music

Starting on Sept. 29th, singer/songwriter, Vienna Teng will be at Caffè Lena in Saratoga for three consecutive nights. Teng, a classically trained pianist who composes in a dazzling, cinematic style she likes to call chamber-folk, is sure to light up the stage.

A Place for Jazz is a non-profit, all-volunteer organization dedicated to presenting the best in Jazz. It was founded by Butch Conn in 1987. Programs include concerts, public workshops, school-based clinics, a Jazz website and general support of Jazz and its musicians. Bill McCann and Tim Coakley join us.

"American Symphony," Oscar nominee Matthew Heineman’s moving portrait of the musician Jon Batiste as he experiences his greatest professional success (he dominated the 2022 Grammys) at the same time his wife faces her greatest personal challenge (she is battling leukemia), has been acquired by Netflix following a lengthy bidding war. Barack and Michelle Obama’s production company Higher Ground, which has a first-look deal with Netflix, is part of the project."American Symphony" will be part of Woodstock Film Festival on Saturday, September 30 at 10:15 a.m. at Tinker Street Cinema in Woodstock, New York.

The Adams, Massachusetts RambleFest will be happening next weekend and you can also take in The Adams Theater Fall Festival, a weekend full of music, comedy, history, and a circus!

Composer/performer Ben Neill is the inventor of the Mutantrumpet, a hybrid electro-acoustic instrument, and is recognized as a musical innovator who blends acoustic instrument performance with digital technologies.He returns to Manitoga in Garrison, New York on September 30 to perform “Trove” - his immersive, outdoor sonic performance/installation created specifically for Manitoga.“Trove” is a series of ambient pieces created by Neill in collaboration with producer/composer Eric Calvi.

O+ supports the health of underinsured artists and musicians in the Hudson Valley and beyond through the annual O+ Festival, where they exchange art-making and performances for health and wellness services.The 2023 O+ Festival in Kingston, NY is taking place October 6-8 and we are joined by O+ co-founder Joe Concra, O+ co-director of Music Lara Hope, and O+ Art Director Lindsey Wolkowicz.

This Sunday, September 24th, the space-folk band Electric Blue Yonder brings MicroPARTY to Conkling Hall in Rensselaerville, New York.MicroPARTY is a celebration of creativity and curiosity in the form of an interactive concert experience for children and adults. This Sunday’s MicroPARTY at Conkling Hall is organized by Velvet Earth Farm Presents.Electric Blue Yonder founders Beth and Johnny Veres join us now to tell us more.

To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the famous recording, "Midnight at the Oasis," Maria Muldaur will perform the song along with a selection of the blues, country, folk, swing and pop tunes that made her first album a classic, accompanied by her Red Hot Bluesiana Band at The Egg.

Bardavon presents three legendary performers in two surreal and arresting “concertos” about romantic love by two of America’s greatest creative forces. Featuring Oscar winner, 5 time Tony nominee Estelle Parsons, Emmy winner and Oscar nominee David Strathairn, and NEA Jazz Master Jack DeJohnette on percussion in Pulitzer Prize winner Sam Shepard and six time Obie winner Joseph Chaikin’s TONGUES and SAVAGE/LOVE, directed by Chris Silva and produced by Stephen LaMarca at the Woodstock Playhouse.

Keith Moon of The Who died at the age of just 32, on September 7, 1978. Moon’s biographer Tony Fletcher marks the 45th anniversary by hosting an interactive presentation about the man he calls “the best, most influential and revolutionary drummer rock music has ever known.” Keith Moon: A Celebration will be happening at the Orpheum Theatre in Saugerties, New York on 9/7 at 7 p.m.