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Diane Cluck

Tuned in: What's happening in the Valley this weekend

Thursday, June 13, 2013

Jonathan Richman often gets described as “childlike” because of his unadorned songs with a big heart on their sleeve, whether he’s singing about the magic of “Vincent Van Gogh” or “The Lonely Little Thrift Store.” But a better description of Richman is “honest,” because he’s always been direct, both musically and lyrically. He started off loud and electric in the … 0

Pale Cowboy

Clubland: Challah, beer and overflow crowd welcome Northampton's Pale Cowboy’s new EP at release party

Wednesday, June 12, 2013

I had a once-local friend visiting me last weekend, eager for updates on the music scene. “Discovered any good new bands lately?” he asked, and I immediately thought of the Northampton-based Pale Cowboy, which was pretty new to me (even though the band blossomed in its current form at Hampshire College in 2009). … 0

Weekend planner — music

Wednesday, June 12, 2013

Born in September 2012, when guitarist Matt Gold brought together a jazz guitar trio and a classical string trio in Oberlin Conservatory’s Kohl Plaza — fittingly, the space between the school’s classical and jazz buildings — deturtle is an ensemble of six young musicians that began as an attempt to fuse traditional sounds … 0

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Patricia Gillepsie practices cantering with her horse at Stone Pony Farm in Leverett on June 16, 2013. She has been riding horses since 1989. AYRIKA WHITNEY Cantering in Leverett
Center, from left: Sarah Dobrow, Sage Loomis, Heather Giguere JERREY ROBERTS Your Time: Childs Park, Northampton
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Patty Griffin

Track Record

Thursday, May 16, 2013

American Kid Patty Griffin New West; $10 Patty Griffin bookends her seventh album “American Kid” with two songs about the death of her father, opening with the wistful, spiritually open-hearted “Go Wherever You Wanna Go.” The song features … 0

Weekend planner — music

Friday, May 17, 2013

An annual ratification of the arrival of spring since 1995, the Northampton Community Music Center’s Springfest finds hundreds of NCMC students and faculty taking to the streets of downtown Northampton for a day of public performances and festivities. … 0

Weekend planner — club

Friday, May 17, 2013

Sometimes called “The James Taylor of Scotland,” Dougie MacLean is known for his rich imagery, lyrical melodies and a folk style deeply rooted in his native heritage. “Caledonia,” his stirring ballad about the yearning evoked by separation from … 0

Dave Brubeck’s life, music celebrated

Monday, May 13, 2013

NEW YORK — A celebration of Dave Brubeck’s life and music turned into an ode to joy as family, friends and fans paid tribute to the groundbreaking pianist and composer who became the best known ambassador of jazz to the world. Brubeck died Dec. 5, a day before … 0

Lilly Lombard, of Northampton, rehearses with the Amandla Chorus April 23 at Temple Israel in Greenfield. JERREY ROBERTS

Amandla Chorus marks 25 years of singing for peace, justice, humanity

Wednesday, May 8, 2013

It’s not every chorus that has Nelson Mandela and Archbishop Desmond Tutu joining them in song. But if you spend two and a half decades singing about peace, justice, freedom and the ties that bind us, chances are … 0

PHOTO COURTESY OF IHEG Bid Sandy

Tuned In

Thursday, May 9, 2013

When guitarist/vocalist Tom Pappalardo and drummer/vocalist Sturgis Cunningham join forces, they become The Demographic. Priding themselves on bull-free rock songs, the twosome can pummel their instruments with blunt force ... but even when they go “unplugged” and replace … 0

PHOTO BY JODY NICHOLAS Dan Richardson, center, on bass, performs with AstroBeast

Clubland: AstroBeast brings ‘music for dancing’ to The Elevens in Northampton

Wednesday, May 8, 2013

Dan Richardson mans the mixing board with a huge grin, fine-tuning with faders and knobs while bopping around in the back of the room to the live music happening on stage. That sentence was accurate in 1994, the … 0

Advance bookings

Wednesday, May 8, 2013

Advance bookings Penn & Teller — Sat., May 18, 8 p.m., Foxwoods. $20-$40. foxwoods.com Motley Crue — Sat., May 18, 8 p.m., Mohegan Sun. $59, $79. 888-777-7922, mohegansun.com Pitbull — Fri., May 24, 8 p.m., MassMutual Center, Springfield. … 0

Track record

Wednesday, May 8, 2013

Mother Natalie Maines Columbia, $10.99 Natalie Maines’ first solo album continues her movement into a deeply considered, provocative form of polished adult rock heard on her last recording, the Dixie Chicks’ 2006 award-winning “Take the Long Way Home.” … 0

Weekend planner: Music

Wednesday, May 8, 2013

A legitimate claimant to the title of Renaissance man, Kristoff “Kris” Kristofferson has been a college football and rugby star, a Rhodes scholar, a Golden Gloves boxer, a military officer, a helicopter pilot, an acclaimed actor, a Grammy-winning … 0

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