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Nightcrawler: Going Gentle Into That Good Night

Nightcrawler: Going Gentle Into That Good Night

by Gary Carra | Jan 23, 2017 | Arts, Columns, Featured, Leisure, Music, Newsletter, Nightcrawler

After more than two decades delivering the music news in print, Nightcrawler moves online Editor’s Note: Scene stalwart Gary Carra’s Nightcrawler column has long been a fixture at the Valley Advocate — a history that goes back, as he explains here, to the bygone era...
Nightcrawler: Country First

Nightcrawler: Country First

by Gary Carra | Jan 9, 2017 | Articles, Columns, Music, Newsletter, Nightcrawler

This week, a few of the Valley’s more notable country boys will slap on their Stetsons and give the scene a swift, cowboy boot to the posterior. First out of the gate: on Friday Jan. 13, Trailer Trash will serve up heaping portions of modern country rock at Holyoke’s...
Nightcrawler: It’s Not Yuuuge – It’s Jewmongous

Nightcrawler: It’s Not Yuuuge – It’s Jewmongous

by Gary Carra | Dec 19, 2016 | Articles, Arts, Columns, Music, Newsletter, Nightcrawler, Stage

Sean Altman was best known as a member of the a capella singing group Rockapella, which had a recurring role on the PBS television show Where In The World Is Carmen San Diego? from 1991 to 1995. Since then, based on Altman’s website, he’s been mugging with former...
Nightcrawler: Saying Adios to ‘El Tony’ Cruz Reyes

Nightcrawler: Saying Adios to ‘El Tony’ Cruz Reyes

by Gary Carra | Dec 5, 2016 | Articles, Arts, Featured, Newsletter, Nightcrawler

Longtime radio personality Mike “Haze” DeJesus’s tale of his first meeting with Springfield-area rockers Hypnotic Kick smacks of a tacky joke set up. “Eighteen years ago, three Puerto Rican gents and an Irish lad walked into the radio station,” he recalled. “I was a...
Nightcrawler: Talkin’ Turkey

Nightcrawler: Talkin’ Turkey

by Gary Carra | Nov 21, 2016 | Articles, Arts, Columns, Featured, Music, Newsletter, Nightcrawler

Thanksgiving Eve is roundly considered one of the busiest bar days of the year. True to form, this Wednesday, Nov. 23, finds the Valley circuit smattered with live entertainment offerings.Country rockers Trailer Trash will be holding court at Chicopee’s Maximum...
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