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Concert Reviews
Lakshmi Vishwanathan Dancers and Musicians
(Jacob's Pillow, 7/22/04)
Interviews
Terry Riley: Accidental composer
Minimalist pioneer at Mass MoCA on Saturday
The Beat
Girls in the garage
also, JoAnne Redding, Eliza Gilkyson
Concert Reviews
Long train fizzles (Doobie Brothers)
(Music Glen, 7/19/04)
Concert Reviews
Bang on a Can All-Stars
(Mass MoCA, 7/17/04)
The Beat
Banglewood
Summer camp for new-music weirdos
Interviews
Nightclub music for nerds
Bang on a Can's Michael Gordon makes a rock album
Interviews
Still takin' it to the streets
Doobie Brothers coming to Pittsfield
Concert Reviews
KC and the Sunshine Band keep it comin'
(Bousquet, 7/11/04)
Concert Reviews
Phil Kline's 'Zippo Songs' sound their alarm
(Mass MoCA, 7/10/04)
Interviews
Phil Kline’s ‘Zippo Songs’ explores Vietnam’s lighter side
Composer/guitarist brings his ensemble to Mass MoCA on Saturday night
Interviews
When 'Shake Your Booty' was cutting edge
Harry Casey recalls the Sunshine Band's heyday
The Beat
Hans Theessink's Dutch blues
also, Dylan plays ball, but not in Pittsfield
Concert Reviews
Burning Spear brings reggae to Barrington
(Club Helsinki, 7/6/04)
Concert Reviews
Diana Krall helps concertgoers celebrate Independence Day
(Tanglewood, 7/4/04)
Concert Reviews
Gothic fun from the Lonesome Brothers
(Club Helsinki, 7/3/04)
Concert Reviews
ZviDance
(Jacob's Pillow, 7/1/04)
Interviews
Ron Carter makes the case for the bass
Jazz legend to perform in Lenox
The Beat
Lonesome Brothers need not be
also, Milagro Saints, Burning Spear
Interviews
Festival frenzy
Bluegrass, folk, roots and jazz across the region
Concert Reviews
Modern Man's comic folk
(Guthrie Center, 6/26/04)
Interviews
Sophie B Hawkins: Happy on her own
Pop singer to play Club Helsinki Friday night
The Beat
Block's blues
also, Les Sans Culottes, Modern Man
Concert Reviews
Clapton is almost blue
(Knickerbocker Arena, 6/24/04)
Concert Reviews
The Mercy Brothers
(Club Helsinki, 6/19/04)
Concert Reviews
Barry and Holly Tashian
(Guthrie Center, 6/19/04)
Interviews
Husband-and-wife harmonies
Barry and Holly Tashian coming to Guthrie Center on Saturday
The Beat
Tim Grimm's estimable company
also, Eric Clapton, Ed Kohn
Concert Reviews
Mungo Jerry re-exports the blues
(Club Helsinki, 6/17/04)
Concert Reviews
Simon and Garfunkel reunite
(Knickerbocker Arena, 6/11/04)
Interviews
Ethel goes where no string quartet has gone before
at Mass MoCA on Saturday June 12
The Beat
Weaving a folk revival
also, Mungo Jerry's endless summer
Spins
Jake
Bridge
The Beat
Summer 2004 pop picks
Nellie McKay, Diana Krall, Phil Kline offer promise and surprise
Concert Reviews
Folk song embraces politics, but not always audience
Steve Earle, Odetta, at Mass MoCA 5/30/04
Spins
Melissa Ferrick
The Other Side
Spins
Mindy Smith
One Moment More
Spins
L.P.
Suburban Sprawl and Alcohol
Concert Reviews
Jen Chapin fights tug of war with her bed and your brain
(Club Helsinki, 5/29/04)
Interviews
Steve Earle's contradictions
Outspoken rock singer-songwriter inaugurates summer at Mass MoCA
Interviews
Jen Chapin balances society and sensuality
Pop-jazz singer-songwriter comes to Club Helsinki on Saturday May 29
The Beat
Girl power
Female folk flood region
Interviews
Accidental free-speech crusader
Joe Raiola coming to Berkshire Theatre Festival
Spins
Various Artists
Brazilian Electronica
Spins
Various Artists
Nuevo Latino
Concert Reviews
Klezmer revived and recontextualized
Mikveh and Golem, Club Helsinki, 5/20/04
The Beat
Local folk
also, Hot Club of Cowtown, Golem
Concert Reviews
Same as he ever was
David Byrne (Bardavon, 5/16/04)
Interviews
Mikveh puts Yiddish women in front line
All-female, all-star klezmer band performs at Club Helsinki on Thursday, May 20
Interviews
Roomful of Blues keeps the door open
WC Handy award-winners perform at Club Helsinki on Saturday, May 15
Interviews
Lucy Kaplansky ties it all together with
Singer-songwriter performs at Club Helsinki on Friday May 14
The Beat
Summer wish list
also, Adrienne Young, Falcon Ridge preview, Frank and Joe
Spins
Michael Gordon
Light Is Calling
Spins
Janet Jackson
Damita Jo
The Beat
Summer forecast brightens
also, Janis Ian, Enigma Machine, Celtic festival
Interviews
Eddie from Ohio isn't
Folk quartet to play Pittsfield
Other
New concert series to debut at Bousquet Ski Area
KC and Sunshine Band, Doobie Brothers, Nevilles to perform in Pittsfield
Concert Reviews
Kekele's circular world beats
(Club Helsinki, 5/2/04)
Spins
Various Artists
“Kill Bill Vol. 2: Original Soundtrack” (Maverick)
Spins
Patti Smith
“Trampin’” (Columbia)
Spins
Prince
“Musicology” (NPG/Columbia)
Spins
Randy Newman
“The Randy Newman Songbook Vol. 1” (Nonesuch)
Spins
Various Artists
Motown 1*s
Spins
Various Artists
“The British Invasion 1963-1967” (Hip-O)
The Beat
Kekele: Putting the Afro back in Afro-Cuban
also, John Pizzarelli, William Parker
Concert Reviews
Laura Cantrell and the Lonesome Brothers
(Club Helsinki, 4/28/04)
Concert Reviews
Albert Cummings's blues
(Club Helsinki, 4/24/04)
Interviews
Laura Cantrell's country roots
Singer to perform at Club Helsinki on April 28
The Beat
Russell Malone, Stacey Kent, Jackalope bring variety of jazz to the region
also, Arcoda, Bob Schneider, Albert Cummings
The Beat
The Holmes Brothers come home
also, Drunk Stuntmen, Grupo Fantasma, Laurie Siersema, Avery Sharpe, Martyn Joseph
Interviews
Erin McKeown: Grand opener
Singer-songwriter performs at Berkshire Museum, Club Helsinki
Spins
Satoko Fuji Quartet
Zephyros
Spins
Darrell Katz
The Death of Simone Weil
Spins
Lou Reed
Animal Serenade
Spins
The Bangles
The Essential Bangles
Other
Trying times for the Times
also, shopping malls as a socialist plot; Ariel Sharon as the last best hope for peace
The Beat
Neil Young completes his “Greendale” trilogy
also, Susan Angeletti, Teri Roiger, The Mammals, and more on file sharing
Interviews
Rediscovering acoustic beauty
Larry Chernicoff's Windhorse to perform at Berkshire Museum
Concert Reviews
Pam Tillis
(Mass MoCA, 4/3/04)
Interviews
Pam Tillis embraces her legacy
Country singer to perform at Mass MoCA on Saturday
The Beat
David Massengill goes home
also, Underwood’s new sound, Mike and Peggy Seeger, Patty Carpenter, Dulcie Taylor, Read Yellow, Preacher Boy
Concert Reviews
A dose of reality from David Bowie
(Fleet Center, 3/30/04)
Spins
Vice Dolls
Die Trying
Spins
David Byrne
Grown Backwards
Spins
Nini Camps
Spins
The Von Bondies
Concert Reviews
Dylan breathes fire in Boston
(Avalon, Boston, 3/25/04)
Interviews
Dan Bern's cosmic lens
Folk-rocker to perform at Club Helsinki on March 30
Interviews
Loser’s Lounge revives classic rock opera
Andrew Lloyd Webber's
Interviews
A leap of faith for Pittsfield arts scene
Helsinki brings Blind Boys of Alabama downtown
The Beat
Georgia-tinged Texas soul from Eric Taylor
also, Ollabelle, Matt Haimovitz, Paul Shapiro's Midnight Minyan
Other
Two new books by Jim Shepard
Novel, story collection, by American populist
Interviews
Living a life in fiction
Williamstown author Jim Shepard
Concert Reviews
Neil Young proves there's still life in rock
(Mullins Center, 3/21/04)
Concert Reviews
Al Kooper out front
(Club Helsinki, 3/20/04)
Interviews
Steve Forbert doesn't get stuck
Folk-rocker to perform at Berkshire Museum on March 20
Interviews
Rock 'n' roll Zelig
Al Kooper to perform at Club Helsinki on March 20
The Beat
New indie music series debuts
also, Plum Crazy
Spins
The Bobs
“The Best of the Bobs: 20 Songs from 20 Years”
Spins
David Bowie
Black Tie White Noise
Spins
Yo-Yo Ma
Obrigado Brazil: Live in Concert
Concert Reviews
‘Spider’ John Koerner’s well-worn folk
(Club Helsinki, 3/14/04)
Spins
Nellie McKay
The Beat
Irish bands fuse rock and tradition
Black 47, Saw Doctors, Great Big Sea, Taxi Chain, Susan McKeown, Karan Casey
Spins
Amy Fairchild
Spins
Norah Jones
Jen Chapin
Interviews
'Spider' John Koerner got caught in folk's web
Folk-bluesman plays Club Helsinki on March 14
Concert Reviews
Enemy Love's Brooklyn garage-rock
(Club Helsinki, 3/7/04)
Interviews
For local clergy, 'Passion' inflames, inspires
Ministers, priests and rabbis sound off on Mel Gibson's movie
The Beat
Shed no tears over record-biz blues
It's the music and the price, stupid!
