Open Music Night
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!
The format for 2026:
Sign up at 6pm.
7-9pm: Slots for individual or groups. 10 mins or 2 songs ish.
9-close: Circle and Jam at the host’s discretion.
DAVID REED
The one and only David Reed returns to the DreamAway with his master troubadour vibes and cigar box guitars.
"Folk-rockin' Caribe-vibe Groove Music served with a side order of Smokehouse Blues!"
Weeeds
Wild Weeeds is the manifestation of five mutant rock n’ rollers that grew out of the ponds, lakes and streams of Columbia County, NY. Wild Weeeds play “Garage Rock” like the Seeds, the Standells and the early Stones but mix in New Wave, Copake surf music and their own unique warped energy. RandyJoe Weeed plays guitar like blues rockers from the Summer of Love, Whyman B Weeed lays down slithering smiling bass lines, Marc E Marc Weeed is the lake child of Keith Moon, and Moss Weeed is a rockabilly Lou Reeed. Together they are certainly wild..... The Wild Weeeds!!!
Moon Hollow
"Moon Hollow is an acoustic quartet based in Western Massachusetts that performs original & traditional tunes inspired by folk, americana, bluegrass & early jazz music including catchy originals and tight three part harmonies. Some notable acts they have shared the stage with include Ryan Montbleau, The Mallet Brothers, Chris Pureka, Clay Pigeons, Tigerman Woah, DiTrani Brothers, Jatoba, Folkfaces, Blind Owl Band, Bella's Bartok, etc. Formed in 2019 in Brattleboro, VT - now based in western mass. They perform over 100 shows a year around the valley and New England."
Website: https://moonhollowmusic.com/
Music: Leave The Light On EP
Bandcamp:https://moonhollowmusic.bandcamp.com/
Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@Moonhollowmusic
Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/moonhollowband
Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/moonhollowmusic
Chris Murphy
In another era, I would have played square dances, been a court musician, or a circus fiddler, and loved every minute of it,” says veteran LA violinist and songwriter Chris Murphy, whose spirited and haunting original music bends genres and even centuries with ease.
Murphy grew up in an Irish-Italian family near New York City, surrounded by the disparate sounds of his neighbors’ traditional music: Italian mandolin songs, pulsing Latin rhythms, and bracing Irish rounds. Eventually falling under the spell of late, great multi-instrumentalist David Lindley (Jackson Browne, Ry Cooder, Bob Dylan) Murphy went on to explore Turkish and Indian music at Bard College, and studied composition at Boston’s prestigious New England Conservatory of Music.
Since then, Murphy has hypnotized crowds in more than forty US states, done extensive tours of England, Belgium , and The Netherlands, and amassed a breathtakingly deep catalog of over 500 works. His over fifteen original albums—including 2023’s brilliant “The Road & the Stars”—boast A-list players from the Tom Waits band, Wilco, X, The Desert Rose Band, Elvis Costello, and the Buena Vista Social Club.
“To me, music is liquid,” Murphy explains thoughtfully. “I’ll twist and turn, and hammer and mold, and shape, cut, and paste the music to create a fresh experience for my audience at all costs.”
Open Music Night
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!
The format for 2026:
Sign up at 6pm.
7-9pm: Slots for individual or groups. 10 mins or 2 songs ish.
9-close: Circle and Jam at the host’s discretion.
The Bird Calls & Adeline Hotel
The Bird Calls is a prolific indie-folk/singer-songwriter project founded by Reading, Pennsylvania native Sam Sodomsky. Known for its intimate, bedroom-recorded sound, the project has released dozens of albums on Bandcamp exploring themes of melody, memory, and everyday life.
In the tender, surrealist world that Knishkowy has developed under the name Adeline Hotel, stories have been told through sprawling psych-rock epics (2020’s Solid Love), stark solo guitar performances (2021’s Good Timing), piano-led orchestral song cycles (2021’s The Cherries Are Speaking), and lush, jazzy compositions that felt like a genre unto themselves (2023’s Hot Fruit). Inspired by indie lifers and fellow world-builders like Jim O’Rourke and Phil Elverum, the Ruination Records co-founder has rewritten the rule book with each new project, inviting listeners to join as he discovers new channels for his singular voice. By now the sound of Adeline Hotel is equally identifiable through Knishkowy’s dextrous fingerpicking—the aural equivalent of tracing your fingers through cool sand at sunrise—as his low, whispered vocals and autumnal melodies.
Home Body
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.
David Dersham
“Marine” – an intriguing desciption of Dave Dersham's oeuvre, courtesy of New York based, anti-folk / improv-slam artist James O’Brien. Collectively, are songs of cautionary tales: submerging archipelagos; the unfolding eco-dystopia; and Samoan pigskin heroes. Dave spent his formative years in the Pioneer Valley of Western Massachusetts, meandered west, and eventually returned, despite mediocre snowpack, relentless rain – interspersed with draught – and unsettling occasions of smoke-infused humidity, the newest of new normals.
