Music Reviews & Coverage
Nightcrawler: They’re Crafty
Robert Fripp’s Orchestra of Crafty Guitarists comes to Bay State; Worthy Beer fest on tap for June.
Behind the Beat: Brings Good News
It’s ironic in a town with such an estro-centric reputation as Northampton that it’s actually...
Behind the Beat: Risk Takers
F ormed in 2008 by a quartet of Hartt School of Music students, the New England band Brotherhood of...
Hampshire Choral Society at 60
Plenty of folks remember the early days of the Hampshire Choral Society. Marietta Pritchard was too...
Nightcrawler: Parlor Tricks
Rusty Belle offers a sonic sampler; alleged murder plot derails Killswitch Engage opening act.
Nightcrawler: Good For What Ales Ya
Psychostick hopped up for Mill Street Brews show; an Elvis Presley option for Mama’s Day procrastinators.
Top 10 Valley Band Names: Colors
1) Pink Sharpie Express 2) The Silver Jews 3) Goldwater 4) Long Green Hair 5)...
1) Pink Sharpie Express 2) The Silver Jews 3) Goldwater 4) Long Green Hair 5)...
Nightcrawler: Color His World
F. Alex Johnson begins a new chapter in his sonic storybook with Colorway; McKeown phones in her latest studio effort.
About Time: Antigone Rising
All-female band Antigone Rising recently got a boost of national visibility when bassist Kristen Ellis-Henderson...
All-female band Antigone Rising recently got a boost of national visibility when bassist Kristen Ellis-Henderson...
Behind the Beat: Energy and Emotion
" Like a lot of bands, we were initially a pack of friends before even playing one note together,”...
Circling Back
Sandy Chapin, widow of songwriter Harry Chapin, grew up in the Valley. She was near West Springfield’s...
Sandy Chapin, widow of songwriter Harry Chapin, grew up in the Valley. She was near West Springfield’s...
Behind the Beat: No Looking Back
"W e’re not a quiet band,” says Bryan Forbes, bassist and backup vocalist for Palmer band...
Behind the Beat: Working Class Punk
"I started listening to punk rock when I was 13 and never looked back,” says vocalist Colin...
Nightcrawler: Soul Sister
Janet Ryan returns to Theodores’ with a new disc and Texas connections; Neville, Sallins and more lend sonic support to First Generation.
The Doctor Sells Out?
Recently, we received disturbing news. Dr. Westchesterson, the professorial rapper/outlaw of the “413”...
Old/New Hip-hop
In the video “Kham Kham,” Senegalese musicians Bideew Bou Bess (say biday-oo boo bess)...
In the video “Kham Kham,” Senegalese musicians Bideew Bou Bess (say biday-oo boo bess)...
Re-Generation
The Performance Project began in the Hampshire County jail, inspiring inmates to create original...
Nightcrawler: Blame It on Brio
Delicate Steve leaps from silver screen to Pearl Street engagement; Green River Fest is flush with regional talent.
Behind the Beat: From Soul to Sound
Since 1931, when the passage of a new law eased the process of acquiring a marriage license in Nevada,...
Nightcrawler: Sound Tracks
L.A.’s Dawes gets opening nod for Bob Dylan at Mullins; Cilman says sayonara to Arts Council.
Behind the Beat: Musical Curators
Hear the term “free range” and most of us think of farming. Both free range poultry and...
Behind the Beat: Sludge Life
Every member of the Springfield band Crowrider is a music lifer. Whether by virtue of having played...
Nightcrawler: In the Know
Tony Lee Thomas debuts his Temet Nosce at Bishop’s Lounge; Connecticut festival has something to Crowe about.
Nightcrawler: Good For What Ales Ya
Concert series features strings and suds; MassMutual’s concert train keeps a-rollin’.
Behind the Beat: Fun For All
"We never really planned to be a ‘band,’” say the members of the Amherst collective...
Nightcrawler: Tattoo You
Heather Maloney wears her songs on her sleeve; Midwest Rock ’n’ Roll Express pulls into Springfield.
Behind the Beat: Cosmic Improvisation
Sometimes, when a member of a band is asked to describe his group’s sound, he answers by citing...
Nightcrawler: Pledge of Allegiance
Murder By Death, Lo Fine turn to Kickstarter for new projects; nada for Gaga fans as tour cancelled.
Nightcrawler: Tru to Form
Rock show without a home finds sanctuary at Florence VFW; United Way paging all Docs Who Rock.
Behind the Beat: Two of a Kind
Formed in 2011, the Western Massachusetts folk/ rock duo Indian Oven has never been a group to take...
Behind the Beat: Food For the Soul
With an origin dating all the way back to 2002, and its first-ever appearance on a Valley stage coming...
The Persistence of Melody
Valley popster Lord Russ talks about art, a new album and life in the Sunshine State.
Behind the Beat: Totally Random
In the fifth season of the popular cartoon series Family Guy , there is an episode in which several...
Nightcrawler: No Fair-Weather Band
Bon Jovi treats stranded Mohegan Sun guests to pro bono concert; SugarHouse members shuffle off to Buffalo.
Behind the Beat: Warm Rock Nostalgia
F or Northampton musician Eric Trabucco, the best rock music consists of ringing melodies, sing-along...
Traveling Light
"I am on a sojourn in the desert, children, and God has given me the power to speak”: So sings...
Nightcrawler: Cinderella Story
Tom Keifer will not let the rock clock strike 12 on his storybook career.
Bourbon Street in the Berkshires
New Orleans’ Preservation Hall Jazz Band turns up the temperature at the Clark.
Behind the Beat: Polished Garage Rock
D espite joining forces in 2008, the rockers of West Springfield band Scrap Iron Sun possess a history...
CD Shorts
Reviewed this week: Dawn McCarthy and Bonnie “Prince” Billy; Golden Bloom; and Catherine Irwin
Launching Guilford Sound
A state-of-the-art studio in southern Vermont offers local bands big-time sounds.
Behind the Beat: Playful Nature
“N o Intention has existed as an entity since 1995,” says band guitarist and vocalist...
Nightcrawler: Pick of the Week
Springfield Museums host national guitar exhibit; Symphony Hall thinks Pink.
Nightcrawler: Songs Remain Exactly the Same
Zep-replicators Get The Led Out make annual pilgrimage to Calvin; Amazing Kreskin checks in.
Art in Paradise: The Christian Sound
A new box set explores the sounds of Benny Goodman and the early electric guitar pioneer Charlie Christian.
Nightcrawler: Banding Together
Nearly four dozen bands, including Fear Nuttin Band and Gone By Daylight, lend sonic support to Downtown For Newtown.
Behind the Beat: Gothic Americana
H aving finalized its current lineup and started its career as a live unit in the fall of 2011, the...
Behind the Beat: Modern Americana
Take one part former Grand Band Slam winner, one part classical and jazz trained tuba player, one part...
Nightcrawler: Something To Fawn Over
Newlin talks Watermelon talent to tenants; Fallen Starlets and Tory Hanna push new studio product.
Behind the Beat: Hill People
“W e wanted a name that referenced music that comes from the hills, something that represented...Find it Here:
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