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!

Songstress, Chantell, is a classically trained artist from Chicago, now residing in the idyllic hills of Berkshire County.

In her early career, Chantell performed on studio albums for PBS Kids and Sesame Street. She has also shared the stage with Grammy winning and nominated artists.

In 2021, Chantell performed in a concert of encouragement and hope for essential workers featuring Cellist, Yo-yo Ma and The Boston Symphony Orchestra’s, Emmanuel Ax.

In 2023, Chantell joined the Diego Mongue Band and was a semi finalist in the International Blues Challenge. Diego Mongue Band has been on the Hit Tracks Top 100 chart for months. Their latest album reached #10 on the Roots Music Report and top 40 on the UK Independent Blues Broadcaster Association.

Chantell’s love for music and people are intrinsic within her melodious vocal arrangements and soulful songwriting.

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.

Undercover Cameo is an acoustic musical group based in Westerly, Rhode Island that plays uplifting, engaging, and emotionally profound folk music. With Lucas Neil on guitar and vocals, Olivia Charlotte on piano, Sandy Allen on mandolin, and Elizabeth Beisel on fiddle. The group is widely considered to be one of the best rising folk music groups in New England. Known for their ethereal sound and superb musical harmonies, Undercover Cameo is intent on cultivating an environment of loving and healing energies for every audience they encounter.

THE DREAM AWAY READING SERIES 4-5pm

Richard Michelson's many books for children, teens, and adults have been listed among the top ten books of the year by The New York Times, Publishers Weekly, and The New Yorker, and the Best Dozen of the Decade by Amazon. He has received a National Jewish Book Award (and twice finalist), and two Gold Medals from the Association of Jewish Libraries. Other honors include two Massachusetts Book Award Honors, two Massachusetts Cultural Council Fellowships, and Michelson’s work was chosen to represent the Commonwealth at the 2018. Library of Congress National Book Festival. In 2019 he became the sixth recipient of the Samuel Minot Jones Award for Lifetime Literary Achievement in a ceremony at Amherst College. Michelson’s most recent poetry collection Sleeping as Fast as I Can (Slant Books) was a finalist for both the 2023 Foreword Indies Award and the Sheila Margaret Motton Book Prize. Earlier collections include More Money than God (U of Pittsburgh Press), finalist for the Paterson Prize, and Battles and Lullabies (U of Illinois Press). A native of East New York, Brooklyn, Michelson served two terms as Poet Laureate of Northampton, Massachusetts, where he hosts Northampton Poetry Radio and owns R. Michelson Galleries.

Elizabeth Bayou-Grace is the co-author of the poetry collection, “Fire in Paradise” with her father Steven Lewis. Her work has appeared in print with Sixfold and on the radio with Writers Read. She has performed at Wakarusa Music Fest, Round Top Poetry Fest, Art Outside Festival, and Stubbs BBQ. Elizabeth lives in beautiful Western Massachusetts with her kind husband, and their ancient cat and nervous dog. She’s an alumnus of both Warren Wilson College and Texas State University. She is a proud aunt, avid yarn enthusiast, and occasional folk singer. Elizabeth is working on a memoir, “Bad Bones”, a coming of age story through a lens of disability.

Dave Fromm is the author of a sports memoir called EXPATRIATE GAMES, which is about his short-lived career as a semi-pro basketball player in the Czech Republic in the mid-90s, and a Berkshires-based novel called THE DURATION.  He has a Notable essay in the 2022 Best American series and won the 2024 Best of Valley Voices storytelling competition.  His writing has appeared in Necessary Fiction, Short Story Long, and Sport Literate, among other places.  He's working on a screenplay about the legend of Ripton, Massachusetts.

ROUNDER’S REVIVAL - 7PM-9PM

Rounders Revival invites you to share in an evening of light-hearted and uplifting acoustic music steeped deeply in the folk-americana traditions of universal story telling and soulful harmonies. 

Join in for the Rounders renditions of singer-songwriter favorites and inspired originals.

Instagram: @roundersrevival

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.

Clara Guatta Cescuni is a passionate vocalist with a deep love for Latin music, especially the rich musical heritage of Argentina. Born in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, Clara was raised in Buenos Aires, where the sounds of the city and the influence of her father’s eclectic taste in music shaped her artistic path from a young age.

For Clara, music is more than a craft—it’s a language of emotion and self-discovery. Her sensitivity, which she sees as both a strength and a challenge, plays a central role in how she connects with her songs and audience. Each performance is an opportunity to explore what it means to feel, to understand, and to connect—with herself and with others—through music.