Dave completed his first CD, The Burn of Summer (2003) in Somerville, MA, engineered by Jabe Beyer, Tim Kelly, and Tom Eaton (Willam Ackerman). The crew synthesized the threads with elan, earning substantial airtime on Folk Radio’s WUMB (UMASS/Boston), WERS (Emerson College), and as a new artist finalist for Mountain Stage, a live, nationally syndicated radio production.
Gilding the Lilies (2011) was recorded by the kaleidoscopically-stringed lloyd Thayer of Watertown, MA, and Jared Fiske: djembe, electric/acoustic guitar, bass, keyboard. Corporate excess, mass-transit, and regrettable camping choices were some of the themes. The sophomore collection was well-received and distributed internationally.
A sly humorist, cultural critic, and melancholy optimist, Dave's third album, Another Interregnum (2024), addressed temporary out-of-body homelessness, relief from a burning planet, and working class bravado. The work was engineered by Andrew Atkin (13 Queen Studios) and recorded, mastered, and co-produced by Mark Alan Miller of Sonlab / Side Track Studio (Jay Mascus, Dar Williams).
Dave's 4th CD, Farce, will emerge in 2027.
Open Music Night
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!
The format for 2026:
Sign up at 6pm.
7-9pm: Slots for individual or groups. 10 mins or 2 songs ish.
9-close: Circle and Jam at the host’s discretion.
Jacob Augustine
Jacob Augustine is an folk musician from the northern woods of Maine. Over his two decades as one of the most influential and beloved vocalists and songwriters in the state, he’s reached an enigmatic, near mythic status; touring the country back and forth, releasing records in a flurry, headlining bigger and bigger stages, then disappearing from public eye for years at a time, and back again. Augustine’s records range from heavily-orchestrated, bombastic full-band affairs to raw, stripped-down solo recordings to eccentric, genre-hopping studio projects, but they also center his immediately recognizable voice. The Portland Press Herald writes, “Jacob Augustine has one gilded set of pipes. A diamond in the rough."
Jacob has supported Margaret Glaspy, Nicole Atkins, Friendship, Timber Timbre, Gruff Rhys, Saintseneca, Xylouris White, Simone Felice, O'Death, Lady Lamb, The Wooden Birds, Dan Mangan, and Lydia Loveless.
LABOR DAY: Lizzie and the Makers
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.
Open Music Night
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!
The format for 2026:
Sign up at 6pm.
7-9pm: Slots for individual or groups. 10 mins or 2 songs ish.
9-close: Circle and Jam at the host’s discretion.
Open Music Night
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!
The format for 2026:
Sign up at 6pm.
7-9pm: Slots for individual or groups. 10 mins or 2 songs ish.
9-close: Circle and Jam at the host’s discretion.
Samoa Wilson & Michaela Gomez
Since she was 12 years old, Samoa Wilson has been captivating audiences with a voice the New York Times calls “sweet, effortless, old-timey”. Raised in the riverbed of traditional North American folk music, she came up in the Boston scene, under the wing of jug band and folk legend Jim Kweskin. Her two duos, the Four O’Clock Flowers, and Fatboy Wilson & Old Viejo Bones, have become staples of the thriving New York City folk community. Additionally, her vintage jazz trio has been filling ears with material from the golden era of 20's and 30's musical treasure; a sound at once more bluesy and more contemporary than expected. Her choice of repertoire makes the difference: torchy and honeyed renditions of haunting little-known tunes, from a woman’s perspective. From the source of the traditional and classic material, she poses a modern complaint, salutes the transformation of women’s work and suffering into women’s triumph.
“ ... a deep understanding of the early era of recorded pop ... a gorgeous, fun sound.” — The Boston Herald
The Lucky Five
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.
Open Music Night
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!
The format for 2026:
Sign up at 6pm.
7-9pm: Slots for individual or groups. 10 mins or 2 songs ish.
9-close: Circle and Jam at the host’s discretion.
Bobby Sweet
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.
5 Pound Horse
5 Pound Horse has created a regional and international buzz around electric live performances where anything’s on the table — French-language songs, banjos, marimbas, melodies from Africa and Ireland and anywhere else they draw inspiration. They’ve graced Berkshires institutions like The Dream Away Lodge and MASS MoCA’s FreshGrass Festival, appeared at Pittsburgh venues like the Thunderbird Music Hall and James Simon’s sculpture studio Pittsburgh PA, and thrown legendary parties at their home BarN in Williamstown, MA. They toured Europe in 2024 playing as The Durgas and 5 Pound Horse combined into one group. The band are poised to record their first EP with producer Ronan Chris Murphy (King Crimson, etc).
