Seth Rogovoy
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Seth Rogovoy

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SETH ROGOVOY is a writer, award-winning critic, book author, lecturer, teacher, musician, and radio commentator. Seth's BOB DYLAN: Prophet, Mystic, Poet is a full-length analysis of Bob Dylan's life and work. Seth has taught a variety of college-level and adult-ed courses on klezmer, Jewish music, and Bob Dylan, about whom he has written extensively. Seth is the author of THE ESSENTIAL KLEZMER: A Music Lover's Guide to Jewish Roots and Soul Music (Algonquin Books, 2000), the all-time bestselling guide to klezmer music. Since his book was published, Seth has continued to write, teach, and lecture extensively about klezmer. His live, one-man, multimedia program about klezmer, ROCKIN' THE SHTETL, has been presented at universities, JCCs, museums, cultural centers, and synagogues across the U.S. and in England. Seth is editor-in-chief of BERKSHIRE LIVING, an award-winning regional lifestyle and culture magazine serving the greater Berkshire region of western Massachusetts, southwestern Vermont, eastern New York, and northwestern Connecticut. He is also editor-in-chief of Berkshire Living's spinoff publications, including BBQ: Berkshire Business Quarterly and Berkshire Living Home+Garden. Seth frequently writes about Jewish music and culture for publications including FORWARD, HADASSAH Magazine, and the BERKSHIRE JEWISH VOICE. For nearly twenty years, Seth was a rock and jazz critic, primarily for the BERKSHIRE EAGLE, and also for dozens of other newspapers and magazines. Seth's cultural journalism has appeared in newspapers and magazines including NEWSDAY, the BOSTON PHOENIX, HAARETZ, the WOODSTOCK (N.Y.) TIMES, the BENNINGTON (Vt.) BANNER, EDUTOPIA, GASTRONOMICA, MOMENT, LEAK CD magazine, AUDITION, the BLACK AND WHITE CITY PAPER of Birmingham, Ala., and others. Seth is also a singer-guitarist and leader of several bands, including the Rolling Rogovoy Revue and Seth Rogovoy and the Grove Street Band. He frequently performs at Bob Dylan tribute concerts throughout the Northeast United States. A graduate of Williams College in Williamstown, Mass., where he has taught courses on Dylan and klezmer, Seth lives in Great Barrington, Mass. Seth's weekly cultural commentary can be heard on WAMC NORTHEAST PUBLIC RADIO NETWORK (www.wamc.org) on Fridays between 12:30 and 1 p.m., and he is the official film blogger for the Triplex Cinema in Great Barrington. Seth served two terms as a member of the Board of Selectmen in Pownal, Vt., and is a past president of a food co-op and a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) farm in Williamstown, Mass. Seth was the founder and lay leader of the South Berkshire Minyan, a traditional Jewish prayer group, based at a shtibl in Great Barrington, Mass., from 2003 to 2006.
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