HAYES CARLL to BRING TEXAS COUNTRY-ROCK to HELSINKI HUDSON
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Texas singer-songwriter Hayes Carll brings his rootsy country-rock to Club Helsinki Hudson on Thursday, May 15, at 8pm. Carll is equally known for his outspoken politically-infused rockers and his self-described “degenerate love songs.”
ROBERT OSBORNE to SING CABARET and FILM SONGS of FRANZ WAXMAN at HUDSON OPERA HOUSE
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Cabaret and opera singer Robert Osborne will perform the cabaret and film songs of Franz Waxman, who wrote hits for the likes of Marlene Dietrich, Billie Holliday and Joan Crawford, at Hudson Opera House on Saturday, May 17, at 7pm.
Amadi Azikiwe
BEETHOVEN to BE CELEBRATED in CHAMBER CONCERT at MAHAIWE
(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – Composer Ludwig Van Beethoven’s pathway from disciple of classical composer Haydn to hero of the Romantic movement will be traced in “Beethoven and the Dawn of Romanticism,” a chamber concert at the Mahaiwe on Saturday, May 17, at 6pm, as part of the Close Encounters With Music series. Works to be performed include the famed the Kreutzer Sonata and the Archduke Trio.
‘Red Cabbage’ by Bill Duffy
EXHIBITION of HUSBAND-AND-WIFE ARTISTS at SPENCERTOWN ACADEMY
(SPENCERTOWN, N.Y.) – Works by New Hampshire-based artists J. Ann Eldridge and Bill Duffy will be on display at Spencertown Academy Arts Center from May 17 through June 22, 2014. There will be an opening reception for “Off the Beaten Path: Prints by J. Ann Eldridge and Photographs by Bill Duffy” on Saturday, May 17, from 4 to 6 p.m. The reception and exhibition are free and open to the public.
Brittany Haas
ROOTS-MUSIC FIDDLER BRITTANY HAAS in HUDSON HOUSE CONCERT
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Brittany Haas, one of the most influential roots-music fiddlers of her generation, will perform with her trio at a house concert at Peter Jung Fine Art on Friday, May 16, at 7pm. Haas, a protégé of Darol Anger and Bruce Molsky and a member of chambergrass group Crooked Still, will be joined by Joe Walsh on mandolin and Owen Marshall on guitar.
SOULIVE COFOUNDER to BRING SOUL-ROCK TRIO to HELSINKI HUDSON
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Alan Evans, the cofounder, writer and drummer of Soulive, will bring Playonbrother, his new “electrified soul-rock trio” to Club Helsinki Hudson on Friday, May 16, at 9pm. The group – formerly called the Alan Evans Trio – features Beau Sasser on Hammond B-3 organ and Danny Mayer on guitar. With Evans’s hard-driving drumming, the overall sound of Playonbrother updates classic 1970s funk for the 21st century.