Grab your instrument and come on out for our very first open mic night at HiLo! Your host Chris Lynch will play a couple tunes and curate the music.

Known as one of the most captivating bands in the Berkshires, Mary Ann Palermo & First Take has it’s primary roots in Jazz.

The band draws its repertoire from a wide range of musical genres, from Jazz standards, to Blues, R&B, Rock, Soul as well.  

Available for venue performances, as well as private and special events. Performing as a duo, trio or full ensembles.

Bill Chapman featuring Wanda Houston- vocals. The other musicians are Jeff Stevens- trumpet and vocals (from last time) and Rob Kelly- piano and vocals.  R&B, Jazz and Soul..

It’s hard to represent the wide-array of Neil Young’s influential material in one show, but that’s exactly what the band HARVEST & RUST does.  Based in Western Massachusetts, the core four members of HARVEST & RUST often augment their show with other well-known local musicians to reproduce every era of Neil Young’s music.  Be it the chart-topping HARVEST material (including Old Man, Heart of Gold, etc.) to the electric explorations of RUST NEVER SLEEPS (Hey Hey My My, etc.), as well as songs from Neil’s time in Crosby Stills Nash & Young and Buffalo Springfield, you’re in for a night of “complete Neil”.

Gentle Temper is a new-age folk duo from Boston, Massachusetts. Ryan Meier and Marion Earley began their journey as a duo in the fall of 2016 and molded their sound into what Deli Magazine called “harmony-laced smokey folk”. They have toured the northeastern U.S. extensively over the last three years, opening for nationally touring bands the Ballroom Thieves, the Western Den, Honeysuckle, Bombadil, the Family Crest, LOLO, Town Meeting, and Julie Rhodes. The duo have played in support of numerous charitable organizations including Relay for Life, Chikombuso Women & Orphans Foundation, the Beauhawks Foundation, the ACLU, and the Animal Refuge League of Portland.

Just three days shy of the anniversary of the release of their debut album, “Our Warm Red Light”, Gentle Temper released their latest single, “Triple Dog Dare”. “Triple Dog Dare” began as a poem describing a moment of contemplation and observation of Earley’s own life and of the world around her. The poem has since morphed into a song that is, at its core, an individual’s personal call to action; a reminder that we do have control over our circumstances, and that we hold the power to change them as we see fit.

In Residence, Thursdays in February! Jess Renèe is a Berkshire based Singer Songwriter who uses the stories of her life and the human experience to create music that reaches the soul. After spending 16 years living in a small town in Colorado, she returned to the Berkshires. Her ties to the west can be heard in her songs and often pay tribute to mountain life, big skies and impressive landscapes. It was there that she found her voice. Now Jess enjoys sharing her story of love, heartbreak, and connection to nature with folks from the Berkshires and beyond. Every Thursday in February except the 27th. 7pm.

ARSUN

He writes romantic, vintage-style rock, think Lou Reed meets the Rolling Stones, wsa on tour with Cat Power and has just released his new single Dead Sixty-Six. The music people love tells much about them. The eras they might have been born into if they had their way. The hopelessness of their romanticism. The rhythm of their days and the places they go at night. Or how they might move, were you to catch them dancing. Rarely, if ever, are two tastes the same, and so divulging our deepest sonic attractions can feel akin to an intimate confession – the notion of a ‘favourite song’ similar to defining oneself in just a few words.

​THE VALUES

The Values understand there is a singular magic about the combination of synthesizers and the human voice. That mix of cutting edge technology and deep vulnerability, of digital sounds and flesh and blood, of sleek and portable, portable yet opulent. It’s a city sound, sexy and rich and forward moving. There’s nothing like it — Suicide knew it in the grimy 70s. Yaz and Erasure knew it in the glossy 80s.  LCD Soundsystem knows it in the 21st century. You can hear that on the Values’ first EP.

Theirs is a total collaboration in life and art. Zwisler grew up in China, an expat who returned to the U.S. for college. Taub was a New York theater kid who has played classical piano all her life.

Together, they’ve worked with several different groups (Zwisler and Taub met the day before Evan’s first show in New York). Band members fell away but the relationship between Zwisler and Taub remained the music’s core, its heartbeat, its soul. “Wwe spent a long time getting to this, which is the truest form of the band.”  Which is to say, to think of the Values as an ‘80s throwback is to miss the point. Technology plus the human voice will always be the sound of now. The technology may change but excellent song craft is forever.

BINDY

Bindy is a newly formed post-punk band from New York City. Marrying 1980s no-wave skronk with oddly psychedelic harmony arrangements, their sound gives you something to move to.

