Back Porch Music: The Nields
Hancock Shaker Village 1843 West Housatonic Street, Pittsfield, MA, United StatesThe Nields are one of the most exciting of the new breed of contemporary folk-rockers. A review of a Nields concert described their music as “equal parts Beatles, Cranberries and Joni Mitchell.” Nerissa Nields’ songs, sung by her sister, Katryna, successfully fuse intelligent lyrics with heartfelt sensitivity, while arrangements are kept at a feverish pitch.…