Drawing their inspiration from traditional Cuban “son,” the Havana Cuba All-Stars comprise some of Cuba’s greatest and most prominent musicians, and are devoted to promoting the entire tapestry of Cuban music.

Here Comes the Wave, Shana Falana’s second record made in collaboration with drummer Mike Amari and producer D. James Goodwin, is due out on October 21 on the New Paltz-headquartered boutique label Team Love Records. Falana celebrates the release with a show at her home den, BSP in Kingston, on Friday, October 21 at 9 p.m.

The unifying topic of the interview will be “Artistic Freedom and Creative Paths.” Two weeks out from the US presidential election, they will ponder the existential question of what role the arts can and should play in these turbulent times.

Established one year ago to honor folk music legends and to sustain the “folk process” as a vibrant part of American culture – an ongoing and ever-evolving one, not merely a pop-culture trend of the 1960s – ACFM has found its headquarters: River House, the red “barn” building restored by Scenic Hudson in Long Dock Park.

The concert will be in “jazz chamber orchestra” format: a small ensemble featuring a core quartet with the addition of strings, wind and percussion.

The blues interpreter John Hammond has never moved far off his spot. A pretty pure embodiment of the raw energies, dangerous identities and elusive eccentricities of the blues, regardless of complexion, Hammond has his acoustic modes and his electric modes, his urban modes and rural.

Multiple Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Graham Nash performs in the intimate confines of the Bearsville Theater on Tuesday, Oct. 4.