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It’s New Year’s weekend, and while the COVID pandemic has put a crimp in the festivities, there are still a bunch of parties, concerts, and events for those who simply must get out and celebrate, to ring out the old and ring in the new.

Open Field Press of Northampton will celebrate the launch of new collections from three local poets, including Trish Crapo of Leyden, with a live reading Friday, Nov. 5, at the Associated Potential Enterprises, Ltd. Gallery.Crapo’s poem sequence,...

Global Village | October 11-15, 2021

Yazz Ahmed – La Saboteuse (Naim): “Bahraini-British performer, Yazz Ahmed, is transforming what jazz means in 2017. This trumpet and flugelhorn-playing artist has worked with Radiohead and These New Puritans, experiments with electronic effects, and combines sounds from her shared heritage to author a new narrative for the genre. Part of the new wave of artists credited with stirring up the sound, including Kamasi Washington, Yussef Kamaal, Sons of Kemet and The Comet is Coming, Yazz Ahmed...

David Angel Jazz Ensemble – Out On The Coast (Basset Hound Music): “David Angel is a Los Angeles composer and arranger. He has had a rehearsal band for over 50 years. David spent many years composing and arranging for the Hollywood Film and TV world and later spent many years as a composition professor in Europe. His unique music is described as Gil Evans meets J.S. Bach. Over the years dozens of the greatest jazz musicians on the west coast have been members.The David Angel Jazz Ensemble ...