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Roger McGuinn, Folk Rock Legend

Abby Wood — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 17:42:31 +0000

A Lesson on Venues

Abby Wood — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 19:02:03 +0000

Conflict of [Musical] Interests

Abby Wood — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 18:27:22 +0000

Has anyone else noticed that two amazing shows at two of the best music venues in the Berkshires--Tanglewood and MASS MoCA--are happening on the same weekend this summer?

Goodness and Light

Abby Wood — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 22:00:23 +0000

Some of us may be taking the phrase “I’ll be home for Christmas” for granted. What if your home was suddenly taken away from you, mere days before the holiday?

Tidings of Comfort and Joy

Abby Wood — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 21:15:40 +0000

The Hillcrest Holiday Wish Program aims to make the holiday season a bright and happy one by providing gifts to the 150 boys and girls who spend their holidays at Hillcrest.

Feast fit for a King

Abby Wood — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 23:42:59 +0000

While most of us gorged ourselves on turkey and stuffing this past weekend, the city of Pittsfield offered me something a little different to get stuffed on.

Bella's Bartok: Straight Shire

Abby Wood — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 20:56:34 +0000

Bella’s Bartok is a band that defies definition. They’ve been labeled as gypsy-punk, Balkan rockabilly, and circus rock. But the effort to pin down their sound is trivial. You could call them an eleven-piece cacophony parade for all they care. Their goal is to spread the electrifyingly good time they’re having on stage out into the audience, until every last person is out of breath…in a good way. They’re here to have fun.

Mother Nature sends a stern message

Abby Wood — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 21:24:27 +0000

While I absolutely loved growing up in the Berkshires, thoroughly enjoyed going to school in the Berkshires, and consider myself extremely lucky to be living and writing in the Berkshires today, I have to admit that there is one thing I do NOT thoroughly enjoy about our little corner of the Northeast: winter weather. Alas, judging from the events of today, it doesn't look like it will be going anywhere anytime soon (global warming, please?).

Billy Keane takes the Berkshires

Abby Wood — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 20:29:45 +0000

Billy Keane has been taking the Berkshires by storm since his arrival in the summer of 2009, and with a debut solo album, The Pine Street Sessions, under his belt, and the recent release of an EP with his band, Billy Keane & The Misdemeanor Outlaws, it doesn’t look like he’ll be letting up any time soon.

Open Wings-Broken Strings Tour comes to the Colonial Theatre

Abby Wood — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 19:46:10 +0000

Have you ever heard a song and wondered just how the songwriter came up with the lyrics? Perhaps they were especially meaningful to you or the song summed up your own life so eloquently that it was almost eerie. "What was the writer’s inspiration," you might have thought, "and how the hell did they get inside of my head and put all my thoughts into a great song?"