Heart-stirring, original, and epiphany-inducing, 5 Pound Horse is ready to ride into a town near you for a night to remember. Saddle up!
Open Music Night
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!
The format for 2026:
Sign up at 6pm.
7-9pm: Slots for individual or groups. 10 mins or 2 songs ish.
9-close: Circle and Jam at the host’s discretion.
Jackie West & Raybody
Raybody (fka Katy Rea) writes classic singer-songwriter shit that gets weird. Her voice is endlessly dynamic—feral and tough in its nurturing. Backed by Andrew Forman (Guitar: Daryl Johns, Nick Hakim) and Ethan Kogan (Pinc Louds,) the trio moves between cinematic extremes. Her bandmates—jazz artists steeped in NYC’s experimental and indie rock scenes—interpret her songs with a range that’s both crushing and soaring. It’s the sound of a woman at work: maniacal, but warm. Past bills with: Little Wings, Mei Semones, Allegra Kreiger, Being Dead, Lily Seabird, Bartees Strange, You Bet, Florry, & more.
Jackie West
NYC <-> Hudson Valley – based musician. Released sophomore album Feb 27. 2026 “Silent Century” and debut album ‘Close To The Mystery’ via Ruination Records, May 2024.
“It’s me, baby, you”, Jackie West sings on the opening track of her new record, Silent Century.
Like a hall of mirrors, West’s sophomore record unfolds like a playful conversation between the artist and herself. Throughout the course of Silent Century, they confront head on “the ones that are telling us ‘don’t speak’, uncovering their voice, seductive and surprising, no longer silent.
WHISTLE & STACK
Berkshire greats Jordan Weller, Matt Downing, Kip Beacco and Dan Teichert!
Dan Blakesee
While attending art school in Baltimore, Maryland in the early 90’s Dan Blakeslee, a Maine native discovered that he had an equal and deeply rooted connection to music. He would sneak into the galleries to play his guitar through the late hours of the evening surrounded by easels and oil paintings. After four years in “Charm City,” he returned to his childhood home in the Tatnic Woods of South Berwick, ME. That summer he played street corners in New Hampshire and Maine while working at a lobster restaurant. His employer urged him to sever ties to manual labor for one of a more musical nature. A phone call from a friend offering him a room in Somerville, MA began his journey south in 1995. While settling into this artful community he began to practice his craft in the smoke-laden subways of Boston. He now has been making music and art in the New England region ever since, leading him to tour the U.S. He has performed with Langhorne Slim, Josh Ritter, David Wax Museum, Lydia Loveless, The Lumineers, Deer Tick, The Low Anthem, Brown Bird, Sean Rowe, Jonah Tolchin, Old 97’s, Death Vessel, Kimya Dawson among others. In 2015 his dream of playing Newport Folk Festival became a reality, where Bob Dylan went electric 50 years earlier.
The hills and highways are made for wandering, this is forever rooted in Dan Blakeslee who performs an average of 160+ shows per year. In a gymnasium at Laconia Prison (NH) in 2005, a crowd of 150 inmates became hushed after hearing Blakeslee’s songs of hardship, hope, and true grit later released as a live album. In the late winter of 2006 brought him a string of 27 shows with Tiger Saw (Dylan Metrano, Alan Bull, Angel Deradoorian (Dirty Projectors)) to the southern US and straight up the Mississippi River igniting his passion to continue on this path for the years to come. In June of 2012 upon returning from the 120-mile journey by foot on the Massachusetts Walking Tour Blakeslee mapped out a tour of a different shape slated for the fall of that year. This venture spanned 7 states, with Blakeslee performing 31 shows in 25 days as his Halloween alter ego “Doctor Gasp” making a connect the dots Jack-O-Lantern face on a map of New England. 2013 brought him to Austin, TX in March for SXSW followed by a tour with his band “The Calabash Club” in late June of that year.