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.

Neu Blume is a Detroit-based group led by Mo Neuharth and Colson Miller, an alternative indie folk duo known for their warm, spacious arrangements and harmony-rich songwriting. Their debut LP, Let It Win (released April 11, 2025, on Music Sounds Records), captures Neu Blume at their most collaborative. Recorded at Oracle Recording Studio in Oracle, Arizona, the album is intimate yet expansive, grounded by the restraints of analog recording, conversational rhythm and guitars, and unvarnished lyricism. It builds on the groundwork of their 2022 self-released debut Softer Vessel, but leans further into the fullness of their live band and craft of their songwriting. Originally from Phoenix, Arizona, the pair first collaborated on Desire (Nanami Ozone, 2016) before evolving into a more mature, reflective voice shaped by the shifting seasons of their Midwestern life. Neu Blume plays with a rotating cast of musicians from Detroit and Phoenix and performs throughout the US, solidifying their place in the lineage of contemporary folk.

Strawberry Runners is the music project of Hudson Valley-based folk songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, Emi Night (she/they). Night’s lyricism explores the complex entanglement of grief, growth, solitude, and belonging on the terrain of folk and country-reminiscent instrumentation. Amid the unfolding landscape of familiar yet abstract arrangements, Night wields the heavy lyrical material of failure, loss, and uncertainty with disarming grace and candor, imparting poignant questions with captivating insight.

What happens when you are raised on the music of Dolly Parton in Southeast Kansas and Minnesota, move to Australia and learn to play the guitar?

You get Lisa Michelle Anderson. 

Lisa's music has been described as "fresh linen and well-worn denim occasionally splashed with whiskey, beer, and hot sauce." Sam Otis Hill

Lisa has played and recorded with Matt Cameron (Pearl Jam & Sound Garden), Adam Levy (Turn Turn Turn), Johnny Irion (Arlo Guthrie, Robert DeLeo), Cindy Lawson, Paul Hiraga (Down Pilot), Lori Wray,

Mark Engebretson (The Silverteens) and Sky Smeed.

Lisa was voted best Singer-Songwriter by the Minnesota Music Academy. She has opened for Warren Zevon, The Jayhawks, Marty Willson-Piper, Marianne Faithfull, Peter Case, Lowen & Navarro and a host of other greats. 

Lisa honed her songwriting in the Minneapolis music scene playing at iconic clubs First Avenue/7th St. Entry, The Uptown, The 400 Club and the Fine Line Music Cafe.

In 2020 and 2022 Lisa released two EP's produced and recorded by Johnny Irion (Arlo Guthrie) along with her single Key to the Door that was released by Aldora Britain Records (Rothley, UK). Her new single Joy Callin' was released on March 10, 2023 to be followed by a new full length LP.

Lisa recently returned from playing Aster Cafe - Minneapolis, MN and Rockwood Music Hall - New York, NY.  Lisa lives in the Berkshires of Massachusetts and has performed at Club Helsinki, The Dream Away Lodge and  frequently plays at the Apple Tree - Lenox and The Lion's Den - Stockbridge. She'll be heading back to Minneapolis to play at Art-A-Whirl in May. More dates coming soon! 

Lisa performs as a solo artist and with her band that includes producer/guitarist Johnny Irion.

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.

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.

Roots music - Fierce folk

Some of Us

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.

Avi was born into a Jewish family in Dartmouth, Massachusetts. His father, historian Robert Michael, is the author of several books about the Holocaust. Jacob left home in his teen years to live in Boston. He spent the next several years developing skills as a songwriter and performer. While living in Boston, he was involved in the DIY music community The Whitehaus Family Record and released several amateur recordings with them. Jacob moved to Charleston, South Carolina in 2010 and began to focus on his professional career in music by playing small music festivals, and being featured in music blogs and samplers. Avi is a writer of the Diana DeMuth song "All the Liars" released in 2020

He unofficially released the song "Cannonball" in 2014 on social media.

In December 2015, he was brought to CMJ by the band Counting Crows who named him the best folk emerging superstar. He opened for Dr John in February 2016.

In March 2016, Avi was featured on A&R Report as an artist to watch.

Avi recorded his EP Surrender with Simone Felice (producer of the Billboard #1 Lumineers album Cleopatra) and members of the Felice Brothers.

In May 2020 Avi released a new album, Preservation, via Bandcamp.

