Star-studded Soundout: Bob Dylan Birthday Celebration at Bearsville
Among the most beloved and iconic of American songwriters, but also among the most idiosyncratic and eccentric, Bob Dylan is a tough cover. The temptation to do “that voice” is irresistibly strong; in…
Ludwig Day in New Paltz this Saturday
A celebration to honor the life of New Paltz resident Ludwig Montesa will take place this Saturday, May 25 with music and art performances scheduled throughout the day at various local venues. Montesa,…
Reunited Babe the Blue Ox at Beacon’s In the Pines Music Festival
What glad news that Babe the Blue Ox is back together, playing out and releasing new music. The Brooklyn-born art/alt-rock trio (now a quartet) introduced its jarring, witty and impassioned avant-rock sound with…
Howling at shadows with Cave Dogs in Kingston
Sensory experiences, by their very nature, are hard to put into words. And some things are harder to explain than others. Take a Cave Dogs performance, for example. The genre-busting Bloomington-based troupe of…
Bern & the Brights in Rosendale this Saturday
Hoboken’s Bern & the Brights kick off their crisp, bracing EP Work with “Slave Driver,” a track that, almost in sequence, introduces all the components of their multi-genre but coherent sound. Dub lasers,…
Man Man to play BSP in Kingston
I can’t believe I have finally grown tired of detecting and celebrating the influence of Tom Waits in modern music. But, 28 years after Rain Dogs changed my life irreversibly and for the…
Kids’ Almanac (May 16-May 23)
A child of five would understand this. Send someone to fetch a child of five. – Groucho Marx Sil & Eliza Reynolds, poet Bobbi Katz speak at Inquiring Minds I’ve been checking…
A splash in the face
The Nora Ephron film Julie & Julia, which starred Meryl Streep as famed TV chef Julia Child, was partially based on a book called My Life in France that was co-written by Child…
Bardavon Gala to star showbiz legend Liza Minnelli
One might say that Liza Minnelli was destined from birth to become Ms. Show Business. She’s one of only 12 people ever to have won a Grammy, an Emmy, a Tony and an…
Creative Music Studio to celebrate its 40th anniversary
Woodstock’s Creative Music Studio (CMS) avoids such self-descriptions as “experimental,” “avant-garde” and “revolutionary” in its literature, preferring to emphasize the cross-cultural universality of music and such kernel virtues as “keen awareness,” “personal expression”…
