Hannah’s vocals and songwriting range from dreamy to frisky. Mixing ethereal melodies with curiosity, wonder, and a lil’ silliness. Covers span influences like Cranberries to Lucinda Williams; Pixies to Neil Young. 

Hannah is a singer, songwriter, guitar player from Hillsdale, NY who grew up in the Berkshires. 

She is a member of folk-harmony trio Camellia and the folk rock band Gold Crush. 

Keith J.G McCurdy, a Motif Award-winning musician and veteran of the historic Newport Folk Festival (2013), is the frontman of the Providence, RI-based dark folk ensemble, Vudu Sister. As a French-American singer/songwriter and an internationally touring musician, McCurdy has performed solo acoustic tours in Europe, including in countries like Italy, France, and Germany. When performing solo, he presents the powerful core of the band’s sound with his vocals and a dynamic combination of baritone and standard guitars.

With over two decades of performance experience, McCurdy’s work is a unique fusion of influences, from '90s grunge, European and Romani folk traditions, elements of Romanticism, and film scores and soundtracks. A graduate of the University of Rhode Island with a degree in Classics, he infuses his songwriting with literary depth, drawing from the weird fiction of H.P. Lovecraft and the poetry and myths of classical antiquity. This background is particularly evident on his critically acclaimed album, Burnt Offerings, a project funded by a Creative Projects Grant from URI, where McCurdy composed and arranged original songs entirely in Latin and Ancient Greek.

Vudu Sister has opened for notable acts such as Marissa Nadler and Rasputina and has been featured in arts segment interviews on PBS and NPR. McCurdy’s solo sets offer an intimate look into the powerful and distinctive songs that have earned Vudu Sister widespread recognition and critical acclaim. Vudu Sister has a catalog of four studio albums, with a fifth album, ADYNATA, scheduled for release in Spring 2026.

Ever since the Berkshire Folk Society started meeting at the Lodge on Wednesdays in the 1950s for hootenanny night, Wednesday has been the night for a community music share on the mountain! We are seeking a rotating, diverse cadre of music room hosts to welcome and invite musicians and keep the circle flowing. Wednesdays, of course, starting around 8.  Please contact hello@thedreamawaylodge.com if you are interested in hosting.

Footings releases ruminative, resilient The Worm Moon 

Fifth full length for the New England folk rock trio is out August 1 on Feeding Tube and Don’t Live Like Me Records

“How can we move forward when we’re going nowhere?” asks Eric Gagne in opening lines of The Worm Moon, his fifth full-length as Footings. The album takes its name from the March full moon, which signals the first stirrings of life, kicking off an annual process of rebirth and regeneration that shoots up through the cracks in winter’s desolation to bring growth and hope. The Worm Moon marks the beginnings of a slow process, full of fits and starts and reversals, where it’s not always obvious that conditions are improving. In that way, it’s an apt metaphor for the struggle that shaped the folk rock band’s latest album, out August 1 on Feeding Tube and Don’t Live Like Me Records.

“I’ve always liked the idea of the worm moon,” said Gagne. “It means that even when things seem stagnant, we’re always growing. To me, that’s the only real constant. We should always be reevaluating ourselves and understanding how we're interacting with the world.” 

Like its namesake, the album came out of a long, desolate period, where world events like COVID and personal issues around love and loss cast a pall over any attempts at creativity. But like a northern New England spring, the songs came anyway and on their own schedule. Gagne recorded the bulk of it with Ben Rogers at Loud Sun Studios in Southern New England. Later, an additional, all-out rocking session with Charlie Chronopoulos at the Glass Factory in Wilton, NH, produced the album’s closing track “I Won’t Go.” Charlie Chronopoulos mixed the album, and Will Killingsworth at Dead Air mastered it. 

The songs on the album build lush but sparing textures out of acoustic instruments, primarily guitar, bass and drums, drawing on a slightly configured band, which can range, in live performance, from a solo act to a quartet. As before, Rick Rude’s Jordan Holtz plays bass, and Candace Clement of Western Mass legends Bunny’s a Swine sings and plays guitar alongside Gagne. However, there’s a new drummer in Mia Govoni, a Berklee grad with impressive chops. And though long-time Footings violist Elisabeth Fuchsia (Bonnie Prince Billy, Ryan Davis Band) still layers Gagne’s songs with keening, swooning strings on several of Worm Moon’s tracks, she has moved out of the area and is no longer a member of the band. 

