(NORTH ADAMS, Mass.) – Canadian acoustic folk-pop duo Dala returns to perform a Christmas concert at Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts (MCLA) on Thursday, December 13, 2012, at 7:30 p.m., as part of the MCLA Presents! performance series. Melody Rolph ’14 will warm up the crowd for Amanda Walther and Sheila Carabine, who together as…
(WILLIAMSTOWN and BECKET, Mass.) – Indie folk-rock group Darlingside and singer-songwriter Heather Maloney bring their “Extreme Folk” tour to the Log at Williams College on Wednesday, December 5, 2012, at 7:30pm, and to Dream Away Lodge in Becket on Thursday, December 6, at 8:30 pm. Darlingside just released its debut full-length album, Pilot Machines. Maloney…
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Eilen Jewell, self-styled “queen of the minor key,” brings her blend of noirish rockabilly, surf-tinged country, retro-rock and jazzy folk to Club Helsinki Hudson on Thursday, November 15, 2012, at 8pm. It is the battered cassette jammed in the tape deck of the getaway car, the music Ida Lupino cues up on…
(NORTH ADAMS, Mass.) – It’s a terrible cliche to compare guitar-strumming female singer-songwriters to Joni Mitchell, who sort of broke the mold of the genre about 40-odd years ago, but there’s no two ways about it — innovative UK folk-pop singer-songwriter Laura Marling recalls Mitchell, not only because she sounds like her, but because she…
by Seth Rogovoy (HUDSON, N.Y.) – Acclaimed singer-songwriter Dar Williams performs at Club Helsinki Hudson on Thursday, September 13, 2012, at 8 p.m. Williams is known for her incisive story-songs; her strongly drawn characters; her portrayals of contemporary women’s lives and struggles; and her deft twists of phrase. Her recordings and occasional choice of cover…
(NORFOLK, Conn.) – The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band – one of the key groups to put the roots back into country, folk and roots-rock music in the 1960s and 1970s, paving the way for the full-fledged American roots or “Americana” revival of the 1990s and beyond – performs at Infinity Hall in Norfolk on Friday,…
(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – In an evening of unprecedented folk-pop royalty, Grammy Award-winning folk music pioneer Judy Collins will share the stage at the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center with hit songwriter Jimmy Webb as her opening act on Sunday, August 26, 2012, at 7 pm. Known for her blend of interpretive folk songs and contemporary…
(NORTH ADAMS, Mass.) – Internationally renowned, Grammy Award-winning female a cappella sextet Sweet Honey In The Rock will perform in concert at MASS MoCA on Saturday, July 7, 2012, at 8 pm. The ensemble’s deep musical roots stretch into the sacred music of the Black church – spirituals, hymns, gospel – as well as into…
(HUDSON, N.Y.) –A full lineup of music at Club Helsinki kicks off tonight with innovative jazz-roots bassist Victor Wooten, best known for his experimental work with Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, followed by a tribute to the late drummer and vocalist of The Band, Levon Helm, featuring top regional performers, on Thursday, June 7. On…
(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – Singer-songwriters Johnny Irion and Kate Taylor will inaugurate the 2012 Troubadour Series of folk music concerts at the Guthrie Center this weekend with performances on Friday, May 25, and Saturday, May 26, 2012, respectively. Doors open both evenings at 6 p.m. and performances begin at 8 p.m. Irion has played and…
