David Noel Edwards is a writer, composer, and recording artist from Canaan, New York. He has been writing for the Berkshire Edge since 2015, mainly about music, but also about books, birds, and reptiles.
"This gallery has buzz. It's edgy, and there are some fabulous artists. These are imaginative people. It is a cooperative gallery on a funky, arty street a block from Mass MoCA in North Adams."
Before hearing an all-Beethoven program at Tanglewood, it is helpful to hear from an all-Beethoven scholar, like the co-founder of Boston University's Center for Beethoven Research.
Who are you going to call when a violinist of Hilary Hahn's or Itzhak Perlman's league withdraws from an engagement and must be replaced at the last minute? A safe bet would be Gil Shaham.
Kids these days have fashioned their own 21st-century Broadway sound from the traditions of bluegrass; hip-hop; R&B and Soul; Electronic and EDM; Reggae and Ska; and rock.
Although the group loves to play the classics, they champion 20th- and 21st-century repertoire and have commissioned or co-commissioned several important works.
Prepare for "two days of jubilant spirit-lifty feet-tappity fun," featuring "Gypsy Waltz, Swamp-Pop, Son Jarocho, Olde Time Rags, Hawaiian Hapa Haole, post-war New Orleans R&B," and more.
Kool & the Gang will be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame as part of the 2024 class on October 19, 2024, at the Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse in Cleveland, Ohio.
You can expect great songs and a lot of spontaneity, because that is the way Daltrey likes it. "I’m out there to have a good time," he promised Billboard.
Fogerty calls it the "Celebration Tour" because early in 2023, he regained control of his song catalog after decades of struggle. "I just got my songs back, and I'm gonna play every one of them!"
