(HUDSON, N.Y.) – The streets, alleys, parks, galleries, nightclubs and restaurants of Hudson will be pouring forth with music this weekend when the third annual Hudson Music Festival, featuring free performances throughout the city, takes place from Friday, August 9, through Sunday, August 11, 2013. The festival will showcase artists from around the region and…
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Legendary jazz vocalist Sheila Jordan headlines the Hudson Jazzworks’ 7th annual Hudson Jazz Workshop Performance featuring Armen Donelian, Marc Mommaas, and participants in the workshop, on Sunday, August 11, 2013, at 3:30pm, at the Hudson Opera House. There will also be a free “Meet the Artists” symposium before the performance. Special guest artist/clinician…
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Woodstock singer-songwriter Simi Stone brings her signature, upbeat “Mountain Motown” style of music to Club Helsinki Hudson on Thursday, August 1, 2013, at 8pm. The multi-talented multi-instrumentalist tours with Simone Felice’s band, the Duke and the King, and has performed with Denis Leary’s band on Conan O’Brien’s TV show. Simi Stone can’t…
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – The legendary reggae group the Wailers – led by founding bassist Aston “Family Man” Barrett – bring their patented Jamaican riddims to Club Helsinki Hudson on Friday, August 2, 2013, at 9pm. Best known for their groundbreaking work with the late Bob Marley, the Wailers have also played or performed with international…
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Authors Maggie Estep, Linda Yablonsky, and Jonathan Santlofer will read their selections from The Marijuana Chronicles, a collection of new stories recently published by Akashic Books and edited by Santlofer, at Spotty Dog Books on Sunday, August 4, 2013, at 4pm. Brooklyn-based ensemble August Wells will provide musical entertainment at the reading,…
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – The Voodoo Orchestra North, led by legendary jazz drummer, improviser and composer Bobby Previte – a recent transplant to Hudson – and featuring many great upstate New York musicians, will kick off a regular series of performances devoted to exploring the music of Miles Davis’s eternal electric jazz-funk masterpiece, “Bitches Brew,” at…
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – For the last three weeks, nineteen musicians have gathered at Club Helsinki Hudson every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday afternoon from noon to 3pm to play jazz, New Orleans music, and African drumming and percussion. Ordinarily, that wouldn’t be so unusual – after all, Helsinki Hudson is a music venue where jazz is…
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Author and humorist Roy Blount Jr will speak to Columbia County Habitat for Humanity supporters at a brunch on Sunday, August 4, 2013, at 11:30am at Helsinki Hudson. The celebrated author of 23 books will speak about his latest, Alphabetter Soup — The Joy of Text. The brunch will benefit Habitat’s next…
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Local author Koethi Zan will celebrate her debut thriller, The Never List, with a reading and book signing at the Spotty Dog tonight (Thursday, July 25, 2013) at 7 pm. The Never List is a work of psychological suspense and terror that has been compared to books by Karin Slaughter, Laura Lippman,…
Tickets Go on Sale This Friday, July 26(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Sonic Youth members Lee Ranaldo and Steve Shelley have chosen to launch the upcoming album by their band Lee Ranaldo and the Dust at Club Helsinki Hudson on Tuesday, October 8, at 8pm. The album will be released that same day on Matador Records. Tickets…
