Francesca Hoffman is a multi-instrumentalist and singer/songwriter based in Kingston, NY. A classically trained flutist and self-taught guitarist, ukulele player and percussionist, she primarily writes songs about love and relationships. “Decade,” her debut EP, was recorded at Kirton Farm Studios in the midst of the pandemic and released in September 2020. In early 2023, she began performing her songs live with support from pianist/accordionist Meghan Quinn and guitarist Guthrie Lord.
The music of Jenna Nicholls has been turning heads since she arrived on the door step of the Lower East Side of NYC. Whether she’s belting out a New Orleans style dirge, plucking her 1920’s style original ballads on her Ukulele, or singing a cowboy tune, she’s giving a vintage genre a new spin with her own lush nostalgic style and melodic sensibility.
Recently, Jenna has toured with Ingrid Michaelson, shared the stage with Oscar Winner Glen Hansard, Amanda Palmer, Lucius, Joan as Policewoman. She’s performed in venues all over the world including the Beacon Theater NYC, and Carnegie Hall.
Nostalgic, gritty, vocalpower pop channeling a future where technology allows us to send a MacBook Pro, on which Logic is the sole installed software, to Kate Bush in 1985.
A topliner and producer of enigmatic force, Allie Young is also an event curator, artist manager and Kingston, NY local. On her self-released debut EP Changeling (March 2023), honest lyricism cuts through waves of magnetic soundscapes and vocal layers that range from delicate to dissonant and bellowing.
Her live performances infuse tenor saxophone, vocoder, off-kilter samples, synths and other mysteries.
Bashful curates structure within instrumental daydreams, weaving limber intricacies on acoustic guitar into melancholic analog ballads, rounded out by warm rhythmic support.
Pianist Ryan MacEvoy McCullough has developed a rich musical life as soloist, vocal and instrumental collaborator, composer, recording artist, and pedagogue. Ryan’s growing discography features many world premiere recordings, including solo piano works of Milosz Magin (Acte Prealable), Andrew McPherson (Secrets of Antikythera, Innova), John Liberatore (Line Drawings, Albany), Nicholas Vines (Hipster Zombies from Mars, Navona), art song and solo piano music of John Harbison and James Primosch (Descent/Return, Albany), and art song by Sheila Silver (Beauty Intolerable, Albany). He is also founder of False Azure Records, which released its first album in November 2022, The Labor of Forgetting, featuring works by Katherine Balch and Dante De Silva. Ryan has appeared on PBS’s Great Performances (Now Hear This, “The Schubert Generation”) and NPR’s From the Top, and is a frequent collaborator with the Mark Morris Dance Group. As concerto soloist has appeared with major orchestras including with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and Toronto Symphony Orchestra, with such conductors as Gisele Ben-Dur, George Benjamin, Fabien Gabel, Leonid Grin, Anthony Parnther, Larry Rachleff, Mischa Santora, and Joshua Weilerstein. Ryan teaches at Bard College Conservatory, and lives in Kingston, NY, with his wife, soprano Lucy Fitz Gibbon.
Is a Baltimore indie record label, founded and managed by Multisse // Schitzo and Co-Founded by Chx Etant and Basement Uncle • The idea was birthed in 2012, but brought into fruition in 2017 • They focus on pushing the envelope of experimentation and fun • They also hosted jam sessions, and curated kickbacks. The roster grew over the years includes: OMARAKEWANDE, LESSI, CA$PERINO, Eazy E and Multisse//Schitzo ; made up of family and friends.
Paolo, PowLo b-OMB has been playing music for over 25 years and over the last years has been developing its one man band act. He has been based in the Hudson Valley (Hurley, NY) since summer 2020 and has been performing locally.
What do you get when the worlds greatest funk band collides head on with the Woodstock Nation? Drugs: The Mis-Americans, (Rx) a band with a critically acclaimed debut album and an underground reputation for a live show that rivals the best on the jam band circuit. Rx sprung from P Funk’s frontman Mike Clip Payne’s collaboration with Woodstock’s Robert Chicken Burke and Adam Widoff (Toshi Reagon’s Big Lovely), that grew to include an all-star cast of musicians. Joe Eppard of 3, Jeremy Bernstein of Stoney Clove Lane, Stephanie McKay ( Mos Def, ) and Parliament Funkadelic’s Lige Curry and Garry “Starchild” Shider (R n R Hall of Fame 97) Their debut album, The Prescription for Mis-America was praised for “reviving the psychedelic sound of the 60’s but mixing it with a touch of Sly Stone and Curtis Mayfield to create their own sound, not a parody of those who came before.” ushering in the Psychedelic Soul Revolution. P funk fan mags have described it as “take[ing] up where the 1972 Funkadelic classic America Eats Its Young leaves off.”
Mateo Cano and Maria Puente Flores will bring traditional Son Jarocho from Veracruz, México. Their duo (and weekly radio show) Pulso de Barro translates as “pulse of the clay” referring to a unifying earth pulse and the building blocks of story and culture.
Based in Hudson, NY, Brasskill brings funky decibels to parties, festivals, parades and other merry gatherings in Hudson Valley and surrounding areas. Brasskill’s music ranges from New Orleans second line tunes to punk and pop covers as well as international grooves – and is guaranteed to get your party out on the dance floor.
