Music
by Advocate Staff | Feb 16, 2019 | Advocate Sessions, Articles, Music
Stoner Will & The Narks play slacker rock with a biting satirical bent. Check out the band’s Advocate Sessions performance in the video below. Interview with Stoner Will & The Narks
by Jennifer Levesque | Feb 14, 2019 | Articles, Arts, Columns, Featured, Music, Valley Show Girl
Signature Sounds recording artists And The Kids from Northampton have made a name for themselves throughout their active musician years in the Valley. They’ve been locally and nationally covered and very recently had a live set at Paste Magazine that was streamed...
by Advocate Staff | Feb 9, 2019 | Articles, Music
Electrio combines blues rock with progressive rock, funky grooves, and experimental stylings. Check out the band’s Advocate Sessions performance in the video below. Interview with Electrio:
by Will Meyer | Feb 8, 2019 | Basemental, Columns, Featured, Music
Hadley’s Mike Parham, whose solo moniker is Mibble, recently released a new album, “Welcome the Earth Dog.” Parham’s superb home recordings sound like miniature musical collages, complete with sound effects, samples, and a lackadaisical posture towards the...
by Advocate Staff | Feb 1, 2019 | Articles, Music, Valley Advocate Sessions
Raspberry Jam plays catchy progressive indie rock that’ll get you on the dance floor. Check out the band’s Valley Advocate Sessions performance in the video below. Interview with Raspberry Jam:
by Advocate Staff | Jan 25, 2019 | Articles, Music, Valley Advocate Sessions
No Lens combines reggae rock with acoustic folk and funk grooves. Check out the band’s performance on Valley Advocate Sessions in the video below. Interview with No Lens:
by Advocate Staff | Jan 18, 2019 | Articles, Music, Valley Advocate Sessions
Dicey Riley with Zoe Darrow is a Celtic-folk influenced rock band with virtuoso fiddle and electric bagpipes. Check out the band’s full Valley Advocate Sessions performance in the video below. Interview with Dicey Riley and Zoe Darrow:
by Advocate Staff | Jan 11, 2019 | Articles, Music, Valley Advocate Sessions
Moving Day is a an indie rock duo in the spirit of 1960s pop music. Check out the band’s Valley Advocate Sessions performance in the video below. Interview with Moving Day:
by Jennifer Levesque | Jan 7, 2019 | Articles, Columns, Music, Valley Show Girl
The gift that keeps on giving is always the gift of music. You can go all out and get someone you love a new record player with a handful of vinyl for them to christen the needle with. You can pick up a CD or even a cassette, and you can purchase the album online to...
by Advocate Staff | Jan 4, 2019 | Articles, Music, Valley Advocate Sessions
Uncle Brothers is a a progressive jazz metal band with electric trumpets and heavy distorted guitar riffs. Check out the band’s Advocate Sessions performance in the video below. Interview with Uncle Brothers:
by Advocate Staff | Dec 28, 2018 | Articles, Music, Valley Advocate Sessions
Scott Meyers is a mellow folk singer-songwriter with heart and soul. Check out his Advocate Sessions performance in the video below. Interview with Scott Meyers:
by Advocate Staff | Dec 21, 2018 | Articles, Music, Valley Advocate Sessions
Dirty Words is a project that combines soulful poetry with introspective jazz presented by singer-songwriter Cait Simpson (The Greys). Simpson created a special version of her poetry-driven performance for Valley Advocate Sessions, which you can watch in the video...
by Advocate Staff | Dec 14, 2018 | Advocate Sessions, Featured, Music
Ali Kat and the Revelators perform rocking funk and soul with sax, guitars, and high energy vocals. Check out the band’s Advocate Sessions performance in the video below. Interview with Ali Kat and the Revelators:
by Advocate Staff | Nov 30, 2018 | Articles, Music, Valley Advocate Sessions
Josh Pearson plays country, blues, and folk music with a dose of wry songwriting wit. Check out his complete Valley Advocate Sessions performance in the video below. Interview with Josh Pearson:
by Advocate Staff | Nov 28, 2018 | Articles, Music, Valley Advocate Sessions
Michael Graffius is a performer who plays sweet melancholy folk mixed with poetic indie and punk lyricism. Check out his Advocate Sessions performance in the video below. Interview with Michael Graffius:
by Advocate Staff | Nov 16, 2018 | Articles, Music, Valley Advocate Sessions
Sunny D & The Tangy Originals is the solo project of guitarist Tom Del Negro (Lexi Weege & The Wondertwins). Sunny D performs electrified virtuoso looped guitar compositions, blending pre-recorded sounds with intricate soloing. Interview with Sunny...