Blakeslee has released ten full-length albums to date. Two of them were recorded by long-time art school friend Ron Harrity (Peapod Recordings) the first “Lincoln Street Roughs” was recorded in a warehouse called The Map Room in Portland, Maine in 2007. The next was “Tatnic Tales” released on May 10, 2011. It is a collection of Blakeslee’s country folk songs most stemming from real life experiences. This album features his band The Calabash Club who formed in a Dover, NH basement in October of 2008. The members: Mike Effenberger – piano, Nick Phaneuf – bass, and Jim Rudolf – drums; are the essential ingredients in this acoustic folk outfit. “Tatnic Tales” was recorded in Dean Ludington’s barn in North Berwick, ME by the railroad as the friendship between the members of the band bloomed. “Tatnic Tales” is the first full-length album the band has recorded together to date. Blakeslee’s following album “Owed To The Tanglin’ Wind” was recorded at the Columbus Theatre in Providence, RI by Ben Knox Miller and Jeffrey Prystowsky (The Low Anthem). It was released on August 19th, 2014 with which Blakeslee did extensive touring in 2015. This album received “Album Of The Year” from Red Line Roots. Blakeslee was also awarded 2014 “Folk Artist Of The Year” at the Boston Music Awards, and “Male Performer of The Year” at the 2015 New England Music Awards. After a pause between full-band records his long awaited album “The Alley Walker” recorded by studio wizard Chris Chase (The Noise Floor) featuring his band The Calabash Club came out in 2017 to much acclaim. After touring the US a couple of times and much journeying it was time to get back in the studio. Blakeslee had been dreaming of making a full-length Christmas album for over a decade inspired by his retro music collection. So on a cold winter night in 2019 Blakeslee stepped into the studio for the first session of “Christmasland Jubilee”. This full-length album by Dan Blakeslee and the Calabash Club was revealed on December 1, 2020, and is their third release together.
A prolific artist, Dan Blakeslee has made over 600 rock posters in his career some of which are featured in the book “Art of Modern Rock” published by Chronicle Books. He has done album covers for dozens of bands including Assembly of Dust, Slaid Cleaves, The Tan Vampires, Jonah Tolchin, and many more. After seeing his posters, The Portsmouth Brewery (NH) asked Blakeslee to draft 8 beer label designs and the Northampton Brewery (MA) followed soon after commissioning him to make a label six-pack design. His beer label art has garnered national recognition with the Alchemist Brewery’s (VT) “Heady Topper” in 2012 and “Focal Banger” in 2014. His hand silk-screened posters have traveled the USA in the “National Poster Retrospecticus” in 2013 curated by the LAP Gallery and his own 100 piece Rock Poster Expo that has been exhibited numerous times through the years.
Leo DiSanto
My name is Leo DiSanto, and I'm a song and story man and compulsive adventurer. A rural Pennsylvania yokel with a passport, a guitar, and a blog, I've hauled my wanderlust wagon everywhere from gypsy camps in Transylvania to monasteries in the high Himalaya to the wild interior of Alaska. I see this more or less as my existential mission: to inspire and be inspired.
This website is meant to be the nexus for my various musical endeavors, adventure chronicles, sporadic literary efforts, out-loud dreams, swashbuckling blunders, bungling philosophical considerations, and general windmill tilting. Information about and music by my original string band, Vinegar Creek Constituency, can be found at http://www.vinegarcreekconstituency.com, where you can name your price for downloads of all our albums. Our music can also be found on iTunes, Spotify, Amazon, Pandora, YouTube, and all the usual places; links to us on those sites are on the VCC homepage.
I love to spend some of my time on this beautiful, ape-infested earthrock getting to know the people who connect in some way with the things I make, so please feel welcome to contact me through this website to give me feedback; share interesting factoids, daring recipes, or pictures of your dog; discuss weird metaphysics; or inquire about enlisting my services as a writer/ entertainer.
If you take delight in my various deeds and creations, please keep this ramshackle human entertainment factory in production by making a pledge of as little as one measly buck on patreon.com- it's the most direct way to support my work, kind of like buying your cabbage from the farmer who grows it rather than the big distributors (or industry execs) who lowball him for it. Here's the link to my Patreon page:
the glass hours
The Glass Hours are American songwriters Megan Barbera and Brad Armstrong. Combining influences from Megan’s Colorado mountain roots and Brad’s Birmingham, AL southern roots, the Americana/Country Folk duo met in New York’s Hudson Valley in Summer 2022 and began writing and performing together immediately. They recorded their first album the following spring.
Their self-titled debut album was released by Cornelius Chapel Records in March 2024, and several songs from the album were featured by Americana UK, The Bluegrass Situation and Americana Highways. The duo was invited to play NYC’s Underwater Sunshine Festival, an annual music showcase curated by Adam Duritz, lead singer for Counting Crows. From there, they self-booked two national tours in 2024 and began writing their second album while on tour in the West.
The Glass Hours second album, Chapel Glass, was recorded in November 2024 at Dial Back Sound in Water Valley, MS. Chapel Glass is set for release September 19, 2025. It was co-produced, engineered and mixed by Clay Jones (Al Green, Modest Mouse.) and includes Matt Patton (Drive-by Truckers, Laura Jane Grace) on bass, and Jason Lucia (Blue Mountain, Galactic Engineers) on drums.
Milton
BIO
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.