Concert Reviews
This rock n' roll cat has nine lives
(Rod Stewart, Albany, 3/1/04)
Concert Reviews
Bela Fleck and Edgar Meyer
(Mass MoCA, 2/28/04)
The Beat
Moonraker's celestial funk-rock
also, The Mobius Band, Mercy Brothers, Norah Jones, Matty Charles
Interviews
New music for banjo and bass
Bela Fleck and Edgar Meyer to perform at Mass MoCA and Troy Savings Bank Music Hall
Concert Reviews
Buckwheat Zydeco's bayou blues
(Club Helsinki, 2/25/04)
Concert Reviews
One-man folk festival
(Tom Rush, Berkshire Museum, 2/21/04)
Interviews
Tom Rush: No discoveries
Folksinger to perform at Berkshire Museum
Interviews
Iron Horse celebrates 25 years of music
Founder Jordi Herold says thanks for the memories
The Beat
Tarbox Ramblers garage-rock grit
also, Jim Payne, Kelly Hagan, Dana Mase
Klezmer
Klezmerania
A roundup of recent Jewish music releases
Klezmer
Dispensing klezmer past and future
The Klez Dispensers
The Beat
Michael Musillami's times
Guitarist to lead band at Castle Street Cafe
News
'Gotta Serve Somebody' serves up two Grammy nominations
Dylan gospel tribute has Williamstown roots
Interviews
Michael Jerling: Telling stories
Saratoga singer-songwriter to perform in Pittsfield
The Beat
No sense griping about the Grammys
Previewing this year's awards
The Beat
Larry Chernicoff's
also, Dub Is a Weapon, Plum Crazy, Zok
Interviews
Morning 40 Federation brews a mix of New Orleans and alcohol
Party band to perform at Club Helsinki
Interviews
Garnet Rogers: Working with his voice
Singer-songwriter performs at Clark Art Institute
The Beat
Carrying on Fela Kuti's legacy
also, Inner Vision, Holmes Brothers, Ladysmith, Mark Erelli
Concert Reviews
Gogol Bordello's explosive Gypsy-punk
(Club Helsinki, 1/24/04)
Interviews
Gogol Bordello's Gypsy punk
Eastern European/Israeli group to play Club Helsinki
Interviews
Too funny for folk
Jim's Big Ego to play Club Helsinki
The Beat
Ed Kohn's fitting folk legacy
also, Rickie Lee Jones, Gogol Bordello, Project Mercury
Concert Reviews
Hot jazz on a cold night
(Moutin Reunion Quartet, Club Helsinki, January 15, 2004)
Interviews
Off the beaten path in musical America
Robin Holcomb's
The Beat
A winter of deja vu music
A look ahead at season's concerts
The Beat
Releasing the Burdens
also, Moutin twins, Albert Cummings
Interviews
Old-fashioned overnight success
Howard Fishman to play Mass MoCA
Interviews
Sister Kate comes out of the shadows
Kate Taylor to play in Pittsfield
Other
The Beatles: Yesterday and Today
Book review
The Beat
Michelle Shocked gave to save Club Helsinki
Will locals do likewise (The Beat, 1/2/04)
The Beat
Hazard County Girls top list of year's concerts
Top 10 shows of 2003 include Moonraker, Randy Newman, Jen Chapin and Bob Dylan
Concert Reviews
Alicia Svigals makes klezmer violin sing
(Spencertown Academy, December 20, 2003)
Spins
The Hang Ups
Spins
Nadine
Strange Seasons
Spins
Gilad Barkan
Modulation
Spins
Issi Rozen
Dark Beauty
Spins
Revolutionary Snake Ensemble
Spins
Ron Sunshine
The Beat
New Jewish music CDs
New sounds for Chanukah listening, gift-giving
Interviews
Putting the fiddler back on the roof
Alicia Svigals revives art of klezmer violin
The Beat
David Bowie gets real with
Top 10 CDs of 2003, plus a few more.....
Interviews
Karen Black’s bumpy road from stardom
Singer/actress to perform at Mass MoCA
Spins
The Beatles
Spins
Kathleen Edwards
Spins
Klezmer Conservatory Band
A Taste of Paradise (Rounder)
The Beat
Music in gift boxes
(The Beat, 12/5/03)
Interviews
The Klezmatics uncover the Jewish Woody Guthrie
Band to perform at Berkshire Museum, 92nd St. Y
The Beat
Holiday sounds
New CDs for Xmas listening
Other
Clark, Kerry match military records
also, Mark Helprin declares war
The Beat
Melodrome and Merenda mix music and politics
also, Robin O’Herin, Joan Marks, Bruce Cockburn, Billy Cobham
Interviews
From Village streets to arena stages
Soozie Tyrell's incredible journey
Concert Reviews
Hiromi fuses styles
(Club Helsinki, 11/15/03)
News
On its fourth anniversary, nightclub struggles with success
Club Helsinki sings the blues
Interviews
Here’s Waldo
Matt Glaser’s Wayfaring Strangers
The Beat
Hiromi's modern fusion
also, King Wilkie, Entrain, Moonraker, Solas, Barenaked Ladies, Belle and Sebastian
The Beat
With these players, early jazz takes on new meaning
also, David Reed, Rory Block, Dredi
The Beat
The sound of Halloween
also, Shelby Lynne, Badly Drawn Boy
The Beat
From Hunger Mountain to Mountain Stage
also, Geoff Muldaur, Vorcza
The Beat
Milagro Saints: Folk-soul healing
also, Ray Mason, Jay Farrar, Vertical Horizon
Interviews
For Joan Baez, things have changed
Folksinger puts stage fright , fingerpicking, behind her
Interviews
Contemporary folk's odd couple
Ellis Paul and Vance Gilbert team up
Concert Reviews
Garth Hudson's musical eccentricities
(Club Helsinki, 10/12/03)
Concert Reviews
Shania Twain's TV Pop
(Knickerbocker Arena, 10/11/03)
Interviews
Garth speaks
Keyboardist reflects on musical legacy of The Band
The Beat
Mindy Jostyn
also, Voice of the Turtle, Mike Doughty
Concert Reviews
Randy Newman's special delivery
(Troy Savings Bank Music Hall, 10/1/03)
The Beat
Remembering Warren Zevon
also, Jane Bunnett, critic's picks
The Beat
Fall 2003 folk preview
Vance Gilbert and Ellis Paul team up as a duo
Interviews
In praise of amnesia
Rock operetta at Mass MoCA
The Beat
Singing the blues
The Beat, 9/25/03
The Beat
Fall 2003 pop preview
Roots, folk fans have plenty to cheer about
The Beat
Aardvark's avant-jazz
also, Nicole Nelson, Sammy Brown
Other
A general for president?
