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Steve is an engineer by day and photographer/writer/musician by night formerly from the Capital District, now based in the lower Hudson Valley. He is also the local music director for and guest host on WRPI in Troy, hosts the weekly Grateful Dead program "Shakedown Street" on WVBR-FM in Ithaca, and musician in the L Train Brass Band in Brooklyn.

Festival News

Summer Camp Announces 2020 Dates for 20th Anniversay

Steve Malinski Nov 29, 2019

The Summer Camp Music Festival is saying "cheers to 20 years" as it announces the dates and some early details for 2020 in Central Illinois. The 20th installment of Summer Camp will be May 22-24, 2020 (Memorial Day Weekend) at Three…

Album Reviews

Hearing Aide: Lucky Chops ‘Lucky Chops’

Steve Malinski Sep 26, 2019

NYC’s brass-funk quintet Lucky Chops are releasing their brand new, self-titled album Lucky Chops to the public tomorrow. Fans who donated to support the album’s production were treated to the full album a day early. Lucky Chops isn’t…

Bethel

We Are Golden, Part 2: The Celebration of Woodstock at 50

Steve Malinski Sep 13, 2019

The celebration they wanted – a weekend of music on the site of the 1969 Woodstock Music & Art Fair – continued following Arlo Guthrie’s opening performance to commemorate 50 years since the festival occurred. Many alumni from the…

Bluegrass/Country

In Focus: Outlaw Music Festival Rolls Through SPAC

Steve Malinski Sep 12, 2019

For one of SPAC's final concerts of the season, the Outlaw Music Festival brought a full afternoon and evening of music and vendors to the park. This year's Outlaw Music Festival tour began in Maine back in June and has featured a…

Features

We Are Golden: Arlo Guthrie Celebrates Woodstock 50th Anniversary at Bethel Woods

Steve Malinski Aug 16, 2019

Fifty years after the 1969 Woodstock Music and Art Fair, many original festival goers and younger crowds alike returned to the site of the original festival to mark the golden anniversary at Bethel Woods Center for the Arts. Last night…

Features

In Focus: The Wolf Emerges with Dead and Company at Citi Field

Steve Malinski Jul 7, 2019

Dead and Company returned to play a mainstay of their tours, Citi Field, on June 23 for an all-around solid show with a seemingly near capacity crowd in tow. Perfect weather ushered in the first set, filled with mellow jams and easy…

Features

In Focus: Joanna Teters, Hayley Jane, Lovehoney and Funky Dawgz Close Paramount Takeover Series

Steve Malinski May 11, 2019

Last week saw the end of the three weekend takeover of the Paramount hosted by the Peekskill Brewery. Friday night brought Brooklyn/Hudson Valley-based Joanna Teters along with Boston's Hayley Jane and the Primates for two sets of…

Alternative/Indie

Lucky Chops Ignite Weeknight Party At Brooklyn Bowl

Steve Malinski May 8, 2019

NYC's hometown brass-funk outfit Lucky Chops put on yet another high energy show at Brooklyn Bowl on April 24 as part of a three-show album release residency happening between March and next Wednesday, May 15. The show opened with a set…

Hudson Valley

In Focus: Paramount Takeover Series with ShwizZ, Flux, Ronald and Rain

Steve Malinski May 3, 2019

As part of the Peekskill Brewery's Paramount Takeover series this past weekend, ShwizZ and Flux Capacitor took the stage Friday night, and Ronald Reggae and Box of Rain on Saturday, for two solid nights of music from the Hudson Valley and…

Genres

Paramount Peekskill Brewery Takeover Welcomes Hayley Jane and the Primates and Funky Dawgz Brass…

Steve Malinski May 2, 2019

The Peekskill Brewery's three-weekend takeover of the Paramount Theatre is coming to an end this weekend with two solid nights of music: Hayley Jane and the Primates w/s/g Joanna Teters on May 3 and Funky Dawgz Brass Band w/s/g Lovehoney…

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