Music

What's Newer Than New?

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A cello, piano, and voice blend together to perform “Songs of Songs of Innocence and of Experience: A Musical Illumination of the Poems of William Blake.” Sparrow profiles the Post-Neo Trio, to perform July 25 at Belleayre Mountain.

Gravity's Rainbow

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“To play [music] correctly, you really have to leave your ego out of it.” Peter Aaron profiles self-taught Cottekill-based saxophonist Joe Giardullo about how music has shaped his life since his discovery of R&B in the early ‘50s.

Nightlife Highlights

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A list of notable musicians and bands coming to the Hudson Valley in July including Kelleigh McKenzie, Inner Visions, Brion Snyder, Alpha Male Gorillas, The Virginia Wolves, and Blueberry.

Bill Brovold & Larval

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Living through five heart attacks within 18 months, and Bill Brovold was still able to produce the suitably titled double CD Surviving Death/Alive Why? with his Detroit-born avant/progressive rock ensemble Larval.

The Gypsy Nomads

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French pop tunes are sung in cabaret fashion in the The Gypsy Nomads latest album, Eternal Summer.

The Chief Smiles

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Musical genres including Indie, progressive, mental, classical, sweater, and sugar rock are combined in the new album from The Chief Smiles, Great for Terrible Times.