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Here’s the day we’ve all been waiting for!!! The Hudson Valley Bluegrass Association, in coordination with the Annual Arlington Street Fair will be presenting five fabulous bands. This marks our 9th year at the Fair!!!! Food, music, dancing, singing….what else … Read More

We were somewhere around Croton-on-the-Hudson on the edge of the 2019 Clearwater Festival when the drugs began to take hold. I remember saying to my photographer, “I feel better.” And suddenly there was a terrible screeching under the train which … Read More

This article was originally published on August 11, 2007 There is a well known urban legend in which a man who buys an old faded painting at a garage sale for 10 dollars and upon removing the painting from the … Read More

Did you hear about the guitarist that was so far out of tune that the banjo player noticed? Q: What does a banjo sound like when it’s completely in-tune? A: No one knows. You can tune a banjo, but you … Read More

May 17 @ 7:30pm Unitarian Fellowship 67 S. Randolph Avenue Poughkeepsie, NY Open Jam with Band at 6:30! One of the very best of our monthly concerts was back in 2002 by “Mando Madness.” Now, they are returning to Poughkeepsie … Read More

An introduction Are you a picker? A picker & singer? Perhaps you sit and practice at home with CDs or YouTube or mp3s – maybe you study tab books and instructional DVDs. Maybe you’ve found an instructor, maybe you haven’t. … Read More

People have always had a strange fascination with rattlesnakes. As one of America’s most poisonous snakes, they are both feared and hated, and yet their rattles are prized for their mythical and magical properties.

 While doing research for this article, … Read More

The HVBA has a very simple Mission Statement and here it is: The Hudson Valley Bluegrass Association — or HVBA — was founded in 1994 to knit together the bluegrass community of musicians and fans. The HVBA is chartered as … Read More