by Advocate Staff | Jun 20, 2016 | Uncategorized
Bloodgrass, baby Angry Johnny and the Killbillies will be playing their own blend of “Bloodgrass” music — kind of a metal bluegrass — Friday night at Luthier’s Co-op in Easthampton. Also playing that night are Matt Hebert, Jerry Brookman, and Eavesdrop Trio. Show...
by Rob Breszney | Jun 20, 2016 | Articles, Astrology, Wellness
ARIES (March 21-April 19): “The past lives on in art and memory,” writes author Margaret Drabble, “but it is not static: it shifts and changes as the present throws its shadow backwards.” That’s a fertile thought for you to meditate on...
by Kristin Palpini | Jun 14, 2016 | Articles, Arts, Newsletter
Animal Dreams: Souls of Wildlife in Stone, Wood, and Paper by Holland HoaglandU.S. Fish and Wildlife Services, 300 Westgate Center Dr., HadleyThere are probably one hundred pieces and photos of Pelham artist Holland Hoagland’s artwork on display at the Fish and...
by Will Meyer | Jun 14, 2016 | Articles, Basemental, Columns, Music, Newsletter
Downtown Jam Matt Robidoux is nervous. He is sitting on a patch of grass in downtown Greenfield, adjacent to a municipal parking lot and the Mexican restaurant Mesa Verde. Across the street, a small handful of musicians are shooting the shit and smoking cigarettes,...
by Advocate Staff | Jun 14, 2016 | Articles, Newsletter
Get Shorty Google “kid Trombone Shorty” and try not to smile. The top search result shows Troy Andrews, age 5, playing at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival in 1991. The child is bug-eyed, with puffed cheeks, blowing into an instrument twice as long as his...