Concert Reviews
Jack rambles a lot, sings a little
(Club Helsinki, 9/11/03)
The Beat
The summer that wasn't
also, Michael Musillami
Interviews
Ramblin' with Jack Elliott
The original Brooklyn cowboy to perform at Helsinki
Concert Reviews
Ember Swift's pale protest folk
(Club Helsinki, 9/7/03)
Interviews
A garden of gizmos blooms in Pittsfield
Homegrown interactive children's exhibition at Berkshire Museum
The Beat
Deb Pasternak's jazzy folk
also, Ember Swift, Joseph Fire Crow, Don White
Interviews
Rene Marie's jazz drama
Singer to perform at Club Helsinki on Saturday
Concert Reviews
John Hammond's blues
(Club Helsinki, 9/1/03)
Concert Reviews
Ralph Stanley's heavenly mountain music
(Mahaiwe Theater, 8/31/03)
Concert Reviews
A blue afternoon at Tanglewood Jazz
(Tanglewood Jazz, August 31, 2003)
Concert Reviews
Norah Jones breaks records at Tanglewood
(Tanglewood Jazz, August 30, 2003)
Interviews
Capturing Music Inn on celluloid
Famed summer home for jazz in the '50s to get new life in film
Interviews
Hiromi’s love affair with the piano
Young musician to make Tanglewood debut at jazz festival
Interviews
Ralph Stanley comes down from the mountain
To perform at Mahaiwe Theatre on August 31
Interviews
Cassandra Wilson goes outside the box
Singer to headline Tanglewood Jazz Festival
Interviews
Making jazz classic at Tanglewood
Donal Fox pays tribute to MJQ
The Beat
John Hammond: Mr. Americana
also, DJ Rap, Groove Collective, Paul Cebar, Hot Club of Cowtown
Concert Reviews
Fiddling up a storm
(Tanglewood, August 25, 2003)
Concert Reviews
Pieta Brown: To the manor born
(Club Helsinki, 8/24/03)
Concert Reviews
Bromberg is the raw deal
(Mahaiwe Theater, 8/21/03)
The Beat
Sex and violins: Lara St. John heats up Bach
also, Pieta Brown, David Jacobs-Strain
Concert Reviews
Dylan subverts expectations
(Look Park, Northampton, August 19, 2003)
Concert Reviews
Ben Taylor strikes out on his own
(Club Helsinki, 8/14/03)
Concert Reviews
Remembering Woody's ramblings
Guthrie Center, August 13, 2003
Interviews
Time catches up with David Bromberg
Folk-rocker to perform at Mahaiwe on Aug. 21
Interviews
Making music for Mark Twain
New musical premieres at Oldcastle Theatre
The Beat
Ben Taylor has nothing to hide
also, Stephen Clair, Marly Hornik
Concert Reviews
A kinder, gentler Jethro Tull
(Tanglewood, August 12, 2003)
Concert Reviews
Chuck Prophet
(Club Helsinki, 8/10/03)
Other
The Shape of Things
Barrington Stage Co., August 2003
Interviews
Don't worry, be happy
Psychologist seeks to calm anxious parents in new book
Interviews
Beyond 'This Land Is Your Land'
Paying tribute to the complete Woody Guthrie
Interviews
Three decades later, Jethro Tull returns
English rockers perform at Tanglewood on August 12
The Beat
Chuck Prophet’s quirky rock and roll
also, Brilliant Mistakes, Steve Winwood
Concert Reviews
Yo-Yo Ma tackles Brazil
(Tanglewood, August 3, 2003)
Concert Reviews
Jazz Passengers reinvent
(Mass MoCA, 8/2/03)
Interviews
Riffing on a creature feature
Jazz Passengers rescript, rescore
The Beat
Tracy Grammer stays the course
Keeps Dave Carter's legacy alive at Club Helsinki on Friday night
Concert Reviews
BSO does Gypsies, Golijov, William Tell and Mozart
(Tanglewood, July 27, 2003)
Concert Reviews
Bang on a Can Summer Marathon
(Mass MoCA, 7/26/03)
Concert Reviews
The Eagles: Crash landing
(Knickerbocker Arena, July 24, 2003)
The Beat
Marathon music
also, Tom Ingersoll's new rock classics, Irish duets, festivals
Concert Reviews
Serkin and BSO dance to Stravinsky
(Tanglewood, July 20, 2003)
Concert Reviews
Bang on a Can explodes pop
(Mass MoCA, 7/19/03)
News
Like Velvet Underground before it, Bang on a Can fuses the street and art
New-music collective in residence at Mass MoCA
Interviews
New book warns of hard times ahead dealing with disease
Interviews
A ‘Tommy’ for a new generation
The Who's rock opera comes to Berkshire Theatre Festival
The Beat
Lou Reed’s ukulele-playing younger brother
also, Celia, Gordon Stone, Rennie Harris
Concert Reviews
Fiddler on the Roof goes to Jamaica and joins a klezmer band
(Klezska, Club Helsinki, July 13, 2003)
Concert Reviews
Polygraph Lounge
Mass MoCA, July 12, 2003
Concert Reviews
Pop goes the jazz
(Boston Pops, Tanglewood, July 15, 2003)
Concert Reviews
Kurt Masur takes the BSO to the east
(Tanglewood, July 13, 2003)
Interviews
Polygraph Lounge's musical mirth
Post-modern cover band plays Mass MoCA on July 12
The Beat
The sound of a Jamaican shtetl
also, Iguanas, Vibes, Pizzarelli
Interviews
Festival frenzy!
Summer means outdoor music festivals -- but why?
