David Wilson
Bio:
In the ‘60s, David Wilson was the publisher and editor of Broadside of Boston, one of the founding directors and sometimes editor of Boston’s underground newspaper, Avatar. He started a record distribution company, Riverboat Records, left it for several years and and later returned to be its manager. He also managed at one time or another two Boston coffeehouses, Café Yana and The Odyssey and a short lived video theater, The Video Frontier. He was director of Folk Music for MIT’s FM station, a writer for WGBH TV’s “Folk Music USA,“ and the Peabody winning ‘What’s Happening Mr. Silver?†He has an abiding interest in the field of traditional, Americana, roots and folk music while still finding much to his liking in many other forms as well. Off and on, these days, he works at developing his concept of video as gallery art.
Recent Articles:
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Jim Kweskin & Geoff Muldaur Music
Jiving at Bull Run in Shirley, Ma.
By: - Nov 15th, 2010These two founding members of the Kweskin Jug Band are reunited and back on the circuit, sharing both their love for traditional American music and the joy of performing together. The badinage was engaging. Jim was the serious lecturer, Geoff the provocateur and congenial but learned clown
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Tim de Christopher Charms Eagle Hill Fine Arts
Sculptor and Stone Carver
By: - Nov 11th, 2010From his studio in Turners Falls this artist creates contemporary works with nuances of centuries past. His work is to be found in locations both public and private across the country.
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Meg Hutchinson at Eagle Hill Music
A Berkshire Bard Stretches Out
By: - Nov 08th, 2010I’d like to sing you, a song without words A moment of pause It could all rush by in a day, years full of wanting Years full of waiting For your new life to begin Excerpt from “Something Else†by Meg Hutchinson
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Tom Paxton at the Center for the Arts Natick Music
Still Rambles with Joy
By: - Oct 05th, 2010"Tom 's songs have a way of sneaking up on you. You find yourself humming them, whistling them, and singing a verse to a friend. Like the songs of Woody Guthrie, they're becoming part of America." ---Pete Seeger
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Christine Lavin at Natick Center for the Arts Music
Combining Standards and New Material
By: - Sep 20th, 2010The laughter was constant as Christine once again paraded her misadventures, inner dramas and unique perspectives in verse and song before us. Enthusiastic applause greeted her at The Natick Center for the Arts as she walked on stage. From start to finish, the audience was in synch with Christine’s numbers, mostly chestnuts with a few new topical offerings.
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The Center For the Arts in Natick Music
September Schedule
By: - Sep 01st, 2010Concerts begin with Boston favorite Catie Curtis, Christine Lavin, Larry Carlton, and The Matt Haimovitz Trio
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Tom Rush at Natick Center for the Arts Music
TCAN Performance Delights Audience
By: - Jul 01st, 2010Fifty years ago when he came to Cambridge to attend Harvard, the popularity of folk music was just blossoming and Tom began his involvement as host of a weekly show on the Harvard campus radio station, WHRB. It was wonderful to attend his sold out performance at the Natick Center for the Arts.
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TCAN - The Center for Arts in Natick Music
A Metro-West Treasure
By: - Jun 14th, 2010In 2003, having rescued from demolition, and renovated, a 19th century firehouse, they opened an intimate performance site with professional quality lighting and sound and seating almost 300. Within two years, the Massachusetts Historical Commission acknowledged their efforts with a Preservation Award.
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Chris Smither Donates Performance Music
Event June 4 at Memorial Hall in Shelburne Falls
By: - May 26th, 2010A benefit concert for the Pioneer Valley Chinese Immersion Charter School to take place at Memorial Hall, Shelburne Falls, Friday, June 4th. Benefit concert to help support the program with Chris Smither as the performer. This will be Chris’ last performance in this area this year. We reviewed his recent performance in Natick. This is an opportunity to hear a superb artist for a great cause.
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Chris Smither Performs at TCAN Music
A Packed House in Natick, Mass.
By: - May 23rd, 2010On Friday night in Natick there is no doubt where the hot ticket event is. TCAN, The Center for Arts in Natick is overflowing. Reviewers, promoters, fans all have labels for Chris. Many call him a Blues singer, some say folk singer, others, singer-songwriter
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Bearfoot Wows Eagle Hill Audience Music
Ends Season with Panache
By: - May 16th, 2010Despite changes in personnel, Bearfoot delivered a solid performance and made many new fans. As the band breaks into a country tune, Odessa Jorgensen starts to sing, and all the elements fall into place. Though this opening number and the second piece, the traditional, Single Girl, feel just a little bit rushed, by the third number the pace is settled and feels in the groove. The audience as well has fallen into the wavelength and each number is received with growing applause.
