The Hudson Valley Bluegrass Association mourns the passing of Dolores Tubbs. She was 91. Dolores was a founding member of the HVBA and served for many years as our Secretary and Membership Coordinator. Dolores was the first to answer founder … Read More
I bet you can relate. Have you been jonesing for a good earful of live music to chase away the 2020 blues? I certainly have. Want proof? I returned a day early from an autumn splendor White Mountains vacation just … Read More
Editor’s Note: In April 2012 and again in 2014, the Hudson Valley Bluegrass Association presented a series of classes entitled “The Evolution of Bluegrass” to a group of students enrolled in the Center for Lifetime Studies, a program sponsored by … Read More
I finally had a chance to sit down with HVBA Vice President, consummate musician, bandmate and all around great guy, Pete Conklin, to chat about what music means to him. It’s not easy finding Pete without an instrument in his … Read More
As the Hudson Valley Bluegrass Association begins its third decade, I’d like to take this opportunity to look back 20 years and share with you—our members—how it all began. But the story dates a bit farther back. In September … Read More
Earl. The name itself conjures the ringing of a five-string banjo. At age four he began playing and at 10 he refined a style of three-finger, syncopated banjo playing that defined the sound of Bill Monroe’s music, which would eventually … Read More
Friday the 13th proved extraordinarily lucky for the 350 people traveling near, far and wide to Christ Church in Poughkeepsie to feast their ears on the legendary Tony Rice and his accompanying “Unit.” To be sure, the show represented the … Read More
We are sad to report the loss of a good friend and ardent lover of bluegrass music. Howard L. Tubbs, 79, died on February 2, 2011 after a 15 year struggle with Parkinson’s Disease. Howard had many interests, including maintaining … Read More
Recorded four years after their serendipitous meeting around a campfire at the 2004 Falcon Ridge Folk Festival, Love and Other Tragedies offers a southern sound that belies Red Molly’s New York roots. When you cue up this album (their second, … Read More
One of bluegrass music’s legendary fiddlers, Byron Berline, entertained an eager HVBA crowd at Christ Church in Poughkeepsie on Saturday night. He made his Poughkeepsie debut by the grace of an old army connection with member Fred Robbins who, in … Read More