These bandmates have become an integral part of Gagne’s writing process. “The nice thing about Mia and Jordan and Candace is that I can play them a song and I know that by the time all three of them are done, the song is going to be a million times better,” he says. 

Gagne started his musical career in the experimental instrumental band Death to Tyrants in 2003, touring on an alternative circuit of town halls and basements alongside New England hardcore icons like Ampere. Then in 2008, he launched the quieter, folkier Redwing Blackbird with fellow guitarist Austin Wright, playing the same DIY circuit as Death to Tyrants only unplugged; the band recorded three-full length albums between 2010 and 2013 when Wright left the band. Gagne then played briefly with a solo project called Passerine and started Footings with Candace Clement and Elisabeth Fuchsia in 2012. 

Since then, Footings has made five albums, toured with Marisa Anderson and played as Bonnie Prince Billy’s back-up band in 2022. Celebrated tastemaker Byron Coley once wrote, “Gagne’s songs and deep vocals, often the core of the band’s operation, combine the literary qualities of a heavy reader with the observational data of a poet.”  

Gagne is also a mainstay of the underground music scene in Northern New England, booking a diverse and adventurous bill of artists at Keene, NH-based Nova Arts and curating the excellent Thing in the Spring Festival in Peterborough and Keene for the last 27 years, most recently with Stephen Malkmus and Califone headlining.  

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Hailing from the Appalachian foothills of North Carolina, Tyler Nail is a dynamic folk musician and compelling storyteller. Weaving intricate guitar work with profound lyrical depth, his performance is an authentic blend of Americana, folk, and roots music. Since 2008, Nail has built a reputation for his intimate live shows and songs that explore themes of family, personal journeys, and human connection. His two-part album, Family (2025), dives into the lore of his lineage, blending nostalgic hometown sensibilities with captivating but simple tales of his family and ancestry. A recent Rhode Island transplant since 2024, Tyler was nominated for "Favorite Americana Act" and "Favorite Singer-Songwriter" at the 2025 RI Motif Awards. He has opened for notable artists like Jim Avett (father of The Avett Brothers), Grammy winner Jim Lauderdale, renowned NC acts American Aquarium and The Hackensaw Boys, and was a featured artist at Connecticut's Black Bear Americana Fest 2025 alongside headliners Howie Day and Shawn Mullins.

Pearla is the project of Brooklyn-based Nicole Rodriguez, whose music radiates with indiscriminate awe—whether it’s the befuddling depths of nature or the profoundly strange spark of a dreaming mind—she takes it all as equal magic. Her debut album Oh Glistening Onion, The Nighttime Is Coming released on Spacebomb Records landed widespread acclaim from Pitchfork, NPR Music, Brooklyn Vegan, Consequence, Under The Radar, Talkhouse, Rough Trade Records, KCRW, and more. Pearla has played festivals including Wille Nelson's Luck Reunion, Nelsonville Music Festival, and SXSW, shared bills with San Fermin, Kacy & Clayton, A.O. Gerber, and Miss Grit, and performed sessions for WNYC, Paste, and Daytrotter among others. 

“Rodriguez folds together boundless curiosity with heady reflection; her record is as captivated by modern life’s intricacies as it is curious about what exists beyond them.” 

—Pitchfork

“a fantasy painted with wonder and sorrow, and she seamlessly guides listeners through dense crescendos transitioning into sparse acoustic moments with masterful restraint.” 

—Consequence

"folksy and philosophical…Annie Dillard-esque" —NPR Music (New Music Friday)

“The immaculately decorated folk and clever lyricism of New York’s Nicole Rodriguez lingers on the mind.” —Rough Trade (On The Rise)

“ a quirk-filled joy to explore… will yield its charms to you slowly over repeated listens” —Under The Radar

“beautifully realized indie pop and folk tracks augmented with touches 

of country twang and stirring orchestration” —Brooklyn Vegan

Charming Disaster is a goth-folk musical duo based in Brooklyn, NY, formed in 2012 by Ellia Bisker and Jeff Morris. Inspired by the macabre humor of Edward Gorey and Tim Burton, the murder ballads of the Americana tradition, and the dramatic flair of the cabaret, they write playfully dark songs about death, crime, myth, magic, science, and the occult. 