Concert Reviews
Ellis Paul in a vacuum
(Club Helsinki, 7/6/03)
Concert Reviews
Jimmie Dale Gilmore headlines MoCA festival
also, the Persuasions (7/5/03)
Interviews
Keeping tabs on John Lennon
New play explores FBI's surveillance of former Beatle
Interviews
Mary Wilson takes back her Supreme legacy
Singer headlines Tanglewood's July 4th concert
The Beat
Making a persuasive case for the Grateful Dead’s melodies
also, Milagro Saints, Ellis Paul, Todd Mack
Concert Reviews
Norah Jones outdoes herself with modesty
(Proctor's Theatre, Schenectady, N.Y., June 30, 2003)
Concert Reviews
Howard Fishman Quartet: The sultans of swing
(Club Helsinki, 6/29/03)
Interviews
Not Barbra Streisand nor the real Fanny Brice can get in the way of this ‘Funny Girl’
Beloved musical opens at Barrington Stage
The Beat
Howard Fishman's pre-rock pop-jazz
also, Noah Baerman, Blue Dogs, Fourtold
Concert Reviews
James Taylor earns his soul-man bona fides
(Tanglewood, June 24, 2003)
Interviews
From rural nightmare to rock opera
Downtown rockers to perform at Mass MoCA
The Beat
Erin McKeown: Grand new
also, Meshell Ndegeocello, Bitch and Animal
The Beat
The Hazard County Girls' dangerous riffs
also, Seth Bodie deconstructs cabaret
Interviews
A new story for Jonatha Brooke
Singer-songwriter to perform at Club Helsinki on Friday night
Concert Reviews
Guy Clark’s country craftsmanship
(Club Helsinki, June 11, 2003)
Concert Reviews
Underbelly's fierce folk
(Club Helsinki, June 8, 2003)
Concert Reviews
Jen Chapin jazzes up her sound and vision
(Club Helsinki, 6/7/03)
The Beat
Summer 2003's best bets
(The Beat, June 3, 2003)
Concert Reviews
Michelle Shocked's musical ramble
(Club Helsinki, 6/3/03)
Interviews
Tim O’Brien’s spiritual folk
Bluegrass singer-songwriter to perform on Sunday at Club Helsinki
Interviews
The high lonesome sound meets the shtetl
Klezmer Mountain Boys fuse old-time Americana and Yiddish
The Beat
Underbelly: Making old-time new
also, Bobby Sweet, Crocketts
Concert Reviews
Rosanne Cash remixes herself
(Mass MoCA, 5/25/03)
Interviews
Eric Fowler finds his voice back home
Brings new band Horace Godwink to Club Helsinki
Interviews
Rosanne Cash: Coming to terms with her inheritance
To perform at Mass MoCA on May 25
Concert Reviews
Fleetwood Mac's nervous pop-rock
(Knickerbocker Arena, May 21, 2003)
The Beat
Jazzy folk chicks: Jen Chapin, Deb Pasternak, Ember Swift
also, Rani Arbo, Bob Thistle, Louise Taylor
Concert Reviews
Future folk
(Club Helsinki, 5/15/03)
The Beat
The Hackensaw Boys' punked-up bluegrass
also, Linda Thompson, Fleetwood Mac
Concert Reviews
Scott Amendola's chamber-jam
(Club Helsinki, 5/14/03)
Interviews
Crying through the drums
Composer/bandleader Scott Amendola brings his ensemble to Club Helsinki on May 14
The Beat
Folk trios are back in style
also, Rooney, Cyro Baptista's Beat the Donkey, Laurel Masse
The Beat
Bob Dylan's never-ending comeback
Greatest American songwriter also a road warrior
Concert Reviews
Lowen and Navarro
Club Helsinki, May 1, 2003
Interviews
Rick Berlin's latest incarnation
Shelley Winters Project
Concert Reviews
Pearl Jam dusts off the jam
(Knickerbocker Arena, April 29, 2003)
Interviews
Lowen and Navarro stick together through thick and thick
At Club Helsinki on May 1
The Beat
Bob Thistle's new CD
also, Meg Hutchinson, Jam-bands, Jake
Concert Reviews
Naftule's Dream's avant-klezmer
Club Helsinki, April 27, 2003
Concert Reviews
Michael Hurley's pothead folk
(Club Helsinki, 4/24/03)
Interviews
Into the phone booth and out with the fire-breathing klezmer
Naftule's Dream mirrors the traditional with the avant-garde
The Beat
Klezmania hits region
also, performance at Bard, Creekend, Shaw to Scofield, folk faves
Interviews
David Olney's hard folk road
To play at Club Helsinki on Friday 4/25
Interviews
Revisiting Bob Dylan's gospel music
Producing 'mix tape' latest accomplishment for Jeffrey Gaskill
Interviews
Jazz expands in Williamstown
Festival includes John Scofield's jam band and Kenny Barron's Brasilia
The Beat
Michael Hurley's old weird American
also, Yo La Tengo, Steve Adams
Concert Reviews
Slide family shows
Club Helsinki, April 12, 2003
Concert Reviews
Mallett's New England-style folk
Club Helsinki, April 10, 2003
Interviews
The family that shows slides together rocks together
It began with an old-fashioned slide projector and a box of travel slides picked up at an estate sale in Seattle for $5
The Beat
Summer festival season taking shape
The Beat, 4/11/03
Interviews
David Mallet returns to the garden
'Inch by Inch' folksinger to play Club Helsinki, 4/10/03
Concert Reviews
Impeccable songcraft trumps all
Mary Lou Lord, Club Helsinki, April 6, 2003
Concert Reviews
Mary Gauthier and Hazard County Girls
(Club Helsinki, 4/5/03)
Interviews
Laughs aside, Vance Gilbert wants you to hear the poetry
Singer-songwriter performs at Railway Cafe on Saturday April 4
Interviews
Mary Gauthier cooks up a musical storm
Singer-songwriter to perform at Club Helsinki on Saturday, April 4
The Beat
These rock 'n' roll babes can be hazardous
also, Wanda Fischer, Flying Garbanzos, Gordon Brisker
Concert Reviews
Girl group plays muscular rock
Antigone Rising, Club Helsinki, March 29, '03
Interviews
Journeys in song
Priscilla Herdman's
The Beat
Springing up concerts
Rosanne Cash, Mary Gauthier, Naftule's Dream, John Scofield top Berkshire scene
Interviews
Girls rock in classic style
Antigone Rising to perform at Club Helsinki on Saturday
Concert Reviews
Karl Shiflett's old-time country show
(Club Helsinki, 3/23/03)
Concert Reviews
Wronging
Luther Wright's
Interviews
This rock girl gets bands covered
Next month, when funkmeister George Clinton appears on the cover of bimonthly music magazine Relix
Interviews
Hee haw meets Pink Floyd
Luther Wright and the Wrongs rebuild
Interviews
Pierre Bensusan: World’s greatest beginner guitarist
Coming to Clark Art Institute on March 22
The Beat
Dave's True Story and Bob Malone team up
also, Lenore Raphael, Mike Doughty
Concert Reviews
Kelly Joe Phelps joins the jam-bandwagon
(Club Helsinki, March 15, 2003)
The Beat
The critical list
A concert wish list
Concert Reviews
Janis Ian
at Club Helsinki (March 9, 2003)
Interviews
No more blues for Kelly Joe Phelps
Singer to expand his repertoire at Club Helsinki on March 15
Concert Reviews
Antony and the Johnsons
Mass MoCA, March 8, 2003
Concert Reviews
Country songwriters singing their own songs
Club Helsinki, March 5, 2003
Interviews
Antony plays it straight
Androgynous singer to lead the Johnsons at MoCA
The Beat
Tony Trischka's big new deal
also, Grupo Fantasma, Yaya Diallo, Cathy Grier
Interviews
Janis Ian’s roller coaster ride
Singer-songwriter to perform at Club Helsinki
Interviews
Geoff Muldaur’s roots-music comeback
Blues singer comes to Berkshire Museum
Interviews
The hidden hand behind country hits
Nashville songwriters to perform at Club Helsinki
Concert Reviews
Jeff Lang and Michael Tarbox
(Club Helsinki, February 26, 2003)
The Beat
The new jazz: Sex Mob
also, Alan Simon, Habib Koite, Sekou Sundiata, Atwater/Donnelly
