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By Lucas Willardhttp://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/wamc/local-wamc-1003328.mp3Pittsfield, MA – " "Andrea Nuciforo Jr. spoke to a crowd at…

Massachusetts’ Gateway Cities Program funded improvements to the First Street Commons in Pittsfield, a park that had previously fallen into disrepair. At…

Peter Welch, Vermont's lone representative in the U.S. House, on Tuesday won the Democratic nomination to seek re-election in November, when he will face…

Over the past 5 years, Pittsfield has had several economic investments in the arts. As WAMC’s Berkshire Bureau Chief Lucas Willard reports, a new study…

Candidates keep getting in trouble for picking theme songs without getting approval from the artist. You can trace this back to changes in both campaigning and the way companies sell products.

In the band's latest album Mono, Malo demonstrates how he likes to make music that confounds the usual expectations of what a country hit-maker can do.

Twenty-five years after its first album, the New Jersey band is still selling out Madison Square Garden and putting out chart-topping singles. But these days, its sound is a little more country, and it's recording in Nashville. That may be because pop and rock songs have left behind the working-class, everyday guy, while country music sings straight to him.

There are taquerias, barbecue joints and gastropubs. To any food-loving road traveler, these places were always around, especially if you happened to chat up the locals and find one of these hidden gems. But increasingly the eateries are popping up at gas stations and convenience stores, where the food was, let's just say, less than stellar. Now, they're a destination in and of themselves.

Some of the songs being played during the Black Lives Matter protests in the U.S. aren't overtly political. Instead, they're rap songs by local heroes — songs celebrating being Black.

Grammy Award-nominated singer-songwriter Ari Hest brings his catchy, pop-inflected original compositions to Park Theater in Hudson, N.Y., tonight at 7:30pm. A road warrior who has shared stages with the likes of Martin Sexton, Suzanne Vega, and Ani DiFranco, Ari began writing, recording, and releasing a song every two weeks through his Patreon page in early 2022 and continues to do so through today. (Fri, Jan 24)