Charming Disaster’s music has been featured on the podcast Welcome to Night Vale, they have toured the United States and Europe, and have opened for Rasputina, Voltaire, The Dresden Dolls. Recent appearances include Dragon Con, the Rochester Fringe Festival, Philadelphia’s Science History Institute, Cleveland's Wizbang Circus Theatre, and the Coney Island Sideshow stage. Their new album, THE DOUBLE, comes out on May 16.

1977. The year that punk was born.With only hours left to spare it also produced a baby boy in the suburbs of Cork, Ireland, born with his ears piqued to the murmurs and clatter around him.As he grew the soundtrack changed. Nirvana on the Walkman. Leonard Cohen on his sister’s stereo. The surge of bands and songwriters emerging from the 1990’s Cork music scene. Later it became snippets of eavesdropped New York conversation. Tales of woe on the radio. The sights and sounds of tours across Europe.All of it gets woven into a tapestry of words. Then melody. Harmonies added in the studio. Electricity, sincerity, and humor on the stage. At the core of every Niall Connolly song is the story, one that unfolds a layer with each listen.

White Woods is Hipster Hillbilly rock at its finest. Over the last decade and a half they have released three albums and shared the stage with The Head and The Heart, Darlingside, Jackie Greene, Sarah Lee Guthrie, Walk The Moon.

Band founder and lead singer, Gina Coleman, entered the music scene in the early 90’s as the lead singer of the folk/rock group Cole-Connection. It wasn’t until 1999 when she played a gospel singer in the Williamstown Theatre Festival production of A Raisin In The Sun that she was steered down the path of blues. The lead actor in the production, Ruben Santiago-Hudson, told Coleman that he felt her... voice was well suited to sing classic blues. This sentiment was echoed by actor/singer, Mandy Patinkin, who sought her out after seeing the opening performance of the production. After actress Gwyneth Paltrow commented on her performance, Coleman knew a musical shift was imminent. Guitarist Jason Webster and bassist Bill Patriquin from Cole-Connection were on board and thus began Misty Blues.

With a deficit of blues music in the Berkshires at the time, they felt the musical change would be well received. Misty Blues pays homage to the older blues made popular by the bold and brassy women of its time, while still paying respect to classic male artists of the 20’s, 30’s and 40’s. The band hasn’t completely abandoned their musical roots; they have been known to perform classic rock and folk tunes infused with a healthy dose of the blues. Over the years, Misty Blues has produced ten albums. Today the core members includes Gina Coleman, Seth Fleischmann, Bill Patriquin, Ben Kohn, Rob Tatten and Aaron Dean.

Jude Roberts writes and performs evocative folk songs with authenticity and grace.  His music is a melodically rich tapestry of woven language.  Jude's song, "Suzanne", written for Holocaust Survivor Tommy Wald, was featured in the 2022 PBS documentary "We Remember: Songs of Survivors"; as was an earlier composition entitled "I Don't Need To Tell You".

A 2018 Falcon Ridge Folk festival Emerging Artist, Jude writes songs influenced by English, Irish and Appalachian folk music, with touches of baroque and Romantic-era classical pieces and European folk/pop.  A unique amalgam of style and talent, Roberts draws the listener inward and invites them to dive deep.

Jude is working on a new full-length record, entitled "Sun Signs", set for release in fall 2024. To learn more about this project, visit:

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/sun-signs-the-new-record-by-jude-roberts#/

Having traveled extensively throughout Europe for performance and pleasure, Jude launched a project leading music-focused retreats to Greece in October 2019. These tours will resume in 2025.

“He fingerpicks with the delicacy, assurance and color of Nick Drake; sings with the bell-like clarity and gentle high end of a lost Finn brother; and writes Anglo- and pop-inflected folksongs with the offhand grace and deceptive sophistication of early James Taylor, Richard Thompson or Sir Paul himself.” -John Burdick, HV1 Art and Music,

Roots music - Fierce folk

A fearless, clever songwriter with a knack for making dark and uncomfortable topics effortlessly funny, Alex is equally at ease on comedy or music stages, keeping things fun and funny with (as the Village Voice put it) “carefree (and sometimes careless) charisma.” (Still not sure if that’s good but it was nice to be noticed.)

Alex won the Judges’ Choice Award at the 2016 NEW YORK FUNNY SONGS FESTIVAL’s 50 FUNNY SONGS competition and founded the firebreathing 10-piece funk monster that is THE GET IT.

In 2024 Alex released  PARSLEY, SAGE, ROSEMARY, END TIMES, a darkly amusing reflection on pandemic isolation, despair and recovery, as well as a Christmas collaboration with Marco Benevento, "You Better Believe."

