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The Valley’s music scene lost a well-known and well-liked voice last July when Kate Lorenz unexpectedly died of heart failure. Lorenz, who lived in Belchertown, had originally been part of the Amherst folk-rock band Rusty Belle in the early 2000s with...

The Valley’s music scene lost a well-known and well-liked voice last July when Kate Lorenz unexpectedly died of heart failure. Lorenz, who lived in Belchertown, had originally been part of the Amherst folk-rock band Rusty Belle in the early 2000s with...

Signature Sounds is gearing up for a considerably expanded Back Porch Festival this year, with the annual roots music fest, which takes place March 3 through 5, now featuring over 50 bands and artists performing in eight different downtown Northampton...

The pandemic has put the brakes on a lot of things over the last two years, but one thing it wasn’t able to stop was the abundance of amazing new music flowing from Connecticut in 2021. Here is our list of the top 20 albums of 2021.

Banning Eyre speaks with Jake Blount about black Americana music and Blount's career.

"Line Out," installation detail, by Christy Mitchell "If these walls could talk about the things that we say and what we hide from the public, what would they tell us?" This is the driving question behind Vermont artist Christy Mitchells solo installation "Holding Pattern." On view at the S.P.A.C.E. Gallery in Burlington through August 7, the show features artifacts from the past that tell stories about modern-day topics — both universal and per...

The Slickee Boys Here’s another hot handful of Hudson Valley events to add to your datebook. Please check each site’s current COVID safety requirements. Rosendale Theatre Shows Punk Documentary | through June 8 While Washington, DC, is chiefly identified as a center of government, it also has a reputation as a vital and influential bastion of punk rock. Punk the Capital, a fascinating new documentary about the earliest years of DC punk (roughly 19...

The one-night, livestreaming concert is presented by CT Folk on March 6 starting at 4 p.m. The show features headliner Stephen Kellogg, with guest Eric Donnelly of The Alternate Routes. The lineup also features Caravan of Thieves, The Moon Shells and Ro Godwynn. Kellogg, who has a history in Connecticut, is the former frontman with his band Stephen Kellogg and the Sixers, which went on hiatus in 2012. His most recent full-length solo release is “Objects in the Mirror,” released in 2018. He ...