Jacob is an independent artist, formerly signed to Skate Mountain Records, and related to popular ghost-folk songwriter Allysen Callery.

The music of Jenna Nicholls has been turning heads since she arrived on the door step of the Lower East Side of NYC.  Whether she’s crooning a jazz standard, belting out a New Orleans style dirge or plucking her 1920’s style original ballads on her Ukulele, she’s giving a vintage genre a new spin with her own lush nostalgic style and melodic sensibility.

Recently, Jenna has toured with Ingrid Michaelson, shared the stage with Oscar Winner Glen Hansard, Amanda Palmer, Lucius, Joan as Policewoman, Gerry Leonard (Spooky Ghost/David Bowie).  She’s performed in venues all over the world including the Beacon Theater NYC, and Carnegie Hall.

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.

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.

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.

JJ Slater travelled to Taos, NM in the summer of 2022, taking up residence in an adobe casita and writing a batch of songs that became the narrative album "The Silver Key". Weaving folk songwriting, blues guitar, and jazz/funk rhythms, he and his collaborators crafted an album stuck out of time and place, but still warmly at home. The languid grooves come to life with spontaneous improvisation, storytelling lyrics and dips and dives on his Telecaster. He'll be playing the album in its entirety, along with new songs forming its spiritual sequel. 

METNO

Metno: A Fresh Take on Brazilian Classics Metno, the electronic moniker of composer Monte Weber, takes a bold, contemporary approach to Brazilian music with his latest remix album. Reimagining classic Brazilian tunes and beloved MPB (Música Popular Brasileira) songs, Metno infuses them with a modern Tropicalia-inspired twist, blending electronic textures with the infectious rhythms of samba and bossa nova.Having grown up surrounded by samba and Afro-Brazilian rhythms, Metno brings his own creative spin to these traditions, fusing past and present into something entirely new.

Feel the Pulse of Brazil at the Dream Away Lodge! Experience the electrifying rhythms of Brazil as Jim Weber and the Berkshire Bateria light up the Dream Away Lodge in Becket, MA. Founded in 1994 by Teri and Jim Weber, the Berkshire Bateria has been a cornerstone of samba in Western Massachusetts, bringing authentic Brazilian music to the region for over 30 years.  Led by master percussionist Jim Weber, whose deep immersion in Brazilian music includes studies with legends like Duduka Da Fonseca and Bobby Sanabria at Manhattan’s Drummers Collective, as well as time spent in Salvador, Bahia, the group brings the true spirit of samba wherever they go.

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!

Rounders Revival invites you to share in an evening of light-hearted and uplifting acoustic music steeped deeply in the folk-americana traditions of universal story telling and soulful harmonies. 

Join in for the Rounders renditions of singer-songwriter favorites and inspired originals.

Instagram: @roundersrevival

Dust Bowl Faeries perform a faerie-tale fusion of dark cabaret and gothic polka music, infused with a dose of witchcraft and a dusting of woodland magic. The accordion driven freak-folk ensemble hails from the New York Hudson Valley and draws inspiration from sinister circus songs, murder ballads and Eastern European folk music. Singing saw, piano accordion, lap-steel, bass, percussion and acoustic guitar combine to create the Dust Bowl Faeries otherworldly sound. 

The ensemble has toured internationally and has released several recordings including Magic & Mayhem (2024) featuring Melora Creager of Rasputina on cello, Carnival Dust (2023) featuring harpist Mikaela Davis and a debut album featuring Tommy Stinson of The Replacements. Dust Bowl Faeries was founded by Ryder Cooley (faerie queen) and taxidermy spirit animal Hazel the Ram. Ryder and Hazel are joined by Jon B Woodin (rocket faerie) and Jude Roberts (hobbit faerie) for this intimate trio performance. 

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.

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.

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.

Party of the Sun is a psychedelic folk band from New Hampshire, composed of Ethan McBrien, Rory Hurley, and Garrett Cameron.

Since 2006, both McBrien and Hurley have recorded and performed together in various projects. Throughout his career, McBrien has always had an interest in folk music; writing many songs influenced by the Americana tradition.

In the fall of 2015, McBrien and Hurley began recording this material. These collaborative sessions at McBrien’s home - a small sheep farm in Marlborough, NH - were the impetus of what has become Party of the Sun.

Since their inception, the band has released two full-length albums - Trekker and Fullest Hour, and five EPs - Lay Low, Goldenwood, and Capsule I, II, & III.

