Yup, here’s “Signs,” the latest official music video from Sean Rowe’s sophomore album, The Salesman and the Shark on Anti Records.
And here’s a little reminder that Rowe has a couple of Greater Nippertown performances slated for next month – Wilco’s Solid Sound Festival at MASS MoCA in North Adams on Saturday, June 22 (at 1:30pm, performing inbetween Lucius and the Dream Syndicate) and at 8pm on Sunday, June 23 at Club Helsinki in Hudson, opening for the Handsome Family.
Review by Bokonon
Photographs by Tim Livingston
Slim like a knife, looking sharp, vest buttoned, guitar in hand. Alejandro Escovedo says Texas, but he speaks New York. He looks Austin, but he wears L.A. At Club Helsinki, on an April evening, Escovedo, 62, but not a day over 45, takes on a new role — Duke Ellington from Saltillo. The Duke wrote music for the ages, but he penned charts for his particular band of the day. Escovedo, too, lets his players sign his work. David Pulkingham is gone, so is Billy White. Where Joe Eddie Hines once blazed across the spectrum, where John Dee Graham used to riff almighty, now Ricky Ray Jackson takes the chair — literally on pedal steel and figuratively on six-string.
In Hudson, songs from Big Station (“San Antonio Rain,” “Bottom of the World”) take on a new shimmer. Songs from Gravity (“Paradise”) remember leaner, younger days and sing again. And “Castanets” just fucking rocks, don’t argue, it’s the truth.
One of the most important artists of her generation, Marina Abramovic is embarking on the largest undertaking of her long and illustrious career as a performance artist – the opening of the Marina Abramović Foundation for the Preservation of Performance Art just down the road in Hudson.
Review by Greg Haymes
Photographs by Tim Livingston
Led by the multi-pronged collaborations of C. Ryder Cooley and Lady Moon, it was a haunting, delightfully diverse evening of entertainment at the forward-thinking Club Helsinki in Hudson.
The female acoustic trio Pocatello – featuring Liv Carrow, Baby Willis and Sasha Pearl – kicked off the evening with a sparkling set that veered from old-timey to a cappella, warming up the large crowd perfectly.
C. Ryder Cooley – with her ever-present animal alter-ego Hazel strapped to her back – debuted a new configuration of her band, which featured percussionist Nkula Badila, guitarist Corey Aldrich and keyboardists Sara Ayers and Cameron Melville, as well as dancer-autoharpist Lady Moon. Throughout the evening, Cooley played accordion, ukulele, kazoo and musical saw as she led the band through a selection of songs from Xmalia: Songs of Extinction, a song-cycle that pays tribute to such now-vanished species as the Xerces Blue Butterfly, Deer Gigantus and Voluputus Dodo. And as it turned out the performance also served as the CD release party for both the Xmalia CD), as well as the accompanying illustrated book.
Jimmie Dale Gilmore
I didn’t hear about him from TV because for some reason that show didn’t happen in Lubbock, but I heard ‘Hello, Mary Lou’ on the radio, and I just loved it.
And I think that’s the first record that I actually bought with my own money.”
The great Jimmie Dale Gilmore teams up with his fellow Texas tunesmiths Joe Ely and Butch Hancock as the Flatlanders ride into Club Helsinki in Hudson on Sunday (April 14) for an acoustic concert. Joe Pug opens the show at 8pm. Tickets are $38.
Review and photographs by Fred Rudofsky
The only fools on the first of this month were the ones who stayed in on the hospitable Monday night – they must have been wary of getting pranked. Why else would they have even dared to miss two stellar sets by the Kirsten Thien Band, for FREE, at the best place to hear live music in the area?
Although based in NYC, Kirsten Thien is no stranger to our area, having played Alive at Five last summer as the opener for Dickey Betts & Great Southern. Some may also recall her rocking Albany several times at the now defunct Savannah’s, back when superfan Laura Paigo was running the cozy venue. The crowd in Hudson may have been initially small, but Thien and her band played Club Helsinki as if it were standing room only, which hopefully will be the case the next time around. A major vocal and songwriting talent, Thien is one best appreciated in person.
Her veteran band – bassist Erik Boyd, guitarist David Patterson and drummer Dyan Wissing – established a funky blues mood for the evening with a fine take of “Cissy Strut” by the Meters, with the club’s co-owner, Cameron Melville, sitting in on Hammond B-3. After Melville departed, Thien bounded up to the stage with acoustic guitar in hand. Brushing back her red hair, she stepped to the microphone for strong takes on “Nobody’s Ever Loved Me Like You Do” and “Love That’s Made to Share” from her recent album, Delicious.
Hudson music scene faves Lady Moon and Ryder Cooley & Hazel join forces as MoonRyder, who will grace the stage at Club Helsinki in Hudson at 8pm on Friday (March 15). They’ll be accompanied by with percussionist Nkula Badila, guitarist Corey Aldrich and keyboardists Sara Ayers and Cameron Melville. Old-timey, foot-stompin’ trio Pocatello – featuring Liv Carrow, Baby Willis and Sasha Pearl – will open the show. Tickets are $10.
Adele & Jude Moran
NAME: Jude Moran
BAND AFFILIATION: Adela & Jude
INSTRUMENT: Drum set with feet, Guitar, Guitarro, Banjo, Mando, Tenor with hands. I strum instruments and drum with my feet; kick and snare are all the drums you need.
1. THE FIRST ALBUM THAT I EVER BOUGHT WAS … Oh God, my big sister had awesome taste in music, so most of what I got were her records, and I didn’t buy many. Then at 17 years old, I got a job in a record store, where I got fired for drinking too much Nyquil when I had a cold. I think it may have been Cream – Heavy Cream – the all white one. I was a hard rock drummer back then…
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