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By CAROLYN BROWN

It’s been 40 years since the band NRBQ played at Sunderland’s The Rusty Nail on New Year’s Eve, but a devoted fan and friend of the band kept the night alive with his concert footage. Later this month, the Academy of Music will screen that footage,...

Meet the gayageum The 25-string gayageum, a Korean instrument, isn’t very well-known in the United States, which is too bad – it makes a beautiful sound. If you’ve never heard (or heard of) it before, you’ll have the chance to see it live in western...

By CAROLYN BROWN

Inside a plain brick building on South Street is an organization that’s taught thousands of students — children and adults — to sing, play instruments and find connections through music over the last 38 years.For the last 21 of them, executive...

By CAROLYN BROWN

Gilbert and Sullivan’s classic operetta “The Mikado” is coming to the Academy of Music — this time, with a Scottish twist.Amherst-based Valley Light Opera will present “The McAdo,” an adaptation of “The Mikado,” on the weekends of Nov. 1-3 and 8-10....

Benefit gallery showAs part of November’s Arts Night Out Northampton, The New England Visionary Artists Museum/Anchor House of Artists at 518 Pleasant St. will hold a benefit gallery show of works by the late Northampton artist Charlie Miller on...

By CAROLYN BROWN

The Northampton organization Whole Children, which serves people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, will celebrate its 20th anniversary with indie rock band Yo La Tengo at 33 Hawley on Wednesday, Oct. 23, at 6:30 p.m.At the event,...

Max Roach Centennial Celebration The University of Massachusetts Amherst community will celebrate the centennial year of acclaimed bandleader, drummer, composer and activist Max Roach with a host of special events from Oct. 20 to 26.One particularly...

By JOAN AXELROD-CONTRADA

My sweet tooth has a sensory cousin: ear candy.And nothing tickles my ears when they’re screaming for delicious choruses and yummy hooks like the song “Sugar, Sugar” by The Archies, Billboard’s top hit of 1969. This feel-good alternative to songs of...

Live classical musicOn Sunday, Oct. 20, members of the Israeli Chamber Project (pianist Assaff Weisman, violinist Carmen Zori, and cellist Raman Ramakrishnan) will perform three works: “Duos for Violin and Cello” by Jörg Widdman, “Violin Sonata in D...

By JAMES PENTLAND

Touring extensively behind “Now,” his first album of new material in seven years, Graham Nash returns to Northampton for an Oct. 4 show at the Academy of Music.Nash has been looking back as well as to the present on this year’s touring dates, some of...

A matter of record(s)NORTHAMPTON — If you like shopping for vinyl records, this news will be music to your ears: the Downtown Market Vinyl & Vintage Fair will have thousands of records (and other vintage goods from local and regional sellers, of...

By CAROLYN BROWN

Three upcoming local all-ages events will celebrate queer joy and community, albeit in very different ways.QueerCore Fest, an all-ages punk and hardcore festival that centers “BIPOC, queer, trans, gender-diverse, and femme artists,” will debut at...

By CAROLYN BROWN

After more than two decades at Smith College, a beloved music professor will say goodbye to Northampton with a farewell concert at the Iron Horse next week. Professor Steve Waksman, who has taught at Smith for 23 years, will complete his last semester...

By CAROLYN BROWN

In a year of international strife, the Northampton Jazz Festival is aiming to bring people together with music that transcends borders. The Northampton Jazz Festival, which will return for its 12th year on Sept. 27 and 28, is celebrating the unifying...

By CHRIS LARABEE

SOUTH DEERFIELD — As Tree House Brewing Co.’s concert season comes to a close next week, the town is preparing to work with the company to plan for 2025 as noise complaints to Town Hall have seen an increase.Several residents appeared before the...

How time flies“I got sober in 1990 at age twenty-seven. A few years later, I started writing songs.” That’s how singer-songwriter Mary Gauthier begins the liner notes of her soon-to-be reissued, highly acclaimed album, “Drag Queens in Limousines,”...

By BOB FLAHERTY

The New Yorker once called Jeffrey Foucault’s music “Beat-up troubadour folk whittled to dolorous perfection.” Now try all that with electric guitars.Foucault, a Wisconsin native who now lives in Shelburne Falls, will appear with his band Friday night...

By PAIGE HANSON

Beginning on Sept. 9th, a host of new acting, singing and dancing classes will be taught at Broadway Brings Joy, a musical theatre training program for youth, teens and adults based out of Holyoke.Founded in 2022 by former Broadway professional and...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

Music from centuries-old folk songs and contemporary and classical tunes emanates through the hallway at the Bangs Community Center on a recent morning, as some of the autoharp players hold the instrument upright against their shoulders and below...

By PAIGE HANSON

During his sophomore year of college in November 2021, Charley Blacker wanted to start an organization that was unique and new to the University of Massachusetts Amherst community: a group dedicated to promoting local musicians through playlists,...

By ALEXA LEWIS

Nature has served as an artistic muse for centuries, so it’s no surprise that music and environmental activism have historic connections.Two music festivals returning to Easthampton this summer embody the relationship between the natural and musical...