With coverage including Atwood Magazine, Under The Radar, Glide, UNXIGNED, For The Rabbits, and alexrainbirdMusic, Party of the Sun’s music has been described as heartfelt, warm, and meditative. Exploring themes of connectedness, time, nature, and fatherhood, Party of the Sun crafts timeless folk with nods to psychedelia and Americana. 

Party of the Sun has been featured in television shows such as Deputy on Fox and Charmed on The CW. They have shared the stage with acts including Bonnie “Prince” Billy, Haley Heynderickx, William Tyler, Habibi, Robert Randolph, Footings, and more.

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.

“Lost Film takes a nuanced approach to pop that’s both hazily introspective and gripping.” - NOISEY

“It’s a piece of lovely dreamy melancholia that sets Hewitt’s quiet and subtle voice against a gorgeous plaintive and pure guitar…” – DIY MAG

“A discretely magical, often powerful, statement of intent. ‘OK, Lost‘ is a swirling gem of a pop song, a moment of restraint that explodes in to a sublimely affecting chorus…” – GOLD FLAKE PAINT

Keep It Together was recorded in a log cabin in the midst of a blizzard in rural New Hampshire but you wouldn’t know it by listening to it. The melody driven guitar-pop of Lost Film typically strives for short and sweet, often uptempo indie pop. And though brief moments of slowcore or the occasional emo-indebted guitar may arise, the songwriting at its core is based in straight forward verse, chorus, verse, radio pop. Citing the guitar-pop and crossover appeal of Fountains of Wayne and the introspective layers of the American Analog Set as influences, Lost Film too finds ways to weave in and out of lanes at varying speeds but always with the destination of a hook.

On their latest, main songwriter Jim Hewitt ventured to record outside of his home for the first time since debuting in 2015 but made sure to bring along comforts of home like vintage lamps and wool rugs in addition to a heap of instruments and recording gear. “I’ve been really into textures lately” says Hewitt “whether it’s textile materials (ie: the Amish quilt cover art) or adding layers of barely audible synthesizers under a track, it makes a huge difference to an overall mood.”

Hewitt adds: “It’s definitely the most honest record I’ve ever made. Whether it’s getting older and not having as many walls up, or caring less, or a combination of both - the album looks back at the decisions I’ve made with my life and who I am now. Not to say that I have many regrets because I’m extremely fortunate and proud of where I’m at. But at the same time the Libra in me tends to play it safe and it’s only natural to check in on the what-if’s. If you told me a decade ago that I’d still be working a corporate day job instead of being a touring musician, I’d be a little surprised but not that surprised. For this time out, I made a lot of conscious decisions to not play it safe.”

For the session, Hewitt tapped engineer Matt Freake and longtime drummer and live collaborator Ben Husk to help bring the songs to life - the bulk of which had been sitting for up to 5 years. The jump in fidelity on Keep It Together becomes apparent immediately compared to the basement recordings of previous releases. On cuts like “Exist”, warm, lush, drums paired with bright, multi tracked guitars and layers of vocal harmonies lift the project to new levels of polished recording without becoming sterilized by a traditional studio. An arpeggiated synth line on “Searching” eventually collides with an off kilter drum beat that wouldn’t be out of place for early Modest Mouse - while lead single “Little Things Forever” looks at seeking refuge in the otherwise mundane moments of daily life. At a 25 minute runtime, each of the nine tracks seem to share the same collective goal - to serve as a respite from any displeasures both within our control and beyond it.

“a gem like “Big Talk” just as readily calls back to more recent indie-pop history, namely the lo-fi guitar-pop stuff that was making waves on the blogs about a decade ago. I’m picking up everything from Beach Fossils to LVL UP on this one” - Stereogum

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.

Sam is a lifelong singer, songwriter, everything else writer, comedian, and actor in New Jersey/New York. She released her debut album in January of 2017, and is currently working on her next release. She regularly sings with Joe McGinty’s Losers Lounge, Scotch Bonnet, and plays solo acoustic shows. Her love of old country, soul, and comes through in her songwriting and set lists.

She is an alumnus of Atlantic Acting School in NYC, and a recent graduate of Smith College with a dual degree in English and Psychology and Poetry Concentration.

Kyle Field is a visual artist and the songwriter behind the 25-years-running group Little Wings. Over the course of more than a dozen albums, he has written a classic cannon of songs that continues to gain listenership to this day. Working without the help of powerful record companies, the songs have earned their place viscerally, person by person, creating a cherished and loyal following around the world. Little Wings continues to release records at an incredible clip and shows no signs of slowing, the songs keep growing. His latest and greatest High on the Glade was recorded with legendary producer Kramer. It’s due out June 7th on Perpetual Doom. 

