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Shemekia Copeland to Bring Modern Blues and R&B to Helsinki Hudson

(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Grammy Award-nominated vocalist Shemekia Copeland will bring her singular brand of modern blues, funk, soul and R&B to Club Helsinki Hudson on Friday, October 3, at 9pm. The daughter of the late Texas blues guitar legend Johnny Clyde Copeland, Shemekia Copeland has established her own primacy in the field, literally having been…

Lizz Wright to Bring Soul-Gospel Fusion to Helsinki Hudson

(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Critically acclaimed soul-gospel vocalist Lizz Wright, whose music spans jazz, gospel, and R&B, will perform an intimate gig at Club Helsinki Hudson on Saturday, September 6, 2014, at 9pm. Wright can sing a loty spiritual like “Amazing Grace,” and then turn on a dime and render a steamy rendition of “(I’ve Got…

Lake Street Dive Brings Jazzy Pop to Club Helsinki Hudson

(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Lake Street Dive brings its unique fusion of jazz, classical, pop, swing and soul to Club Helsinki Hudson on Saturday, July 6, at 9pm. Lake Street Dive is a unique quartet with an approach like no other group you’ve ever heard. Four jazz- and classical-trained musicians who met at Boston’s New England…

Soul Survivor Bettye LaVette to Perform at MASS MoCA

(NORTH ADAMS, Mass.) – Bettye LaVette, a hard-working, distinctive R&B singer in the vein of Aretha Franklin, whose career stretches back to the early 1960s as a teen star, who then lost the spotlight for decades only to have it find her again in recent years, will perform at MASS MoCA on Saturday, July 6, 2013, at 8pm.…

‘The Temptations’ Coming to the Mahaiwe

(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – The group currently performing under the name “The Temptations,” featuring 71-year-old Otis Williams, a co-founder and the only surviving member of the original legendary Motown vocal ensemble, known for such hits as “Get Ready,” “Ain’t Too Proud To Beg,” “Just My Imagination,” “Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone,” and “My Girl,” will…

Soul Survivor Bettye LaVette to Play the Colonial

(PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – Bettye LaVette, a hard-working, distinctive R&B singer in the vein of Aretha Franklin and whose career stretches back to the early 1960s as a teen star, who then lost the spotlight for decades only to have it find her again in recent years, will perform at the Colonial Theatre on Saturday, May…

(Concert Review) Tre Williams and the Revelations at Club Helsinki Hudson

Tre Williams at Club Helsinki Hudson (photo Seth Rogovoy) Tre Williams and the Revelations Club Helsinki Hudson Hudson, N.Y. May 19, 2012 Review by Seth Rogovoy (HUDSON, N.Y.) – Those wondering whatever happened to classic soul – that’s classic soul, the politically and sexually infused sound of Marvin Gaye and Bobby Womack, without the smoothed-out…

Soul-R&B Outfit Returns to Club Helsinki

Tre Williams

(HUDSON, N.Y.) – The Revelations featuring Tré Williams returns to Club Helsinki Hudson on Saturday, May 19, 2012, at 9pm. The group’s sound marries the grit of the streets to the midnight blues of the rural South, the rawness of Stax and propulsive drive of Motown. The Revelations’ live shows have been compared to the…