Hastings-on-Hudson
Acoustic Jam at the Gazebo
Adam Hart, Music Tour Producer will lead a minimally structured jam session. All levels and all acoustic instruments welcome.
The Arrhythmics
Covers of you favorite R&B, Rock, Pop songs from the 60’s-00’s.
The Arrhythmics is a 10-piece pop/rock group that plays a mix of your favorite covers mostly from the 60s-80s. We play a mix of R&B, Pop and Rock. From Van Morrison to Amy Winehouse to Talking Heads, we put our unique, fun stamp on tunes you know and love.
Avalanche at Dawn
Original folk-pop with a solid beat and vibrant vocal harmonies.
Avalanche at Dawn plays a unique variety of original music–folk-pop, rock, Americana, piano ballads–rich in vocal harmonies, a solid beat and tuneful melodies. We recently released Daylight, our second CD, and are now back in the studio recording our third album. Our band members bring diverse musical and songwriting influences–rock, pop, soul, jazz, the Great American Songbook– to our distinctive sound.
Bad Art
Rock classics
Rob Segall – lead vocals, Tony Michellini – guitar, Anthony Giaccio – keyboard, Bruce Danziger – guitar, Doug Hornyak – bass, Pat Murray – drums
James G Barry Band
Original Music with great stories led by JGB.
James G Barry is based in Brooklyn NY. Over the lockdown James and his band mate David B Wilson started writing and releasing music based on jams they were having while playing in public parks. “Scrantonia” is an epic polka-rock-jam-opus followed by “14.7lbf/sqin” that celebrates the bitter sweet feeling of getting to play again after the lockdown. They throw covers into the mix that range from Morphine to Johnny Cash to The Dead Kennedys.
Ella Blicker
Original singer-songwriter music with an acoustic pop sound
Ella Blicker is a 22 year old singer, songwriter, violinist, and guitarist.
Bone Doctor
Good-time duo blends stories with original and cover tunes. Country/blues/rock. Polka by request.
Bone Doctor is an acoustic rock duo with a 70’s country/blues flavor that has been entertaining audiences across New York State since 2015. Living 5 hours apart, the sax/guitar duo rehearses regularly at rest areas and truck stops halfway between their homes. Bone Bayse combines his Adirondacks sound with Hastings’ Ken Baum to provide a good-time, foot-tapping, story-telling musical experience.
Bruce T Carroll
Original, Lyrical Americana
“Bruce T Carroll’s music is a sort of Tom Waits-meets-William Shakespeare exploration of American life and times, with a healthy dose of political activism thrown in…”
Brian Conigliaro
Jazzy/bluesy originals and stylized covers.
Brian Conigliaro is a musician, guitar/harmonica player, vocalist, composer and voice-over artist. He is a stylist and performer steeped in the Jazz Blues tradition with diverse influences including Latin Jazz, Folk, Rock and acoustic guitar. Brian creates heartfelt, soulful sounds whether rendering an original piece or arranging and styling a classic.
Jordan Copeland
Melodic, literate rock & Americana for the underdog.
Songs of beauty and struggle inspired by a career helping people in the Bronx.
Earotica
Jazz Nonet: Trumpet, Trombone, Alto, Tenor and Bari Sax, Piano, Guitar and Bass and Drums
Exit 12
New and old jazz standards.
Exit 12 is an eclectic jazz quintet based in Hastings on Hudson: Glenn Babakian plays trombone in jazz and classical venues. David Hamburger’s played bass and toured with NYC rock bands throughout the 1980s and ‘90s. Mark Kaufman plays jazz, R&B and Jewish music on saxophones, clarinet and bass clarinet. Bill Reeve has played drums with many of the great names in jazz. Sometimes raucous, often joyful, always new.
Anthony Giaccio and the Assortments
Original music with a rock and country feel played by talented rivertowns musicians
Grand Honey
Original acoustic psychedelic folk music.
Grand Honey is a folk-rock band from Massachusetts. Formed in 2019 by long-time collaborators Matt Emmer, Jeremy Levine, and Joel Mongeon, the band combines thoughtful songwriting and a deep background in both traditional and experimental folk music with touches of psychedelic improvisation. Grand Honey released their debut album, Canopy, in October 2021 and are currently working on their next record.
Grateful to be Alive
Erik Blicker is an avid fan and performer of american blues and rock music. Inspired by the british greats.
Residencies in NYC have proved a fertile ground to collaborate with some of the greatest blues and jazz musicians in New York City.
Ursula Hansberry
Singer-songwriter who refuses to commit to a single genre.
Ursula Hansberry is an emerging Americana singer-songwriter from Dobbs Ferry, NY. She has been performing her original music throughout the Rivertowns over the past several years. Her influences range from Dave Matthews to Ryan Bingham to Tracy Chapman.
Jon Hatch
Original compositions performed on a modular synthesizer.
Jon Hatch is a New York musician, songwriter, performer and composer currently focusing on electronic music featuring modular synthesis.
Jon’s music ranges from ambient drones to more aggressive fuzzed out and mangled bass lines. Always keeping an eye on melody and composition, Jon uses a modular synthesizer to write and perform his music.
