Seth Rogovoy

Singers Bettye LaVette and Madeleine Peyroux team up for a double bill at the Mahaiwe in Great Barrington, Mass., tonight at 8pm. Bettye LaVette is hailed by the New York Times as “one of the great soul interpreters of her generation.”

The Del McCoury Band brings its legendary traditional-style bluegrass to the Mahaiwe in Great Barrington, Mass., on Saturday at 8pm. The family band featuring Del’s sons Ronnie and Rob has won all the major bluegrass awards as well as several Grammy Awards over the decades. The group releases its latest album, The Times They Are a-Changin’ -- featuring the Bob Dylan song of the same name -- today. (Sat, May 10)

Commentator Seth Rogovoy offers a preview of this weekend's cultural events

Grammy Award-winning roots-music outfit Old Crow Medicine Show brings its dynamic mix of traditional country, old-time string music, bluegrass, and folk to the Mahaiwe in Great Barrington, Mass., tonight at 8pm. The acoustic string band was discovered busking on a North Carolina street by bluegrass legend Doc Watson. Grammy Award-nominated singer/songwriter/guitarist Trey Hensley warms up the crowd for Old Crow. (Fri, April 25)

Annie Hart brings her blend of electronic minimalism to Tourists in North Adams, Mass., tonight at 8pm. Hart’s music runs the gamut from post-New Wave/Krautrock; ethereal ambient music based on classic synthesizers; and composed chamber music for small orchestral ensembles. (Fri, Apr 18)

Musical duo Charming Disaster will perform their delightfully dark cabaret-folk at The Foundry in West Stockbridge, Mass., tonight at 7pm. The New York City-based duo is known for its playfully macabre music inspired by myth, magic, science, and the occult, channeling the macabre humor of Edward Gorey and Tim Burton, the murder ballads of the Americana tradition, and the dramatic flair of cabaret. (Fri, Apr 11)

Grammy Award-nominated Cuban pianist Alfredo Rodriguez brings his electrifying fusion of Latin, pop, jazz, tango, and funk music to the Linde Center at Tanglewood in Lenox, Mass., tonight at 7pm.

Flore Laurentienne, an instrumental music project of Canadian composer-musician Mathieu David Gagnon, performs original works blending electronic music and classically influenced music, at The Clark in Williamstown, Mass., tonight at 7pm. The project pushes the boundaries between various musical genres, such as ambient, experimental, and progressive rock. (Fri, Mar 21)

Grammy Award-winning blues icon Bobby Rush brings an intimate night of stories and songs to the Mahaiwe’s new Indigo Room, a club-like performance space adjoining the main theater, in Great Barrington, Mass., tonight at 8pm.

The Surfrajettes, a beehive-bedecked, all-female quartet from Toronto, bring their updated surf-rock sounds to the Colony in Woodstock, N.Y., tonight at 7pm. The group originally became online sensations via their 2018 version of Britney Spears’s “Toxic” and their adaptations of other hits, including Blondie’s “Heart of Glass” and the Beatles’ “She Loves You.”