This summer the Guthrie Center will once again present great musicians new and old. See your favorite performers and discover new favorites in a intimate room with great acoustics. Light fare and beer and wine is available. The doors open at 6:00pm and the shows start at 8:00pm unless otherwise noted. The Guthrie Center is located at 4 Van Deusenville Road, Great Barrington, Massachusetts 01230 and tickets can be reserved by calling (413) 528-1955. We hope to see you there!

kurt...

The Strangelings
Friday, May 25, 2007 - 8:00pm

http://www.myspace.com/thestrangelings

Two electric sitars, flute, percussion and the ethereal voices of three women, all blended into an alchemical potion of earthy mythology and deep grooves that will have you dancing while your soul takes flight. The Nuah Suite is a chain of enigmatic songs, a rich blend of Goddess imagery and classical themes from around the world, woven into a complex fabric that flows like an orchestral sonata.


Meg Hutchinson
Saturday, May 26, 2007 - 8:00pm

http://www.meghutchinson.com

Part young farm kid, part old poet, Performing Songwriter calls Meg, "...A master of introspective ballads filled with understated yearning and an exquisite sense of metaphor." Her songs are characterized by an unselfconscious optimism, a love of language and a fascination with the workings of the human heart. Among her major influences she is quick to mention Mary Oliver and Garrison Keillor.

For tickets and information call
413.528.1955

On Friday June 1, 2007 at 8:00pm, the king of square dance callers Cliff Broder and the Square One Band will present an evening of square dancing at the Guthrie Center. Bring your dancing shoes!

On Saturday June 2 at 8:00pm, Xavier with Special Guest Tony Lee Thomas http://tonyleethomas.com will be singing up an evening of music with a conscience and a beat that won't quit.

Come enjoy some live music this weekend! For tickets and information call 413.528.1955

kurt...

Bobby Sweet & Adam Michael Rothberg
Friday, June 8, 2007 - 8:00pm

http://www.bobbysweet.com/
http://www.adamr.net/

Bobby Sweet has written songs that have aired on several hit television series, such as Touched By An Angel, Walker Texas Ranger, Soul Food, and Judging Amy, among others. He also co-wrote a song that was featured in the Danny Devito/Bette Midler movie Drowning Mona. As a performer he has shared the bill with some of the top country and folk artists, including Vince Gill, Bill Morrissey, Deana Carter, Bill Staines, Bryan White, Arlo Guthrie, and Jess Klein. As a sought-after lead guitarist he has played shows with George Jones, Asleep at the Wheel, Willie Nelson, The Bellamy Brothers, Waylon Jennings, and many others. Sweet has also been featured as a multi-instrumentalist on albums by recording artists Arlo Guthrie, Bernice Lewis, Adam Michael Rothberg, Sarah Lee Guthrie, Johnny Irion, and a host of other projects.

For the better part of the last decade, Adam Michael Rothberg has dominated the regional music scene as a producer (Dar Williams, Bernice Lewis, Jamie Morton, Pete Nelson), band member (Big Waaagh Scratch Band, Dr. Isosceles), recording engineer (Derek Studios in Dalton), publicist (Iron Horse Music Hall), manager (Dar Williams), instrumentalist (Joan Baez, Cliff Eberhardt, Sugarbeat, Sloan Wainwright, Victoria Williams, Mark Olson) and performer. In other words, Rothberg, a Pittsfield native and multi-talented multi-instrumentalist, has been everything to everyone, but as the above and only partial listing shows, always in the service of others. -- Seth Rogovoy


Jaane Doe
Saturday, June 9, 2007 - 8:00pm

http://www.myspace.com/jaanedoe

From her early roots as a folk rocker, through her evolution into pop, hard rock, and studio session work, Jaane Doe has stemmed the tides of change in the music industry, continuously re-inventing herself to stay in the game. She is recognized and respected as a folk artist from "Mother's Wine Emporium", "Mother Courage", and "Cafe Lena's" in New York to the "Troubadour", the "Whiskey", and the "Coach House" on the California coast. Her latest album, which might be categorized as Americana/Folk, BURNS LIKE FIRE contains heartfelt, introspective, artist-rendered songs with vocals that exude realness and vulnerability as she shares intimately the intensity of her life experience.

kurt...

