Lee Fields
LEE FIELDS & THE EXPRESSIONS to RING in NEW YEAR with CLASSIC SOUL DANCE PARTY at HELSINKI HUDSON
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Soul legend Lee Fields & The Expressions will ring out the old and ring in the new with their old-school soul and R&B at Club Helsinki Hudson for a New Year’s Eve dance party on Wednesday, December 31, 2014, at 9pm. Fields is nicknamed “Little JB” for his physical and vocal resemblance to James Brown, and his music also recalls vintage Marvin Gaye. Fields released his first single in 1969. Since that time, the North Carolina native has amassed a prolific catalog of albums and has toured and played with such legends as Kool and the Gang, Sammy Gordon and the Hip-Huggers, O.V Wright, Darrell Banks, and Little Royal.
Bobby Previte at Helsinki Hudson (photo Seth Rogovoy)
BOBBY PREVITE’S VOODOO REVUE HEADLINES HALF MOON NEW YEAR’S EVE PARTY
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Bandleader, composer and drummer Bobby Previte brings his Voodoo Revue, featuring an all-star cast of Hudson Valley improvisational jazz talent – to the Half Moon on New Year’s Eve, Wednesday, December 31, at 10pm, in an event cosponsored by WGXC 90.7-FM and the Half Moon. DJ Marc Anthony Thompson, of WGXC’s “The Honeygun Power Hour,” will spin tunes for the crowd after the clock strikes midnight, ushering in the new year of 2015.
Andrew Buck, ‘Rockface’
NEW PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBIT at CARRIE HADDAD GALLERY FEATURES 12 ARTISTS
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Works by a dozen photography artists comprise Photography 2015 are on on view at Carrie Haddad Gallery through Sunday, January 25, 2015. The exhibition features new work by Birgit Blyth, Elliott Kaufman, Anne Arden McDonald, Newbold Bohemia, Robert Hite, Andrew Buck and Lisa Frank and prints by Anna Collette, Michael Sibilia, Kahn & Selesnick, Jeri Eisenberg and Lori Van Houten.
Tommy Stinson
TOMMY STINSON HEADLINES ALL-STAR LINEUP for HOUSING BENEFIT at HELSINKI HUDSON
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Tommy Stinson, a cofounder of legendary rock band The Replacements and a touring member of stadium-rockers Guns n’ Roses, will headline Home Bass 2: A Little Help for Our Friends, a benefit concert for Columbia County Habitat for Humanity at Club Helsinki Hudson on Saturday, January 3, at 8pm. Stinson, who is curating the evening of entertainment, will be joined by Rhett Miller, lead singer of the Old 97’s; rock singer-songwriter Elvis Perkins; Jesse Malin; singer Ruby Stinson; Dust Bowl Faeries; Kiki*D, and other surprise guests.
Johann Sebastian Bach
BERKSHIRE BACH BLASTS OUT THE OLD, BLASTS IN THE NEW, AT MAHAIWE AND TROY
(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. and TROY, N.Y.) – Berkshire Bach will ring in the New Year with a blast of brass featuring a septet of horn virtuosi joining the Berkshire Bach Ensemble for concerts featuring works by Haydn, Mozart and Bach at the Mahaiwe in Great Barrington on Wednesday, December 31, at 6pm, and at Troy Savings Bank Music Hall on Thursday, January 1, 2015, at 3pm.
‘Seventh and Warren,’ Ken Young
KEN YOUNG’S WARREN STREET PAINTINGS at VALLEY VARIETY
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Warren Street, a solo exhibition of oil paintings by Ken Young that captures life along the main commercial corridor of Hudson, is on display at Valley Variety through February 1, 2015.
Michael ‘Chops’ LaConte
HONKY-TONK AMERICANA FESTIVAL HEADED to HELSINKI HUDSON
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Seth’s Sauerkraut Revue, a mini-festival of regional Americana and honky-tonk performers hosted by “Sauerkraut” Seth Travins, returns to Club Helsinki Hudson on Friday, December 26, at 9pm. Seth’s Sauerkraut Revue includes an all-star cast of Hudson Valley roots musicians, including Pete Adams, Tony Kieraldo, Chris Neumann, Lukas Schwartz, Sasha Pearl, Jay “The Velvet Frog” Gerald, Seamus Maynard and Sebastian Douzal. Chops and Sauerkraut, featuring Travins on guitar, Michael “Chops” LaConte on slap bass and Slink Moss on drums, are the house band for the evening.
Sarah Borges
MINI TWANG-ROCK FESTIVAL WITH SARAH BORGES and GIRLS GUNS AND GLORY SLATED for HELSINKI HUDSON
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Boston-based twang-rocker Sarah Borges and honky-tonk outfit Girls Guns and Glory share a roots-rocking co-bill at Club Helsinki Hudson on Friday, January 2, 2015, at 9pm. Both artists mine early rock ‘n’ roll styles as well as their roots and tributaries, including country, blues and R&B, on their way toward making new indie-rock with the immediacy and passion of 1950s and early-‘60s music.
Bruce Katz
BRUCE KATZ BAND BRINGS SOUL-BLUES to HELSINKI HUDSON
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – The Bruce Katz Band, featuring the legendary keyboardist and three-time Blues Music Award nominee Bruce Katz, will bring its organ-drenched blues-rock to Club Helsinki Hudson on Saturday, December 27, at 9pm. Bruce Katz’s resume reads like a who’s who of blues and blues-rock. Playing piano and B3 organ, Katz has toured and recorded with the Greg Allman Band, Delbert McClinton, Maria Muldaur, Ronnie Earl & the Broadcasters, among numerous others.