Admittedly, my knowledge of Bluegrass music was sorrowfully limited: images of mountain folks playing the banjo, television and the occasional catchy radio tune. Then there was this class Bluegrass-Folk Music In Overdrive. What a magnificently educational and extraordinary treat! Each … Read More
Saturday, October 5, 2019 @ 7:30pm Unitarian Fellowship – 67 S. Randolph Ave., Poughkeepsie TICKETS AT THE DOOR Winner of the 2009 & 2015 International Bluegrass Music Awards (IBMA) Mandolin Performer of the Year, Jesse Brock began his Bluegrass career with his … Read More
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
HVBA member Andrew Bing, 61, is just a year into his retirement from a career as a lawyer for New York State, but he’s staying busy running Vassar College’s continuing-education program, “Bluegrass–Folk Music in Overdrive.” The program is “a six-session … Read More