Twenty-three year old founder, Francesca Craft, had been cranking out mostly a cappella bedroom demos of her spunky originals as a form of therapy, with no intention of releasing or performing them, but the songs proved too good. Infused with a smartly catchy and satirical art-pop sensibility her songs are animated by their bold, personal and volatile subject matter (resilience in the face of male ego to reference a couple songs). Francesca teamed up with cult producer Oliver Ignatius to knock out the first Bindy EP on analog tape.

Chloé Hilliard is a larger than life comedian. Well, that’s because she’s 6’1″ and rocks a killer afro. Born in Brooklyn, NY and raised in a large Hasidic Jewish neighborhood, Chloé has spun her unique experiences into side splitting laughs. Once you know how to tell a story you’re set for life. As a journalist-turn-comedian, Chloé Hilliard is entertaining the masses with her wit and ability to find the humor in everything. She made her national TV debut on NBC’s smash hit “Last Comic Standing” and has since appeared on NBC’s “The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon,” AXSTV’s “Gotham Comedy Live,” Comedy Central’s “The Nightly Show,” Tru TV’s”Almost Genius” and MTV’s “Acting Out.”

TICKETS FROM PREVIOUS BOOKED SHOW WILL BE HONORED AT THIS EVENT.

Test your knowledge of everything music!  Great prizes for winners including HiLo gift cards and tickets!

Tiny Deserts is the recording and performance project of Berkshire County songwriter Will McGovern. Their music seeks to dynamically reconcile an intimate, personal world with the outside world—using strings, keys, horns and voices. Their first album,  Safekeeping , is available now.

In Residence, Thursdays in February! Jess Renèe is a Berkshire based Singer Songwriter who uses the stories of her life and the human experience to create music that reaches the soul. After spending 16 years living in a small town in Colorado, she returned to the Berkshires. Her ties to the west can be heard in her songs and often pay tribute to mountain life, big skies and impressive landscapes. It was there that she found her voice. Now Jess enjoys sharing her story of love, heartbreak, and connection to nature with folks from the Berkshires and beyond. Every Thursday in February except the 27th. 7pm.

The Restless Age is a collaboration – a harmony of Will Bryant, Lee Falco and Brandon Morrison. Each player brings a unique song and voice to the bandstand, as the trio spans generations and genres.

The members of The Restless Age have been a premier rhythm section throughout the Hudson Valley for the past half-decade. As the house band for Amy Helm’s ‘Oh to be Home Again’ at Levon Helm Studios, they performed behind Donald Fagen, John Sebastian and Graham Nash. As well as being Kate Pierson’s (The B-52’s) backing band in support of her 2015 debut album ‘Guitars & Microphones’.

Lee Falco, Brandon Morrison and Will Bryant rose to national attention backing Donald Fagen of Steely Dan, as “The Nightflyers” on his last national tour.

Now, The Restless Age steps out as a unit of songwriters, singers and instrumentalists.

Test your knowledge of everything music!  Great prizes for winners including HiLo gift cards and tickets!

In Residence, Thursdays in February! Jess Renèe is a Berkshire based Singer Songwriter who uses the stories of her life and the human experience to create music that reaches the soul. After spending 16 years living in a small town in Colorado, she returned to the Berkshires. Her ties to the west can be heard in her songs and often pay tribute to mountain life, big skies and impressive landscapes. It was there that she found her voice. Now Jess enjoys sharing her story of love, heartbreak, and connection to nature with folks from the Berkshires and beyond. Every Thursday in February except the 27th. 7pm.

All little children grow up, one day – all except the bedazzled and glittered boys of Bella’s Bartok. Inspired by elements of Vaudeville, centuries of street performance, and an unyielding drive to promote camaraderie, Northampton, MA-based Bella’s Bartok delivers a passionate kaleidoscope of sound. The songs are born of Americana and folk music of their immigrant grandparents, blended with the joy of a particular brand of pop sensibility. Their performances are at once a primal stand against oppression and a declaration of joy in the face of adversity. From quiet reflections on loss, to the howl of justice in four-part harmony, Bella’s Bartok sonically and lyrically delivers a sweaty, soulful dance-party that is sure to leave the audience happily breathless.

