Tag: wistariahurst
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Matthew Larsen and The Documents + Kevin O’Rourke (of Lo Fine) // Wistariahurst Museum in Holyoke, MA // Mar. 7, 2015
Matthew Larsen and The Documents: Matthew Larsen has been a member of the vibrant Western Massachusetts music scene for a few decades, attracting audiences with introspective piano rock songs. Sometimes short, quiet and sweet, and other times building into wall-of-sound Hotel-California-like anthems, Matthew’s songs often recall serious health issues (Matthew underwent a stem cell transplant…
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Eef Barzelay + Dave Houghton (of Fancy Trash) // Wistariahurst Museum in Holyoke, MA // Feb. 7, 2015
Eef Barzelay: Eef Barzelay is an Israeli born, New Jersey raised, Nashville based songwriter and singer best known for founding indie/altÂcountry band Clem Snide. Over the past 15 years he’s released close to a dozen records and has performed everywhere from Australia to Ecuador. Around 2006 the band dissolved and Eef stumbled into film work…
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David Berkeley + Matthew Larsen and The Documents // Wistariahurst Museum in Holyoke, MA // May 3, 2014
David Berkeley | http://davidberkeley.bandcamp.com/ Recently featured on NPR’s Acoustic Cafe and on This American Life with Ira Glass, Santa Fe-based prolific troubadour David Berkeley brings his version of Americana to the stage at Wistariahurst. Berkeley is a New Jersey native, but in the past decade, he’s lived in Brooklyn, Atlanta, Berkeley and Corsica. Personal and…
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Colorway + Mark Schwaber // Wistariahurst Museum in Holyoke, MA // Apr. 5, 2014
Colorway: Frontman/songwriter F. Alex Johnson started the band in the winter of 2012 after taking a five-year hiatus from recording. Formerly lead guitarist and co-founder of the Northampton, Mass. roots-rockers Drunk Stuntmen, he left the band in 2008, but never stopped writing, practicing and performing. Since 2004, Alex has been busy touring at home and…
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Heather Maloney + Rosary Beard // Wistariahurst Museum in Holyoke, MA // Mar. 1, 2014
On Saturday, March 1, Dark Dining Room welcomes Heather Maloney. With influences and roots in adventurous folk, singer Heather Maloney has been hailed by The Huffington Post to be a songwriter whose “lyrics cut to the chaseâ€. Rosary Beard, with intricately intertwined acoustic guitars skate a thin line between melancholy reflection and uplifting release, will open the…
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Winterpills + Luray // Wistariahurst Museum in Holyoke, MA // Feb. 1, 2014
The first concert in the series on Saturday, February 1 features veterans of the Northampton indie scene, Winterpills, in a night of folk and chamber pop at the museum. Opening the show is Washington, D.C.-based Luray. Winterpills | http://music.winterpills.com/ Formed in the winter of 2004 as a self-described “song circle for heartache”, Winterpills features the…
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Dark Dining Room Concert Series at Wistariahurst in Holyoke, Massachusetts
Greg and Matthew have been hard at work planning a series  to be held in the music room at Wistariahurst in Holyoke. Wistariahurst is the former home of two generations of the Skinner Family, manufacturers of nationally renowned silks and satins, and prominent residents of Holyoke. The 26 room grand estate and gardens have been a…