A self-described wanderer, Berkshires-based indie-folk singer-songwriter Billy Keane has cultivated more than his share of lived-in experience. Australia-born and Connecticut-raised, he began singing in church, with an early draw towards any instrument he could get his hands on. “I’m a person who feels most authentic relative to other people when I’m communicating through music,” he […]
Lisa Bastoni (Northampton, MA) is a 2022 & 2023 New England Music Award nominee (Roots), 2020 & 2019 Boston Music Award Nominee (Folk) and winner of 2019 New Folk at the esteemed Kerrville Folk Festival. In addition to her work in music, Lisa Bastoni is a visual artist and teacher, and mother to two young […]
SESSION AMERICANA is musicians’ musicians: a cast of top-shelf players, singers, and writers who tour internationally, taking their own songs, plus hundreds more from the American songbook, on the road. Whether you catch Session Americana in a rock hall or on a festival stage, you’ll be a part of the intimate, raucous scene these players […]
Over a smoldering instrumentation that weaves percussive underpinnings with guitar, mandolin, button box accordion, and bass the Joint Chiefs unleash an acrobatic vocal awareness that soars high above it. While in flight the three lead vocalists take turns driving, swooping and diving across a songscape that dovetails their own writing with "chestnuts." Tickets at the […]
Harken to a night of whiskey drinking in a cabin among the pines, King Kyote echoes the yells of Rock & Roll’s fore-bearers while having a deeply rooted harmony with the blues, roots-rock & indie-americana genres. A force to be reckoned with on stage, Kyote’s fiery live shows prove that pure raw talent combined with […]
“Shad’s voice carries us around like a Yellow cab through the streets of a neon nightclub district, bright with romance or doomed by sin.” – Nippertown When Rees Shad began his musical journey three decades ago with the 1994 debut release, Anderson, Ohio, critics called him a “wordsmith to watch.” It’s a reputation the remarkably […]
Friday night music at Dorothy’s. Michael Lesko and the Suns Indie folk / alt country from the Southern Berkshires. Michael Lesko is the cosmic crooner. He sings like a blue bird and laments like a wounded coyote howling into the void. Joining him is a formidable outfit of notorious local musicians including Sam McGarrity and […]
The Opera Cowgirls are an alt-country band where grand opera meets the grand ole opry. Founded by Caitlin McKechney (mezzo-soprano/guitar/banjolele) after she was asked to open for a rock show at a local bar, the group also includes Sarah Beckham-Turner(soprano/cello), Maria Maxfield (soprano/dulcimer/egg shaker or tambourine), Jessica Sandidge (soprano/mandolin/rival egg shaker or tambourine) and Mila […]
The Opera Cowgirls are an alt-country band where grand opera meets the grand ole opry. Founded by Caitlin McKechney (mezzo-soprano/guitar/banjolele) after she was asked to open for a rock show at a local bar, the group also includes Sarah Beckham-Turner(soprano/cello), Maria Maxfield (soprano/dulcimer/egg shaker or tambourine), Jessica Sandidge (soprano/mandolin/rival egg shaker or tambourine) and Mila […]
Singer-songwriter Bobby Sweet is an engaging storyteller and dynamic performer. The Berkshire native and sixth generation musician has received praise for his Country-Americana style and story songs about real life. Stylistically, Bobby’s music resides somewhere between John Prine, Jackson Browne, and a countryfied Bruce Springsteen, with a hint of Texas Swing. Between 2008 and 2016, […]
No stranger to the New England music scene, Rizzio is an award-winning songwriter who brings her alt-country original music inspired by her Texas upbringing and years spent in Nashville to the shores of Cape Cod. Rizzio is a versatile musician who tours across the country with her band, the Round-Up. She also plays fi ddle […]
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