Bella’s Bartok started in the dimly lit alleyways of Great Barrington, MA, Bella’s Bartok gradually evolved from street-punk performers to an electric, brass-filled, accordion-based spectacle that has continued to entertain audiences for nearly a decade. The line-up includes: Asher Putnam (Vocals, Bass, all-around entertainer), Dan Niederhauser (Guitar and Vocals), Amory Drennan (Trombone/Banjo and Vocals), Crisco (Drums/Percussion and Trumpet), Gershon Rosen (Trumpet), and Alex Kogut (Accordion, Keyboard). The band has shared the stage with musicians and acts such as Rubblebucket, Red Baraat, The Indigo Girls, Larry & His Flask, The Suitcase Junket, Parsonsfield, And the Kids, Kanye, Rough Francis, Beau Sasser’s Escape Plan, West End Blend, Adam Ezra Group, Meat Puppets, World Inferno/Friendship Society, Rupa & the April Fishes, Arc Iris, and many more. Find Bella’s Bartok on a variety of stages, at a myriad of festivals, or on the street across the continental United States. Audiences often pick up on the band’s main influences such as Frank Zappa, System of a Down, Tom Waits, and Oingo Boingo. 

If you’ve never listened to Bella’s Bartok, stop what you’re doing right now. Run to the nearest computer and listen to their uproarious, joyful, eclectic sound. The band plays a mesmerizing mix of Eastern European, Americana, punk, and pop music. Their live shows are theatrical, “a mix of The Nightmare Before Christmas and the Rocky Horror Picture Show” says front man Asher Putnam. “We are the night and you are bound to boogie.” So, do yourself a favor, practice a little self care, throw your societal inhibitions to the wayside and let yourself get lost to the tune of Bella’s Bartok – before the tumult of daily life rears its ugly head once more. Floors may be broken, but hearts will be mended.

Driven by a passion for storytelling and committed to keeping the
classic country sound alive, Chelsey's performances are a high-
energy journey fueled by strong vocals, creative lyrics and catchy
melodies. In other words, she is no stranger to a killer performance
and a damn good time.  She has played shows such as Country
102.5's Street Party 2 alongside Maren Morris, Old Dominion, Michael
Ray, David Nail, and has opened for acts such as Dylan Scott,
Lonestar, Parmalee, Josh Thompson, Frankie Ballard, Jillian
Jacqueline and Montgomery Gentry. But the list doesn't end there.
She has also had the opportunity to warm fans up before huge
national acts such as Garth Brooks and Zac Brown Band hit the stage
on their arena tours.

With almost four decades of performing festivals, concert halls, coffeehouses, colleges, and house concerts, along with a half dozen acclaimed CDs, Bernice Lewis has built a solid national fan base. She is also a published poet, a producer, and an educator extraordinaire. Lewis — who studied vocal improvisation with Bobby McFerrin, guitar technique with Alex DeGrassi and Guy van Duser, and songwriting with Rosanne Cash and Cris Williamson — has been a featured performer on NPR’s Mountain Stage program, as well as at the Kennedy Center. In 2008, she was awarded an Artist in Residence position by the National Park Service. In 1987, she was a finalist in the prestigious New Folk Songwriting Contest at the Kerrville (Texas) Folk Festival, where she continues to be a main stage favorite. Her ballad, “Bridges That Hold,” was included in Peter, Paul and Mary’s Lifelines video (PBS). She was featured in Yoga Journal for her work with sound and yoga, and has shared the stage with many renowned artists, including Dar Williams, Dixie Chicks, Patty Griffin, Pete Seeger, Ellis Paul, Rory Block, Livingston Taylor, Odetta, Christine Lavin, Marty Sexton, Patty Larkin, Catie Curtis, Mary Gauthier… it’s a long list. She has a forty-year old daily yoga practice, loves good coffee, and her religion is the Grand Canyon.

Dave Hill is a comedian, writer, musician, actor, radio host, and man-about-town originally from Cleveland, Ohio but now living in New York City in a totally sweet apartment with a party deck and everything. Hot chicks come over to hang out and eat cheese plates and stuff with him all the time and it’s awesome.

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Anyway, on the show business front, Dave has appeared on Netflix’s The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Amazon’s The Tick, Comedy Central’s @midnight and Inside Amy Schumer programs, TBS’ Full Frontal with Samantha Bee, TV Land’s The Jim Gaffigan Show, and TruTV’s Comedy Knockout among a bunch of others. He is a frequent on-air host for HBO and Cinemax and has been on channels like MTV, VH1, BBC-America, and the Sundance Channel a whole bunch too. Dave also starred in his own television program The King of Miami on the Mojo Network, which was cancelled even though Dave really liked it. The show also aired in the United Kingdom on Sky TV’s Film24 Channel. And you can still watch The King of Miami on Hulu too, which Dave is super pumped about. Oh, and Dave was a correspondent on Hoppus on Music starring Blink 182’s Mark Hoppus on the Fuse channel, which ruled. Dave has been on other shows and in obscure movies too but let’s keep moving for now.

