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,...
Renowned jazz drummer celebrates 80th birthday with Woodstock concert series
Legendary jazz drummer and composer Jack DeJohnette turned 80 in early August and is marking the occasion with a series...
In its 14th season, Hudson Valley Jazz Festival sets the pace
Latin Jazz Siete (photos courtesy of Hudson Valley Jazz Festival) That’s the thing about jazz players. They live in houses...
At Maverick, there’s no replacement for live music
Keeping in mind that I am simple rock guitarist, allow me to tell you a story...
After two-year hiatus, PianoSummer returns
The piano is music itself laid bare, or Western music, at least: the whole theory and matrix of it spread...
A new labor of love from a local improvisational trio
On NEQ’s new record Nevertheless, this trio of A-list mid-Hudson Valley players explores the dimensions, the challenges, and the unique...
A celebration of jazz at the Senate Garage and the Bearsville TheaterÂ
All working musicians have suffered through the COVID era — the loss of camaraderie and connection as well as the...
Sarah Perrotta’s new record is challenging, enveloping, and transformative
The graceful, dramatic art-song of mid-Hudson native Sarah Perrotta has always struck me as a variant of Prog rock. This...
Scott Petito leads powerhouse sextet to two area performances
Modern Times appears at 8 p.m. Friday, September 3 at Colony’s outdoor stage, 22 Rock City Road, Woodstock, NY and...
In the world of country fairs, real means dream
There will be racing pigs, chainsaw carving, a stilt walker, fireworks on Wednesday, circus performers, and a number of other...
BluePrint reimagines former IBM building as a hub for culture and community
And as of today, the cultural/business initiative known as BluePrint is, materially, just a series of Covid-safe summer events on...
Wait, weed is legal now?
Your guide to New York State’s marijuana legalization law.
Laura Stevenson to perform a free outdoor, waterfront solo show in Saugerties
The songwriter Laura Stevenson has called the region home for the better part of a decade now, but her career...
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