Have you ever wondered what Shaker songs are out there beyond “Simple Gifts”? Over the course of this weekend, a handful of great New England songleaders will share and teach a collection of original ...

If the Shakers have a lasting cultural legacy, it is their music — most famously “Simple Gifts,” the uplifting spiritual Aaron Copland immortalized in his ballet “Appalachian Spring.” It stands to ...

PITTSFIELD — On this side of the stream, low strings play over a walking, driving, rolling beat. A woman is singing in a low, carrying voice. “Quasheba, Quasheba/ You’re free now. You’re free now./ ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Composer Daniel Blumberg, photographed in West Hollywood in November. (Ian Spanier / For The Times) If the Shakers have a lasting ...