The legendary Newport Folk and Jazz Festivals will host a formal non-profit village for the first time since their foundings in the 1950s. Non-profit organizations from Rhode Island and the surrounding states will be part of the “Participation Row” social action village at both festivals. The Newport Folk Festival and the Newport Jazz Festival will make […]
Hudson
Sick Puppies Rock the Iron Works
Buffalo Iron Works was introduced to a night full of in your face rock with promising young bands rocking the house. Hudson, all the way from Los Angeles, kicked things off Thursday night with a high energy, on-point performance, despite the lack of crowd participation and lackluster reaction. Stitched up Heart set up their gear and by […]
Flashback: Frank Zappa Poughkeepsie, NY 1978
One of the most legendary musicians and intense concerts to grace an Upstate New York stage took place in the fall of 1978 at the Mid-Hudson Center in Poughkeepsie, NY. On September 21, 1978 Frank Zappa and his band appeared on stage for an extended fun and filthy evening of multifarious musical excursions. The circulating […]
Feeling Folky After Seeing the Amazingly Powerful Steve Earle
On a wintry Saturday night in February, the blowing snow made the trip down to Hudson, NY that much more thrilling, and made the audience that much more thankful that Steve Earle decided to make the trip up to Hudson to perform in the intimate concert space at Club Helsinki. The club has a very Greenwich […]
Spend an Evening with Alt-Country Legend Steve Earle at Club Helsinki
The Saturday of Presidents’ Weekend should be a blast at Club Helsinki in “Upstate’s Downtown” Hudson, where Steve Earle will be belting out some of his signature rockabilly, alt-country, and anti-war tunes. Garnering inspiration from musicians such as Townes Van Zandt and Guy Clark, many of Steve Earle’s songs have been recorded by country superstars […]
Jackie Greene Band, Club Helsinki, October 27th
photos by Thomas Sinkora I first became “acquainted” with Jackie Greene, when a video of Jackie performing “Brokedown Palace” with Phil Lesh at Phil’s Marin County home surfaced back in September 2007. The rehearsals were in preparation for the fall 2007 Phil and Friends tour. I happened to catch the 10/20/2007 show of that tour at the […]