by Advocate Staff | Nov 8, 2018 | Articles, Music, Valley Advocate Sessions
Lexi Weege & The Wondertwins perform hot jazz music with close vocal harmonies with blues roots. Check out the band’s full Valley Advocate Sessions performance in the video below. Interview with Lexi Weege & The Wondertwins:
by Advocate Staff | Oct 12, 2018 | Featured, Music, Valley Advocate Sessions
Moxie is a soulful teenage indie pop and rock group from Brattleboro, VT, and also our 100th act to be featured on Advocate Sessions. Check out Moxie’s set below alongside an interview with the band and a special 100th Sessions Video Retrospective in which David...
by Will Meyer | Nov 8, 2018 | Articles, Basemental, Columns, Music
There are two reasons I like music. The first is that euphoric feeling you get when you see an amazing band (especially for the first time); the second is I like musicians and their stories. I enjoy compulsively consuming them. Gotta scrape the bottom of the Wikipedia...
by Advocate Staff | Nov 3, 2018 | Articles, Music, Valley Advocate Sessions
Chris James is a folk/pop singer-songwriter with a sweet tenor voice matched by remarkable falsetto. Check out his full Advocate Sessions performance in the video below. Interview with Chris James:
by Advocate Staff | Oct 5, 2018 | Advocate Sessions, Articles, Music
Scott Cadwallader is a folk/country singer-songwriter from Northampton and host of the weekly Thursday Yellow Sofa open mic at the Thirsty Mind. Cadwallader is a prolific songwriter, who has published dozens of his own original songs on YouTube. Check out his Advocate...
by Will Meyer | Oct 26, 2018 | Articles, Basemental, Columns, Music
Self described “weak hardcore” band Landowner leaves few stones unturned in skewering today’s tattered state of affairs on their August album Blatant. Everything from consumerism and television to insecure men and elite self-congratulation gets a scathing treatment by...
by Advocate Staff | Sep 28, 2018 | Articles, Music
Local singer-songwriter Anjali Rose Kumar performs a melange of indie folk-tinged looped vocals and guitar with a world music perspective. Interview with Anjali Rose:
by Advocate Staff | Oct 19, 2018 | Articles, Music, Valley Advocate Sessions
John-Michael Field performs spiritually themed folk with a dose of humor. Check out his full Advocate Sessions performance in the video below. Interview with John-Michael Field:
by Advocate Staff | Sep 21, 2018 | Articles, Music, Valley Advocate Sessions
Eva Cappelli is a local songwriting queen who plays everything from blues and country to jazz and rock. Check out her Advocate Sessions performance in the video below. Interview with Eva Cappelli:
by Will Meyer | Sep 17, 2018 | Basemental, Columns, Featured, Music
Two years ago when I wrote a profile about Finley Janes’ project Pussyvision, the project was just getting started. A year prior, Janes wasn’t making music—yet. Pussyvision had yet to go on multiple tours, one of which took Janes as far as Mexico, and produce, record...
by Advocate Staff | Sep 14, 2018 | Articles, Music, Valley Advocate Sessions
Riley Godleski is a local singer-songwriter who perfroms indie pop mixed with bittersweet melodies and melancholy alternative folk. Interview with Riley Godleski:
by Advocate Staff | Sep 7, 2018 | Articles, Music, Valley Advocate Sessions
Austin & Elliott are an acoustic folk duo who write ballads about love and death. Check out their complete Advocate Sessions performance in the video below. Interview with Austin & Elliott:
by Will Meyer | Aug 31, 2018 | Basemental, Columns, Featured, Music
Western Massachusetts is known for its rich lineage of foundational bands that have defined underground music from different eras. Of course Dinosaur Jr. comes to mind, not to mention Pixies. While the shadow of bands like that certainly looms large (“omg, Murph just...
by Advocate Staff | Aug 31, 2018 | Articles, Music, Valley Advocate Sessions
Mike Spector is a local singer-songwriter who writes soulful folk ballads about love and heartache. Check out his complete Advocate Sessions performance in the video below. Interview with Mike Spector:
by Advocate Staff | Aug 30, 2018 | Articles, Music, Valley Advocate Sessions
Check out a teaser video of this week’s Advocate Sessions performer – soulful folk singer-songwriter Mike Spector. His full Valley Advocate Sessions video and interview will be released this Friday.
by Gina Beavers | Aug 29, 2018 | Articles, Arts, Film, Music
Betty Davis was more than just Miles Davis’ wife; she was a funky musical force who was a head of her time when it came to demanding control over her image and her recordings. In the early 1980s Betty disappeared from public life. In 2012 filmmakers discovered...
