As a singer, songwriter, Steven Michael Pague has travelled the world bringing his uplifting, positive music and songs to venues both large and small. He creates an intimate atmosphere inspiring and inviting dancing, listening, participating in the song, sharing the vision, the dreams of longing, hope, love, light and joy. His style ranges from ballad to reggae, folk to rock and more…

Jim Pospisil is a singer songwriter and multi instrumentalist from the Hudson Valley whose songs are marked by well crafted, sometimes quirky lyrics and themes from the personal to the profound. A mix of folk, blues, rock and more, his performances on guitar, mandolin, flute and harmonica  can be soft and subtle, or wild and energetic. He blends it all with a wry sense of humor, his goal is to make you laugh, cry, or think. Sometimes all at once. He performs cover songs as well, featuring fresh and creative arrangements.

Jim has just released his fourth album “Sleight Of Hand”, his most varied and ambitious release to date. The songs examine the trials of love, life and loss, and the challenge to rise above it all.

For over 30 years Amadou Diallo studied the rythms of Senegal, Mali and Guinea. People thought he was crazy, everyday singing and playing the Sufi drum (Hrim) on the streets of Dakar, Senegal.

But that was where he wrote so many of M’Bollo’s songs, and he knew one day he would bring his music to a wider audience.

Then in 2001 a miracle happened, and he got a contract to come to the U.S. playing djembe with the African Ballet Bugerabou.

Amadou settled in Rosendale, NY and in 2010 formed M’Bollo with local musicians The Schikowitz brothers.

Mbollo means “be together”

Ami Fixler and Marty Reisinger: with acoustic Guitar and silver flute we serve up a sweet and eclectic mix of familiar and obscure tunes sure to satisfy your musical palate.

Brian Farmer, Joakim Lartey and Mark DZiuba join for sounds from the ground. Celebrate summer with the second iteration of SMSC. Improvised and composed music arising from the ground of stone mountain farm. Deep geologic time sounding and echoing to tomorrow. Join us for an evening of  musical exploration and solace as we move from Spring to Summer. Be prepared to venture into never before heard sonic landscapes. Only once, here, together!

Sarah Urech is originally from Switzerland and has called the Mohicanituck Hudson River Valley home for nearly 30 years. She will be singing jazz standards and songs from around the world with musicians Ann Belmont, Todd Anderson, and Fre Atlast, members of Hudson River Playback Theatre, and guest performers.

Please join us and share your thoughts. Shaping our futures through conversations that matter!

Timothy Hill and Sasha Bogdanowitsch's duo creates an entry into a unique sonic world. Informed by traditional musics from around the globe, they utilize tunings based on the natural overtone series, giving the music a crystalline clarity. Employing voices, harp, zither, lyre, n'goni, and guitar, the resulting effect sounds both hauntingly familiar and refreshingly new.

Maria Callas[a] Commendatore OMRI[1] (born Maria Anna Cecilia Sophia Kalogeropoulos;[b] December 2, 1923 – September 16, 1977) was an American-born Greek soprano[2] and one of the most renowned and influential opera singers of the 20th century. Many critics praised her bel canto technique, wide-ranging voice and dramatic interpretations. Her repertoire ranged from classical opera seria to the bel canto operas of Donizetti, Bellini, and Rossini, and further to the works of Verdi and Puccini, and in her early career to the music dramas of Wagner. Her musical and dramatic talents led to her being hailed as La Divina ("The Divine One").

Annie Roland and Carrie Chapman are Barely Lace. Since the 80's we have woven our voices together in a style we call acoustic trance.
Focusing on Original Compositions, we also interpret traditional and seasonal European ballads as well as some Contemporary Covers. These days we are pleased to be joined by Rusty Boris on bass and guitar.

Life-long disciple of the great folk traditions of the world, singer/songwriter Mario Rincon draws inspiration from Andalusia and Appalachia alike, crafting a bi-lingual blend of flamenco cante, Latin-American folklore, and classic Americana. He’s based in the Hudson Valley where he teaches private lessons and workshops.

mariorincon.com

In this 21st century, tremendous progress has been made in the development of zero-carbon technologies. And yet, we are struggling to decarbonize our societies and meet our global climate goals. Perhaps this should not surprise us; like many of our modern challenges, the climate crisis is in essence a spiritual crisis. To solve it necessitates a real shift in consciousness — from consumption to contemplation. Come join educator, engineer, and environmentalist Samrat Pathania to explore how eastern philosophy- the Upanishads in particular- can help us attain the inner balance that is necessary to end the upheaval in the external world.

