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Thursday, May 16, 2013

Northampton writer/musician Ella Longpre celebrates the release of her first-ever chapbook, “The Odor of the Hoax Was Gone,” with a show at Flying Object in Hadley Thursday at 8 p.m. Longpre can quiet a bustling room with her hushed songs, sometimes even with her back to the crowd (as she did one night, playing the Basement’s awkwardly situated upright piano). … 0

PHOTO COURTES OF PIONEER VALLEY SYMPHONY Paul Phillips conducts the Pioneer Valley Symphony.

Pioneer Valley Symphony performs Saturday in Greenfield

Thursday, May 16, 2013

The curtain is about to close on Pioneer Valley Symphony’s star-studded season, PVS at the Movies. Thankfully, the symphony’s final visit to movie music is one where fiery crashes, bloody chases, or floor-rocking explosions have neither pride nor place. There is room for a subwoofer, however. The occasion is Gustav Mahler’s glorious and … 0

Big Sandy

Clubland: Big Sandy and his boys fly right at Iron Horse

Friday, May 17, 2013

Big Sandy and His Fly-Rite Boys is a band out of time. It speaks my grandfather’s vocabulary of pre-Beatles pop music, of songs aimed at the dance floor, guitar-driven tunes that kick it up on the common ground between country, jazz, blues, lounge, rockabilly, Western swing, Latin and early rock ‘n’ roll. The … 1

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Northampton High School junior Anna Moore, left, runs Saturday in the 4x800 meter relay event during the Western Massachusetts Division I Track Championship at Holyoke High School. Northampton High School freshman Sierra Loomis runs of the track after passing the baton, at right. SARAH CROSBY Northampton wins girls track title; Amherst rallies to second
Taj-Amir Torres of Amherst Regional High School, left, leads Saturday during the 100 meter dash event at the Western Massachusetts Division I Track Championship at Holyoke High School. Oushane Lewis of Central High School, center, and John Ferrera of Ludlow follow behind. SARAH CROSBY Chicopee Comp overtakes Amherst to win boys track title
Hampshire College student Esther Dane celebrates during the graduation ceremony Saturday in Amherst. Dane's Division III, Portraits of Wellness, combines art with science research. SARAH CROSBY Hampshire’s 300 graduates urged to confront challenges
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Advance bookings

Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Advance bookings Shinedown — Wed., May 1, 7 p.m., MassMutual Center, Springfield. $25, $39. massmutualcenter.com Foreigner — Sat., May 5, 7 p.m., Foxwoods. $20-$45. foxwoods.com Josh Ritter and the Royal City Band, The Felice Brothers — Thurs., May … 0

Weekend planner: Music

Wednesday, April 24, 2013

If you have a nodding acquaintance with jazz, or are already a fan but don’t quite understand it, six-time Grammy winner and 2012 Baritone Saxophonist of the Year Gary Smulyan will be at the Jewish Community of Amherst … 0

PHOTO BY NINA SABATINO The Dead Milkmen

Tuned In

Thursday, April 18, 2013

Snotty and satirical, Philadelphia-based quartet The Dead Milkmen was a college rock favorite in the e_SSRq80s. Its highest visibility came from MTV’s regular airing of the video for their catchy single “Punk Rock Girl.” It’s a modern classic … 0

FILE - In this Dec. 1975 file photo, musicians Roger McGuinn, Joni Mitchell, Richie Havens, Joan Baez and Bob Dylan perform the finale of the The Rolling Thunder Revue, a tour headed by Dylan. Havens, who sang and strummed for a sea of people at Woodstock, has died at 72. His family says in a statement that Havens died Monday, April 22, 2013, of a heart attack. (AP Photo, File)

Richie Havens, Woodstock’s iconic opening act, dies at 72

Monday, April 22, 2013

Richie Havens, the veteran folk singer whose frenetic guitar strumming and impassioned vocals made him one of the defining voices and faces of Woodstock, and by extension, of 1960s pop music, died Monday of a heart attack at … 0

FILE-- This Oct. 9, 1969 photograph shows performer Arlo Guthrie singing "Amazing Grace" to his new bride Jackie Hyde, at their wedding ceremony on Guthrie's farm in Washington, Mass. Folk singer Arlo Guthrie has announced the death of his wife Jackie at age 68. An obituary released by Guthrie's record label says Jackie Guthrie had inoperable cancer and died Sunday, Oct. 14, 2012, at the couple's winter home in Sebastian, Fla. They had recently celebrated their 43rd wedding anniversary. (AP Photo/Steve Starr, file)

Arlo Guthrie performing to honor Woody’s legacy

Thursday, April 18, 2013

LOS ANGELES — When Arlo Guthrie was a boy, he sat in the backyard with the guitar he’d gotten for his 5th birthday and listened to his father, Woody, teach him “This Land Is Your Land.” The verses … 0

Singer-songwriter Mike Laureanno of Providence, R.I., left, and Mary Wheelan of Worthington performed for an April 8 filming of the music show, "The Song," which is hosted and produced by Wheelan at Frontier Community Access Television Station in South Deerfield. The show was recently ranked third place in the music and entertainment category by the Alliance for Community Media/ Northeast Region. LAURA RODLEY

Local TV show that spotlights singer-songwriters wins award

Wednesday, April 17, 2013

“Playing solo is all glory or all hell,” Rhode Island singer-songwriter Mike Laureanno said. “There’s no one else to catch you, singing without a net.” “I like a challenge,” he said, and there’s another benefit. He gets to … 0

Michael Nesmith

Clubland: ‘Cosmic Cowboy’ Michael Nesmith takes Iron Horse crowd for a musical ride

Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Michael Nesmith was onstage at the Iron Horse last Thursday night, honest as always, warmly telling the standing-room-only crowd how he originally didn’t want to be there. The 70 year old — still best known for his time … 0

Advance bookings

Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Advance bookings Reba McEntire — Sat., April 27, 8 p.m., Mohegan Sun. $45, $65. 888-777-7922, mohegansun.com Hair — Sat., April 27, 8 p.m., UMass FAC Concert Hall. $20, $40, $50 general; $20 students and ages 17 and under. 545-2511, fineartscenter.com Foreigner — Sat., May 5, 7 p.m., Foxwoods. … 0

Weekend planner — Music

Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Are you the first in your family to speak English as a first language? Grow up in the United States? Graduate from college? Be incarcerated? Not be incarcerated? Be openly GLBT? If so, you may qualify for the … 0

GAZETTE FILE PHOTO Former Dynamite Records owner Ronnie Kwon was known for playing music on the sidealk during the city's annaul Sidewalk Sales. Here he is shown in 2007.

Ronnie Kwon, former longtime owner of Dynamite Records and colorful local disc jockey, dies at 38

Monday, April 15, 2013

NORTHAMPTON — A memorial for Ronnie Kwon, a former longtime city business owner and colorful local disc jockey who once said he sees DJs as musical artists in their own right, is set for Sunday in Queens, N.Y. … 0

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