Friday, Jan. 19: Club Helsinki in Hudson was early in as a forecaster of the impending breakout fame of Lake Street Dive, the jazz/roots/pop hitmakers who have carved themselves a unique place in the Americana musical landscape. Now Club Helsinki gets some back-end payback when Lake Street Dive vocalist Rachael Price revives an especially fine project from her past.
Sunday, January 7: The Levin Brothers have been involved in some of the most daring and experimental music of the last 50 years: Tony cutting a striking figure as bassist and Chapman-stick player with Peter Gabriel, King Crimson and many more; Pete working more behind-the-scenes as an ace keyboardist on the legendary New York session scene.
Saturday, January 6: Masse is the classically trained singer/songwriter and member of the popular and critically lauded roots group the Wailin’ Jennys.
Monday, January 8: That mop of gray hair you see standing between McCartney and Clapton at all the royal tribute concerts would be none other Albert Lee, the British chicken-pickin’ country and rockabilly guitar ace whose credit list is a rather gaudy plume of Hall of Fame associations.
Sunday, January 7: Salon lecture at Catskill’s Cedar Grove. A traveling exhibition of works by the Hudson River School founder will open on January 30 at the Met, then get packed up and shipped off to London in June.
Friday, Dec. 22: In the Kingdom of Dream finds the Felice Brothers’ principal songwriter turning toward personal subjects.
Saturday, Dec. 23: This nationally recognized psych/folk/rock outfit is among the longest-running and most colorful of all regional bands.
Music was the big dark lake in the middle of my soul, roughly in the shape of my brother, and I preserved and defended that sprawling emptiness like Muir, Burroughs and Greenpeace combined.
Friday, Dec. 22: The Voice winner and Orange County native Jermaine Paul will be home for the holidays to headline the 2017 Christmas Gospel Celebration. The winner of Season Two of NBC’s popular vocal tournament, Paul lives in Orange County with his wife, Melissa, and their four children. The celebration is free and open to the public.
Sunday, Dec. 17: “You get a singer like this once in a generation or two,” says Wynton Marsalis.