Saturday, August 11: He is one of the most recent and most popular ambassadors of New Orleans’ complex musical heritage of jazz, blues, Cajun, funk and more. He is hardly alone on this bill, however. Also performing will be the popular funk/jam band Galactic, the great Preservation Hall Jazz Band and at least two people with the last name Neville, for legitimacy.
Saturday, August 11: The man who laid down grooves for more or less everyone brings his hot band to Marlboro’s jewel of a venue.
Next two weekends: It’s a series of concerts, talks and performances in related arts, all orbiting the work and cultural milieu of a single great composer.
Sunday, August 12: One of the thought-provoking works on view is Birds Watching by Jenny Kendler, current artist-in-residence with the Natural Resources Defense Council. It’s a site-specific installation of 100 reflective aluminum signs, each depicting a large scaled, realistic bird’s eye. Each represents a species of bird facing the threat of extinction due to climate change. The birds are watching us humans, it seems to say, to find out what we’re going to do about it.
Sunday, August 12: Before striking gold with the wildly popular Americana collective Railroad Earth, Sheaffer flirted with major-label success for years with the beloved New Jersey rock band From Good Homes.
Friday, August 10: In 2010, the prevailing Australian kings of soft rock Air Supply released their most recent collection of new songs, Mumbo Jumbo. A surprisingly arty and electronic/symphonic effort somewhat reminiscent of the formal experimental pop of 10cc, with a nod to Jim Steinman’s micro-operatic mode, Mumbo Jumbo would probably challenge your sense of what Air Supply is all about.
Saturday-Sunday, August 11-12: Take a peek at 45 artists in their creative spaces this weekend.
Friday, August 10: He has performed or recorded with Steve Earle, Mark Knopfler, Bill Frisell, David Bromberg, Jerry Douglas, Andy Statman and Steve Martin, to name a few.
Friday-Saturday, August 3 and 4: This year’s Poughkeepsie O+ places an emphasis on busker-style street performance, hip-hop, reggae/dub, indie-rock, folk/bluegrass, electronic and spoken-word. Notable performers this year include Lara Hope & the Ark-Tones (rockabilly), Bright Dog Red (improvisational) and JAHG (rap).
Friday, August 3: Jamie Saft & New Zion and other musicians, dancers and performance artists who live and work in Kingston will perform at this celebration of the reinvigoration of Midtown.