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LIVE: Riverlink Singer-Songwriter Festival @ Riverlink Park, 8/18/12
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LIVE: Dan Johnson & His Expert Sidemen @ Riverlink Park, 8/4/12
Thursday, August 9th, 2012
Dan Johnson
Photographs by Stanley Johnson
Dan Johnson & His Expert Sidemen headlined the fourth annual Riverlink Jamboree on a very hot Saturday, August 4 in Amsterdam’s Riverlink Park, nestled along the banks of the Mohawk River. The day-long festival of bluegrass, old-timey and traditional music also featured stellar performances by the Nellies, Rusty Belle and Tophenjamin.
The Riverlink Concert Series continues at 7pm on Saturday (August 11) with Skeeter Creek, recently named Best Country Band in Metroland’s 2012 Readers’ Poll. Admission is free.
Expert Sideman: Roger Noyes
LIVE: The Chandler Travis Philharmonic @ Riverlink Park, 7/7/12
Wednesday, July 11th, 2012
The Chandler Travis Philharmonic
Review and photographs by Stanley Johnson
Riverlink Park in Amsterdam made a triumphant rise from the mess Hurricane Irene and the resultant Mohawk River flood made of the site last year. New walkways that circumnavigated the park and its strange, prehistoric monument to the earlier, native populations of the area greeted visitors to this year’s Riverlink Concert Series. What better way to kick things off than with the Chandler Travis Philharmonic?
The band had played the park last year prior to the very serious natural disaster, so it seemed appropriate that this not very serious band begin a fun season of music on the site. Not that the Chandler Travis Philharmonic aren’t dedicated, professional musicians. But any band that plays wearing pajamas and robes, starting with a very slipperly “Hark The Herald Angels Sing” for the holiday (well, just how many 4th of July songs do you know?) and then proceeds with a poem that seemed to be about throwing meat in the river, followed by something that may have been Scottish (or maybe not), cannot, by most standards, be considered traditional.
Riverlinked!
Tuesday, September 6th, 2011
The site of the annual summertime Riverlink Concert Series, Riverlink Park in Amsterdam became part of the Mohawk River during last week’s visit from Tropical Storm Irene.
Fortunately, the new bandshell did not become airborne nor did it float away, although the dock was damaged and a storage shed floated in from somewhere upstream.
Thank Cod the water level has receded, or this place might have gotten a reputation as a real dive. Hard enough for a musician to tune a guitar, let alone tuna fish. A bass player could have a hard time with the scales. Oh, quit your carping, and don’t be crabby. Don’t be shellfish, and please help out with local relief efforts.
Story and photograph by Stanley Johnson
LIVE: One Sweet World @ Riverlink Park, 8/20/11
Friday, August 26th, 2011
One Sweet World
The Rochester-based tribute band One Sweet World played two generous sets of Dave Matthews Band songs last Saturday evening at Riverlink Park in Amsterdam.
LIVE: Riverlink Singer-Songwriter Festival @ Riverlink Park, 8/11/11
Wednesday, August 17th, 2011
Matt Durfee and M.R. Poulopoulos
As part of the Riverlink Concert Series, the Singer-Songwriter Festival brought four performers to the venue at the edge of the Mohawk River in Amsterdam last Saturday.
The fest saw the return of host Michael Eck showcasing some of the rising talent in local singer-songwriters. First up was M.R. Poulopoulos, one-half of the acoustic duo Palatypus, who featured several songs from his recent solo debut, “Greenhorn,” as well as new and older songs.
CD: M.R. Poulopoulos’ “Greenhorn”
Wednesday, August 10th, 2011
(Hilltown, 2011):
With his relaxed, storytelling approach, Michael Poulopoulos’ solo debut “Greenhorn” feels like an intimate conversation with the singer, sitting on his front porch as he gently strums his acoustic guitar.
A separate journey from his path as one-half the acoustic duo of Palatypus, this new singular effort is a pleasing mix of blues, folk and rock, and connects many of Poulopoulos’ influences: Dylan, Prine, Young, but updates the sound with his own uncomplicated, minimalistic style.
On the opening track “Drunk,” Ryan Dunham’s occasional harmonica wafts over Poulopoulos’ bare chords and soothing Jack Johnson-esque voice. “No Diamonds To Toss” is a lovesick lullaby all about trying to forget the one you loved, with Courtney Blackwell harmonizing in the background.
LIVE: Marty Wendell @ Amsterdam Summerfest/Jim Gaudet & the Railroad Boys @ Riverlink Park, 7/30/11
Friday, August 5th, 2011
The Marty Wendell Band in the Gazebo
Both ends of the Amsterdam Mohawk River waterfront were alive with music and family activities last Saturday.
The Guy Park Manor historic site and river lock was celebrating the opening of the new location of the Walter Ellwood Museum on its grounds by hosting the annual Amsterdam Summerfest. Amid booths of games, food, crafts and face painting, kids could bounce, pet adoptable cats or tour the barge anchored near the lock. The museum itself was also open for tours of its historical and unusual contents, including an extensive taxidermy collection of animals such as grizzly and polar bears, leopards, walrus and exotic birds including a bald eagle. (Hmmm… taxidermy seems to be a continuing theme this summer.) There were several antique Edison record and cylinder players, and one could easily imagine Nipper cocking his head in fascination.
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