Tom Heany
Tom Heany is a Hudson Valley singer, songwriter and guitarist. His songs call to mind traditional American music and the songs of the ’30s and ’40s. He has released a CD, Reservoir, and an EP, Dogs in the Water, and is hip-deep in his latest musical project, If I Had God’s Ear. He is also the author of First, Learn to Practice.
John Henry
Not hard to know; just hard to like. John Henry sings sad songs to laugh at that he wrote.
Ted Horan
Flamenco flavored American music
While traveling in Spain I was put under a spell by the beautiful melodic strains of gypsy flamenco music, in this trancelike state, I was set upon by a band of gypsies & robbed. Vowing revenge I have studied their musical forms for a number of years – hoping to weave a few spells of my own…
David Janeway Trio
Mix of standards and original mainstream piano jazz
“The foundation of modern jazz, the piano trio, is well served on his latest release, Distant Voices. Janeway shows a wide swath of talent and accessible bop styles.”-George W. Harris/Jazz Weekly
Jeremy and the Rooster
Covering favorite rock songs from all decades with a focus on 90’s rock and grunge.
Jenny Murphy and Concerned Families of Westchester
Family singalong with Concerned Families of Westchester songs of Peace and Justice
Jenny Murphy, guitar & vocals.
Jenny Murphy is an entertainer for all ages. She has performed in theaters, at rallies, festivals and concert halls, and on streets and subway platforms. A story teller in the American folk tradition, she sings songs from past and present mostly to inspire understanding and action.
Alan Murray & The Westchester Chamber Soloists
Alan Murray, pianist, and the Westchester Chamber Soloists present a diverse program of classical chamber music for strings, winds, brass and piano. Duos, Trios, Quartets, Quintets and Sextets by Beethoven, Brahms, Dohnanyi, Dvorak, Mozart, Poulenc, Rachmaninoff, Schubert and Thuille.
Old Dogs New Tricks
Lyric driven original songs with soul and gentle harmonies
Old Dogs New Tricks is made up of husband-and-husband duo Mark Davis and Jim Howe, joined by flutist and friend Paul Harris. Their songs ask what it means to be human and how, in the words of the poet Mary Oliver, we can make the most of our “one wild and precious life.” Forming Old Dogs New Tricks is one answer they came up with for themselves.
Open Book
Original music with mesmerizing vocal harmonizing and interweaving guitars
Rick and Michele Gedney, known as the duo, Open Book, have been writing, recording, and performing together since 2000. Their original music features melody invention and vocal harmonies backed by a tapestry of interweaving guitars. They are currently in the studio working on their fourth album. In addition to writing, touring and recording, Michele and Rick are honored to work as teachers at Dar Williams’ ‘Writing a Song That Matters’ retreat, heading into its 10th season in New York’s Hudson Valley.
Hastings KIDS and the Play for Peace Bands
Performance: 3pm-7pm, Reynolds Field, Hastings 3pm: Edge of Breakdown, Adam Galland from Dobbs Ferry High School 4pm: Jasper Zimmerman & Emma Nathensen/William Muller 5pm: Ariela & Sofia Eliasi, Celia Silverstein & Luca Dimnet 6pm: Shakedown This venue is Not ADA Accessible
Radio Prison
Originals and rock classics with a touch of jam band.
Pulling from the rock canon, they can, and do play songs from all genres (classic rock, Indie, funk, soul, jam band,), plus their own original music. Tight arrangements with jams are Radio Prisons signature. They can keep it short and sweet and pay homage to the three-minute song, or they can take a song and stretch it. Never self-indulgent, all that matters are that the band and audience are enjoying themselves.
Charlie Rhyner & Friends
A swinging, slightly experimental, ripping jazz quartet!
Charlie Rhyner is a New York area musician and music educator and has been playing music since age 13. He graduated from Emory University with a BA music performance, studying classical and jazz guitar. He then moved to NYC and attended Teachers College Columbia University, graduating with a MA in music education. He performs in and around New York City in a variety of jazz ensembles.
Josh Saltzman’s Open Bluegrass Jam
Open Bluegrass Jam with Josh & Hagar’s Squirtgun Action Painting Workshop for Kids
All-levels bluegrass jam, just bring an acoustic instrument and kids come express yourself with squirt guns filled with food coloring
Jack Serra-Lima
Acoustic guitar & vocals.
Happy and Lively Oldie Covers, Regular Contributor to Uncle Floyd’s Radio Show.
Gary Smulyan Trio
Jazz in the swinging tradition.
Gary Smulyan is a four-time winner of the Down Beat Critic’s and Reader’s Poll’s and a multiple winner of numerous other official polls including the Jazz Journalists Award for
Baritone Saxophonist of the Year. He is a six-time GRAMMY award winner for his work with B.B. King, Lovano, Holland and the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra.
Spruce Street Jazz Project
Our repertoire includes jazz standards, lesser known gems, and original compositions.
Sugar Pond
Hastings native band playing originals and covers
Sugar Pond, a native alt rock New York based band which began by play Strokes covers in middle school blossomed into a close-knit group of friends who spend their time writing, recording, producing, and performing original songs as well as covers. Sugar Pond has released four albums over the past few years, most recently a five song EP, “It Came From Sugar Pond,” which was released in early 2022. It’s easy to be a fan of this fun group of High School Sweethearts who have grown and continued their music careers together.