The Lucky 5 is a hard-swinging jazz band that blends 30’s and 40’s style swing with gypsy and Parisian flavors to create a unique blend of music that stands by itself. Combining originals and creative reworks of old standards, The Lucky 5 continues to be a favorite among music lovers young and old alike.

The band is comprised of highly seasoned touring musicians, having been part of The Hunger Mountain Boys, Lauren Ambrose & The Leisure Class, and traveled, performed and recorded with artists such as Neko Case, Iris Dement, Bobby Previte, Del McCoury, Jim Lauderdale, just to name a few.

The Lucky 5 brings verve, high energy, and an unpredictable impulse to the tradition of jazz from the 20's, 30's and 40's, grooving deeply, and keeping feet moving on the dance floor.

Lane, a 30-year-old picker currently based in Western Massachusetts, plays an extremely loose, primal, noisy type of improvised and extra-heavy dirt-blues.

Lucas Neil and Olivia Charlotte are Undercover Cameo. The duo has appeared as opening acts for Josh Rouse, The Carleans, Kat Wright, Ryan Montbleau, Will Evans, Nick Bosse, and The Wolff Sisters and has gained entry into The Rhode Island Folk Festival, Hartbeat Music Festival, Next-Up Music Festival, Mystic Folkways Festival, and more.

A songwriter’s songwriter, known for his lyric craft, distinctive voice and soulful songs steeped in classic rhythm & blues, pop, jazz, folk and country, Milton first gained notoriety in his hometown New York City when his song “In The City” became a hit on New York’s WFUV radio. His live performances, which include material from every one of his albums, are praised for their wit, humor, and captivating charm.

Milton has toured extensively throughout the states since 2005, as a headliner and appearing as support for his hero and mentor Chris Smither, in addition to shows and tours with Joan Osborne, Steave Earle, Dave Alvin & Jimmie Dale Gilmore,  Sonny Landreth, Colin Hay, Kat Edmonson, Josh Ritter and many more.

In late 2019, Milton premiered his 5th and finest album Studio City with a sold out show at City Vineyard NYC.  The album, a veritable tour de force of songwriting and studio craft, features 12 ultra-catchy, concise tunes ranging in style from Sinatra-esque full orchestra swing, to Sgt. Pepper-like whimsical comedy to vintage country and New Orleans rhythm and blues.  In concert, Milton and his ultra-sharp band of NYC veteran session players deliver the songs seamlessly with Milton’s own graceful live arrangements.

Singer-songwriter Bobby Sweet is an engaging storyteller and dynamic performer. The Berkshire native and sixth generation musician has received praise for his Country-Americana style and story songs about real life. Stylistically, Bobby’s music resides somewhere between John Prine, Jackson Browne, and a countryfied Bruce Springsteen, with a hint of Texas Swing. Between 2008 and 2016, Bobby toured the US and Canada as lead guitarist with Arlo Guthrie. His travels with Guthrie included performances at Carnegie Hall, the New Orleans Jazz Fest, and Garrison Keillor’s A Prairie Home Companion, among many other landmark venues. Bobby’s songs have aired on many hit television series, such as Nashville, Touched By An Angel, Walker Texas Ranger, CSI, and Judging Amy. He has released seven solo albums to date. He will be performing with his trio featuring pedal steel guitarist Pete Adams and vocalist Lara Tupper.

Wes Buckley, Brian Kantor, Miles Lally, known as Vaguely Pagan, keep an audience moving with their brand of toe tappers, hippy spinners, you name it, but at the end of the night, they kind of just play soul music. You can see, hear and feel them enjoying themselves. The original songs veer into psych, folk, jam and rock territory and the cover songs are the ones you forgot how much you loved to hear. Hop on the train and boogie down to your new favorite jams.

Originally from San Diego, Snake and the Rabbit use the lessons they’ve learned on the road to create their unique blend of Americana music. Their music is heavily influenced by Psychedelic folk, American blues, Outlaw Country and lo-fi Rock. The result is a sound they call COWGIRL SURF. The band, husband and wife Brett and Leanna “Lee” Patterson, have been married since 2010 and playing as Snake and the Rabbit since 2020.