by Gina Beavers | Aug 28, 2018 | Articles, Arts, Music, Uncategorized
Minneapolis trio Mama Caught Fire heads a line up of girl power tonight! Kimaya Diggs and Emma June complete the trifecta. Iron Horse Music Hall, 10 Center St.,...
by Gina Beavers | Aug 25, 2018 | Articles, Arts, Music
The great conductor and composer Leonard Bernstein would be 100 this year! Happy birthday, Maestro! Celebrate with the BSO at Tanglewood tonight. 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. in the Shed. 297 West St., Lenox.
by Gina Beavers | Aug 25, 2018 | Articles, Arts, Music, Stage
Three days of metal, punk, and rock? Could it be? Yes! And it happening NOW!! RPM Fest is New England’s biggest heavy music and camping festival, featuring 50 bands including Black Tusk, Tombs, Whores, Acid Witch, Child Bite, INCITE, Against the Grain,...
by Advocate Staff | Aug 24, 2018 | Articles, Music, Valley Advocate Sessions
Wendy Eisenberg is a virtuoso guitarist who combines experimental songwriting with jazz and indie folk. Check out her full performance in the video below. Interview with Wendy Eisenberg:
by Gina Beavers | Aug 23, 2018 | Articles, Arts, Music
“King of the Surf Guitar” Dick Dale is at the Iron Horse tonight. Dale “pretty much invented the style single-handedly.” Just think of Pulp Fiction’s reintroduction to “Misirlou.” He’s the precursor to Jimi Hendrix and...
by Gina Beavers | Aug 22, 2018 | Articles, Arts, Music
Louis Dunphy’s Celtic Crossings began in 2005 as a LIVE radio program on WMUA 91.1fm Amherst and now airs every Sunday morning @ 7am on The River. The show focuses on Celtic music and often hosts nationally and internationally recognized performers with live...
by Gina Beavers | Aug 21, 2018 | Articles, Arts, Music, Stage
Celebrate community and the arts with Transperformance 28: AmperBands! Featuring Colorway as Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, Soul Magnets as Sly & the Family Stone, Fancy Trash as Paul McCartney & Wings, King Radio as Simon & Garfunkel, Eric Olsson and...
by Gina Beavers | Aug 20, 2018 | Articles, Arts, Music, Newsletter, Stage
The New York Times says Michelle Malone is “the kind of singer and songwriter who can jolt things into overdrive.” She’s been on the scene for decades and she’s collaborated with artists like Steve Earle Malone, the late Gregg Allman, ZZ Top,...
by Advocate Staff | Aug 19, 2018 | Articles, Music
The True Jacqueline are an art rock/ noise pop band from Northampton. Check out the band’s complete Advocate Sessions performance. Interview with the True Jacqueline:
by Gina Beavers | Aug 19, 2018 | Articles, Music
Quickly gaining recognition as one of Irish music’s new “super-groups,” Runa prides itself on pushing the boundaries of Irish folk music by merging it with the Americana and roots music formats. There’s a taste of Ireland and Scotland mixed with jazz,...
by Gina Beavers | Aug 17, 2018 | Articles, Arts, Music, Stage
Tuvan throat singers to perform in Brattleboro, Vermont Brattleboro Museum & Art Center presents Alash Ensemble, a trio of Tuvan throat singers. The central Asian republic of Tuva is home to a style of throat singing whereby one singers produces two or more notes...
by Gina Beavers | Aug 16, 2018 | Arts, Music, Newsletter, Stage
If you’re aching for the Blues, check out Erin Harpe and the Delta Swingers at Hawks & Reed tonight. Or if you’re yearning for some “Electric Delta Boogie–” you got it, check out Erin Harpe and the Delta Swingers at Hawks and Reed. Harpe...
by Gina Beavers | Aug 15, 2018 | Articles, Arts, Music, Newsletter
If you’re a fan of Americana, Western, Progressive and Jazz-influenced Swing, Country, and Texas-Style Fiddling, you’re a fan of the Quebe Sisters. Hailing from Dallas, between these three sibs, they’ve won a number of state, regional, and national fiddle...
by Gina Beavers | Aug 12, 2018 | Articles, Arts, Music, Newsletter
If you have doubts about the beauty of all the different ethnic and cultural nooks and crannies in America, this act may well erase them. Sweet Crude is straight out of Louisiana and they proudly sing out in French and in English. As a matter of fact, one of their...
by Gina Beavers | Aug 11, 2018 | Articles, Arts, Music, Newsletter
It’s not an ordinary lame prom at the Flywheel. Western Mass punks unite wearing their best alternative formal wear as they jam to local favorites, pose in a photobooth, and stop by a temporary tattoo station. The musical lineup for the evening includes pop punk band...
