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Sara Kochanski is Wishbone Zoe

Wishbone Zoe finds her sound

Wednesday, March 13, 2013

There are many ways to describe Wishbone Zoe’s music, but mainstream isn’t one of them. If you ask the 19-year-old, she’ll tell you her music is a little junkyard rock, some vagabond scuff, a taste of klezmer polka and polka folk, and some alternative New England, Pioneer Valley, western Massachusetts ambient folk. She also throws rock and indie into the mix. Wishbone Zoe, whose given name is Saera Kochanski, loves to accompany her banjo and guitar playing with sounds from a collection of objects. She calls it “found sound.” “As for junkyard rock, it’s a term I’ve used loosely to describe my use, or experimentation … 0

Sounds Local: WinklePicker Festival

Wednesday, February 13, 2013

As we battled storm Nemo last weekend, in New Orleans they were in the midst of Mardi Gras celebrations. Since most of us wish that we were there, enjoying all that great food and music, the organizers of the WinklePicker Festival will offer the next best thing when they bring a touch of … 0

Encores & Curtain Calls: Eventide concert Sunday

Wednesday, February 6, 2013

Editor's Note: To our regret we got the date for this concert wrong on both the front of the print edition of Arts & Entertainment section and in the headline that appeared with Marcello's column. The correct day is Sunday, Feb. 10 “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with … 0

Sounds Local: Heavenly harmonies

Thursday, November 22, 2012

It looks like Franklin County’s own Americana trio The Boxcar Lilies, has a tradition in the making as it plays its second annual post-Thanksgiving show at the Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., in Northampton, on Sunday, … 0

Pale Cowboy ranges freely

Wednesday, November 14, 2012

Karl Helander, one of the co-founders and leaders of the Northampton-based band Pale Cowboy, says, “I think we have an equal affinity for old music and for new music, both traditional and modern, and I hope that comes … 0

Barefoot Truth bids farewell

Thursday, November 8, 2012

“Life is calling, but you need healing now, for all good reasons, change is comin’. Change is comin’, for all good reasons, but you need healin’, for life is callin’” — Barefoot Truth,  “All Good Reasons” Change is … 0

Restored to life

Friday, November 2, 2012

Back in the days before Google and digitized archives, a Harvard undergrad was doing research the old-fashioned way, pulling down tomes of music from tall library shelves that had likely remained undisturbed for 150 years. The music was … 0

Sounds Local: Party time at The Arts Block

Friday, November 2, 2012

If you attended the Whiskey Treaty show that was held at The Arts Block in September, chances are you were blown away by the high-energy, no-holds-barred performance of Bright Lines. This quartet from Northampton plays a high-energy, rootsy … 0

Sounds Local: Halloween parties

Friday, October 26, 2012

Halloween is no longer just about little kids and trick or treating. Nowadays, the adults like to get into the fun, so I’ve put together a list of some of the Halloween parties that are happening here in … 0

‘Rocky Horror’ at The Shea

Friday, October 26, 2012

Strange — isn’t it — the lure, the enduring attraction of horror? Why, there’s even a special holiday dedicated to the “dark side,” the hallowed Halloween – or, in its original incarnation, All-Hallows’ Eve, which was, in traditional … 0

Sounds Local: Creating music is about sound and rhythm

Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Li’l BeeDee & the Doo-Rites is a band with a mission: to create good-time music and “to do ya right!” And you can be sure that when this five-piece band brings its blend of rockabilly and old rhythm … 0

A Connecticut Valley arts sampler

Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Young love Shakespeare’s classic tragedy “Romeo and Juliet” is the main fall event at the New England Youth Theater. Now through Oct. 21 (Fridays at 7 p.m., Saturdays at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m.. and Sundays at  2 … 0

Time to dust off your dancing shoes

Wednesday, October 10, 2012

A couple of weeks ago, The Arts Block, 289 Main St. in Greenfield, celebrated its second anniversary. During these past two years, one of the goals that club owner Ed Wierzbowski established for the venue was to make … 0