Interviews
DJ Spooky remixes DW Griffith
Multimedia artist presents 'Rebirth of a Nation' at Mass MoCA
Interviews
Peter Mulvey’s underground folk
Singer-songwriter to perform at Berkshire Museum on Friday
Concert Reviews
Kill Henry Sugar’s cabaret rock
(Club Helsinki, 2/23/03)
Concert Reviews
Tin Hat Trio fuses Old Word and new
at Club Helsinki (February 22, 2003)
Interviews
Tin Hat Trio's idiosyncratic chamber-folk
Acoustic group to play at Club Helsinki on Saturday night
The Beat
Kill Henry Sugar
also, Jay Messer, Mamadou Diabate, Woody Guthrie Tribute, Marsalis Family
The Beat
The Boss and Mrs. Jones
Springsteen and Norah Jones favored to win at 2003 Grammys
Interviews
John Hammond: Beyond blues
Famed singer performs at Club Helsinki on Friday night
Concert Reviews
Old-time karaoke
Housatonic Philharmonic at LaChoza (2/15/03)
Concert Reviews
Da Vinci's Notebook fills doctor's prescription
A cappella troupe entertains at Berkshire Museum (2/15/03)
The Beat
Brooks Williams blows his reputation on his new CD, and it's about time
also, Men without pants, Teri Roiger, Corey Glover, Murali Coryell
Other
In and after Iraq
Also, Wynton Marsalis gets cooked (Magazine review)
Interviews
Voices alone carry
Da Vinci's Notebook to sing at Berkshire Museum
Interviews
Where art and theology intersect
Jonathan Secor's leaps of faith
Concert Reviews
Don Byron
Music for Six Musicians at Club Helsinki
Interviews
The accidental clarinetist
Don Byron hangs onto his instrument
The Beat
Piano journeys
also, Phillip Johnston fires up
Concert Reviews
Moonraker's soulful funk-jazz fusion
(La Choza, Pittsfield, Mass., 2/1/03)
Concert Reviews
Cliff Eberhardt's bittersweet sounds
(Common Grounds, 2/1/03)
The Beat
Strange Fruit: the strange story of the song
also, Jonathan Pointer, Gloria Deluxe, Christopher Williams
Interviews
Cliff Eberhardt and the human condition
Singer-songwriter to perform in Pittsfield
The Beat
Phabulous Phoebe Legere
also, Michael Musillami, Hazie Maze, Amy Fairchild
Interviews
On Monday nights, the jazz is free
Randy Kaye leads group improv at Club Helsinki
Concert Reviews
Lovewhip whips up an Afro-Caribbean party
(Club Helsinki, 1/16/03)
Concert Reviews
Greg Brown hides
(Berkshire Museum, 1/18/03)
Interviews
Ben Katchor’s ‘Slugs’ bear life at Mass MoCA
Rock musical with Mark Mulcahy to make world premiere
Interviews
Patty Larkin finds inspiration in old and new
Singer-songwriter to perform at Berkshire Museum on Friday
The Beat
The Berkshire-Grammy connection
A dozen Grammy nominees played the Berkshires last year
Concert Reviews
Quintessential piano man
Mose Allison at Club Helsinki (1/11/03)
The Beat
Misty Blues rock the juke joint with new CD
also, Mose Allison, Miro Sprage (1/10/03)
Interviews
Jazzing it up after a day at middle school
Sonya Kitchell Band to perform at Club Helsinki
Concert Reviews
4 Way Street and Sky Smeed Band
Club Helsinki, January 5, 2003
Concert Reviews
Bob Franke’s unassuming folk
Common Grounds, January 4, 2003
The Beat
Winter pop forecast for Berkshires: Busy
The Beat, 1/03/02
Concert Reviews
Gokh-bi System's global village music
Senegalese folk meets American hip-hop at Club Helsinki (12/26/02)
The Beat
Club Helsinki dominates Berkshire music scene for third year in a row
A look back on the Berkshire pop year 2002
Concert Reviews
World's greatest drummer in a bar band
Levon Helm at Club Helsinki (12/21/02)
Interviews
A Rock and Roll Hall of Famer just happy to play drums in a blues band
Levon Helm looks back (12/20/02)
The Beat
The best concerts of 2002
Blind Boys, Boss, McCartney top list (The Beat, 12/20/02)
Concert Reviews
Springsteen rises to the occasion
(Knickerbocker Arena, Albany, 12/13/02)
Concert Reviews
Summer folk in the winter
Nields, Kennedys, Susan Werner at Club Helsinki (12/15/02)
Other
The lost promise of Jerusalem
Magazine review
The Beat
Rani Arbo's new country swing
Also, Antigone Rising, Paul Shapiro's holiday revue
The Beat
Music for the holiday season
New CDs from Barry Manilow, Chris Botti, Johnny Mathis, bluegrass artists
Concert Reviews
John Scofield's new jazz jams
Guitarist rehearses band for new recording at Club Helsinki (12/9-10)
Concert Reviews
Shannon McNally inaugurates Club B-10
Curiosity seekers pack new concert space at Mass MoCA
The Beat
Springsteen's
Best CDs of 2002
Interviews
Mixing country and soul, Shannon McNally hopes to ‘figurehead’ a new pop genre
Singer-songwriter to perform at Mass MoCA on Saturday night
Interviews
For Livingston Taylor, teaching and performing are one
Singer-songwriter plays Club Helsinki on Friday night
Interviews
Folksingers inspired by winter
Herdman, Hills and Mangsen at the Berkshire Museum
The Beat
Sonya Kitchell gives new meaning to 'early jazz'
also, Ramsay Midwood, Julee Glaub, George Winston
Concert Reviews
Richie Havens represents the best and worst of the Sixties
Performs at the Mahaiwe Theatre on 11/23/02
Interviews
For Richie Havens, the stage belongs to the audience
Singer/guitarist to perform at Mahaiwe Theatre on Saturday night
The Beat
When Dylan rolled with thunder
New CD, recent concert, Dylan at his best
Interviews
For Kenny Aronoff, music and sports are all about teamwork
Rock drummer to perform benefit concert for his high school
Concert Reviews
Hot Pstromi warms the crowd at Spencertown
Concert Reviews
Golem reinvigorates the Great Eastern European songbook
Band plays sold-out concert at Club Helsinki
Klezmer
Thinking in Yiddish
Yale Strom's klezmer journey
Klezmer
Jewish music for the global village
Annual survey of recent recordings
The Beat
Art Garfunkel makes his songwriting debut
Also, Slavic Soul Party, Shemekia Copeland, Torrez, The Butchies
Concert Reviews
An intimate evening with Suzanne Vega at Mass MoCA
The Beat
Finding common ground between Jewish music and its Eastern European cousins
New York band Golem plays Yiddish, Russian, Rumanian and Gypsy music
Interviews
Great songs from heartache
Suzanne Vega makes art out of misery
Concert Reviews
Kottke and Gordon go phishing for a hook
New duo performs at Club Helsinki
Concert Reviews
When the sum of the parts adds up to next-to-nothing
Four Bitchin' Babes at the Berkshire Museum
Concert Reviews
Melodrome delivers its live promise
Local band has great rock-soul sound
Interviews
Leo Kottke finds his elusive musical twin in Phish’s Mike Gordon
Duo kicks off tour at Club Helsinki
Interviews
Four Bitchin’ Babes find female fellowship
Quartet to perform at Berkshire Museum in Pittsfield
The Beat
Club Helsinki celebrates three years of music, developing artists
Eclectic anniversary month planned at little club that could
Other
Hezbollah is here (Magazine review)
11/2/02: New Yorker, Atlantic, Jerusalem Report
Concert Reviews
Holy Water Undertoe
La Choza, 10/27/02
Concert Reviews
Richard Shindell at Club Helsinki
10/26/02
Concert Reviews
Peter Case at Club Helsinki
Interviews
Richard Shindell: Finding character in song
Singer-songwriter gets over the bar
The Beat
Trick or treat ... or music?
