(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – Folksingers old and new, including Tom Paxton, Maria Muldaur, Tom Rush, Lucy Kaplansky, John Gorka, Vance Gilbert, Dan Bern, the Nields, and Tom Chapin, will perform in this summer’s Troubadour Series at the Guthrie Center in Great Barrington, a season marking the 100th anniversary of the birth of the center’s namesake…
(WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass.) – Chamberlin, a Vermont-based folk-rock group that has drawn comparisons to My Morning Jacket, Band of Horses, Arcade Fire and The Band, performs at Billsville House Concerts on Saturday, May 5, 2012, at 8 p.m. The group’s latest album, Bitter Blood, was produced by Scott Tournet, lead guitarist for Grace Potter and the…
(NORTH ADAMS, Mass.) – Emily King, the Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter whose soulful mix of blues, R&B, and light rock has made her a fixture on the New York City music scene for the past several years, comes to MASS MoCA for an Alt Cabaret performance on Saturday, April 14, 2012, at 8 p.m. King’s music is…
(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…
(WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass.) – On Friday, February 24 at 8 p.m., Tenores de Aterúe, a Williamstown-based quartet, will share the unique style of Sardinian singing called cantu a tenore at St. John’s Church in Williamstown. Proceeds from the concert (which also includes music from Corsica and Italy) will go toward funding their first study tour in…
(PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – New York City-born singer/songwriter and instrumental arranger Emily Mure performs at Mission Bar + Tapas on Friday, February 24, 2012, at 9 p.m., as part of the 10×10 on North Festival in downtown Pittsfield. Mure’s original songs in the Americana style are strongly influenced by Irish fiddle tunes, bluegrass, and country music,…
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Sean Rowe, a Troy, N.Y. native, lifelong naturalist and ANTI- recording artist, performs his original singer-songwriter folk-rock at Club Helsinki on Friday, February 3, 2012, at 9 p.m. A throwback to 1970s-era soulful rock poets like Leonard Cohen, Bruce Springsteen and Van Morrison, Rowe boasts an impossibly deep and rich baritone, a…
(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – Mavis Staples, whose musical career has spanned over a half century spanning gospel, spirituals, R&B, rock, pop, folk, country, protest, Americana and indie rock, and who was a longtime member of her legendary family ensemble, the Staples Singers, performs at the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center on Sunday, January 22 at 7…
(PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – Vocalist-songwriter Natalie Merchant, the former frontwoman of 1980s folk-rock band 10,000 Maniacs, performs at the Colonial Theatre in Pittsfield, Mass., on Saturday, January 14, 2012, at 7:30 p.m.. The concert is a benefit for WAMC Northeast Public Radio based in Albany, N.Y. Merchant has spent five years researching, writing, and recording a…
(SCHENECTADY, N.Y.) – Red Horse, the new-folk supergroup featuring singer-songwriters John Gorka, Eliza Gilkyson, and Lucy Kaplansky, will appear in concert at the Eighth Step at Proctors (GE Theatre) on Saturday, January 7, 2012, at 7:30 p.m. Together these three veteran songwriters team up to cover each other’s songs and breathe new life into old…