Bernice Lewis
Friday, June 15, 2007 - 8:00pm

http://www.bernicelewis.com

"I guess what I want people to know is that, for me, it's about the songs, each different, each a well-thought-out message, each a labor of love," says Bernice Lewis. It has been said that she elevates the experiences of everyday life to an art form. She sings from a woman's perspective with wit and eloquence in distinctive, powerful vocals... With attention equally divided among matters of the earth, matters of the soul and matters of the heart, Lewis has staked out as her territory the sum of contemporary existence, and by giving so generously of herself she helps illuminate the lives of others.

Rick Robbins
Saturday, June 16, 2007 - 8:00pm

http://www.rick-robbins.com

"Whether Rick (Robbins) is singing about a road he wants to take or one he's taken too many times, or for that matter a road he knows he can never take but dreams of it still, he always takes his sweet time! He may have gleaned this practice from his good friend and travel'n buddy Ramblin' Jack Elliott. The pictures he himself sees when songwriting are superbly conveyed through Bold - Confident - Brush - Stroke lyrics. Sometimes using few sentences and at times few words, he captures something that lets you feel the breeze and hear the wind up in the trees, or see how the road curves up ahead and you might even smell some fabulous perfume he's tellin' you about cause he can say it so profoundly. His low singing style voice tells tales in a compelling fashion and his delivery and tone let you know he knows what he's singing about." - Rick Tivens

I saw Rick Robbins open for Ramblin' Jack Elliot last spring and all I can say is this is going to be a great show. I guess something good happens when you get arrested for littering after cleaning out a church.

kurt...

JoAnne Redding

Friday, June 29, 2007 - 8:00pm

http://www.joanneredding.com

"You can tell that Redding throws her heart into the ring every time she opens her mouth, and when you combine that feeling with a great voice the result is an entire CD that’s singable and that any listener can relate to." - Singer & Musician Magazine


Hector On Stilts

Saturday, June 30, 2007 - 8:00pm

http://www.hectoronstilts.com

Hector On Stilts have charisma, talent & smoldering good looks, all of which are well-known prerequisites for a fabulous pop band. Intensely melodic, utterly danceable, HOS harmonize like a latter-day Everly Brothers with a live show that's part rock, part discotheque, & just a hair 80's Prom

Arlo at the church! What could be better? There's still room Friday and Sunday last I heard.

kurt...

My daughter Laura and I will be there, and we'll both be singing at the Hoot!

I won't be able to go this weekend due to lack of funds I will be there in spirit and will be thinking of all of you wonderful blunderbuddies that will be attending. Have fun y'all

Peace,
Lorie

Sounds like I'm gonna miss a good time. I'd love to hear Sue & her daughter sing. But I'll be there in spirit...

Okie-dokie. I'm gunna drive up for the sunday gig.

Can't make it this weekend. I'll be on the train headed for Okemah via Dallas.

I'm driving up sunday for the show, as I've said before. I have a ticket reserved, but now have a friend that wants to go as well. I have his name on the standby list, but if anyone has an extra, lemme know please!

Work 'O The Weavers

Friday, July 13, 2007 - 8:00pm

http://www.workotheweavers.com/

"Four people who've... picked up where the Weavers left off. Fantastic!" - Pete Seeger

Sara Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion

Saturday, July 14, 2007 - 8:00pm

http://www.sarahleeandjohnny.com/

"... its hard to recall two modern country voices that dovetail as elegantly as this husband and wife team... A dream." - Uncut

Tracy Grammer

Friday, July 20, 2007 - 8:00pm

http://tracygrammer.com/

"Tracy Grammer is a brilliant artist and unique individual. Her voice is distinctive, as is her mastery over the instruments she plays." - Joan Baez

FALCON RIDGE NIGHT

Saturday, July 21, 2007 - 8:00pm

http://www.falconridgefolk.com

Artists appearing are:

Terri Hendrix with Lloyd Maines
http://www.terrihendrix.com
"Youthful folk upstart Terri Hendrix and grizzled veteran Lloyd Maines played songs that were insightful as well as universal in appeal. Hendrix was down-home folksy, singing homegrown tunes from her homespun record label. Their set was quite enjoyable." - Roger Lilly, The Charleston Gazette

Pat Wictor with Cheryl Prashker
http://www.patwictor.com/ http://www.cherylprashker.com/
"Pat Wictor’s songs, his blues tinged slide guitar and mellow performance style impress the hell out of me. Watch out for this guy. He’s a terrific new talent." - Gene Shay, WXPN, Philadelphia
Percussionist Cheryl Prashker plays with Pat on his latest album and has been kept busy appearing with him.