A selective, curatorial view of the cultural highlights of the upcoming weekend in the greater Hudson Valley region.
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Folk-electronica artist Aimee Norwich brings her unique mix of sounds to Spotty Dog Books & Ale on Saturday, January 18, 2014, at 8pm. Norwich recently completed her fall tour with drummer Ian Cook, in support of her new record release, Forward to Nowhere. Norwich played her hybrid bass and electronics, with Cook…
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Experimental filmmaker Bill Morrison will be the subject of a mini-film festival from Thursday, January 16, 2014, through Saturday, January 18, 2014, at Time & Space Limited. The filmmaker will be in attendance on Saturday to screen all three films. Bill Morrison is best known for his use of archival imagery, an…
(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 Saturday, January 18, 2014, at 9pm, featuring Two Gun Man; Chops, Sauerkraut and the Velvet Frog; Chris Neumann; and special surprise guests. Two Gun Man is an Americana quartet fronted…
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Brooklyn-based neo-folk outfit Swear and Shake brings its hard-charging indie-folk to Club Helsinki Hudson on Sunday, January 19, at 8pm. The band may remind some listeners of 10,000 Maniacs, another folk-rock group with roots in upstate New York. The core of Swear and Shake is Kari Spieler (vocals, lyrics, guitar) and Adam…
BRUSHY ONE STRING BRINGS RAW JAMAICAN SOUND to MASS MoCA (NORTH ADAMS, Mass.) – Brushy One String brings his mix of reggae, blues, rap, and traditional African rhythms, as well as his classical guitar with only one string (a D string), to Club B-10 at MASS MoCA on Saturday, January 11, 2014, at 8pm. The…
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Soul singer Bettye LaVette, the self-described “overnight sensation after 50 years in the music business,” brings her impassioned, elastic vocals and her dynamic R&B remakes of pop and rock hits by the likes of the Who, Bob Dylan, Peter Gabriel, the Animals, the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Lucinda Williams and Sinead O’Connor…
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Club Helsinki Hudson’s annual Elvis Birthday Bash, featuring Mark Gamsjager and The Lustre Kings plus other special guests, will take place on Saturday, January 4, 2014, at 9pm, just four days before what would have been Elvis Presley’s 79th birthday. Elvis Presley’s impact on all music that came after him is impossible…
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Sister Sparrow & the Dirty Birds will ring out the old and ring in the new with their old-school, horn-inflected soul and R&B at Club Helsinki Hudson for a New Year’s Eve soul-funk dance party on Tuesday, December 31, 2013, at 9pm. The Brooklyn-based, eight-piece outfit, fronted by Catskill Mountains native Arleigh…
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Folk-rock singer-songwriter Milton and Americana outfit the Double-D’s share a double-bill at Club Helsinki Hudson on Friday, December 27, 2013, at 9pm. New York City-based singer-songwriter Milton boasts a strong regional following based on his tender yet gritty folk-rock tunes evocative of his influences, which include Bob Dylan, Hank Williams, Sam Cooke,…
(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – The Berkshire Bach Society celebrates its twentieth year of “Bach at New Year’s” – featuring the celebrated Berkshire Bach Ensemble directed harpsichordist Kenneth Cooper – on Tuesday, December 31, at 6pm, at the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center. This year’s program casts a retrospective and somewhat nostalgic glance back at this annual…
