Neetopk Keetopk ( Algonquin for My friends Your Friends ) a grass roots collective will be co-hosting our event.

Please join us for an afternoon of music, song and story.

Celebration starts at 1:00 pm and ends at 4:00

The Cloud Breakers will open the day with traditional drumming and singing

followed by a land acknowledgment and flute meditation

by Evan Pritchard, who will also introduce our theme Mending the Hoop.

Sarah Elizabeth will speak on regenerative farming,

Esi Lewis will talk about restorative justice, Matokah Little Eagle will perform and Sally Bermanzohn will

speak about Tending the Earth,

Annie Mardiney, local bird

rehabilitator, will introduce a few special birds,

and Elga Antonsen will share some poems

Many other presenters will make an appearance including Scott Belongi on cedar flutes.

Info on the way…

Surprise Pop female vocalist playing an intimate set list in the woods.

Please join us and share your thoughts. Shaping our futures through conversations that matter! This Round table discussion will be led by Dancing Leaf.

This will be a community building circle where everyone has opportunity to share thoughts and feelings about the climate crisis. We will begin with a land acknowledgement and close with an optional twenty minute meditation.

Please join us!

A climate activist with Extinction Rebellion Mid-Hudson and NYC.

You can learn more at www.xrr.nyc

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!

Peter Wetzler is returning to the Rail Trail Cafe to play music to the trees, birds, insects, breezes and all the magical sounds and people that inhabit the wonderful escape from the world that is The Rail Trail Cafe.  Using solo accordion with subtle (and not so subtle) electronic enhancement Peter will continue his explorations of harmony and melody and capturing the moment in improvisation.”

Peter Wetzler is an award winning composer-musician-music director scoring for film, theatre and television with a uniquely diverse musical background. While classically trained in piano Peter was guest soloist with symphonies at an early age and studied conducting and composition at Princeton and the Mozarteum in Salzburg, Austria.

From Europe he moved into jazz and non-western music having played in gamelan and avante garde ensembles and writing music for post- modern choreographers such as Bill T Jones, David Dorfman and Susan Marshall and touring Europe and North America with Laura Dean. The strong rhythmic drive of his music blended with the raw experimental influence of the “downtown” New York City music scene has made his style much sought after for unique film and television scoring ranging from animation and films featured at MOMA and PBS Great Performances to National Geographic’s permanent multimedia installation in Washington DC.

Later highlights include conducting the Hudson Valley Philharmonic in a live performance of his score to Anezka Sebek’s film “Landfill” at the Hudson Valley Film Festival (along with Brian Farmer!) and Isabel Barton’s film “Julie of the Spirits” at the Woodstock Film Festival.

Peter scored his first feature film “The Warboy” in Toronto in 1984 and performed at the Music Gallery, Gladstone Hotel and Arraymusic while living in Toronto. His ensemble “The Repeatos” opened the 2007 Baltimore Jazz Festival and played in Toronto’s “Ambient Ping” series.

A folk inspired singer songwriter from Woodstock, Malerie Day weaves heartfelt lyrics with tender yet powerful emotionality.  Her velvet vocals take center stage atop skillful finger picking guitar and bittersweet sentiments.  Inspiration by the likes of Joni Mitchell, Karen Carpenter and Adrianne Lenker are heard in her first full length record titled “Heaven Knows” now available on all platforms. 

Fleamarket happening from Friday-Monday: 11th-14th.

Come check out local vendors selling handmade clothing accessories, soap, vintage goods, jewelry and more.

Levanta brings together a quartet of extraordinary musicians and unique instrumentation, featuring original and classic tunes performed with ancient instruments… Ev Mann, Thomas Workman, Gabriel Dresdale, Timothy Hill

Gah-bé is an artist/musician based in Colorado & New York. He has a diverse style ranging from verbose spoken word and funky rhythms, to soulful singer-songwriter vibes. As an Urban Folk artist, he draws inspiration from hip-hop, rock-n-roll, reggae, funk, folk, and soul as well as daily life and the collective consciousness to deliver radical and introspective ideas to his audience. Check out his music at: gahbesworld.com ~new music coming summer 2024~

Kirtan:Devotional Songs from around the world.

Julia Haines, Llanera(lever) Harp

With unique approach to the lever harp, influenced by the beauty of Celtic melodies, and the polyrhythymic tradition of Mandingo Kora, Julia creates a radiant music. For this solo sounding, Julia will present improvisations, honoring the Earth and all our relations.

Julia Haines is a contemporary bardic harper, an independent composer, a multi- instrumentalist, teacher, and music therapist loves to play live music outdoors. “The harp is an instrument of great beauty, and I love to play with beauty.”

