A selective, curatorial view of the cultural highlights of the upcoming weekend in the greater Hudson Valley region.
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Montreal-based indie-rock collective The Franklin Electric brings its organic brand of folk-rock to Club Helsinki Hudson on Friday, November 29, at 9pm. The group — which should appeal to fans of Bon Iver, Beirut, and their fellow countrymen and folk-rock icons, The Band — appears as part of Helsinki’s commitment to rising…
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Cabaret-rock singer-songwriter Nellie McKay brings her uniquely eccentric blend of pop, rock, jazz and hip-hop to Club Helsinki Hudson on Saturday, November 30, 2013, at 9pm. The multi-talented Nellie McKay made her smash debut nearly a decade ago with her groundbreaking double-CD, “Get Away from Me,” showcasing her eclectic musical reach and…
POOR OLD SHINE BRINGS GRASSROOTS SOUNDS to CLUB HELSINKI HUDSON (HUDSON, N.Y.) – Folk-roots quintet Poor Old Shine brings its energetic take on acoustic Americana to Club Helsinki Hudson on Saturday, November 23, 2013, at 9pm. The band will be celebrating the release of its new, eponymous album – showcasing the group’s vintage bluegrass and…
(POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y.) – The Hudson Valley Philharmonic will tackle Holst’s “The Planets,” joined by the Vassar Women’s Choir (Christine Howlett, Choral Director); the Bardavon’s mighty Wurlitzer organ; and digital projections provided by NASA and the Hubble Space Telescope, at the Bardavon on Saturday, November 23, 2013 at 8pm. (The performance is sold out.) Choreographed to…
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Marina Abramovic Institute (MAI), in collaboration with Basilica Hudson, will host a 24-hour marathon reading of The City of Dreaming Books by Walter Moers from Saturday, November 23, 2013 at 2pm through until the book is completed, until approximately Sunday, November 24, at 2. The event will be held at Basilica Hudson,…
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Folk-roots quintet Poor Old Shine brings its energetic take on acoustic Americana to Club Helsinki Hudson on Saturday, November 23, at 9pm. The band will be celebrating the release of its new, eponymous album – showcasing the group’s vintage bluegrass and grassroots ethos – at the show. Poor Old Shine’s music is…
THE KLEZMATICS to BRING KLEZMER-ROCK FUSION to MAHAIWE (GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – The Klezmatics, widely considered to be the world’s greatest modern klezmer group, perform at the Mahaiwe on Saturday, November 16, 2013, at 8pm. The concert is presented by the Yiddish Book Center in Amherst as part of Yidstock: The Festival of New Yiddish Music. Founded in 1986 in New…
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Cuban pianist Omar Sosa brings his Afri-Lectric Sextet, performing a tribute to Miles Davis’s landmark “Kind of Blue” album, to Club Helsinki Hudson on Thursday, November 14, 2013, at 8pm. The ensemble features trumpeter Joo Kraus and saxophonist Peter Apfelbaum. Omar Sosa’s Miles Davis project began as a commission from the Barcelona…
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Singer-songwriter Allison Moorer will bring her country-inflected brand of folk-rock to Club Helsinki Hudson on Friday, November 15, at 9pm. The Alabama-raised singer — the younger sister of country singer Shelby Lynne and sometime singing-partner of Americana icon Steve Earle — garnered an Oscar nomination for Best Original Song for “A Soft…
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – The hard-hitting young piano prodigy Eldar Djangirov, who plays both classical and jazz, returns to the Hudson Opera House – where he gave a sold-out solo performance last year — on Saturday, November 16, 2013, at 8 pm, this time leading his jazz trio to play a mixture of standards, originals, and…
