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.
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.”
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.”
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.
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.
Best known as the lead singer, violinist, banjo-player and co-founder of the Grammy Award-winning old-time music band the Carolina Chocolate Drops, Rhiannon Giddens has been exploring other waters.
Among my many fusion favorites was one – precisely one – local band. They weren’t from here, they didn’t form here and they’re not here anymore; but for a period in the early ’80s, they camped out in Coochie’s in New Paltz
Ever more ceremonial and ritualized, Uptown Kingston is now adding a Mardi Gras celebration to its yearly calendar of chaos.
The ceramic arts have been fostered in Woodstock since the Byrdcliffe and Maverick art colonies were formed in the early years of the 20th century. This weekend brings the opportunity to compare historic and contemporary ceramic arts as fostered in the two art colonies, on display in two separate-but-related exhibits, one in New Paltz and the other in Woodstock.
Ball’s latest Alligator Records CD is the critically acclaimed The Tattooed Lady and the Alligator Man.