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LEGENDARY NATIVE AMERICAN ARTIST BILL MILLER PERFORMS MARCH 23, 2025, AT RACE BROOK LODGE TO BENEFIT BERKSHIRE COMMUNITY RADIO
Three-time Grammy award winning singer/ songwriter/ multi-instrumentalist Bill Miller of the Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohicans returns to his ancestral homeland at 7:00 PM on Sunday, March 23, 2025, to launch celebrations of the 20th anniversary of Berkshire Community Radio station WBCR-lp 97.7 FM at Race Brook Lodge in Sheffield, MA. Doors open at 6:30 PM.
Tickets for the all-ages show are available in advance for $20 here and for $25 at the door. Food and drink will be available for purchase. Race Brook Lodge is located at 864 Undermountain Road in Sheffield, MA.
Bill Miller on The Caverns Sessions, "Pile of Stones"
https://youtu.be/D_zzQhL47qQ
Bill Miller is an award-winning Native American recording artist, performer, songwriter, activist, painter, and world-class native flute player. Miller has released more than a dozen albums, received three GRAMMY Awards, numerous Native American Music Awards & Association (NAMA) awards (including a “Lifetime Achievement” Award) and led Wisconsin’s La Crosse Symphony Orchestra. Overcoming the hardships felt by the global community during the COVID-19 Pandemic, 2025 finds the living legend living life stronger, and with a renewed focus on healing through song, art, and speaking. A Mohican Indian from northern Wisconsin, Bill Miller has long been one of the most admired figures in the Native American music arena and beyond. It is particularly meaningful that Bill Miller will be visiting and performing in the Berkshires given his ancestral roots in the region.
Through his music, Bill discovered a way out of the entrenched poverty of the reservation, and he has used his talent to build bridges wherever he goes. The son of Mohican-German parents, Bill grew up amid the streams and woodlands of the reservation (his tribe is properly called Mahicanuk, which means People From Where The Waters Are Never Still). Bill (whose Indian name, Fush-Ya Heay Ka, means “bird song”) learned traditional songs at an early age. “We didn’t have much,” he recalls. “There was nothing but woods, trout, and a Zenith radio that picked up AM stations across the country. I’d hear Barbra Streisand, The Beatles, Stones, B.B. King, Jimi Hendrix, Bob Dylan. I became a fan of all kinds of good music and the emotion it can capture.” Bill got his first guitar at age 12.
In the early days, Bill often faced virulent racism because of his Native American heritage, but he persevered. In time, he made tremendous inroads, writing songs with the likes of Nancy Griffith, Peter Rowan and Kim Carnes, and sharing the bill with such diverse artists as Pearl Jam and Eddie Vedder, the BoDeans, Richie Havens, and Arlo Guthrie. He got a big break when Tori Amos asked him to be her opening act on the Under The Pink U.S. and Canadian tour. The tour, which sold out venues across the country, was extended to over 200 shows.
With the entire planet in desperate need of his legendary healing messages, Bill Miller’s single, “Stone Tree,” produced by Tony Harrell, is a resounding message of peace, endurance, reconciliation and healing. Written by Miller, “Stone Tree” is the meaning of his traditional Mohican name, “Mahtosin.”
Visit https://www.facebook.com/BillMillerArts for more on the artist.
Three-time Grammy award winning singer/ songwriter/ multi-instrumentalist Bill Miller of the Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohicans returns to his ancestral homeland at 7:00 PM on Sunday, March 23, 2025, to launch celebrations of the 20th anniversary of Berkshire Community Radio station WBCR-lp 97.7 FM at Race Brook Lodge in Sheffield, MA. Doors open at 6:30 PM.
Tickets for the all-ages show are available in advance for $20 here and for $25 at the door. Food and drink will be available for purchase. Race Brook Lodge is located at 864 Undermountain Road in Sheffield, MA.
Bill Miller on The Caverns Sessions, "Pile of Stones"
https://youtu.be/D_zzQhL47qQ
Bill Miller is an award-winning Native American recording artist, performer, songwriter, activist, painter, and world-class native flute player. Miller has released more than a dozen albums, received three GRAMMY Awards, numerous Native American Music Awards & Association (NAMA) awards (including a “Lifetime Achievement” Award) and led Wisconsin’s La Crosse Symphony Orchestra. Overcoming the hardships felt by the global community during the COVID-19 Pandemic, 2025 finds the living legend living life stronger, and with a renewed focus on healing through song, art, and speaking. A Mohican Indian from northern Wisconsin, Bill Miller has long been one of the most admired figures in the Native American music arena and beyond. It is particularly meaningful that Bill Miller will be visiting and performing in the Berkshires given his ancestral roots in the region.
