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Phoenicia Rocks! (Mildly)
It’s not every day the people of Phoenicia, our local little country village, are treated to a gig by a former member of Swell Maps and the Television Personalities. So...
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April 24, 2008
HalloWeenies and the Dad Rock Movement
Kids’ music has come a long way since the days of ‘Puff The Magic Dragon.’ These days it’s the rockers, not the folkies, who play Pied Piper to the under-10...
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October 31, 2006
Noel Fletcher
Noel Fletcher has been playing guitar since he was three. Now ten, he has entertained audiences in London, New York City, Los Angeles and beyond. He is an annual performer...
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February 1, 2015
March Madness 4: Kids Gigs
What a difference a year makes. In March 2011, our then 6-year old Noel was still wrestling with basic chords on his new Martin Junior Acoustic-Electric, though it didn’t stop...
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March 16, 2012
Top 150 from 2010: The Next 75
The list of 75 songs below comprises the second MP3 disc I put together to celebrate the 150 Best Songs, or Top Artists, or simply the most representative music of...
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January 13, 2011
My Top Ten Albums of 2010
It’s that time in the calendar when the Village Voice gears up to publish its annual Pazz and Jop Poll, and as one of the 1500 odd journos whose opinions...
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January 6, 2011
I Witness: the Hudson Valley Green Festival
The first Hudson Valley Green Festival came to Staatsburg, just south of Rhinebeck, last Saturday, September 4. Set in the beautiful State Park grounds of a former stately home (hello...
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September 8, 2010
I Witness: the Phoenicia Festival of the Voice
The inaugural Phoenicia Festival of the Voice took place in our local Catskills village this past weekend, August 13-15, and by all standards, was a runaway hit. Envisaged by local...
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August 18, 2010