Joelle Lurie at Shire City Sessions

This is a FREE concert at the Hotel on North! Pease arrive early as seating is limited.

Joelle Lurie is a 2016/17 Lincoln Center Kids Resident Artist, NPR Featured Artist, Jazz Vocalist, Singer/Songwriter, Voiceover Artist and Educator. She has been called “A chameleon,” by NPR, with her ability to seamlessly shift her voice from one musical genre to another with ease. Joelle has released 2 albums & 1 EP: In her first, ‘Take Me There’ (2014), she brings her distinctive “jazzed-up pop & popped-up jazz” modern style to a collection of standards, originals, and reimagined pop covers. Featured on NPR’s Song Travels with Michael Feinstein, Joelle’s record features tight arrangements and production by her longtime bassist/bandmate, Ben Gallina, and her genre-crossing quartet.

The band also has an alter ego kids band, ‘JoJo & The Pinecones’, which was developed through a residency at Lincoln Center. Their first family focused release, ‘Night & Day’ (2017) is now on iTunes & Spotify. They made their Lincoln Center debut in winter of 2017, played at the famous Lollapalooza Festival in Chicago in summer, 2017, and made their BAM debut in fall, 2017.

About Shire City Sessions 2018:

In 2015 a group of local business owners joined forces to share their love of music with the community. We are taking 2018 to get to the root of the series – connect the community to the music. By moving it to Hotel on North, we hope to provide special and unique opportunities for audiences and artists to come together in a powerful and memorable way.

There’s a need for live music in Pittsfield and there’s a home for Shire City Sessions at Hotel on North. Acoustic, intimate, and original. Lean in and listen to the music of the Berkshires.