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By STEVE PFARRER

Matt Andersen may not be a household name in the U.S., but he’s plenty well known in our big neighbor to the north. The New Brunswick native has won a slew of Maple Blues Awards, Canada’s biggest blues honor, while also earning nominations for the...

By STEVE PFARRER

Max Roach is celebrated as one of the most influential drummers in jazz history, a pioneer of Bebop who led groundbreaking ensembles in every decade of his long career. As a drummer and a composer, he’s credited with making drums a more expressive and...

By MADDIE FABIAN

As many Easthampton residents do, Marjory Zaik has deep ties to the historic New City Neighborhood. A 1930s family photograph pictures her aunts Stella and Helen laughing while cheerfully leaning against the rail of their Federal Street home porch in...

Four hands better than twoDEERFIELD — The Brick Church Music Series at The First Church of Deerfield continues its 2023 season with two classical pianists, Pi-Hsun Shih and Yu-Mei Wei, combining to play music from Mozart, Hensel, Brahms, Ravel and...

By STEVE PFARRER

Musicians are always looking for another venue to play. Actors and playwrights search for a new place to stage a show. Dancers want another floor to move on.At Holyoke Media, they all can find room.The independent, nonprofit organization, funded...

By JULIAN MENDOZA

ASHFIELD — In his Grammy-nominated hit “Beg Steal or Borrow,” folk rock musician Ray LaMontagne sings that “one of these days, it’s gonna be right soon, you’ll find your legs and go.” That day seems to have come for LaMontagne, whose 104-acre estate...

By STEVE PFARRER

There are any number of guitar virtuosos in the world, but there are few if any who combine melodicism, technical skill, and sheer exuberance as well as Tommy Emmanuel, who grew up in Australia but was heavily influenced by fingerstyle American...

By STEVE PFARRER

What’s funny about being a student or going to school? Or about being a parent of a kid going to school?Plenty, if you’re a comedian.But when it comes to “Comedy Cause,” a night dedicated to laughter at Northampton’s Academy of Music Sept. 9, the...

By MADDIE FABIAN

NORTHAMPTON — With a sunny forecast and a schedule packed with agricultural events, music, motor sport activities, food and local art, the 206th Three County Fair is set to kick off Friday and run through Labor Day on Monday.First been held in 1818,...

By STEVE PFARRER

Several years ago, South Hadley created a community block party, FallsFest, that was designed to bring people together in the Falls area, the oldest neighborhood in town, with the long-range goal of revitalizing the area, home to many businesses, and...

By STEVE PFARRER

Between them, Dave Alvin and Jimmie Dale Gilmore have released over 25 albums — and that’s not counting the eight albums Alvin made as a member of the roots rock band The Blasters.And these two roots music veterans, who have a Grammy award and a...

By STEVE PFARRER

August in Northampton has a tradition of at least three things: late summer corn, back-to-school preparations, and a certain themed concert at Look Park’s Pines Theater.This year is no exception, and on Aug. 22, Performance 33 will bring area...

Folk music from the British Isles by way of ItalyAMHERST — The Arcadia Players, the Valley-based ensemble that specializes in playing Baroque and early classical music, will host a summer concert this Saturday, Aug. 19, at South Church that offers a...

By MADDIE FABIAN

EASTHAMPTON – Growing up surrounded by corn and beans in rural Iowa, Leah Nichole Ewing would wake up early to the chirps and songs of birds.Her window overlooked the outer edge of the woods where she spent her childhood exploring and enjoying the...

By STEVE PFARRER

Edgy. Sardonic and deadpan. Willing to joke about difficult subjects. Willing to joke about himself.As Sam Morril sees it, pretty much anything is fair game for comedy, at least as an antidote to the news and to life in general.“It’s a crazy world and...

By STEVE PFARRER

Long recognized as one of the modern masters of the banjo, Tony Trischka has been a big influence on different styles of progressive bluegrass and a guy who’s woven elements of other music — jazz, psychedelic pop, Great American Songbook tunes — into...

By STEVE PFARRER

Just as the Yiddish Book Center has played a key role in revitalizing interest in the study of Yiddish literature and language, the Amherst center also has done its part to keep alive one of the liveliest parts of Yiddish culture: music.Now in its...

By STEVE PFARRER

Top music schools in Boston such as the Berklee College of Music and the New England Conservatory of Music have sent many talented players into the world, a good number specializing in rock and jazz and others making waves in acoustic music.Some of...

By SHERYL HUNTER

GREENFIELD — When it comes to enjoying music outdoors, the Green River Festival is tough to beat.The festival, one of the largest and most anticipated summer events that is now in its 36th year, will take place Friday through Sunday at the Franklin...

By STEVE PFARRER

June Millington is a familiar name in the Valley music scene, a veteran guitarist and educator who since the early 2000s has overseen numerous programs at The Institute for the Musical Arts (IMA), the Goshen center dedicated to supporting women and...