For more on Julia Haines check out: juliahaines.com

Mal Devisa is the songwriting, liberation, and poetry project of multifarious artist Deja Carr. Starting in 2014 and breaking through with 2016’s Kiid, Mal Devisa’s work spans a self-made spectrum of sound from gravitic, soulful rock to soliloquy to unabashed hip hop. Although known for her unmistakable, smoldering voice and loop-based, bass-forward compositions, Carr’s talents also extend to reaches of spoken word and production, paralleled by aspirations to start both a youth foundation and Afrobeat orchestra. Such boundless inspiration is a central facet of Mal Devisa’s work, whose sonically and narratively unrestrained passages teem with empathy and liberatory visions for a better world.

Gregory Michael Jordan is a multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter based out of Philadelphia. His songs explore the endless loop of confused nostalgia and employ guitar, piano, synths, and full orchestral arrangements.

Originally from Cape Town, South Africa and now living in upstate NY,  Debbie Lan is a musician, choral director, vocal arranger, singer, lyricist, and award winning songwriter who has enjoyed many facets of making music. 

Debbie has entertained audiences as a solo artist, with various bands and Playback Theater companies, written 2 musicals which premiered at The Rosendale Theater in Rosendale New York, and has taught music and singing to children 18 months through 8th grade.

Now in its 17th year, Debbie founded, directs and arranges songs for Bloom, a 50 voice ensemble, as well as The B2’s, Perennial and The Resisterhood Community Choir. The ensembles have performed at many local venues singing original arrangements of an eclectic mix of uplifting and joyful songs.

Debbie also founded Songclub, a drop-in singing experience aimed at bringing communities together through singing original arrangements of familiar songs in a safe and welcoming environment. The audience is the choir!

Debbie is passionate about building community through facilitating joyful and fulfilling group singing experiences for all voices.

Nick Collins is a local accordionist who has been delighting audiences in and around the Hudson Valley for over 10 years.   Playing a wide variety of traditional and popular music in many styles, Nick is thrilled to return to the Rail Trail Café!

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…

Peter Einhorn and Peter Wetzler

"In their first public outing the duo Peter Peter will share their explorations in sound blending guitar and accordion with keyboards and breath controlled sampled and synthesized sounds journeying in and out of tonality.  While the ensemble merges jazz and classical and world music backgrounds their musical storytelling abilities from a life in scoring dance, theater, film and tv yields a unique experience reaching far beyond the boundaries of genre".

Redwing Blackbird Theater brings "The Picture Story of Hannah Arendt" for children & adults to the Rail Trail Cafe.   Hannah, a German Jew who escaped to the U.S., wrote about 60 to 80 books if you count the translations.  She always tackled the major problems of the day & often got into trouble for it. Hannah thought Israel & Palestine could be a secular protectorate with Jews, Palestinians & Christians all working shoulder to shoulder as they had in the past.

WORKSHOP

Stephen R. Johnson is joining us as we build together a temporary life-size village for people who have lost their homes in times of war.  The temporary homes that we are making use bamboo & paper.  The design is inspired by photos in the book "Light in Gaza" & "Karagoz": Turkish Shadow Theater  

Devotional Music from around the world with Ned Leavitt, Joseph Jastrab, Steve Gorn, Avinash and surprises.

Different performers are presenting their unique interpretation of a poem from my book just like that, poems paintings and practices.

They pick a poem that is meaningful to them, that moved them, helped guided their life or they just happened to open to that page.

 They pick it or it picks them and create a musical /dance movement interpretation.

Some of them are spontaneous collaborations creating something real and moving in the moment.

Masterful weavings of meaningful threads bring us all together.

Please join us as we return to this enchanted outdoor space. What’s your story? You might be inspired by nature, or by memories that bubble up like a spring. Our team of improvisational performers will enact your stories on the spot, complete with music.

All are welcome. Limited outdoor seating — feel free to bring your own folding chair! Donations gratefully accepted to support the performers.

This outdoor show will be canceled in case of rail. If in doubt please check on Facebook (Hudson River Playback Theatre or Rail Trail Café.)

Hudson River Playback Theatre, a New Paltz-based nonprofit ensemble founded in 1990, has performed by invitation in New York City, Boston, Washington DC, Montreal, London, and Frankfurt. Locally, we have performed in theatres, schools, conferences, migrant labor camps, and much more.  

Charley Patton, also known as Charlie Patton, was an American Delta blues musician and songwriter. Considered by many to be the "Father of the Delta Blues", he created an enduring body of American music and inspired most Delta blues musicians.

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 New York’s Hudson Valley where he teaches private lessons and workshops.