Through his music, Bill discovered a way out of the entrenched poverty of the reservation, and he has used his talent to build bridges wherever he goes. The son of Mohican-German parents, Bill grew up amid the streams and woodlands of the reservation (his tribe is properly called Mahicanuk, which means People From Where The Waters Are Never Still). Bill (whose Indian name, Fush-Ya Heay Ka, means “bird song”) learned traditional songs at an early age. “We didn’t have much,” he recalls. “There was nothing but woods, trout, and a Zenith radio that picked up AM stations across the country. I’d hear Barbra Streisand, The Beatles, Stones, B.B. King, Jimi Hendrix, Bob Dylan. I became a fan of all kinds of good music and the emotion it can capture.” Bill got his first guitar at age 12.
In the early days, Bill often faced virulent racism because of his Native American heritage, but he persevered. In time, he made tremendous inroads, writing songs with the likes of Nancy Griffith, Peter Rowan and Kim Carnes, and sharing the bill with such diverse artists as Pearl Jam and Eddie Vedder, the BoDeans, Richie Havens, and Arlo Guthrie. He got a big break when Tori Amos asked him to be her opening act on the Under The Pink U.S. and Canadian tour. The tour, which sold out venues across the country, was extended to over 200 shows.
With the entire planet in desperate need of his legendary healing messages, Bill Miller’s single, “Stone Tree,” produced by Tony Harrell, is a resounding message of peace, endurance, reconciliation and healing. Written by Miller, “Stone Tree” is the meaning of his traditional Mohican name, “Mahtosin.”
Visit https://www.facebook.com/BillMillerArts for more on the artist.
New Interim Location
Berkshire Radio Community Alliance has temporarily moved its studio from 320 Main Street to a space upstairs in the same building, the historic Mahaiwe Block building located at the corner of Main and Castle Streets in Great Barrington.
The move was predicated on the significant renovation of the historic three-story building (built in 1905) that has been underway since late 2022, when Ian Rasch of Alander Construction bought it. WBCR-lp’s studio has been operating throughout the renovations, but now its storefront location will get its much-needed renovation.
“We are thrilled with our Main Street location and look forward to our return to that space. The opportunity provided to us by our landlord to move upstairs to a temporary office is greatly appreciated,” said John Prusinski, President of WBCR-lp’s board directors. “The move itself was physically and technically challenging, since the FCC requires that we broadcast 24/7.”
A group of volunteers from the all-volunteer community radio station provided the muscle and the technical expertise to move the entire studio and disconnect and reconnect the staggering number of wires in record time. “To quote a childhood hero, ‘I love it when a plan comes together,’” said Asa Steady Hardcastle, board member and long-time volunteer. “Our team pulled off impressively complex move in a very short time. The temporary space is beautiful, and the Alander team has been nothing short of amazing.” WBCR-lp continues to grow its on-air lineup of local programmers and welcomes new programmers to submit their application at www.berkshireradio.org. And thanks to the dedication and expertise of radio volunteers, broadcasting continues around the clock at 97.7FM and streams at www.berkshireradio.org.
Berkshire Radio Community Alliance has temporarily moved its studio from 320 Main Street to a space upstairs in the same building, the historic Mahaiwe Block building located at the corner of Main and Castle Streets in Great Barrington.
The move was predicated on the significant renovation of the historic three-story building (built in 1905) that has been underway since late 2022, when Ian Rasch of Alander Construction bought it. WBCR-lp’s studio has been operating throughout the renovations, but now its storefront location will get its much-needed renovation.
“We are thrilled with our Main Street location and look forward to our return to that space. The opportunity provided to us by our landlord to move upstairs to a temporary office is greatly appreciated,” said John Prusinski, President of WBCR-lp’s board directors. “The move itself was physically and technically challenging, since the FCC requires that we broadcast 24/7.”
A group of volunteers from the all-volunteer community radio station provided the muscle and the technical expertise to move the entire studio and disconnect and reconnect the staggering number of wires in record time. “To quote a childhood hero, ‘I love it when a plan comes together,’” said Asa Steady Hardcastle, board member and long-time volunteer. “Our team pulled off impressively complex move in a very short time. The temporary space is beautiful, and the Alander team has been nothing short of amazing.” WBCR-lp continues to grow its on-air lineup of local programmers and welcomes new programmers to submit their application at www.berkshireradio.org. And thanks to the dedication and expertise of radio volunteers, broadcasting continues around the clock at 97.7FM and streams at www.berkshireradio.org.
The Berkshire Edge
CTSB Collaboration!
We are happy to announce that we are collaborating with CTSB (Community Television of the Southern Berkshires) to cross-pollinate quality programming, beginning with the SESSIONS series of live, local performances filmed and presented on CTSB last year (pre-pandemic, of course). These bands are our friends and neighbors, so please enjoy!