12/25/98 - Top 10 Concerts of 1998 12/18/98 - Berkshires 1998: The year in music 12/11/98 - The best CDs of 1998 11/27/98 - Holiday Music Preview '98 11/13/98 - Regional Concert Preview; The Story of Chess Records 10/29/98 - New album reviews, Robby Baier 10/22/98 - Tony Trischka: Redefining the banjo 10/15/98 - Dan Bern and Ellis Paul: Two (white) singer-songwriters riffing on race 10/08/98 - Bob Dylan's `Royal Albert Hall' : The Holy Grail of Rock 'n' roll 10/01/98 - A critic's criteria, pt. 2 09/24/98 - John Lurie's music is no act 09/17/98 - The summer of '98 09/10/98 - Cowboy Junkies, Medeski Martin and Wood, Elton John 09/03/98 - Failure and frustration at the National Music Foundation 08/27/98 - Will Hudgins, Diane Taraz, Fall wish-list 08/20/98 - Milagro Saints' folk-rock ideal; Bonnie Raitt's new soul 08/13/98 - A fusion that is zydeco, too 08/06/98 - Creating their own waves 07/30/98 - Kenny Aronoff: Smashing preconceptions 07/23/98 - Falcon Ridge Folk, Vans Warped, Buddy Guy 07/16/98 - Green River Festival, Bap Kenney, Tom Rozum, The Kennedys, Robby Baier 07/09/98 - Reggae Festival/Burning Spear, Lilith Fair/Heather Nova, Jazz in Great Barrington, No late nights in Lenox 07/02/98 - Jazzin' up the Pillow; Victor Goines: Latter-day doubler; Africa Fete '98 06/25/98 - The Reverend Tor Band, Kathy Mattea, Anam, National Music Foundation's anti-music policy, Radio Beat 06/18/98 - B-52s, Bim Skala Bam, Abdul Baki, Dylan, Ani 06/11/98 - The Nields, Lui Collins and Dana Robinson, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Nick Brignola 06/04/98 - Bacon Brothers, Beck, Mose Allison at the Van Dyck 05/28/98 - Like Lazarus, folk returns to downtown North Adams 05/21/98 - Class D, No End, Scott Spencer's "Dylan" 05/14/98 - Bruce Hayes, Suzzy Roche, Banned in the Berkshires, Radio Beat 05/08/98 - Robby Baier: Musicians doing it for themselves 05/01/98 - The Nields survive the collapse of its guardian 04/24/98 - Reliving a decade's worth of concerts 04/17/98 - Wholesale Klezmer Band: Preserving Tradition 04/10/98 - Pete Seeger, Ramblin' Jack and Phil Ochs: Paying Tribute to Folk Fathers 04/03/98 - Spring Concert Preview 03/27/98 - Vernon Jones Gospel Choir, Radio Beat 03/20/98 - Why world-folk at the Clark succeeds 03/13/98 - New Celtic Music CDs 03/06/98 - A new chapter for The Story's Jennifer Kimball 02/27/98 - Buckwheat Zydeco 02/20/98 - Jazz Wars: Wynton Marsalis in the Center of a Literary Battle 02/13/98 - Ani DiFranco's "Little Plastic Castle" 02/06/98 - Cliff Eberhardt, "Havana" Carbo, Ani DiFranco, Jennifer Kimball 01/30/98 - New CDs from Berkshire artists: Catfish Blue, Mike Schiffer, Tom Ingersoll, Kripalu Artists 01/23/98 - Winter pop preview 01/16/98 - The Crowmatix: Levon Helm's `Good Little R&B Band' 01/09/98 - Readers choose best CDs of '97 01/02/98 - Berkshire Pop Scene 1997: The Year in Review 1999 Beat Archives 1997 Beat Archives Pop Corner Archives Viewer Reaction || Concert Reviews || Interviews/Features || CD SPINS - Reviews || The Beat Other (Magazine reviews, op-eds, assorted stuff) || Berkshires & Beyond: Concert Calendar
