(HUDSON, N.Y.) – You may as well just set up shop at Club Helsinki Hudson for the weekend, as the cutting-edge nightclub boasts three back-to-back shows that span rock, roots and R&B, and that you won’t want to miss. The music kicks off Saturday, December 7, 2013, at 9pm, with Simi Stone’s patented style of original “Mountain Motown,” performed by the singer/violinist/guitarist with an all-star backup group of veteran musicians who have collectively worked with David Bowie, Bruce Springsteen, Gang of Four, the B-52s, Ani DiFranco and Indigo Girls, among many others. The next night, once again the holiday-funk spectacular Holidelic – the brainchild of Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter, producer, actor and dancer Everett Bradley – will usher in the holiday season at Helsinki Hudson, on Sunday, December 8, at 8pm. And the neverending party runs into Monday, December 9, at 8pm, with Midwestern rockers Trapper Schoepp & The Shades, longtime opening act for the Wallflowers and associates of Hudson’s Tommy Stinson.
RAMONES AUTHOR PETER AARON TEAMS WITH MAGGIE ESTEP for READING
(SAUGERTIES, N.Y.) – Peter Aaron, author of the just-published If You Like the Ramones… (Backbeat Books), the newest volume in the If You Like series of guidebooks to pop culture connectivity, will be joined by novelist/spoken word performer Maggie Estep for a reading at Inquiring Minds Bookstore on Saturday, December 7, 2013, at 7pm.
Fay Victor and Anders Nilsson
BLUES DUO HEADLINES CANDLELIGHT CONCERT at ART OMI
(GHENT, N.Y.) – The ExPosed Blues Duo, featuring vocalist Fay Victor and guitarist Anders Nilsson, will perform a candlelight concert at Omi International Arts Center on Saturday, December 7, 2013, at 6:30pm. The concert by the Music Omi alumni will be held in the stunning glass setting of Omi’s Visitors Center. The ExPosed Duo was born from an electrifying set at the Winter Nights Festival in Marseille in December 2007, when a packed house would not let them leave after four encores. In 2010, their first release, Bare, received rave reviews in the New York Times and Time Out New York. They continue to perform around New York City at venues such as the 55 Bar, the Brecht Forum, the Stone, Barbes and DROM.
‘House on West Kerley’ by Joel Griffith
NEUMANN FINE ART FEATURES JOEL GRIFFITH, PAINTER LAUREATE of TIVOLI, in SOLO EXHIBITION
(HILLSDALE, N.Y.) – Oil paintings by Joel Griffith are on display at Neumann Fine Art (65 Cold Water St) through January 4, 2014. Joel Griffith was named the official Painter Laureate of his hometown of Tivoli, N.Y., in 2003. His paintings, many of which grace the walls of Tivoli’s Town Hall, have been likened to “a great story told at the local bar by a profound poet with a visionary eye.”