Mario Rincon (voice/percussion) is a Hudson Valley-based flamenco musician and folklorist who has studied extensively in Spain and toured the US with numerous flamenco dance companies.

mariorincon.com

Special extended family performance! Ann Belmont guitar/vocals, Todd Anderson flute/sax, Kim Anderson guitar/vocals, and Bram Kincheloe on percussion. Brazilian standards, special arrangements, and Kim’s own songs. Lots of music!

ann.belmont@gmail.com
Guitar/vocals/composer/arrangements

Drawing from numerous world traditions, Hearn Gadbois & Sasha Bogdanowitsch create their own polyglot style of improvisation called Talismania. The name describes the feeling these musicians have towards their instruments. Whether crafted by their own hands, pursued through swamp, desert or trade, they revere them as living bodies and feed them with their purest intentions.They bring a world of sound to the listeners ear with  instruments like the Slovakian fujara, Vietnamese dan moi and Persian zarb to the Indonesian suling, Turkish bendir, and African kamelengoni among many others. 

 www.timbretree.com

https://sashabogdanowitsch.bandcamp.com/

https://abstrakce.bandcamp.com/album/rara-avis

Once a full time oboist with the Nashville Symphony, multi-instrumentalist / singer /songwriter/improvisor Marianne Osiel can be heard on hundreds of recordings. During the years she was with the symphony, she also lead her own blues-pop band, the “Delta Elements”. Additionally, she has performed as a “sideman” for other artists, including John Hall (Orleans), Jo-el Sonnier, Ashley Cleveland, Rachel Sage, and others, with slide guitar, voice and oboe. She has written and recorded string quartet arrangements for songwriters who recognize her ability to weave in and out of a lyric, most notably on David Olney’s “Through A Glass Darkly” CD (1997).

Marianne’s own recordings as singer-songwriter-arranger include “Strange Girl”, and

“Full of Wholes I and II”. A later recording, “How The Light Gets In”, features Marianne

on oboe and English horn in improvised duets with four dynamically different

keyboardists from the New York area (Jordan Rudess, Denman Maroney, John Simon,

and Bob Barrows), as well as two live albums. Marianne was invited to become part of

the “Creative Improvisers Orchestra” (now in Kingston) in 2023 by Maestro Karl Berger. She is also excited to be part of the Woodstock Soundpainting group “Audiocanvas” that includes Steve Rust, Rick Warren, and other notable New York improvisors.

Gamelan Sekar Raja

 Based in Kingston, New York, Gamelan Sekar Raja is an ensemble specializing in playing gamelan (the traditional percussion orchestra from Indonesia) in traditional styles from Bali and Java as well as playing and composing contemporary works by its members and others. The ensemble consists of: Jody Diamond (director), Peter Wetzler, Henry Lowengard, Dean Jones, Sasha Bogdanowitsch, Corrine Wolcott, Bibi Jordan and guests.

Sonic Elixirs is a heart beat. A pulsation dedicated to expressing the unexpressed and hidden parts of our inner nature. A frequency, permeating and inspiring authenticity. Our intention is to imbue love into one another, the land, our earthen bodies and the wispy tendrils of our spirit as we bridge the worlds of material and etheric; of performance arts, visual arts and healing arts. Our goal is to add to the vitality to the world through space holding, authentic creative expression, and compassion.

To find more on this project:

sonicelixirs.com

sonicelixirs.bandcamp.com

or on Instagram: @Sonic_Elixirs

Rain date August 25th if it rains- festival at Mama’s Kiva in Stone Ridge.

We gather again under the cathedral of trees at the Rail Trail Cafe for a day of chanting!!

We have a beautiful group of leaders to bring us into the Bhakti of communal connection to the divine.

We start at 11:30 and go to 7.
If it rains Sat, we will move to Sunday and if it rains Sunday we will go indoors to the Kiva in Stone Ridge. Details will be provided on facebook (railtrailcafeny) and the website (www.railtrailcaferosendale.com).

Email Ned with any questions.

Love and Blessings,

Ned, Lynn, Joseph, Avinash, Steve, Radharani, Nina, Arundhati, Seth, Rupa and Kumari

SONIC TONIC is thrilled to be providing sounds for deep listening and mediation to the Rail Trail Cafe! Peter Blum, Katie Down, Ev Mann, and Thomas Workman bring a host of instruments from all over the world and years of expertise in facilitating sound meditations and journeys. The group will be inviting listeners into a unique sound bath experience that incorporates all sounds of the forest with resonant instruments including gongs, drum, monochords, metal and crystal bowls, hand pans, flutes, tambura, ngonis and other sonic offerings.