From Sky Smeed to Globesonic to Philip Glass, plenty to hear on Halloween
Concert Reviews
Dan Hicks's quirky melange
Singer takes jazzy spin through country at Helsinki
Concert Reviews
Blues big enough to embrace rock and jazz
Popa Chubby mixes them all at Club Helsinki
The Beat
A buzz around Peter Case's 'beeline'
also, Kay Hanley, David Poe
Concert Reviews
Showcasing folk
Josh Ritter, Lori McKenna and Eliza Gilkyson at Club Helsinki
The Beat
Remembering Danny Pearl with music
also, Robin O'Herin, Popa Chubby, Bob Dylan
Interviews
Still a work in progress
For Texas songwriter Guy Clark, the songs forever change
Interviews
The Persian Traveling Wilburys
Iranian masters to perform at Williams College
Concert Reviews
Rene Marie makes jazz both arty and party
Vocalist breaks new ground at Club Helsinki
Interviews
Chris Smither: No longer blue
Concert Reviews
Paul McCartney casts a lonely shadow on stage
(Fleet Center, Boston, 9/30/02) Ex-Beatle makes splashy comeback in Boston
The Beat
Rene Marie's trombone vocals
also, guitar camp
Other
A whale of a tale
New Yorker article tells story behind 'Free Willy'
Interviews
For Laura Love, a life full of anything but
The Beat
Soulraye's bedroom funk
also, Lee Shaw, Victoria Williams
Interviews
Fall Folk Preview: Peter Mulvey takes it back to the subways
Also, Christine Lavin, Ani DiFranco, Ellis Paul, Greg Brown, Mary Gauthier
The Beat
Forecast for fall pop season in the Berkshires
Suzanne Vega, Richie Havens, Guy Clark and Richard Shindell top Berkshire concert menu
Interviews
Sculpting a memorial for 9/11
Sculptor Ann Jon continues to work through the pain
Interviews
Colin Hay is still a man at work
Former leader of Men at Work reduced to playing corner bars
The Beat
Cynthia Hopkins, Breuker Kollektief, Sheri Bauer-Mayorga
The Beat
Jurassic rock: Dinosaurs in the arenas
also, Uri Caine reimagines Mahler; Zubot and Dawson
Concert Reviews
Rhian Benson not there yet
Singer still finding her way at Club Helsinki
Interviews
Music’s blood ties exert their tug on Rhian Benson
Rhian Benson grew up in Ghana surrounded by musicians
Concert Reviews
Swinging it like it's '56
Jo Miller and Her Burly Roughnecks at Club Helsinki
The Beat
Reviewing the musical summer
A look back on the summer of 2002
Concert Reviews
Brubeck group swings down curtain on Tanglewood Jazz Festival
also, Roy Hargrove, Roberta Gamborini, Two Siberians
Concert Reviews
A jazzy day at Tanglewood
Diana Krall, Roy Haynes, Marian McPartland lend Tanglewood Jazz Festival a traditional feel
Interviews
Tanglewood jazz: Birds of a feather
Roy Haynes's Charlie Parker tribute leads off festival
The Beat
Rev. Tor kicks out the jams
also, Helsinki goes hillbilly, Youth Well Spent
Interviews
Jazz's first lady happy to be a musician
Marian McPartland to host live taping of Piano Jazz at Tanglewood
Concert Reviews
Smooth jazz doesn’t go down so easily at Berkshire Jazz Festival
August 25, 2002, Butternut Basin
Concert Reviews
Josh Roseman Unit sets new standards for jazz
Club Helsinki, August 24, 2002
Concert Reviews
Christine Lavin's comic performance art
Guthrie Center, 8/24/02
Concert Reviews
New jazz song by Jen Chapin
Review of Club Helsinki performance
Interviews
Lite jazz for novices and fans alike
Interviews
Christine Lavin, seriously speaking
The Beat
Josh Roseman's new jazz standards
also, Hod O'Brien's jazz homecoming, new CDs
Interviews
Jen Chapin carves out her own legacy
Harry Chapin's daughter brings her jazz-folk band to Club Helsinki
Concert Reviews
Everton Sylvester's funk poetry
Spoken word/jazz fusion with Searching for Banjo
Interviews
James Taylor’s thoughts turn to life’s autumn on “October Road”
Pop-folk singer-songwriter talks about first new album in five years
The Beat
Gary Lucas: Psychedelic primitive
also, Garnet Rogers, Eddie Kirkland
Interviews
A funk poet finds his way
Everton Sylvester to bring Searching for Banjo to Club Helsinki
Concert Reviews
A groove music party
BerkFest attracts 8,000
Interviews
BerkFest Notebook: a neo-hippie nirvana
Interviews
Jazz jams at BerkFest
Jam-band festival to feature jazz, world music, electronica
The Beat
Cliff Eberhardt: Heartbreak kid
also, the righteous Holmes Brothers
Concert Reviews
Sally Taylor has the natural-born talent
Singer-songwriter performs at Club Helsinki
The Beat
With “The Rising,” Springsteen forges a rock ‘n’ roll liturgy for 9/11
New album, best in years, reunites the Boss with E Street Band
Interviews
Updating a Yiddish classic
Williamstown Theatre stages adaptation of controversial Sholem Asch play
The Beat
Sally Taylor goes her own way
also, Les Sampou, Litchfield Jazz Festival
Concert Reviews
Diversity of folk at festival
Ani DiFranco, Greg Brown, Lucy Kaplansky bring down curtain on Falcon Ridge
Concert Reviews
A new-music musical marathon
Bang on a Can ends residency with big bang
Interviews
Steve Reich has much to celebrate
Composers music played uptown and downtown and all around the Berkshires
Interviews
Finding folk and roots at festivals
Falcon Ridge and Winterhawk take over Hillsdale farm the next two weekends
The Beat
Marathon etiquette
also, The Waifs; Evan Rude’s new power-pop; Radio Rogovoy
Concert Reviews
Chuck Prophet gets credit at Club Helsinki
Concert Reviews
Rory Block turns Guthrie Center into a house of blues
Concert Reviews
James Taylor redefines himself with Boston Pops
Singer attracts record-breaking crowd to Tanglewood
The Beat
Festival fever
also, Thomas Mapfumo’s African protest; Shannon McNally’s soul-pop; Mammalian evolution
Interviews
Rory Block: Personalizing the blues
Singer-guitarist to perform at Guthrie Center
Interviews
James Taylor’s Tanglewood ties
Singer-songwriter to perform with Boston Pops
Concert Reviews
Bang on a Can explodes a new musical universe
Avant-garde collective kicks off two week residency at MoCA with all-star concert
Interviews
Bang on a Can: New school for new-music
Avant-garde collective in residence at Mass MoCA for
The Beat
Ray Mason's sneaker rock
also, French Kicks, Kenny Aronoff
Concert Reviews
Heiruspecs play live hip-hop
Concert Reviews
Linda Ronstadt sings only what’s old
Sings standards at Tanglewood
Interviews
Saturday, the gospel singer went to shul
Joshua Nelson, the Black Jewish gospel singer
The Beat
Something is happening here, and you don’t know what it is, do you, Norah Jones?
Also, Steve Tyrell, Tabou Combo, Tom Tom Club, Shea Seger, Mofro
Concert Reviews
Garrison Keillor brings the prairie to the Berkshires
Public radio variety show at Tanglewood
Interviews
For Suzzy Roche, music is a prayer
Suzzy and Maggie Roche to perform at Club Helsinki
The Beat
Jazz in festivals and clubs
Also, Living Daylights, Old Songs, Radio Beat
Concert Reviews
Anne Murray dishes pop-glop at Tanglewood
Singer as surprised as audience that she's invited to illustrious concert shed
The Beat
Best-kept music secret in the Berkshires
Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival keeps the beat going; also Rosey, Iguanas, Darden Smith, Ali Hassan Kuban
Interviews
Singing isn't brain surgery for Anne Murray
How a pop singer survived success
Interviews
Sisters at play
Nerissa and Katryna Nields resurface as a duo
Other
MAGAZINE REVIEW: Invention in New York newspapers
Reviews of New York Sun, New Yorker/NY Times, NYRB
Concert Reviews
Reed Foehl
Former Acoustic Junction frontman goes solo
Concert Reviews
Asylum Street Spankers redefine acoustic music
Austin-based band ranges from neo-vaudeville to gangsta rap
The Beat
Local musicians step out
also, Reed Foehl, Radio Rogovoy, new CDs by Jen Chapin, Badly Drawn Boy, Eleni Karaindrou
Concert Reviews
Los Diablos add rock backbeat to Irish music
Boston-based rockers at Club Helsinki
The Beat
Forecasting summer highlights for Berkshire pop season
Jazz, folk, avant-garde legends to descend
Concert Reviews
Dr. John and Jimmy Scott usher in summer at MoCA
R&B and jazz legends hit highs and lows in outdoor concert
Concert Reviews
Mike Plume's denim rock
Canadian rocks Club Helsinki
Interviews
After half a century, Jimmy Scott gets his due
Jazz singer to join Dr. John in concert at Mass MoCA on Saturday
The Beat
Mike Plume kicks off roots-rocking weekend at Club Helsinki
Chris Smither, Hamiet Bluiett, Los Diablos also on tap
Concert Reviews
Viva Vienna kicks off Vienna theme at Mass MoCA
Sex Mob, Blow Up, kick-start new exhibition with dance party!