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Passim's Good Lovelies Boston Debut Music
With Teddy Goldstein, May 14th
By: - May 09th, 2010The Good Lovelies may be quirky and irreverent. They are rock solid musicians with brilliant harmonies and clever arrangements. Their songs fit comfortably into the folk tradition and they are attracting new fans with each performance.
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Ballad Singer Bonnie Dobson Music
Looking Back a New CD
By: - May 07th, 2010Bonnie Dobson, ballad singer and songwriter from Ontario was a feature in folk clubs and folk festivals all across the USA and Canada in the '60s. When she resettled in the UK to take up philosophy, her performances here became rare. Her new CD on Biber Records is a treat.
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Eagle Hill Cultural Center : Bearfoot Music
Concert May 15 at Hardwick, Mass.
By: - May 05th, 2010Lovers of Folk, Country and/or Bluegrass music in this area will get their first chance to experience live, this up and coming critically acclaimed band. Originally named Bearfoot Bluegrass, within two years of their formation they were designated Telluride Bluegrass Band Champions. This band originated in Alaska, not the first locale most of us might associate with Bluegrass.
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The Breeze and I - Champian Fulton Music
A Gut String Records CD
By: - Apr 24th, 2010Champian Fulton once again gives satisfaction with a collection of classics made new again. As is the custom of other recordings released by Gut String Records "The Breeze and I" was recorded live, the musicians playing together and listening to the mix without headphones
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Janis Ian and Karla Bonoff At the Colonial Music
Reconnecting with Society's Child
By: - Apr 19th, 2010Few in the audience were ineligible for Social Security. Enthusiasm belied their age as the singer/ songwriters, Janis Ian and Karla Bonoff, ignited a trove of treasured memories.
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Ray Kurzweil's Impressions of Avatar Film
Responses from a Reader
By: - Apr 14th, 2010I have never had the good fortune to meet nor communicate with Ray Kurzweil. I have been aware of him and an admirer of his work for forty years. If you do not know of him, you certainly know or have benefited from and/or probably have used at least one or more of his creations.
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Existence of Life - Evolution Part II Fine Arts
Eagle Hill Cultural Center Exhibition
By: - Feb 23rd, 2010The Eagle Hill Cultural Center in Hardwick, MA is celebrating the bicentennial of Charles Darwin's birth using the umbrella title, "Evolution." The current exhibition continue to April 30th, with an opening reception from 2-4pm on Sat, Feb 28th.
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Tuscon Gem Show: Part Four Travel
The Fire Within
By: - Feb 18th, 2010The Israeli born artist, Hovave Rappaport, has been working with a variety of materials to create exotic illuminated sculptures. In his ongoing coverage of the vast Tuscon Gem Show David Wilson talked with Hovave about his exotic creations.
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Flirting with Fossils Travel
Continuing Coverage of Tuscon Gem Show
By: - Feb 05th, 2010The Tuscon Gem Shows are the largest of their kind in the United States. In another installment David Wilson discusses the beauty and unique qualities of fossils.
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My Love Affair with Onyx Travel
Covering the Tuscon Gem Shows
By: - Feb 02nd, 2010In our continuing coverage of the enormous Tuscon Gem Shows our correspondent, David Wilson, reveals a special passion for onyx.
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The 2010 Tucson Gem Show Opinion
On the Rocks
By: - Jan 27th, 2010The Gem show as Tucson knows it, is a collection of shows that are all held in this city from the end of January to the middle of February, some spanning the full period, some for a week, some for a few brief days. This year, 2010, there are 42 different shows being held here between Jan 22 and Feb 15.
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Champian Fulton at Eagle Hill Cultural Center Music
Valentine's Day Concert
By: - Jan 22nd, 2010There will be a sweetheart of a concert by Champian Fulton on Valentine's Day at the Eagle Hill Cultural Center in Hardwick, Mass. Recently she was awarded the American Harvest Music Society for 2009 Best Jazz Vocalist & Pianist.
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Patrick Sky: A Preserver of Irish Tradition? People
The Fall and Rise of the Uilleann Pipes Tradition
By: - Jan 05th, 2010Patrick Sky was a prominent protest singer during the 60's. His caustic wit, outspoken views and willingness to test the boundaries of good taste added to his reputation as angry young man, malcontent and practical joker. His musicianship and intuitive sense of traditional forms made him a natural as a producer of recordings by artists such as Mississippi John Hurt, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Paul Geremia as well as the many other artists he recorded for his Green Linnet label.. Underlying his career was a sensitivity and a passion for causes, political and artistic. So when he embraced Irish traditional music…
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Amy, The Banner Queen, Johnquest Fine Arts
Eagle Hill Soiree on January 13
By: - Jan 04th, 2010"The old circus sideshow banners, like today's billboards, with garish descriptions and verbiage, promise more than what reality behind the tent delivers." January 13th, this sideshow artist is the main event at the Eagle Hill Cultural Center's Art Tea in Hardwick.
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