Samrat Pathania grew up in Hindu family in India where his childhood love for science and mathematics culminated in a degree in mechanical engineering from the National Institute of Technology, Jamshedpur (India). After working for several years as a software engineer with various multinational corporations, Samrat became a teacher and currently teaches physics, computer science, and environmental science at Wallkill High School. He is a New York State Master Teacher Emeritus and co-founder of the Educator Collective for Environmental Justice. Samrat is former co-chair of the Hudson Valley and Catskills chapter of the Climate Reality Project and currently a clean energy coach with New Yorkers for Clean Power. He is also the Program Manager for Science and Sustainability at the Mid-Hudson Teacher Center at SUNY New Paltz. Samrat considers Swami Vivekananda's teachings as the biggest spiritual influence during his formative years and has been studying Advaita Vedanta with India's most followed Advaita teacher and social reformer—Acharya Prashant.

"When Mother Nature arm wrestles with the invisible hand, she will always win."

Chanting with Ned & Lynn is for everyone regardless of experience. Chanting brings you to "beginners mind," where everything is in the sacred now. Chants range from deeply meditative to highly ecstatic. Using simple ancient Sanskrit mantras, we share our deep love for the Divine and the sacred - we also have fun!!

Ned & Lynn offer Sacred Chanting from many languages and traditions - Sanskrit, Native American, Sufi, Hebrew and Contemporary.

They welcome the audience to join them in call and response community chanting with simple mantras and beautiful melodies.

They have toured with Wah, sung with Jai Uttal and offered chants at Omega Ecstatic Chant, Bhakti Fest, Kripalu, Integral Yoga, Maverick in Woodstock and in many beautiful home settings. They were honored to sing for Amma with Wah in Boston.

Look for their CD, Bhakti Treasure, on iTunes, Amazon, CD Baby and on their website: BhaktiTreasure.com

"Beautiful CD - blessed drops of Bhakti Nectar" - Jai Uttal

"Ned & Lynn create heart-felt kirtan sangha wherever they sing " - Wah

Find Ned & Lynn on Facebook - for bookings: Nedleavitt@aol.com

Julia Howl Haines and Matoaka Little Eagle will bring delight and beauty to you with their cross cultural adventures, interweaving music, voice, and stories. Their unique collaboration is magical, serendipitous. Really! So beautiful! 

Soar with your spirits as you hear original compositions and stories from Julia on the lever harp. Matoaka complements Julia's music with her Native songs, vocals, and stories. Join the fun in the Fox Song and story. Travel with your minds in the "Circle of the Sky". Remember "The times" of love and romance in their "49'ers" medley of love songs. 

From 6:30 to 7:00, Julia will do a solo concert featuring more of her original compositions, in the lovely setting in the woods of the Rail Trail Cafe. 

Julia Haines has a unique approach to the lever harp. Called a “harper among harpists” and a ‘hip harper” by the Irish press, she won First Prize for harp and voice at the O’Carolan Festival, Keadue, Ireland. Her radiant music fuses world, folk, rock, classical & improvisational influences.

Matoaka Little Eagle (Tewa, Apache, Chickahominy) is a culture bearer and educator. She celebrates diverse Native American cultures through song, dance, and story, promoting respect and tolerance. She has collaborated with David Amram, Pete Seeger, John Sebastian, John Cage, The Thunderbird American Indian Dancers, The Vanaver Caravan and many others, bringing great joy and inspiration to her audiences, here and abroad. Matoaka is proud to play Grandma Jingle Dress in the award winning contemporary pop “Distant Thunder”.

This is an agenda free discussion about death. Topics decided by the people attending. Our influences are Henry Fersko-Weiss Death Doula training series.

