Music

Recorder/Paul Franz 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

Submitted photo Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys headline the Adult Mardi Gras Ball Saturday night.

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

Recorder file photo/Peter MacDonald Eventide will present a benefit concert Sunday, Feb. 10, 3 p.m., at the First Congregational Church, 43 Silver St., Greenfield. The suggested donation is $10 to $15. Above, file photo of the group taken in 2010.

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

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Recorder/Paul Franz Bleeding heart seems to drips off the vine next to the All Souls Church in Greenfield on Thursday. A study in pink
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Recorder/Mike Phillips Pete Mallett releases some rainbow trout into an undisclosed location on the Millers River. Pete is president of the Millers River Fishermans Association in New Salem. Stocking up
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