Josh Landes
Berkshire Bureau ChiefJosh Landes has been WAMC's Berkshire Bureau Chief since February 2018 after working at stations including WBGO Newark and WFMU East Orange. A passionate advocate for Berkshire County, Landes was raised in Pittsfield and attended Hampshire College in Amherst, receiving his bachelor's in Ethnomusicology and Radio Production. You can reach him at jlandes@wamc.org with questions, tips, and/or feedback.
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Tina Packer, the founding artistic director of Lenox, Massachusetts, theatre group Shakespeare & Company, died of natural causes at 87 last week. -
After the death of founding Grateful Dead member Bobby Weir this weekend, fans, friends, and fellow musicians are sharing their memories of a true American original. WAMC Berkshire Bureau Chief and passionate Deadhead Josh Landes shares this remembrance. -
On Saturday, legendary American singer-songwriter and Grateful Dead founding member Bobby Weir died at the age of 78 after a struggle with cancer and underlying health issues. Weir's musical career began in 1963 when he was just 16, and over the next 60 years, he spent as much time as possible on stage. A cosmic cowboy, a die hard jazz fan, an interpreter of the folk song book, and above all else, a storyteller, Weir reflected every facet of the American musical experience. -
More details are emerging from an incident in Hinsdale, Massachusetts, Wednesday morning that left a 27-year-old New York man dead and sent two police officers to the hospital with gunshot wounds. A warning to listeners: this conversation contains descriptions of violence. -
On Saturday, a ceremony on the border of New York and Massachusetts will commemorate the 250th anniversary of one of the Revolutionary War’s most impressive feats. -
A company that formulates pharmaceuticals in a sterile environment is spending almost $30 million to expand its headquarters in Lee, Massachusetts. -
After a national search, a Great Barrington, Massachusetts-based affordable housing nonprofit has named a new executive director. -
Mass. Rep. Seth Moulton of the 6th Congressional District is in the race to unseat two-term incumbent Sen. Ed Markey in this year’s Democratic primary. -
Candidates in this year’s Democratic Massachusetts Senate primary are reacting to the Trump administration’s seizure of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. -
A nonprofit in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, is celebrating almost half a century of serving as a pipeline for vital equipment donations to a community in rural Honduras.