Dave performs live comedy over the world and has appeared at such festivals as the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, SXSW, San Francisco Sketchfest, the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, the U.S. Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen, Sasquatch Festival, Bumbershoot, Bonnaroo, the Bridgetown Comedy Festival in Portland, the Crap Comedy Festival in Oslo, Outside Lands in San Francisco, and then some other ones too. He has also performed comedy at Sing Sing Correctional Facility twice and even ripped some guitar solos inside a Mexican prison once. In 2007, Variety magazine named Dave one of their “10 Comedians to Watch,” something he still won’t shut up about.

Dave is a frequent contributor to public radio’s This American Life. He has also appeared on podcasts like WTF with Marc Maron, The Adam Carolla Show, The Nerdist, and then roughly 78 other ones besides those. Dave is also an author, his third book, “Parking The Moose,” published by Doubleday, came out in October and he writes articles for lots of really cool magazines and stuff.

Dave is also a musician who currently sings and plays guitar in the power pop band Valley Lodge, whose song “Go” is the theme song to HBO’s Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, and the psych/garage rock band Painted Doll. He was also a member of Cleveland rock bands Sons of Elvis and Cobra Verde as well as Diamondsnake, a heavy metal band with Moby. Additionally, Dave has played guitar for Walter Schreifels and muscle metal band Thor and bass for Lucy Wainwright Roche and former Faith No More singer Chuck Mosley. He also contributed musical scores to films such as Dirty Deeds, Shoot First and Pray You Live, and then some other ones besides those two.

Additionally, Dave’s mostly imaginary Norwegian Black Metal Band Witch Taint is currently bringing its own disturbing brand of comedy and music to audiences all over the world. They’ve also sold a lot of T-shirts.

Dave has made out with a lot of chicks, is sweet at guitar, and smells really great. You can ask anyone.

Our comedy show includes a feature act, a host, and a guest comedian to make up nearly 2 hours of comedy entertainment! Patrons are encouraged to buy tickets in advance to guarantee seating at the show. Lineup subject to change.

Luke Jackson is an un-pidgeonhole-able (is that a word?) singer songwriter who has travelled a fair few thousand miles around the British Isles, initially with his dad Paul into pubs and bars, well run house concerts and more recently into folk & blues clubs, venues and festivals.

Luke’s songwriting draws on his experiences, family life, poignant stories he’s been told and fortunately, they’e all written in English as in his own words, he’s dreadful at languages!

His performance style and songwriting skills are constantly developing and improving as confirmed by him winning the Male Artist Of The Year from Fatea in 2014 and 2016 and being nominated in 2013 for the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards Best Emerging Talent and Young Folk Categories.

An accomplished performer who impresses from the outset and takes his audience on a shared journey with a full bus down the bye-ways of love, hope, sorrow, and melancholy via the service stations of folk, roots, blues, Americana and soul.

Playing solo, as a duo with Andy Sharps or as a trio with Elliott Norris, he regularly tours Belgium, Netherlands, Germany and all points of the UK as well as showcasing at the International Folk Alliance conference in Kansas, a residential songwriting train journey from Halifax, Nova Scotia to Montreal, Ontario in Canada.

Luke can fill rooms, with people leaving after the concert feeling refreshed and impressed by the ‘originality’ of the sound and shocked with how ‘full’ and ‘complete’ the trio sound with three part harmonies and the ability to have the crowd, clapping, stomping and singing along.

Luke also headlines with other artists such as Grammy award winning Amy Wadge, Folk Award winning duo Greg Russell and Ciaran Algar and NBCs The Voice star Rebecca Loebe.

Luke’s journey has been eventful – his travels have seen him open for Fairport Convention, Glen Tillbrook, Show of Hands, Martyn Joseph, Paul Brady, Seth Lakeman, Marillion, Karine Polwart, and The Oysterband among others, with the odd mishap along the way such as when he once fell over very slowly and awkwardly in the middle of an airport. He didn’t find it funny, however his bass player Andy really did.

Always wanting to stretch himself and entertain his audience, Luke did once cover a Michael Jackson song and went for the classic MJ kick … but just put his size 9 boot through his mic stand and knocked it over! but has since perfected the art of a flawless performance, whether it’s his own original material or a well chosen and executed cover such as Prince’s Purple Rain. A long way from his first cover song in front of an audience which was House Of The Rising Sun at his Primary School leavers assembly!