MUSIC IN COMMON
Performing in a range of configurations from acoustic duo to eight piece band, Music in Common is genre-bending collective that creatively blends Americana, Hip-Hop, and Soul. Since 2005, MIC performances have been creating impactful communities of connection between artist and audience and audience with each other. From house concerts to colleges, performing arts centers, and large festival stages, Music in Common has performed for thousands of people in more than 400 communities worldwide. Join us for an intimate acoustic performance on August 16th.
Rick Maguire (of Pile)
Though better known for building the institution that is Boston’s imminent post-everything band, Pile, Rick Maguire’s work as a solo artist is the thread that started it all. Sinewy and hypnotic guitar lines that to the untrained ear may recall such easy signposts as Slint or (Smog) slowly reveal themselves to be something more, something so hypnotic that all frame of reference is lost in the process. Maybe it’s a bit like standing in place, staring at a subway train that never stops going. Or maybe it’s the blues. Who can say?
Open Music Night
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!
The format for 2026:
Sign up at 6pm.
7-9pm: Slots for individual or groups. 10 mins or 2 songs ish.
9-close: Circle and Jam at the host’s discretion.
MATTIE & DEBBIE
MATTIE & DEBBIE is one of the great duos of their generation.
Comprised of two of the most unique talents to come out of the acoustic music scene, drummer/singer Sean Trischka and Bluegrass guitarist/singer Stash Wyslouch are a whole greater than the sum of their parts.
Satan’s Junction, their debut album to be released April 2026 weaves intimate space and luscious harmonies with bluegrass pickin', top-40 hooks, and a slew of powerful anthems to get the whole family singing. Surely a kitchen sink of sound held together by an indescribable thread of musical intimacy, humor, knowledge, and experience.
They’re one of the few groups to open for Billy Strings and Mr String’s words are sure to echo in your mind after seeing this couple of rabblerousing sweethearts:
“I just f*cking love those guys” - Billy Strings
Sean and Stash cut their teeth playing together, both as sidemen and bandleaders, in many different bluegrass/roots/folk/rock formations since 2013: The Deadly Gentlemen, Tony Trischka’s Early Roman Kings, The Stash Band, and Corporate Punk, to name a few.
Individually speaking:
Jersey boy Sean Trischka is an instinctive and sought-after drummer, songwriter, and singer with a musicality that relies on warmth, pocket, and a sense of playfulness. He has collaborated with a variety of notable artists and bands including Carsie Blanton, Mipso, Oteil Burbridge (Dead & Co), Bertha AKA Grateful Drag, Lula Wiles, and The Stray Birds.
Stash Wyslouch is an iconoclastic Bluegrass flatpicker whose style is instantly recognizable incorporating any and all influences. He's played with Molsky's Mountain Drifters, The Jacob Jolliff Band and shared the stage with the likes of Julian Lage, Bryan Sutton, Peter Rowan and David Grisman.
Howard Fishman
Howard Fishman Quartet’s music is a highly eclectic blend of Americana, Brooklyn soul, early jazz, rock, gospel and experimental music. Rooted in the syncopated rhythms of New Orleans, his sound combines gritty, storytelling-driven lyrics with swinging acoustic instrumentation that is highly improvisational, exuberant, and intimate, all at the same time.
Fishman has been an international touring artist for nearly three decades, and has shared bills with artists as disparate as Andrew Bird, Odetta, Yo Yo Ma, Nellie McKay, Taj Mahal, and Califone. He has released eleven albums of music to date, with another slated for release this year.
Fishman’s memorable live shows are known for their spontaneity, exploration, humor, and risk-taking. Tonight, he will be joined by Russell Farhang on violin, Rafael Castillo-Halvorssen on trumpet, and Andy Cotton on upright bass.
Katherine Winston
From the rolling hills of New England, Katherine Winston is a Singer/Songwriter whose music is a blend of country, folk/rock, and pop. Inspired by musical icons like Stevie Nicks, Brandi Carlile, and Dolly Parton, Katherine's powerhouse vocals and raw emotional power have captivated audiences all over the country and beyond.
Katherine's journey in music began at a young age; her passion for performing was evident even as a child. Throughout her teens, she honed her craft by gigging at local cafes, bars, clubs and restaurants. This dedication led her to audition for Season 14 of American Idol, where she showcased her exceptional talent and earned a spot among semi-finalists. Following her American Idol experience, Katherine ventured to Los Angeles, immersing herself in the vibrant music scene of the West Coast. There, she collaborated with other musicians, wrote heartfelt songs, and recorded music, further refining her unique sound. After several years of growth and exploration, Katherine felt the call to return to her roots in the East to continue on her path.