The Beat
Jah-Haw! It's the Reggae Cowboys
Also, Jennifer Greer, Hypnotic Clambake, new CDs by Shannon McNally, Lauryn Hill
Interviews
A post-modern party for Vienna
Sex Mob, Max Nagl, Blow Up! to perform at Mass MoCA opening
Concert Reviews
Lori McKenna and Stephen Kellogg showcase their songs
Folk-rock singer-songwriters play at Club Helsinki
Concert Reviews
Adam Klipple puts pizzazz in the soul-jazz
Keyboardist brings Drive-By Leslie quartet to Club Helsinki
Interviews
Lori McKenna: Rock ‘n’ roll mama
Singer-songwriter balances motherhood and music career
The Beat
BerkFest gets go-ahead
New Cds from Flatlanders, Uncle Tupelo
Concert Reviews
Folksingers offer hint of things to come at Falcon Ridge Folk Festival
Trina Hamlin, Eric Schwartz and Zoe Lewis
Concert Reviews
They Might Be Giants celebrate rock and roll stupidity
Mass MoCA, 5/11/02
Concert Reviews
Maria Muldaur sings the blues
Performs at Club Helsinki on May 9, 2002
Interviews
Another side of Chartock
Radio executive performs with Berkshire Ramblers folk group
Interviews
For They Might Be Giants, there’s no success like failure
Duo celebrates 20th anniversary at Mass MoCA
The Beat
Summer jazz returns to Great Barrington
also, Rick DellaRatta; Patiokings; Drive By Leslie; Colleen Sexton; Shana Morrison
Interviews
There’s nothing special about John Gorka, which just may be his secret
Singer-songwriter to perform at Berkshire Museum
The Beat
Putting Cat in a box
New box set prompts revisit of Cat Stevens career
Concert Reviews
Groovelily plays like they’re ready to conquer the world
Pop-rock trio led by stunning diva Valerie Vigoda
The Beat
Maria Muldaur's timeless blues roots
Also, Hector on Stilts and Kenny White's noirish jazz-folk
Interviews
Oliver Mtukudzi's swirling, political Afropop
Olu Dara joins Zimbabwean singer-guitarist to celebrate WEB DuBois's legacy in Great Barrington on May 4
Concert Reviews
Tribe of Djembe provides musical pleasures
Reggae band pleases dancers, listeners alike at Club Helsinki
The Beat
Groovelily’s folk-pop
also, Paris in North Adams; WAM Festival; Caroline Herring
Concert Reviews
Janah's world-beat rock
Georgia sextet brings sounds of Middle East to Club Helsinki
Concert Reviews
Be Good Tanyas will, eventually, with practice
Female old-time trio play Mass MoCA
The Beat
Spring pop forecast
Lots to see, hear in the Berkshires
Concert Reviews
Bullfrog's funky party-jams
Raise more questions than they answer at Mass MoCA
Concert Reviews
Infantino's super big ego
Rock singer-songwriter demonstrates wit, poetry, at Club Helsinki
The Beat
French zanies from Brooklyn
Dan Zanes: A new paradigm for aging rockers, also B-Sides, new idea for old theater, new CDs from Paul McCartney and Neil Young
Other
Combating unnecessary back surgery
and why Saddam Hussein must go
The Beat
Jim Infantino’s super big ego
also, Guy Davis, Andrew McKnight, new blues CDs
Concert Reviews
Doc Watson: More than a picker, an interpreter of American song
Folk musician plays to sold-out crowd at Mahaiwe in Helsinki-produced show
Interviews
For Doc Watson, latest folk revival is just one of many
Folk guitarist/singing legend to perform at Mahaiwe Theatre
The Beat
Susan Werner's new non-fiction folk-pop
Also, Michelle Willson's blues
News
Young lions and old legends to rub shoulders at Tanglewood
Labor Day weekend Jazz Festival announced
Concert Reviews
Markus James's
Singer-songwriter fuses Malian influences with American folk and blues
The Beat
Blues for the Berkshires
Geoff Muldaur, Susan Angeletti, Jeff King headline local clubs
Interviews
Dylan gospel project has Williamstown roots
Producer/promoter Jeffrey Gaskill had a little help from some friends
Concert Reviews
Jon Pousette-Dart on the comeback trail
Performs at the Lion's Den
The Beat
Music for St. Patrick's Day
New Irish music CDs and upcoming performances
Concert Reviews
Lucy Kaplansky forges haunting, psychologically-savvy adult pop
Singer-songwriter entertains crowd at Berkshire Museum
Interviews
Lucy Kaplansky's therapeutic folk music
Singer-songwriter to perform at Berkshire Museum
The Beat
Folk music in Pittsfield
Also Catie Curtis, Radio Beat
Other
TV as addiction
Monthly review of what's new on newsstands
Concert Reviews
Amy Fairchild provides classic-rock pleasure
Rock singer-songwriter celebrates new album with show at Club Helsinki on February 28
Interviews
Jimmie Dale Gilmore: More a musician than a Buddhist
Country-rock legend to play at Club Helsinki
Interviews
Phoebe Legere’s total art synthesis
Performance artist/composer to lead workshop for IS183
Concert Reviews
Sex Mob puts the party back into jazz
Group combines avant-garde and jazz tradition at Club Helsinki show
Interviews
U2, Alicia Keys will be big winners at Wednesday's Grammy Awards
Critic predicts winners in all major categories
Interviews
Jazz tradition meets the avant-garde in Sex Mob's party music
Steven Bernstein's band to play Club Helsinki on Saturday night
The Beat
Amy Fairchild's deep heart
Rock singer-songwriter celebrates new album with show at Club Helsinki on February 28
Concert Reviews
Eric Underwood and Eladia
Duo makes classical-folk fusion at Club Helsinki
Interviews
Phoebe Legere's total art synthesis
Performance artist/composer to lead workshop for IS183
The Beat
Robby Baier's Melodrome releases great new CD
Abandoned Pools; Bollywood soundtracks; Sex Mob
Concert Reviews
Blind Boys take crowd at Mahaiwe to church
Gospel tribute to W.E.B. Du Bois emphasizes joy
Concert Reviews
Duo attempts to humanize electronic music
Bob Gluck and Joseph Reinsel bring human touch to computer-generated music
The Beat
Eric Underwood ditches the band, comes down from the treehouse
Electronic composers to play computers at Simon's Rock
Concert Reviews
Jake’s dreamy, authentic modern rock
Band performs at Club Helsinki, 2/2/02
Interviews
Gospel artists to pay tribute to W.E.B. Du Bois
Hometown of African-American great long neglects his legacy
The Beat
Odean Pope and Jake headline busy weekend at Club Helsinki
Stacey Earle, Pasties also playing in region
Klezmer
A pilgrimage to the Yiddish theatre
The Folksbiene keeps the tradition alive
Concert Reviews
Nerissa and Katryna Nields come full circle as sister act
Core of folk-rock group focuses on sibling harmonies
Other
Shah now now?
Writers ponder fate of Iranian-American relations
The Beat
Avery Sharpe champions family values in music
Also, jazz singer Vikki True releases new CD
Interviews
Musicians band together to support, promote each other, themselves
MOB (Musicians of the Berkshires) is one part support-group, one part collaborative
Concert Reviews
Rosanne Raneri opens series at Red
New Pittsfield club attempts to spearhead downtown revival
The Beat
A nightclub for Pittsfield
Red to present singer-songwriters, blues, etc.
