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By CAROLYN BROWN

A recording artist is connecting her family’s western Massachusetts roots to her new album.

By CAROLYN BROWN

Ten local high school students will take the stage at the Academy of Music on Saturday, April 5, at 7 p.m. to compete in the third annual Academy Regional Youth Poetry Slam. The event, a competition for young spoken word poets, is the only one of its kind in the Pioneer Valley.

Children’s author Eric Carle, who lived in Northampton for decades, was known for books including “Brown Bear, Brown Bear,” and “The Very Hungry Caterpillar.” Now, those books (and a few others) are part of a puppet show, “The Very Hungry Caterpillar Show,” which will be at the University of Massachusetts Amherst’s Tillis Performance Hall on Sunday, March 16, at 3 p.m.

By CAROLYN BROWN

The roots music festival Back Porch Festival, which takes place in downtown Northampton, will return for its 11th year from Friday, March 7, through Sunday, March 9, with more than 60 performers.

By CAROLYN BROWN

Bluegrass music (like this reporter) is native to the American South, but starting this week, it’ll have a new home here in the Valley.

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

DEERFIELD — As Tree House Brewing Co. prepares for its next summer concert series, company representatives met with residents on Jan. 14 to hear their concerns.

Rentheads, rejoice! Adam Pascal and Anthony Rapp (who played Roger and Mark, respectively, in the movie adaptation of the Broadway musical) will perform together at the University of Massachusetts Amherst’s Bowker Auditorium on Friday, Jan. 31, at 8 p.m.

By CAROLYN BROWN

Fans of the Disney musical “Newsies” generally know the titular group of characters as boys, but a local theater company’s upcoming production is expanding the show to include female and nonbinary characters.

By CAROLYN BROWN

Most people don’t see local bars as venues for classical music, but a concert series at The Drake in Amherst is helping redefine and expand where classical music belongs.

Hear the heir to cumbiaThe Drake in Amherst will kick off its 2025 programming with an exciting show on Jan. 9, presenting cumbia accordionist Yeison Landero.Landero grew up in Colombia, immersed in cumbia music; his grandfather, Andrés Landero, was a...

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,...

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” has landed at the Academy of Music — this time, with a Scottish twist.Amherst-based Valley Light Opera opened “The McAdo,” an adaptation of “The Mikado,” last weekend, and offers performances this...

Turning trash containers into art BELCHERTOWN — If making visual art (rather than just appreciating it at gallery shows) is your thing, this call for artists may be for you. Artists are invited to submit proposals for designs to decorate three...

By CHRIS LARABEE

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

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 historical connections.Two music festivals returning to Easthampton this summer embody the relationship between the natural and musical...

By PAIGE HANSON

The University of Massachusetts Amherst Fine Arts Center’s 2024-2025 season includes quite a few notable offerings, including “a one-time Grateful Dead keyboardist, two of the greatest artists in world music, jazz celebrations of the lives and work of...

By ALEXA LEWIS

When Shellie Stone went to Nashville two years ago, she was intoxicated with the city’s quintessential culture of  music and dancing, and immediately took to the dance floor. Stone, who had been line dancing for fun since attending her first class...

By STEVE PFARRER

In the early 1990s, I answered an ad for a reporting job at the Gazette. I had editorial experience — I’d worked as a copywriter, a copy editor, and a proofreader — and I liked writing, but I’d never worked for a newspaper, unless you counted a few...