Combining two music genres often happens naturally. For example:  Genres such as country and folk or pop and hip hop are practically in the same family.

What are two types of music that are not generally laced together? Reggae and polka? Techno and bluegrass? How about disco and metal?? \m/

This Saturday (March 26^th) Tragedy: The All Metal Tribute to the Bee Gees will bring the house down at MASS MoCA!

Tragedy was formed by four brothers in 2007. Since then they have been delivering quality Bee Gees metalization services! Tragedy embraces farcical elements from disco and metal, but there are additional parallels with the two genres.

Metal Music

-Began emerging in the 1960’s

-Critically detested

-Roots in psychedelic rock

-Male musicians had luscious locks!

-The innovative sounds still influence music to this day.

Disco

-Began emerging in the 1960’s

-Critically detested

-Roots in psychedelic rock

-Male musicians had luscious locks!

-The innovative sounds still influence music to this day.

Don’t miss the opportunity to witness these guys pull off this bizarre musical mishmash. Put on your polyester pants, grab your black eyeliner, and get ready for some SERIOUS entertainment!

Click here for more info and tickets.

While you’re at it: Check out these videos from Tragedy, Beatallica, and Mini Kiss.

THIS SATURDAY AT 8PM, Joe Boyd and Robyn Hitchcock will perform together at MASS MoCA. Want to know more?

Q: Who is Joe Boyd and Robyn Hitchcock?

A: Joe Boyd was a highly influential music producer in the 60′s and co-founder of the UFO Club. He played an explicit role in the discovery of Bob Dylan, Pink Floyd, Nick Drake, The Incredible String Band, and many others!

Robyn Hitchcock was the singer-songwriter that for the neo-psychedelic band, The Soft Boys. They are often associated with the Punk-Rock movement. Hitchcock developed a cult following through a prominent solo career.

Q: What kind of performance is it?

A: Joe Boyd will read passages from his memoir about music and the psychedelic 60′s entitled White Bicycles. Robyn Hitchcock will periodically respond with covers such as Chinese White by The Incredible String Band.

Q: Where can I get tickets?!?

A: CLICK HERE!

So don’t miss this opportunity to re-live or learn more about the 60′s! You know the saying… “If you remember the 60′s, you weren’t there!” Join MASS MoCA for a unique performance with two legends.

Solid Sound August 15, 2010

Same spot, six months later, this morning, February 8, 2011.

We can’t wait for Solid Sound to return in June!

If you’re looking for a trick or a treat this Halloween, come to MASS MoCA’s special night of mischievous performance complete with storytelling, surprise, and live music. NYC-based The Happy Ending Series will be transported to MASS MoCA on Saturday, October 30^th for an especially ghoulish performance titled Ghosts and Curses. Two authors, local favorite Jim Shepard and Pulitzer-Prize winning novelist Paul Harding, will both tell a story and do something on stage that they’ve never done before. The readings will be prefaced and followed by what is sure to be a beautifully hard-hitting music performance that you won’t want to miss! Indie singer-songwriter and newbie author Kristin Hersh, will perform six songs in her signature style of intimate performing with candid lyrics, “beautiful even when they’re ugly� and “true even when they’re confusing�.

Hersh, who formed the alternative rock group Throwing Muses in the early 80s, has recorded more than twenty albums (with bands Throwing Muses, 50FootWave, and solo), and can now add a memoir to her list of credentials. Rat Girl, which was published by Penguin Books on August 31, is a diary-based account of the year 1985 that lends to an intimate understanding of her music and the journey of growing up faster than one could plan. This year in the singer’s life marked the first full-length album release by Throwing Muses, the diagnoses of bipolar disorder, and the realization that she was pregnant. The memoir traces her mania to a bike accident at the age of sixteen that left Hersh processing ambient background sound as music. In Kristin Hersh’s own words about the book, “I don’t know if the time I’m talking about is specific to 1985 or one’s 18^th year, or a stage in your life when your story begins to tell itself, but it’s such an optimistic moment in one’s life when things begin.�

If you like what you’ve read here, join us at Saturday at 8 p.m. for this special Halloween Alt Cabaret. Afterwards there will be a book signing, where Kristin Hersh’s music and memoir Rat Girl will be available for purchase, as well as novels by Jim Shepard and Paul Harding’s Tinkers.

Check out this video of Meta & the Cornerstones Reggae Soul Dance Party on September 4.

It’s official. We survived Solid Sound Festival weekend. Not only did we survive, but we succeeded in putting on a music festival that made a big impression on everyone who attended. Over the past few days we have been inundated with positive feedback from the festival so we thought we’d share a few of our favorite comments here.

Photo Credit: Rick Levinson

From the Twitter Feed:

MusicGeekSvcs: #solidsound 3 cheers to the MassMoCA and Wilco crew for a flawless day 1 at Solid Sound. Pronto was a pleasant surprise. Mike’s got soul!

anniesezso: #solidsound This decade’s Woodstock for the Hipsters

beaucolburn: Been here 20mins and I can already tell coming was one of the best calls I’ve made in ages. Incredible.

theRSL: Love the fact that there’s a live comedy stage @MASS_MoCA – just a brilliant idea #SolidSound

marcc212: I mean, seriously perfect on every front:music, comedy, the grounds, exhibitions, food/drink…& tweedy in the dunk tank. #wilco #solidsound

JaminDime: Mavis Staples has one of those gorgeously booming voices. I got the chills.ahhhh #solidsound is where its at

paulcalypse: Might have been the best Wilco show I’ve ever seen. Lots of rare tunes for the hardcore fans. #solidsound

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