Whether fronting a full band or captivating listeners with the intimacy of a solo acoustic set, accompanied by just her guitar or piano, Katherine's versatility as a musician shines through. She distinguishes herself not only with her powerful voice and stage presence but also through her deeply relatable songwriting, which explores the intricate layers of human emotion and experience. Beyond her musical gifts, Katherine uses her songs to connect with others, offering hope, joy, and solace. Deeply connected to nature, people, and emotions, she views songwriting as a way to leave the world better than she finds it. In a time when many seek connection and understanding, her music serves as a bridge, helping listeners feel less alone and more empowered. Katherine is committed to using her art to spread positivity and healing, one song at a time. Her live shows are a testament to her ability to connect with audiences on a profound level, leaving fans spellbound with each heartfelt lyric and impassioned melody.
Be sure to keep an eye out for Katherine’s upcoming performance schedule, as well as her latest music releases. Her debut full length album, 'Something Special, Nothing Fancy' is out everywhere now!
Open Music Night
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!
The format for 2026:
Sign up at 6pm.
7-9pm: Slots for individual or groups. 10 mins or 2 songs ish.
9-close: Circle and Jam at the host’s discretion.
This Machine
This Machine is a combination of folk and roots styles drawing from the traditions of Seeger, Guthrie, Leadbelly, The Almanac Singers, jug band music, blues and labor songs. The trio incorporates the older songs with newer interpretations, preserving melodies and stories while re-presenting them with contemporary musical innovation in conjunction with lyrical social commentary. Adam, raised outside Boston, and now hailing from Shelburne Falls MA, has played folk music for nearly 25 years, and provides vocals, rhythm and picking on a long-neck banjo, and contributes some of his own songs; Liam Gude grew up steeped in American folk, and has since fallen in love with the blues as well. He plays guitar, slide guitar, and works to play harmonica in the style of Geordie Gude, Woody Guthrie, and Sonny Terry; and Andrew Fries, music teacher and multi instrumentalist, who spent his earlier life in Nebraska and Missouri, and now resides in Brattleboro, Vermont, sings high harmony and backs the group on bass. Overall, This Machine's music crosses a variety of folk and roots boundaries, and has something to offer all listeners of these styles
DJ BFG FRIDAY NIGHT DANCE PARTY WITH TAYLOR SLOANAKER opening
Early set 7-9pm:
DJ BFG 9:30 till the dancing is done.
Taylor Gail Rodgers grew up walking into the forest in the early hours of the morning, striking panic in her mother upon not finding her in bed. She still strikes panic in her mother with the stories she tells in her songs. Rodgers draws inspiration from the songwriters Anaïs Mitchell, Adrianne Lenker, her bandmates in Camellia, Justin Vernon, Sadurn, and Nathaniel Rateliff. From passenger to driver to dive bar to midnight porch, she shepherds the audience through the experiences of her life.
She weaves these stories between her songs, drawing heavily on her background in theater. It is no wonder then that the audience is an integral part of her shows - she will ask for your thoughts, your dreams, your questions, and laughter.
Sarah Blacker & Charlie Diamond
2x ‘Performer of the Year’ - New England Music Awards. Boston Music Award nominee.
Soulful original songs with compelling lyrics and pop-sensibility. Steeped in jazz & classic rock. "soaring folk-gospel...tender, defiant...genius."
Open Music Night
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!
The format for 2026:
Sign up at 6pm.
7-9pm: Slots for individual or groups. 10 mins or 2 songs ish.
9-close: Circle and Jam at the host’s discretion.
Kate Prascher
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.”
From the Woods Music
"I've always been passionate about music that moves people. Music that transcends the studio, transcends the notes and goes straight to the heart. This is why I jumped at the opportunity to work with From The Woods. They have created timeless music that will become the soundtrack to peoples lives. It's truly an honor to be along for the ride."
-Alan Evans (Soulive, Iron Wax Studios, Vintage League Music)
"Your voice has a foggy mountain mist to it and reeks of pine needles!"
-Johnny Moynihan (Sweeney's Men, Planxty, De Dannan, Moonshine)
"The combination of Adam’s wonderful voice, and the untraditional tuning that the band chose, creates a unique and amazing sound. He exhibits both great guitar composition and execution..."
-Stephen Hayman, Beyond Race Magazine
Party of the Sun & Helen Hummel
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.
Singer/songwriter Helen Hummel hails from the green mountains of Vermont. Her music reflects the rural landscape of her upbringing and explores the styles of Folk, Americana, and Indie, among many others. Through classic and original songs, Helen fills out the limits of her vocal range, accompanying herself on bright and playful guitar
sparkbyrd
Sparkbyrd is a harmony-driven trio blending Americana, folk, country, and subtle psychedelia into music that feels both timeless and intimate.
