July 13-16: Every summer, the venerable festival showcases the full spectrum of American bluegrass and folk: the old and the new, the traditional and the progressive, unknowns and certified national treasures with last names that strike awe.
Thursday, July 13: Curling for Amateurs is a highly skilled core band accompanied by Jones’ Hocket Workshop. Various sets of instruments – end-blown wooden organ pipes, pitched wood blocks, PVC tubes, bottles and the human voice – are played hocket-style, in which each person plays or sings a single note, which, in collaboration with others, creates melody and rhythm.
July 10-28: Now tuition-free, PianoSummer brings top emerging pianists from all over the world to SUNY-New Paltz. This year the Flier Competition carries a new first prize: a solo debut recital at Carnegie Hall.
Saturday, July 8: Tepfer alternates between performances of Bach’s famous variations (at one time the quarry of Glenn Gould and a few others with the technical facility to handle them) and modern improvisations on Bach’s themes by a truly liberated improvisor.
Saturday, July 8: The visionary novelist and cyberpunk William Gibson famously wrote, “I have always maintained that Steely Dan’s music was, has been and remains among the most genuinely subversive oeuvres in late-20th-century pop.”
Friday, July 7: Emmylou Harris and Carlene Carter join him on stage during his Sad Clowns and Hillbillies tour.
The July 10 performance features guitarist Adam Rogers and legendary bassist (and Jim Hall duo-mate) Scott Colley. The July 17 trio is all rhythm, baby, featuring MM&W drummer Billy Martin and the great percussionist Cyro Baptista; the July 24 show features guitarist Matt Munisteri and bassist Danton Boller. The series concludes on July 31 with a trio featuring New Zion trio bandmates keyboardist Jamie Saft and bassist Brad Jones.
Saturday, July 1: “The Golden Age of New Paltz” show at Wired Gallery charts an explosion of creativity in a college town.
A reluctant veteran looks back…and shudders.
Bardavon is presenting two performances by Bob Dylan: Friday and Saturday, June 23 and 24 at 8 p.m. at the Hutton Brickyards at 200 North Street in Kingston.