by Chris Goudreau | Feb 21, 2019 | Articles, Featured, Music
It’s not often that you find a music festival during late winter, let alone a diverse collection of shows across four nights ranging from zydeco to bluegrass, country music, and folk. But Signature Sounds’ annual Back Porch Festival, now in its fifth year, is right at...
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 Chris Goudreau | Jul 26, 2018 | Columns, Featured, News, Newsletter, O Cannabis!
The Great New England Marijuana Accessories Swap Meet will be “like an Antique’s Roadshow for bongs.” According to Jeff Bianchine, director of the Holyoke Creative Arts Center, which will benefit from the fundraiser event, potentially hundreds of...
by Gina Beavers | Jun 15, 2018 | Articles, Arts, Music, Newsletter
Kevin Morby rose to fame as bassist in the folk rock band Woods and as the co-founder of The Babies. It’s the one year anniversary of his fourth studio album City Music; it was released on June 16, 2017. He describes the album as a “listless...
by Gina Beavers | Jun 13, 2018 | Articles, Arts, Music, Newsletter
Throw caution to the wind and check out of Montreal at Gateway City Arts tonight. They’re music is an irrepressible synthesis of dance and modern psychedelia. They’ve been around since the ’90s and released their 15th album in January. It’s...