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The Jazzy Tune You Heard on Hold? This Part-Time Musician Made It.

The Jazzy Tune You Heard on Hold? This Part-Time Musician Made It.

Meet Harriet Goldberg, a late bloomer who went from a career in social work to the queen of hold music with h…

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The Reinvention of Sammy Buttons, Master of Sidewalk Funk

The Reinvention of Sammy Buttons, Master of Sidewalk Funk

He started a bike messenger company in the 1990s. But the death of a friend, followed by Covid, inspired him …

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How the Sisters Behind Manic Panic Spend A Day Rocking Out

How the Sisters Behind Manic Panic Spend A Day Rocking Out

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Where Veteran Rockers Go to Reinvent Themselves

Where Veteran Rockers Go to Reinvent Themselves

How the Hudson Valley and the Catskills became the home to grunge icons, ex-punks and one-hit wonders. Send a…

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The Bass Player in Vixen Wants to Sell You Your Next House

The Bass Player in Vixen Wants to Sell You Your Next House

An increasing number of rock stars, including members of the Alice Cooper band, Slayer, and Vixen, are pivoti…

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The Roller Rink Popcorn Factory and the Jailhouse Pub

The Roller Rink Popcorn Factory and the Jailhouse Pub

A look at the endless reinvention of the forgotten old buildings of the Hudson Valley.

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Darryl Jenifer: Hudson Valley's Hardcore Pioneer Gets Jazzy

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| Inside+Out Upstate NY
When people think of "Woodstock Music," what comes to mind most is the folk- and Americana stylings of Bob Dylan and The Band, a sound being carried on today by acclaimed locals like The Felice Brothers. But most people wouldn't know that Bad Brains, the undisputed pioneers of the heaviest hardcore punk, have a history in the area dating back to the early 1980s.
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Joan Osborne: Music, Dylanology & Life in the Hudson Valley

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By Sal Cataldi Verified
| Inside+Out Upstate NY
Joan Osborne is the latest multi-platinum-selling singer-songwriter to call the Hudson Valley home. But unlike some, she didn't venture far to be here, just from her former country retreat in Sullivan County, where she has lived for the past two-plus decades. Her primary reason for the move? It's to be nearer to the close community of artists with whom she crafts her joyful music.
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Jim Nollman: The Man Who Jams With Orcas

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| PopMatters Verified
Orcas' Greatest Hits Smithsonian Folkways The 1960s gave us many artistic firsts from pop and performance art to psychedelic rock and free jazz to interspecies music-making between humans and whales.
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