Luke’s latest recording is a full studio album  “Journals” with an official release date of 8th November 2019.

Journals is a collection of songs recorded over a 1 year+ period, to get the best, most organic sound.

The songs are freshly penned for this album and feature Luke’s trademark story telling style along with social commentary and topical subjects also. All mixed and performed to produce his best work to date.

His debut album ‘More Than Boys’, produced by the acclaimed Welsh Singer-Songwriter Martyn Joseph, was released in 2012 to great reviews, as was the follow up ‘Fumes and Faith’ in early 2014.  In 2015 he released a 7 track EP with his trio, ‘This Family Tree’, which was described in a 5 star Maverick review as ”Two words. Bloody brilliant” and it further reflected his development as both a writer and performer

November 2016 saw the release of Luke’s 3rd full studio album, “Tall Tales and Rumours” to universal critical acclaim, which Maverick, in a 5 star review, described as “a brilliant, thoughtful album – Jackson shows talent beyond his years”.  Whilst Acoustic Magazine noted “Jackson has been compared to a young Richard Thompson and for once these are not empty words”

In February 2018 Luke put out his first live album ‘Solo:Duo:Trio’ which again has been enthusiastically received, with Mike Harding noting “That’s got to be one of the most faultless live recordings ever in my opinion- he’s a great songwriter with a great voice and boy can he sing the blues”

Luke is an ever present in the live music scene, gigging relentlessly all over, and he remains a prolific songwriter in demand across the United Kingdom and Europe.

Samantha Farrell is a Boston-based singer-songwriter with a sonic style that seamlessly moves the needle across genre. Her music is imbued with poetic folk lyricism, jazz-infused vocals and a steady pop sensibility. Following up her critically acclaimed, self-produced release, September Sun, Farrell is re-emerging with a sophisticated electric soundscape cultivated with producer-collaborator, Will Dailey. Her latest single, “Butterfly in 503,” is described by Red Line Roots as “cool water for your parched soul,” and a full release will follow in the spring of 2020.

WHO ARE YOU has toured from the southern USA into Canada. Our 10 year “Amazing Journey” of playing the music of THE WHO has been filled with as music excitement and drama as The Who’s (and that’s not an embellishment).  This year is our chance to celebrate The Who’s incredible legacy, as well as our friendship with each other and our fans.

This WILL BE OUR ONLY BERKSHIRES SHOW of 2020. Don’t miss your chance to celebrate our 10th year as a band!

Comedian Eliot Chang has recorded two 30-minute Comedy Central Half Hour specials, and is known for his comedy videos where he destroys audience hecklers. No stranger to TV, Eliot has also been on Chelsea Lately on E!, AXS TV’s Gotham Comedy Live, and has appeared on both Showtime and HBO.

Eliot has toured his stand-up across over America, Europe, and Asia. His Youtube channel, “EliotChangOfficial,” has millions of views and has spawned multiple viral video hits.

Based in Los Angeles but originally from New York City, Eliot studied improv at UCB in NY and the Magnet Theater’s legendary Armando Diaz.

20 years after the release of Peter Mulvey’s The Trouble with Poets, he’s doing it again, and gracing the HiLo stage with these songs and others that you’ll also enjoy. Come and hear this incredible album live – this show is not to be missed.

Peter Mulvey has been a songwriter, road-dog, raconteur and almost-poet since before he can remember. Raised working-class Catholic on the Northwest side of Milwaukee, he took a semester in Ireland, and immediately began cutting classes to busk on Grafton Street in Dublin and hitchhike through the country, finding whatever gigs he could. Back stateside, he spent a couple years gigging in the Midwest before lighting out for Boston, where he returned to busking (this time in the subway) and coffeehouses. Small shows led to larger shows, which eventually led to regional and then national and international touring. The wheels have not stopped since.

Eighteen records, one illustrated book, thousands of live performances, a TEDx talk, a decades-long association with the National Youth Science Camp, opening for luminaries such as Ani DiFranco, Emmylou Harris, and Chuck Prophet, appearances on NPR, an annual autumn tour by bicycle, emceeing festivals, hosting his own boutique festival (the Lamplighter Sessions, in Boston and Wisconsin)… Mulvey never stops. He has built his life’s work on collaboration and on an instinct for the eclectic and the vital. He folds everything he encounters into his work: poetry, social justice, scientific literacy, and a deeply abiding humanism are all on plain display in his art.