer-songwriter Tom Pacheco inaugurates Peace of Mind House Concerts, a new house concert series on Saturday, March 24, 2012, at 8 p.m. Pacheco is a prolific songwriter who has lived and performed all over the world and whose songs have been recorded by Richie Havens, Jefferson Starship and the post-Last Waltz version…
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Teddy Thompson, a native Englishman who has adopted New York City as his home and is the son of groundbreaking English folk-rock singer-songwriters Richard and Linda Thompson, performs at Club Helsinki on Friday, January 20, 2012, at 9 p.m. Thompson boasts a gorgeous tenor voice that recalls Roy Orbison, and his most…
MAHAIWE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. RICHARD THOMPSON Sunday, October 25, 2008 Review by Seth Rogovoy (GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) — If singer-songwriters were scotch whisky, Richard Thompson would be one of those rare, expensive single-malts, appreciated only by true connoisseurs. (John Mayer, on the other hand, would be Dewar’s.) In his solo performance at…
