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Lightning strikes: Valley psych folk band Sweet Lightning makes its music video debut

Lightning strikes: Valley psych folk band Sweet Lightning makes its music video debut

by Chris Goudreau | Sep 5, 2019 | Articles, Featured, Music

The lush pastoral sounds of acoustic guitar, flute, fiddle, and upright bass echoed in slow motion through the Pushkin Gallery in Greenfield, before returning to normal time in an effect that’s much akin to rewinding an old VHS tape and hitting play. From there, the...
Sarno a No Show: As election looms, critics say Springfield’s mayor not there for all

Sarno a No Show: As election looms, critics say Springfield’s mayor not there for all

by Chris Goudreau | Aug 21, 2019 | Articles, Featured, News

Springfield Mayor Domenic Sarno has defined his 12-plus years as the city’s leader as “the people’s mayor,” but for 19-year-old Trevaughn Smith, that description of Sarno, which can be found on the city’s website, is a “loaded title.” Smith, campaign director for...
Longmeadow voters say no to gas pipeline project in residential neighborhood

Longmeadow voters say no to gas pipeline project in residential neighborhood

by Chris Goudreau | Aug 21, 2019 | Articles, Featured, News

Town Meeting voters in Longmeadow overwhelmingly approved a change to to the town’s zoning bylaws Tuesday, which would prohibit a proposed Tennessee Gas Company meter station project in a residentially zoned neighborhood at the Longmeadow Country Club.  More than 200...
Editorial: Performing at a 24-hour ‘413 Says #ClosetheCamps’ event

Editorial: Performing at a 24-hour ‘413 Says #ClosetheCamps’ event

by Chris Goudreau | Jul 31, 2019 | Articles, Between the Lines, Featured, News

For 24 continuous hours this past weekend, musicians, theater groups, comedians, jugglers, kirtan singers, yoga enthusiasts, and a long list of other artists in the Pioneer Valley came together to say, “Close the Camps” along the southwest border, where thousands of...
That’s One Small Step for a Band: Bandella, a musical group including astronauts, will play Hawks & Reed on July 27

That’s One Small Step for a Band: Bandella, a musical group including astronauts, will play Hawks & Reed on July 27

by Chris Goudreau | Jul 22, 2019 | Articles, Featured, Music, News

Half a century ago, humanity took its first step outward into the greater universe around us during the 1969 Apollo 11 moon landing. In celebration of that achievement, Bandella, a Houston, Texas-based folk-rock and world acoustic group made up of retired astronauts,...
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