Interviews
“Ashokan Farewell” opens doors for Jay Ungar and Molly Mason
Husband-and-wife folk duo to perform at Clark Art Institute
Concert Reviews
Marc Ribot's guitar experiments
Musician keeps audience spellbound as he reinvents his instrument
Interviews
Cheryl Wheeler's revealing songcraft
Singer-songwriter combines heartfelt sentiment and comedy
Interviews
Marc Ribot's musical translations
Avant-garde guitarist emphasizes soulful roots
The Beat
[1/11/02] Sarah Lee Guthrie and Johnny Irion make their stand
Folk heirs release debut CDs
The Beat
[The Beat, 1/4/02] Top 10 Concerts of 2001
Everton Sylvester, Jess Klein, top list of best performances of past year
The Beat
[The Beat, 12/28/01] Berkshire pop music year 2001 in review
Club Helsinki dominates scene with national touring acts
The Beat
The sounds of December 25, 2001
New CDs for the holiday season
Interviews
Rani Arbo jazzes to swing
Singer-fiddler leaves bluegrass behind in favor of old-time swing and novelty tunes
The Beat
The best albums of 2001
Eclectic list includes rock, jazz, folk, world and avant-garde music
The Beat
Berkshire musicians folking it up
New CDs show pull of folk-based music on local scene
Concert Reviews
Female singer-songwriters prove multi-dimensional
Lending each other more than just voices on the verge
The Beat
Bob Dylan's neverending comeback
Legendary, idiosyncratic folk-rocker continues to inspire audiences
Interviews
Dirty Dozen updates New Orleans street-band music
Group garners new fans among jam-band set
Klezmer
Chava Alberstein: Israel's first lady of folk
Singer inspired by Pete Seeger
The Beat
(11/23/01) Singer-songwriters on the verge unite in voice
Unique collective of female folk talent comes to Club Helsinki
Klezmer
Andy Statman explores the nigun
Klezmer pioneer focuses on Hasidic mystical music
Klezmer
Pharaoh's Daughter mixes Jewish world-beat stew
Ensemble draws on African, Arabic and Asian influences
The Beat
The Velvet Underground: The Ideal Jam Band?
New live box set suggests proto-punks could teach neo-groovesters a lesson or two
Other
When infection requires more than Bactine
Author reflects on life-threatening illness
Klezmer
Andy Statman's spiritual roots music
Clarinetist to explore Hasidic melodies at Spencertown Academy
Klezmer
Author takes sons in search of Holocaust
A different kind of journey
Concert Reviews
Buena Vista Social Club meets modern jazz at Club Helsinki
Jane Bunnett and band mix up Cuban-jazz fusion
The Beat
Club Helsinki celebrates two years of great music
Nightclub proves itself the equal of big-league venues
Interviews
Jane Bunnett opens door to new Cuban-jazz fusion
Canadian reedwoman goes beyond Buena Vista Social Club's folkloric emphasis to create new style
The Beat
Roots rockin' weekend
James Mathus, Commander Cody and Lustre Kings rock area nightclubs
Other
Art in the aftermath of terror
Artists struggle to create in the wake of September 11 terror attacks
Interviews
For Norman Blake, old-time music is always just there
Multi-instrumentalist enjoys 'O Brother'-derived bounce
The Beat
Halloween parties
Excuses for grown-ups to put on costumes and act like kids
Concert Reviews
Graham Parker proves it all night
Singer still bitter, soulful and rocks
Concert Reviews
Steve Forbert and Ray Mason warm a Club Helsinki crowd
Idiosyncratic performers and songwriters carve a unique niche
The Beat
10/19/01: Graham Parker's return to form
Vintage soul-rocker still angry after all these years
Concert Reviews
Cowboy Junkies (Mass MoCA, 9/29/01)
Canadian rockers are consistently subdued
Klezmer
Texts and Tunes: New Jewish novelists, Yale Strom, David Krakauer
The Jewish-American novel is not dead
Interviews
For Tom Paxton, music remains a defensive weapon
For 40 years, folksinger wields wit and a guitar
Interviews
Cowboy Junkies are neither
Canadian rockers update legacy of Velvet Underground
The Beat
9/27/01: Local musicians release new CDs
Berkshire musicians have been busy in recording studios
The Beat
Sean Hurley: Hometown boy gets lucky in stereo
What do you do after your band hits the top of the pop charts, appears on Jay Leno, MTV, VH-1 and all the big TV shows,
Other
Cubo-klezmer-folk madness: Fall 2001 Pop Preview
Fans of klezmer and Cuban music have reason to celebrate this season.
Concert Reviews
Olu Dara at Club Helsinki (9/08/01)
Most groove music is functional, intended as the soundtrack for dancing, partying or other kind of communal celebration.
Concert Reviews
Northern Lights modern bluegrass (Guthrie Center, 9/8/01)
For a quarter century, eastern Massachusetts-based Northern Lights has been performing a modern version of Bill Monroe’s classic bluegrass,
The Beat
Dylan paints another masterpiece
The best album of the year and the first great album of the 21st century will be released officially next Tuesday, Sept. 11,
Other
MAGAZINE REVIEW
Pesticides, pop and Palestinian hatred
Concert Reviews
More commerce than jazz at Tanglewood Jazz Festival 2001
If you wanted to know who was up next, you had to buy a scorecard.
Concert Reviews
Michelle Shocked at Mahaiwe Theatre
Michelle Shocked put her trust and her heart in the hands of her fans on Tuesday night at the Mahaiwe Theatre,
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Tanglewood Jazz 2001
If the lineup for this year’s jazz weekend at Tanglewood has a different cast than in recent years, that’s in large part due to one man: Fred Taylor.
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Berkshire Jazz Festival
“Music should be without boundaries, so you don’t have to be one specific thing -- you should be all you could be,”
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Michelle Shocked’s righteous birdsong
Deserved or not, Michelle Shocked has a reputation for feisty independence.
The Beat
Dianne Reeves
Earlier this year, Dianne Reeves won a Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Album, for “In the Moment: Live in Concert” (Blue Note).
The Beat
BQE puts music to ‘Blue Angel’; JazzFest begins; Concert watch
‘The Blue Angel’ flies again
Concert Reviews
Madonna at Fleet Center in Boston
In a non-stop, energetic, 100-minute show at the Fleet Center on Tuesday night, Madonna gave no indication that she was suffering from either exhaustion or laryngitis,
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Memory is a whale of an idea in Rinde Eckert’s ‘Moby Dick’
For over a hundred years, Herman Melville’s “Moby Dick” – written in nearby Pittsfield and allegedly inspired by Mount Greylock --
Concert Reviews
Bela Fleck et al at Butternut on Sunday
Bela Fleck and the Flecktones brought their unusual style of genre-defying music to Butternut Basin on Sunday.
Concert Reviews
Winterhawk on Saturday night
– A drum kit sat onstage alone, unused and ignored for most of Saturday night at the Winterhawk Festival at the Long Hill Farm.
Concert Reviews
Acoustic Syndicate at Club Helsinki
It’s hard to say if Acoustic Syndicate is a rock band that plays bluegrass or a bluegrass band in rock ‘n’ roll overdrive.
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MAGAZINE REVIEW
Palestinians hellbent on destroying Israel
The Beat
Dan Bern: Jamming with words
When Dan Bern takes the stage at BerkFest on Saturday, there will be a different kind of jamming going on, one that harkens more to Jack Kerouac and the Beat poets than to the Grateful Dead and Phish.
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Jam bands to coalesce at BerkFest 2001
In just a few short years, the Berkshire Mountain Music Festival, or BerkFest as it is more conveniently and affectionately known,
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FEATURE ARTICLE
Keb’ Mo’
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BOOK REVIEW
The Holocaust Kid: Stories by Sonia Pilcer
Concert Reviews
Falcon Ridge festival redefines folk
You could easily have wandered onto the grounds of the Long Hill Farm on Sunday afternoon and thought you were at anything but a folk festival.
News
Tom Paxton, Cheryl Wheeler and the Nields to debut folk at Berkshire Museum
in a new concert series intended to liven up the year-round cultural scene in Central Berkshire
Concert Reviews
Erin McKeown (Club Helsinki, 7/26/01)
It shouldn’t be such a big deal that the relatively unknown, up-and-coming singer-songwriter Erin McKeown is brimming over with talent -
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