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Kingston After Dark: The SubFamily of Sammi Niss

Kingston After Dark: The SubFamily of Sammi Niss

Sammi Niss has been an appreciated member of the Hudson Valley music scene for years now and is known for percussion work with and contributions to musical acts including Laura Stevenson, Matt Pond PA and Battle Ave. Now Niss is partnering with some other like minded musical folk to launch a regionally situated label called SubFamily Records. Niss’ debut album as a solo artist is called Words Escape and will be released this spring under the creative project name Hiding Behind Sound.

Kingston After Dark: Good cheer

Kingston After Dark: Good cheer

Kingston continues to inspire me with the constant ways the old and new intersect. From Rough Draft’s opening Uptown to the continued mindful expansion of the waterfront to the influx of friendly faces from yesterday coming back around for the holidays — plus some people deciding to move back and stay when they see Kingston’s rebirth — this is a time of excitement and potential.

Giving toys to Ulster kids brings joy to all

Giving toys to Ulster kids brings joy to all

Families began to line up outside the doors at about 11 Monday night, waiting in the cold for the doors to open the next morning at 9, where they could be ushered in from the cold to do their holiday “shopping” for their kids. This was not Black Friday and these weren’t the doors to the mall. Families were lined up and huddled in anticipation outside of People’s Place Food Pantry and Thrift Store on St. James Street in Kingston.

Kingston After Dark: Globelamp illuminates

Kingston After Dark: Globelamp illuminates

Globelamp (aka Elizabeth Gomez aka Elizabeth Le Fay) is in the Woodstock-Kingston area to record the follow up to 2016’s The Orange Glow, released on Wichita Records, at Bohemesphere Studios in Saugerties. ‘I’d never been to Upstate New York,” she says. “I like it here. It reminds me of the Taylor Swift album Red.’