Potown goes O+
O+ Poughkeepsie, a festival of art, music and wellness, will be celebrated August 5 in downtown Poughkeepsie.
Art & Music
Apply now for summer 2017 Platte Clove Artist-in-Residence Program
Does the idea of being cut off from the distractions of the internet, television, cellphones and society in general while you work on your next magnum opus intrigue you?
Pianist Yalin Chi exceeds expectations at Saugerties Pro Musica
From past experience I was expecting a fine performance from pianist Yalin Chi at Saugerties Pro Musica on February 19.
Old 97’s strong new release
Rhett Miller, longtime New Paltz-area resident, barely seems taxed by the responsibility of stocking a solo career and the legendary alt/country pioneers with sturdy songs. Undertones of sin and salvation erupt to the surface in the (suddenly red-hot) single, “Good with God,” a smoldering duet with Brandi Carlisle.
Kingston After Dark: Punk in drublic
I am as usual browsing through press releases to see what’s the weirdest band name I can find in my inbox. I think the winner this week is a Japanese kind of Godflesh-meets-early-Swans percussive noise rock band called Oozepus.
Hunt’s Layerings at WAAM
Michael Hunt, whose new series of mashup images Our Inverted Democracy: The Long Winter will get its first local showing at the Woodstock Artists Association and Museum (WAAM, 29 Tinker Street, Woodstock) at 4 p.m. Saturday, March 4, after uniform successes at Miami’s big art fairs in late December, describes himself as a time traveler.
Catch Aretha Franklin at Bardavon Gala
Sunday, March 12- The Queen of Soul announced one more forthcoming album, to be co-produced by Stevie Wonder, followed by a cessation of touring and recording, except for the occasional “special appearance.”
Band of brothers: The Levin Brothers launch international tour at Rosendale Café
Saturday, March 4- The Levin Brothers finds Pete and Tony uniting over a shared musical passion of their youths: old-school cool jazz. “There are so many artists, writers and filmmakers in the area. Taking Woodstock as the spiritual center and fanning out from there, the Hudson Valley really is like a large, extended art colony.”
Irish vocalist Méabh Begley joins Téada at Beacon’s Towne Crier
Friday, March 3- If your idea of “Irish music” consists mainly of sentimental ballads about leaving me saintly ould mither behind on the Ould Sod, think again.
Piano Plus launches season with Manon Hutton-DeWys
Starts Saturday, March 4. Three years ago, composer George Tsontakis launched an improbable series of piano recitals at his hometown library, the Olive Free Library in West Shokan.