Showcase of the Berkshires and surrounding areas’ local music scene, curated by Jack Criddle
Ciarra Fragale is an indie pop singer/songwriter, producer, and actor from NY's Hudson Valley. In addition to making her own music, Ciarra has also composed many works for theater and film. Member since 2019.
The emerging solo output of C. Field (of the new Western Mass. folk trio Ona Canoa), Wallace Field’s “quarter-life-crisis folk” is deeply personal and yet easily relatable with its emotional vulnerability and heartbreaking honesty. After years of singing and writing songs in secret on her 1940s baritone ukulele, Wallace Field marks a new and exciting chapter of possibilities for a bold voice finally out of the shadows of fear. Wallace Field is currently working on her debut full-length album.
The emerging solo output of C. Field (of the new Western Mass. folk trio Ona Canoa), Wallace Field’s “quarter-life-crisis folk” is deeply personal and yet easily relatable with its emotional vulnerability and heartbreaking honesty. After years of singing and writing songs in secret on her 1940s baritone ukulele, Wallace Field marks a new and exciting chapter of possibilities for a bold voice finally out of the shadows of fear. Wallace Field is currently working on her debut full-length album.
For Upstate (formerly Upstate Rubdown) the last few years have been a time of profound exploration and self-discovery. As the band knocked off milestone after milestone on the road, their sound, their lineup, and even their name all underwent dramatic metamorphoses. Challenging and thrilling all at once, those changes have finally culminated in the band’s dazzling new self-titled album, a collection that showcases both their remarkable growth and their adventurous blend of folk, R&B, jazz, gospel, and rock and roll.
Matt Lorenz's vision, manifest in The Suitcase Junket, developed in the tension between the grand and the solitary. Grand in its imagery, sound, and staging. Solitary in its thrift and self-reliance. What instruments he requires, Lorenz builds from scratch and salvage. What parts five players would perform, he performs alone. The spectacle of his one-man set bears constant comparison to legends of showmanship, brilliance, madness, and invention.
