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By NAN PARATI

Back in about 2006, I was working at the Green River Festival, making the signs, when I heard a band play that I hadn’t heard of before — a couple of guys with good words and intertwining harmonies. I liked them a lot. Their accents sounded quite...

By BELLA LEVAVI

CHARLEMONT — For 53 years, summer in Charlemont has been synonymous with chamber music.With summer’s arrival, Mohawk Trail Concerts is preparing to start its season with a performance on Saturday, June 24, at 5 p.m. at the Charlemont Federated Church....

By MARY BYRNE

GREENFIELD — Organizers of SoulFest, the Christian music festival that had planned to come to Northfield this summer before shifting course amid pushback from residents, still have their sights set on Franklin County — this time, for 2024.SoulFest...

By SHERYL HUNTER

GREENFIELD — When it comes to enjoying music outdoors, the Green River Festival is tough to beat.The festival, one of the largest and most anticipated summer events that is now in its 36th year, will take place June 23 through June 25 at the Franklin...

By STEVE PFARRER

June Millington is a familiar name in the Valley music scene, a veteran guitarist and educator who since the early 2000s has overseen numerous programs at The Institute for the Musical Arts (IMA), the Goshen center dedicated to supporting women and...

By JULIAN MENDOZA

TURNERS FALLS — The third annual Unity Park Festival, to be held Saturday, is set to have double the number of vendors, makers and artists as last year’s event, according to Nova Motorcycles co-owner and event organizer Peter Chilton.The free festival...

By DOMENIC POLI

WENDELL — The Friends of the Wendell Meetinghouse has started a new public series driven entirely by donations.Thursdays at the Wendell Meetinghouse will consist of music, readings and other events starting at 7 p.m. every Thursday through June 29....

By JULIAN MENDOZA

TURNERS FALLS — The fifth annual Música Fun Fest, to be held this Saturday, will bring “world-class music” from various corners of the globe to Unity Park.Música Franklin, a youth development organization focused on music and social justice, will host...

By SHERYL HUNTER

On Saturday, May 20, friends, fans, family and fellow musicians will gather at the Shea Theater Arts Center in Turners Falls to celebrate the life and music of Kate Lorenz. A vibrant force on the local music scene for many years, Lorenz, 42, died in...

By MARY BYRNE

The Franklin County Community Chorus is returning to the stage on Sunday for what is expected to be one of its biggest concerts since before the COVID-19 pandemic.“This is a really great concert,” said Paul Calcari, director and founder of the choral...

By STEVE PFARRER

They’re back. And they’re in love.The Young@Heart Chorus, which celebrated its 40th anniversary last November at a sold-out concert at the Academy of Music in Northampton, will return to the Academy this Sunday with a new program dubbed “The Love...

By SHERYL HUNTER

Eloise & Co. say fans refer to their music as “kinetic Celtic music” because of the danceable joy it brings them at live shows. With a description like that, how can you resist checking out this duo when they perform at the Great Falls Coffeehouse at...

By DOMENIC POLI

Europeans settled in Orange in 1746, around the time the lute was phasing out of the world’s musical landscape. But the plucked string instrument will make a comeback, however brief, at the end of this month.Seth Warner, who teaches instrumental...

By MADDIE FABIAN

NORTHAMPTON — For the first year since the start of the pandemic, the South Deerfield-based Community Involved in Sustaining Agriculture (CISA) will host its annual storytelling event, Field Notes, in person at the Academy of Music Theatre.The event,...

By SHERYL HUNTER

Greenfield native Travis Ledoyt has made a career performing the music of Elvis Presley all around the world, and always credited Greenfield High School’s Music Department for inspiring his career in music.As a result, Ledoyt has made a point to give...

By SHERYL HUNTER

The Grateful Dead — you either love them or hate them. There is probably no band that sparks more division among music fans than the famous San Fransico-based group who rose to prominence in the hippie scene of the 1960s with their wildly eclectic...

GREENFIELD — Fiery Hope, the chorus formerly known as Amandla, will celebrate 35 years of community singing with a return to the stage on Saturday, April 29, at 7 p.m. at All Souls Church.“We’ve been outdoors since March of 2020,” Fiery Hope founder...

By BELLA LEVAVI

ASHFIELD — Maude’s Closet Concerts are returning to Ashfield Community Hall for the first time since before the start of the COVID-19 pandemic with a concert featuring world-renowned contemporary Celtic guitarists.“It is exciting to be back in the...

By SHERYL HUNTER

The local music scene suffered a major loss last week with the death of drummer Doug Tibbles of The Stone Coyotes on April 12. The Greenfield-based band was made up of his wife, Barbara Keith, on guitar and vocals and his son, John Tibbles, on bass....