"Based in Western Mass, Moon Hollow is a high energy acoustic quartet that performs original & traditional tunes inspired by folk, americana, bluegrass, alt-country & early jazz music. Catchy originals & tight three-part harmonies"

Partners in marriage and music, Liz Queler and Seth Farber are both three time Grammy nominees. As children of musical parents and parents of a musical child, they started bringing their son Joey on stage with them when he was a tot. A graduate of Berklee College of Music, now living in LA, Joey’s back to make music with his folks at their favorite haunt in the hills. With individual credits including appearances at Newport Folk Festival and Carnegie Hall (Liz), Sofi Stadium and Saturday Night Live (Joey), the conducting podium of numerous Broadway shows and 10 years as music director to folk legend Odetta (Seth) - they blend and communicate as only a family band can. Heavy on harmonies with influences from Appalachia, bluegrass and gospel, their music is infused with a rock sensibility, creating a soulful cross between Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, Emmylou Harris and John Mayer. The Queler/Farbers have eight CDs between them. Their CD "The Edna Project" set 21 poems by Edna St. Vincent Millay to music, and became both the inspiration and score for "Still Will Be Heard" - their first theater piece, commissioned and produced by Peak Performances at Montclair State Univ. (NJ) and again at The Mondavi Center at UC Davis. They've toured extensively, were featured on Rosie O'Donnell's HBO special "A Family is a Family Is a Family” and the 2019 PBS tribute to Pete Seeger.  Liz and Seth were Cliff Eberhardt’s band for many years, and they are also both members of children’s rock sensation “Brady Rymer and The Little Band That Could”.  Liz and Seth founded and run Urban Garage, a free monthly teen open mic and guided jam in NYC.  www.lizqueler.com   @joey.farber

Lizzie & The Makers’ sophomore studio album, Dear Onda Wahl, embroiders their potent Southern-tinged rock with roots, soul, dream-pop, and ethereal elements to spawn something all their own. It’s one of those rare records that combines single-minded artistry with broad commercial appeal.

Created around the dusky yet soaring timbre of force-of-nature frontwoman Lizzie Edwards, Dear Onda Wahl was produced by Grammy winner Mario McNulty (David Bowie, Prince) and Cure guitarist Reeves Gabrels (Tin Machine, Bowie). Their influence ensures an intriguingly adventurous, hugely dynamic – and occasionally otherworldly – take on the traditional.

Defying her constant comparisons to Janis Joplin, the classically-trained Edwards, 5-time official showcasing artist at SXSW, former Pleasantville Music Festival MainStage performer, summons a heartfelt, nuanced mezzo-soprano shaped by Memphis soul legend Ann Peebles, Heart’s Wilson sisters, and jazz icon Billie Holiday. She’s assertive, yet vulnerable; defiant, yet proudly flawed.

Music has been the nexus of Sasha’s life. Growing up in the rustic beauty of Western Mass, the son of a folk singer and political activist, Sasha’s childhood was steeped in acoustic guitars, protests, and tall trees. Sasha started playing clarinet in 2nd grade and soon he was holding down the drums for his band’s debut at Northampton’s JFK Middle School All School Party.

Sasha attended Oberlin College where he majored in Music Theory. Upon graduating, Sasha served two years as the music teacher, band director, and choir director for the New Hingham Elementary School in Chesterfield, MA.

In 2014, Sasha moved to Austin to pursue a MM in Music Education at the University of Texas at Austin. While in Austin, Sasha formed the indie-folk group American Dreamer (featuring his wife Courtney on cello). American Dreamer is represented by the Texas Commission on the Arts and was a 2021 Sonic Guild grant recipient. The band has performed at the Old Settler’s Music Festival, Kerrville Folk Festival, Fischer Fest, and been featured on KUTX and Sun Radio.

In 2017, Sasha signed a publishing deal with Victory Records/Another Victory Publishing. His music has been featured in Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Breakpoint and in a promo spot for Food Basics. Sasha’s 2020 debut album Family received praise from Americana Highways, Austin 360, The Bluegrass Situation, KUTX, Elmore Magazine, and No Depression.

In 2022, Sasha returned to Western Mass to be close to family and start the music program at Rise Preparatory Academy in Springfield. In New England, Sasha has been featured in the Daily Hampshire Gazette, Greenfield Recorder, and Mass Live and performed at the Green River Festival, Back Porch Festival, Sunflower Festival, Lenox Loves Music, Summer On Strong, and countless clubs, breweries, and wineries.

“With a rolling beat, Sasha K.A will ease you in and surround you with remorseful,
yet somehow healing, vibes.” —Americana Highways