Kate Prascher is a singer and multi-instrumentalist best known for her evocative songwriting. She was thrilled to be named a 2021 IBMA Songwriting Showcase finalist. Inspired by her Tennessee roots and influenced by master song crafters like Hazel Dickens and Gillian Welch, Kate is a versatile and engaging performer. Her songs are outspoken and sometimes tender, by turns playful and heart-piercing. Ink 19 described Kate’s "delicate and expressive singing" and “intangible vintage feel". 

Brad and Lesley Stoller are NYC-based singer-songwriter brothers who perform and record with their ensemble, The Stoller Bros Band. They are currently working on their second album, after their first ‘Stationary Sun’. Throughout the ‘70s and ‘80s, they performed perpetually in various Mid-Hudson towns, including Rosendale (where they lived), New Paltz, Red Hook and Woodstock. They return now, with much gratitude and love for their youthful years spent in the Hudson Valley.

Brad and Lesley are honored and overjoyed to have pedal steel extradaordinaire/dear old friend, Rob Stein sharing the Rail Trail stage.

The Wild Arts Collective is presenting Jam Jam. wearewildarts.org

A smorgasbord of events! Hope you can come!

Everyone has a story. At this interactive, connection-driven event, you’ll have the chance to share yours—and hear others’—as you explore life’s biggest transitions.

The Transition Salon will be led by former Olympic diver and author Cassidy Krug. Cassidy's research for her book, Resurface: A Guide to Navigating Life's Biggest Transitions, involved interviewing people from all walks of life about their major turning points, from fundamental human experiences (becoming parents, losing loved ones, menopause) to relatively rare events (becoming quadriplegic, getting diagnosed with early-onset Parkinson’s, ordaining as a Buddhist monk). Her biggest takeaways: everyone has a story to tell, and we are all far less alone than we think we are.

Whether you're in the midst of a life shift or simply curious about what makes us resilient, this experience offers an opportunity to connect, reflect, and grow in community. Expect to walk away with at least one new friend and a few fresh ideas for navigating whatever comes next. 

Shokoloko is an electro-acoustic improvising trio that taps into the diverse sounds and influences of America, Africa, Europe, Asia and beyond.

The band is: Joakim Lartey on drums, percussion and voice; Chris Lane on guitar and electric guitar, oud-guitar and banjo; Richard Carr on violin and electric violin.

Shokoloko is about dance, trance and community fun!

As a singer, songwriter, Steven Michael Pague has travelled the world bringing his uplifting, positive music and songs to venues both large and small. He creates an intimate atmosphere inspiring and inviting dancing, listening, participating in the song, sharing the vision, the dreams of longing, hope, love, light and joy. His style ranges from ballad to reggae, folk to rock and more…

A vocal trio crossing the boundaries of composition and improvisation. Onome, Raphael Sacks and Sasha Bogdanowitsch, collectively come from a wide variety of musical backgrounds consisting of contemporary music, world music, folk, jazz, choral music, and music theater; all which figure prominently in forming their unique sound and approach to singing. LoomSong’s current repertoire consists of compositions by its members, new improvisational structures, and original arrangements of folk, jazz, classical and world music. 

LoomSong concerts are a tour de force of vocal pyrotechnics and brain-bending complexity, infused with warm, invitational opportunities to join in and sing along. 

https://www.loomensemble.com/2024/11/loomsong/

Jenn Bokoch (she/her) is a playwright, performer, educator, administrator, and storyteller. She has devoted her career to creating interview-based theater featuring underrepresented voices and utilizing various mediums such as puppetry, audio recordings, movement, and music. Her goal is to place real words, experiences, and stories onstage; both so that audiences can reflect upon them, and so that real people can see and hear themselves in a script. She is proud to hold an MA in Educational Theatre from New York University, and draws from this experience to elevate voices from the community in her theatre praxis.