A song and story man, a compulsive adventurer, a rural Pennsylvania

yokel with a restless curiosity and a passion for street performance,

Leo DiSanto has hauled his wanderlust wagon and his guitar case

everywhere from gypsy camps in Transylvania to monasteries in the

high Himalaya to the boulevards of New Orleans to the wild interior of

Alaska. He sees this more or less as his existential mission: to inspire

and be inspired. Known for his imaginative songwriting, powerful

singing voice, exciting live performances, and captivating storytelling,

Leo is the founding front man of the award-winning, original

Amerikindasorta string band, Vinegar Creek Constituency, and is

currently (and indefinitely) on tour as a solo performer .

HOWARD FISHMAN has been a mainstay of the Brooklyn music scene for nearly three decades. He's released eleven albums to date, has toured internationally, and has appeared on stages from Lincoln Center to dank Romanian basements. His music is an amalgam of New Orleans jazz, indie rock, Americana, and avant garde, and his live show is known for its ecstatic unpredictability. Come hear for yourself.

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.

Galvanizer brings a blend of late 60's psychedelic rock, 70’s funk, and soul & 21st-century cosmic grease for your feet and mind to enjoy! 

Kate Prascher is a singer and multi-instrumentalist best known for her evocative songwriting. She was thrilled to be named an IBMA Songwriting Showcase finalist in 2021. Inspired by her Tennessee roots and influenced by master song crafters like Hazel Dickens and Gillian Welch, singles The Fox and the River and City of Ghosts showcase Kate's versatility as both writer and performer. Her songs are outspoken and sometimes tender, by turns playful and heart-piercing.

Ink 19 described Kate’s "delicate and expressive singing" and “intangible vintage feel". Christine King writes,

“Kate Prascher is a jewel waiting to be discovered".

Kate's past work includes her 2019 solo EP Bright Like This, 2016's Almanac recorded with The Tumble and a self-titled EP released by The Wildwood Sisters. She has performed with numerous artists as a singer, mandolinist and duet partner.

Kate Prascher’s new album, 'Shake the Dust' is a recognition of our everyday darkness. It wades through the undercurrents of memory drawing half-portraits of characters both real and imagined while shining a light on the complex web of our relationships. 

Shake the Dust is expected in summer 2024 and features Bobby Hawk (Taylor Swift), Bennett Sullivan (Bright Star), Nate Sabat (Mile Twelve) and Jason Borisoff (Cricket Tell the Weather). Expect new songs from a voice that has been described as having an “intangible vintage feel.”  

Into the Fog combines timeless songwriting with progressive instrumentation and tight harmonies, with various musical backgrounds that range from bluegrass to funk, which helps create Into The Fog’s genre-jumping sound.

- Festival plays: Telluride Bluegrass Festival, FloydFest, Rooter Walk, Merlefest, Grey Fox Bluegrass, Subaru Winterfest, Charleston Bluegrass, Earl Scruggs, The Big What? and more

- Shared the stage with the likes of Sam Bush, Keller & The Keels, Town Mountain, Daniel Donato, Arkansauce, Shadowgrass, Big Richard, and The Grass Is Dead

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.

Synthesist Eric Hnatow and vocalist Haley Morgan make music as Home Body, harnessing light, sound, and movement to present a throbbing synth spectacle oozing with raw energy and emotional grit. Hailing from western Massachusetts, the duo plays with form and improvisation, enchanting audiences with their infectious spirit and danceable, moody electro-pop. Live, they punctuate their sound with manual light manipulation, reaching beyond their performance to create a high-vibration spectacle that is physically and emotionally moving. 

A Nashville-based singer-songwriter with an honest, plainspoken vocal, an eclectic-roots sound and a knack for bringing crystalline characters to life, Jack McKeon harbors a deep love for the written word. First inspired by literary musical icons from Hank Williams and Guy Clark to Tom T. Hall and John Hartford, McKeon arrived in Nashville in 2021 and has since established a reputation for his own message-driven lyricism - a value which shows up in its full sonic serenity on his 2024 album debut, Talking to Strangers.

In 2024, Talking to Strangers was featured in Saving Country Music, the Nashville Scene, and was named one of the best albums of the year by the Bluegrass Situation. McKeon placed 2nd at the Songwriter Serenade contest in Schulenburg, Texas and was a finalist at the Kerrville Folk Festival's prestigious New Folk contest.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.