Drawing inspiration from the spirit of the 1970s and artists like Joni Mitchell, John Prine, Gram Parsons, and Gerry Rafferty, Sparkbyrd crafts songs rooted in love, heartbreak, truth, authenticity, and the natural world.
Made up of Chelsea Dawn Davis, Adrien Reju, and Lauren Willow White, Sparkbyrd leans into raw storytelling, organic instrumentation, and emotionally resonant performances. Their sound is vulnerable and cinematic, built to linger long after the last note fades
Open Music Night
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!
The format for 2026:
Sign up at 6pm.
7-9pm: Slots for individual or groups. 10 mins or 2 songs ish.
9-close: Circle and Jam at the host’s discretion.
Fannie Pack
Fannie Pack are natives of the Berkshires. Their music includes a mix of genres and provocative originals by guitarist and vocalist Melissa Brinton
Dan Blakesee
While attending art school in Baltimore, Maryland in the early 90’s Dan Blakeslee, a Maine native discovered that he had an equal and deeply rooted connection to music. He would sneak into the galleries to play his guitar through the late hours of the evening surrounded by easels and oil paintings. After four years in “Charm City,” he returned to his childhood home in the Tatnic Woods of South Berwick, ME. That summer he played street corners in New Hampshire and Maine while working at a lobster restaurant. His employer urged him to sever ties to manual labor for one of a more musical nature. A phone call from a friend offering him a room in Somerville, MA began his journey south in 1995. While settling into this artful community he began to practice his craft in the smoke-laden subways of Boston. He now has been making music and art in the New England region ever since, leading him to tour the U.S. He has performed with Langhorne Slim, Josh Ritter, David Wax Museum, Lydia Loveless, The Lumineers, Deer Tick, The Low Anthem, Brown Bird, Sean Rowe, Jonah Tolchin, Old 97’s, Death Vessel, Kimya Dawson among others. In 2015 his dream of playing Newport Folk Festival became a reality, where Bob Dylan went electric 50 years earlier.
The hills and highways are made for wandering, this is forever rooted in Dan Blakeslee who performs an average of 160+ shows per year. In a gymnasium at Laconia Prison (NH) in 2005, a crowd of 150 inmates became hushed after hearing Blakeslee’s songs of hardship, hope, and true grit later released as a live album. In the late winter of 2006 brought him a string of 27 shows with Tiger Saw (Dylan Metrano, Alan Bull, Angel Deradoorian (Dirty Projectors)) to the southern US and straight up the Mississippi River igniting his passion to continue on this path for the years to come. In June of 2012 upon returning from the 120-mile journey by foot on the Massachusetts Walking Tour Blakeslee mapped out a tour of a different shape slated for the fall of that year. This venture spanned 7 states, with Blakeslee performing 31 shows in 25 days as his Halloween alter ego “Doctor Gasp” making a connect the dots Jack-O-Lantern face on a map of New England. 2013 brought him to Austin, TX in March for SXSW followed by a tour with his band “The Calabash Club” in late June of that year.
Blakeslee has released ten full-length albums to date. Two of them were recorded by long-time art school friend Ron Harrity (Peapod Recordings) the first “Lincoln Street Roughs” was recorded in a warehouse called The Map Room in Portland, Maine in 2007. The next was “Tatnic Tales” released on May 10, 2011. It is a collection of Blakeslee’s country folk songs most stemming from real life experiences. This album features his band The Calabash Club who formed in a Dover, NH basement in October of 2008. The members: Mike Effenberger – piano, Nick Phaneuf – bass, and Jim Rudolf – drums; are the essential ingredients in this acoustic folk outfit. “Tatnic Tales” was recorded in Dean Ludington’s barn in North Berwick, ME by the railroad as the friendship between the members of the band bloomed. “Tatnic Tales” is the first full-length album the band has recorded together to date. Blakeslee’s following album “Owed To The Tanglin’ Wind” was recorded at the Columbus Theatre in Providence, RI by Ben Knox Miller and Jeffrey Prystowsky (The Low Anthem). It was released on August 19th, 2014 with which Blakeslee did extensive touring in 2015. This album received “Album Of The Year” from Red Line Roots. Blakeslee was also awarded 2014 “Folk Artist Of The Year” at the Boston Music Awards, and “Male Performer of The Year” at the 2015 New England Music Awards. After a pause between full-band records his long awaited album “The Alley Walker” recorded by studio wizard Chris Chase (The Noise Floor) featuring his band The Calabash Club came out in 2017 to much acclaim. After touring the US a couple of times and much journeying it was time to get back in the studio. Blakeslee had been dreaming of making a full-length Christmas album for over a decade inspired by his retro music collection. So on a cold winter night in 2019 Blakeslee stepped into the studio for the first session of “Christmasland Jubilee”. This full-length album by Dan Blakeslee and the Calabash Club was revealed on December 1, 2020, and is their third release together.