by Advocate Staff | Aug 10, 2018 | Articles, Music, Valley Advocate Sessions
The frost heaves and hales perform as a psych folk duo with one-minute songs about birds and other animals on the Valley Advocate Sessions Stage. Interview with The frost heaves and hales:
by Gina Beavers | Aug 10, 2018 | Articles, Arts, Music, Stage
Colorway is awesome. They blew us away during their Advocate Sessions performance and I’ve gotten to see them here and there since then. Here’s a chance to catch them at a no cover, all ages show in Springfield. Luxe Burger Bar, 1200 West Columbus Ave., Springfield....
by Jennifer Levesque | Aug 9, 2018 | Columns, Featured, Music, Valley Show Girl
I’d just devoured a bowlful of multi-colored Chicklet gum, then jumped up and down on the couch with my blonde pigtails smacking up against my cheeks. Blondie’s “Rapture” blared from the 80’s radio/boombox in the kitchen while my mother was either cooking or...
by Gina Beavers | Aug 9, 2018 | Articles, Music, Newsletter
Tonight and every Thursday at 5:30 p.m. until the end of August, Mass MoCA sets up The Chalet. The Chalet is an art installation created by Dean Baldwin and serves as a riverside bar and beer garden in Building Eight. Live music starts up at 8 p.m. and visitors can...
by Gina Beavers | Aug 8, 2018 | Articles, Arts, Film, Music
It’s hard to believe that George Harrison of the Beatles shuffled off his mortal coil almost twenty years ago. But, alas, it’s been that long. If you’re feeling like you want to reminisce, check out Concert for George, the 2002 performance tribute...
by Advocate Staff | Aug 7, 2018 | Articles, Arts, Music, Newsletter, Stage
Punk Prom at the Flywheel Arts Collective // SATURDAY, AUGUST 11 It’s not an ordinary lame prom at the Flywheel. Western Mass punks unite wearing their best alternative formal wear as they jam to local favorites, pose in a photobooth, and stop by a temporary tattoo...
by Gina Beavers | Aug 7, 2018 | Articles, Arts, Music, Newsletter, Stage
One of the finest reasons to live in western Mass is our proximity to great art. So get out there and lap it up! It’s a day of musical activities for the entire family at Tanglewood and the whole shabang ends with an 8 p.m. concert featuring all the...
by Gina Beavers | Aug 6, 2018 | Articles, Arts, Music, Stage
MONDAY 8/6 MUSIC 43rd Annual Vermont Jazz Center Summer Jazz Workshop: 4 p.m. The Putney School, 418 Houghton Brook Rd., Putney. Berkshire High Peaks Music Festival: $12 – $50. The Berkshire School, 245 N. Undermountain Rd., Sheffield. 800-843-0778....
by Advocate Staff | Aug 6, 2018 | Articles, Music, Valley Advocate Sessions
Arc City Angels is a three piece hard rock band from Holyoke that combines metal, pop, and punk together for an eclectic mix. Interview with Arc City Angels:
by Gina Beavers | Aug 4, 2018 | Articles, Arts, Music, Newsletter
The Valley Advocate’s own Valley Show Girl columnist Jennifer Levesque is curating a lineup of local acts at the 13th Floor Music Lounge in Florence, which includes guitar and synth driven duo Fire Letters, progressive synth sorcerer John Trudeau, Grey Matter, led by...
by Gina Beavers | Aug 3, 2018 | Articles, Arts, Music, Newsletter
Deborah Harry (and her boys) aka Blondie are rockin’ the Berkshires tonight. Yeah, boy! Call me nostalgic, I don’t care. She and her bandmates are at Mass Moca playing the greats and making the world a new wave paradise once again. And the Kids open up...
by Gina Beavers | Aug 2, 2018 | Articles, Arts, Music, Newsletter, Stage
THURSDAY 8/2 MUSIC Amherst Downtown Beats – Flathead Rodeo & Colorway: 6 p.m. – 8 p.m. Free. The Amherst BID’s Downtown Beats Summer Concert series continues with a performance by Flathead Rodeo and Colorway.Kendrick Park, East Pleasant St., Amherst....
by Advocate Staff | Aug 1, 2018 | Articles, Arts, Get Out With Staff Picks, Music, Stage
Valley Show Girl Presents at the 13th Floor Music Lounge // SATURDAY, AUGUST 4 The Valley Advocate’s own Valley Show Girl columnist Jennifer Levesque is curating a lineup of local acts at the 13th Floor Music Lounge in Florence, which includes guitar and synth driven...