Jenn's plays have been performed in New York and Los Angeles, with the support of organizations such as Dixon Place, The Center at West Park, Verbatim Performance Lab, Brooklyn Arts Exchange, and The Network of Ensemble Theaters, among others. She currently works as an Arts Partnership Manager at Marquis Studios in Brooklyn, and as a practicing full-spectrum Doula. As a performer, Jenn has worked as an actor onstage and in VO, voicing campaigns for Jergens, SmileCrafters, DSW, and numerous other commercials, PSAs, and audiobooks. She has also been a full-suit puppeteer for many years, including working as an original puppeteer for The Watcher from Sony Playstation’s Horizon Zero Dawn, and at the La Brea Tar Pits where she operated a life-sized Saber-Toothed Cat puppet built by the Jim Henson Creature Shop. Jenn is a former Parent Artist Space Grantee at BAX in Brooklyn; and has also received artist residencies at Subcircle, Millay Arts, The Omega Women’s Leadership Center, and more. Her greatest ongoing gig is that of being a Mom to her son Lawrence Matteo, age 6.

Sound from the ground. Celebrate summer with the second iteration of SMSC. Improvised and composed music arising from the ground of stone mountain farm. Deep geologic time sounding and echoing to tomorrow. Join Brian Farmer for an evening of  musical exploration and solace as we move from Spring to Summer. Be prepared to venture into never before heard sonic landscapes. Only once, here, together!

The Artist Salon, hosted by Wild Arts Collective, is a monthly outdoor gathering where artists are invited to share works and ideas in progress. This is a space for collective imagining, where we support artists to envision, co-create, and get new perspectives on their work. The Artist Salon fosters the space for ideas to grow. No advanced sign ups required-if you’d like to participate, bring a piece of art(works in progress welcome) or an idea to share and a question for the group. We hope to see you there!

With Martin Keith: Violin, accordion, bass playing mixed Greek, Balkan, Middle Eastern and French Music. More info on the way…

Debbie Lan is an award-winning singer-songwriter, musician, choral director and vocal arranger. Originally from South Africa, Debbie has lived in the Hudson Valley for the last 30 years. 

From performing live to studio work, from teaching to facilitating drop-in community singing experiences, Debbie’s passions lie in helping people find their own unique voice, directing community voice ensembles, and arranging lush vocal harmonies for her groups.

Currently Debbie directs and arranges for Bloom, a woman’s voice ensemble (and Cliff) in its 18th season, The B2s, Perennial and 

The Resisterhood Community Choir.

Debbie also directs SongClub, a drop in community experience that builds community through singing original arrangements of familiar songs in a safe and welcoming space.

 Julia Howl Haines, Lever Harp and Maotoaka Little Eagle, Native vocals and percussion will bring delight and beauty to you with their musical adventures in the beautiful clearing of the Rail Trail Cafe.

 Julia Haines has a unique approach to the lever harp. Called a “harper among harpists” and a ‘hip harper” by the Irish press, she won First Prize for harp and voice at the O’Carolan Festival, Keadue, Ireland. Her radiant music fuses world, folk, rock, classical & improvisational influences.

Matoaka Little Eagle (Tewa, Apache, Chickahominy) is a culture bearer and educator. She celebrates diverse Native American cultures through song, dance, and story, promoting respect and tolerance. She has collaborated with David Amram, Pete Seeger, John Sebastian, John Cage, The Thunderbird American Indian Dancers, The Vanaver Caravan and many others, bringing great joy and inspiration to her audiences, here and abroad. Matoaka is proud to play Grandma Jingle Dress in the award winning contemporary Native pop musical, "Distant Thunder"

As anybody who has seen one of her intimate – but exciting – concerts can tell you, Gabel doesn't need a drummer to drive her songs. Her tap dancing keeps the beat as well as any percussionist could. Inspiring heart healing songs.

Moving from music into film, Peyton has charted a unique creative course. His production, writing, and arranging skills contributed to many music hits. (including Peyton's own #1 charting release, "Latitude, 40 Degrees North") In  Peyton worked with artists including Michael Mainieri, Michael Brecker, James Brown, Melba Moore, Nona Hendrix, Levon Helms, and Dan Hartman. Peyton's music has been been used for underscore music for the Friends TV series, the Smithsonian, PBS "Nature" series, and many TV productions and jingles. His primary instrument is the vibraphone, which Craig studied with Gary Burton, at Berklee School of Music. A pioneer in the electric vibes instrument, Craig pushed the boundaries of the instrument. As an arranger he worked with early sequencers, and his main instrument the Fairlight III.  https://www.discogs.com/search/?q=craig+peyton&type=all