Advocate Sessions
Julia Clark on the Valley Advocate Sessions Stage
Julia Clark plays acoustic grunge rock-infused indie music. Check out her performance in the video below. Interview with Julia Clark:
Kimaya Diggs on the Valley Advocate Sessions stage
Each week, the Valley Advocate publishes music videos of local musicians performing live in the Advocate offices, a project we call Advocate Sessions. We do this in collaboration with Northampton Community TV, who shoots the videos, and Signature Sounds, which takes...
Pamela Means on the Valley Advocate Sessions Stage
This week’s Advocate Sessions performer is singer-songwriter Pamela Means, who writes politically conscious roots music and jazz. Check out her full performance in the video below. Interview with Pamela Means:
Lush Honey on the Valley Advocate Sessions stage
Lush Honey is a and that makes funky soul and progressive rock ‘n’ roll. The band performed live at the Summit View in Holyoke during the 2019 Best of the Valley Readers’ Poll party.
Jon Carroll & BraveSoul on the Valley Advocate Sessions Stage
This week’s Valley Advocate Sessions performer is Jon Carroll & BraveSoul, who is a two-time Grammy Award-winning songwriter making R&B with soulful melodies and an inventive spirit. Interview with Jon Carroll:
Dave Dersham on the Valley Advocate Sessions Stage
Dave Dersham is a wordsmith who performs ambient folk and Americana songs. Check out his music on this week’s Advocate Sessions video. Interview with Dave Dersham:
Olivia Frances on the Valley Advocate Sessions Stage
Olivia Frances is a folk/pop singer-songwriter with environmentalist themes. Check out her Advocate Sessions performance in the video below. Interview with Olivia Frances:
Stoner Will & The Narks on the Valley Advocate Sessions Stage
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
Ali Kat and the Revelators on the Valley Advocate Sessions Stage
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:
Mtali Banda Oneness Project on the Valley Advocate Sessions Stage
Mtali Banda Oneness Project performs meditative jazz alongside R&B and gospel influences. Check out the group’s Valley Advocate Sessions performance in the video below. Interview with Mtali Banda Oneness Project:
Scott Cadwallader on the Valley Advocate Sessions Stage
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...
Mamma’s Marmalade on the Valley Advocate Sessions Stage
Mamma’s Marmalade is a jammy bluegrass group with old timey cheer. Check out the band’s Advocate Sessions performance in the video below. Interview with Mamma’s Marmalade:
Gabe’s Band on the Valley Advocate Sessions Stage
Check out the full Valley Advocate Sessions performance of local anarchistic rock n’ roll group, Gabe’s Band. Make sure to watch until the end for some classic rock styled chaos. A Not So Serious Interview with Gabe’s Band:
VIDEO: Blame Cadence on Valley Advocate Sessions Friday
Blame Cadence is a one woman chorus of looped soulful a cappella pop. Check out a teaser video of Blame Cadence’s Valley Advocate Sessions performance, which will be released this Friday.
Izzy Heltai on the Valley Advocate Sessions Stage
Izzy Heltai is an indie folk singer-songwriter with a penchant for storytelling. Check out his full Valley Advocate Sessions performance in the video below. Interview with Izzy Heltai:
Maurice Soulfighter Taylor on the Valley Advocate Sessions Stage
Maurice “Soulfighter” Taylor’s performances are slam poetry meets socially conscious hip hop. Check out his complete Valley Advocate Sessions performance. Interview with Maurice “Soulfighter” Taylor:
Pinedrop on the Valley Advocate Sessions Stage
Pinedrop is a jammy bluegrass meets rocking Americana band from Brattleboro, VT. Check out the band’s complete Valley Advocate Sessions performance. (Click on the video below) Interview with Pinedrop:
Sunshine Brothers Inc. on the Valley Advocate Sessions Stage
Sunshine Brothers Inc is a funky psychedelic pop group with waves of synth and surf. Interview with Sunshine Brothers Inc.
VIDEO: Sunshine Brothers Inc on Advocate Sessions Friday
Sunshine Brothers Inc plays funky psychedelic pop with waves of synth and surf. Check out a teaser video of the band’s upcoming Advocate Sessions video, which will be released this Friday.
The Wildcat O’Halloran Band on the Valley Advocate Sessions
Check out energetic blues and classic rock group, The Wildcat O’Halloran Band. Wildcat has been a Massachusetts staple in the local blues and rock scene for more than two decades and the band’s Sessions performance mixes original blues rock songs with classic rock...
VIDEO: The Wildcat O’Halloran Band on Sessions Friday
Check out a teaser video for energetic blues and classic rock group, The Wildcat O’Halloran Band. Wildcat has been a Massachusetts staple in the local blues and rock scene for more than a decade and the band’s Sessions performance mixes original blues rock...
Ginger Libations on the Valley Advocate Sessions Stage
Ginger Libations is a Northampton-based jazz fusion group in love with jamming and ginger. Interview with Ginger Libations:
Austin James on the Valley Advocate Sessions Stage
Multi-instrumentalist singer-songwriter Austin James, who plays guitar, violin, and keyboards, performs original indie rock music mixed with folk pop sensibilities. James performed on the Valley Advocate Sessions stage on Nov. 28. Interview with Austin...E-Edition
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