A prolific artist, Dan Blakeslee has made over 600 rock posters in his career some of which are featured in the book “Art of Modern Rock” published by Chronicle Books. He has done album covers for dozens of bands including Assembly of Dust, Slaid Cleaves, The Tan Vampires, Jonah Tolchin, and many more. After seeing his posters, The Portsmouth Brewery (NH) asked Blakeslee to draft 8 beer label designs and the Northampton Brewery (MA) followed soon after commissioning him to make a label six-pack design. His beer label art has garnered national recognition with the Alchemist Brewery’s (VT) “Heady Topper” in 2012 and “Focal Banger” in 2014. His hand silk-screened posters have traveled the USA in the “National Poster Retrospecticus” in 2013 curated by the LAP Gallery and his own 100 piece Rock Poster Expo that has been exhibited numerous times through the years.
MARTY BUSH
“a canyon deep baritone most country singers would eat their hat to have” - Bandcamp Daily
Hailing from the plains of eastern Kansas, Marty Bush is a torchbearer of the American songwriting tradition. His songs resonate with the weight of his influences such as Townes Van Zandt, Blaze Foley, and Kris Kristofferson, but he has channeled their emotional honesty and unvarnished truth-telling into something uniquely his own. While his 2022 solo debut “The Long Way Home” established him as a devout follower of the country and western songwriting tradition, his follow-up LP “Cowboy Chords” (out OCTOBER 13th 2023) takes a bold step forward in establishing his voice as both a songwriter and performer. Taking the reins as both producer and engineer, Bush plays every instrument on the album with the exception of pedal steel which is skillfully manned by Devon Teran (Timbers). The result is a clear and precise vision of songs that honor the past and think to the present.
Touring extensively, Bush played over 450 shows in 2022 and 2023. He continued that break-neck pace into 2024, writing songs from behind the wheel and testing material in dives, honky-tonks, and juke-joints all over the US,
Open Music Night
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!
The format for 2026:
Sign up at 6pm.
7-9pm: Slots for individual or groups. 10 mins or 2 songs ish.
9-close: Circle and Jam at the host’s discretion.
Arthur Terembula
Arthur Terembula is a touring artist and passionate student of the country blues and ragtime guitar. A translator of the sounds of the 1920’s & 1930’s blues. He reimagines the music from those times, rewriting and interpreting the songs of Mississippi John Hurt, Robert Johnson, Elizabeth Cotten, Blind Blake, Rev. Gary Davis, and other various country blues figures. You can find Arthur with his ear close to a speaker and guitar in hand, humming and whittling away at the fretboard.
WHISTLE & STACK
Berkshire greats Jordan Weller, Matt Downing, Kip Beacco and Dan Teichert!
Moon Radio + Smoota Tete-A-Tete
Moon Radio features the collaborative songs of acclaimed singer Julia Haltigan & vibraphone wizard Yusuke Yamamoto. With a focus on Julia’s pure golden voice, their romantic, nostalgic music is simultaneously dreamy and euphoric, giving one the sensation of floating on air. Julia is renowned as one of the best vocalists in New York City, evoking both jazz greats such as Anita O'Day and Peggy Lee and pop icons like Debbie Harry and Brigitte Bardot.
THE SMOOTA TÊTE-A-TÊTE & MOON RADIO
Julia Haltigan: vocals & guitar
Dave Smoota Smith: trombone
Yusuke Yamamoto: vibraphone
Tony Jarvis: bass
Dylan Fusillo: percussion
The Smoota Tête-a-Tête is a groovy and intimate otherworldly exotica jazz group. Moody and melodic, the band sets the perfect atmosphere for an underground cocktail bar on the dark side of Venus. Featuring trombone, bass clarinet,, flute, vibraphone, bass and percussion, the band is led by trombonist and composer Dave ’Smoota’ Smith, known from his work with TV On The Radio, Run The Jewels, Aaron Neville, Steven Tyler, Valerie June, Burnt Sugar, and Rev. Vince Anderson & The Love Choir.
Julia, Yusuke and Smoota have enjoyed working together for years in various bands, often at the off-Broadway sensation Sleep No More, and, after starting their projects around the same time, decided to create a one-of-a-kind showcase of both. Sharing the same musicians, both acts perform together throughout each set, setting a warm and friendly mood. After playing acclaimed shows at residencies in Brooklyn and Manhattan and multiple tours of Western Mass, both bands are currently recording their debut albums.
Open Music Night
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!
The format for 2026:
Sign up at 6pm.
7-9pm: Slots for individual or groups. 10 mins or 2 songs ish.
9-close: Circle and Jam at the host’s discretion.