Many people hearing Cole’s singing for the first time—including her own producer—are immediately struck by the rare beauty of her phrasing, her remarkable control, and, above all, her tone.
In a 7-page letter written last month to Gov. Charlie Baker and copied to numerous state officials, Nat Karns, executive director of the Berkshire Regional Planning Commission, spelled out how fiddling with inferior cable and wireless services will spell disaster for western Massachusetts and the Commonwealth.