The venues, the bands and the memories that shaped New Paltz
New Paltz after dark...
Big Star became a cult legend and lives on through a new lineup, performing Sept. 5–6 at Bearsville Theater
If the legend of the great Memphis rock and roll quartet Big Star teaches us anything, it is that the...
Criminally-underrated roots bard Robbie Fulks plays Woodstock Saturday
A generational talent…
Nigerien musical maverick Mdou Moctar plays Bearsville Theater this Saturday
Otherworldly music…
Back on track: Historic Bearsville recording studio Utopia is open for business
Bringing back a classic…
A musician’s musician, Pat Metheny never stands in one spot
IÂ never traveled far to hear the great Pat Metheny perform. I never had to.
Cultural icon plays Saugerties this Saturday
Are you a Lenny Kaye fan?
Great lyricists and singers team up for special in-house concert series in Kingston
Stockade Guitars is the place to be for local lyricists and musicians…
Epic new novel by longtime Upstate journalist is rich with local color
You’ll find some of the settings familiar…
Revered local percussion quartet plays farewell show this Saturday at Bardavon
Billed as a farewell concert celebrating 52 years of the percussion quartet NEXUS...
The future of folk can be found in this tiny Hudson Valley hamlet
Cricket Blue are truly a level above when it comes to modern folk…
Five-day Hudson Valley Jazz Festival sprawls across more than a dozen area venues
With over 20 shows, there’s something for every style…
A celebration of the Hudson Valley’s long, rich and varied musical history
The mid-Hudson Valley music scene may be too narrowly defined, if not even a little tyrannized, by one extravagantly glorious...
Century-old Woodstock music venue hosts open house this Saturday
Get to Maverick Concerts this weekend for an enchanting afternoon of live music, fun and food in the woods…
Don’t call it a tribute: Behind the scenes of Hudson Valley’s cover band trend
Writer John Burdick talks with multi-talented musical maestro Scott Petito about the modern-day trend of top-notch tribute acts…
Jeremy Mage’s Pretty Songs about Death
On his quietly stunning new record Pretty Songs about Death, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Jeremy Mage performs what is probably the original human...
Traum’s new album takes us through the folk traditions
The New York City folk scene of the early 1960s has become so foundational, so seminal in American cultural mythology,...
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