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Mary Frank has always followed her own path. Renowned as a sculptor and painter, she has spent the last two years creating a new body of works using digital photography in a visceral form of collage that draws on all her earlier art, and yet throws its arms open to the new, unabashedly.

The reach of Bob Marley's music and his messages of political justice, racial harmony and freedom is endless.

With the bad economy and the recent frigid weather, I'll take a laugh wherever I can find one these days.

Jonah Smith is hailed as "a songwriter with the voice of a soul singer." Like many of his contemporaries, he draws on the rich history of American blues to produce music of unclassifiable style, full of images of love, war, natural disaster and political awakening.

The buzz is on. Given the confessional nature of the writers coming to town to speak about their works as part of the Second Annual Woodstock Writers Festival "Celebration of the Memoir" taking place February 12-February 15 around town, it's only natural.

RAINFALL TOTALS VARIED ACROSS THE REGION WITH THE DUTCHESS COUNTY AIRPORT REPORTING 1.42 INCHES OF RAIN FROM THE STORM WHILE KINGSTON CHECKED IN WITH ABOUT 2 INCHES RECORDED FROM SUNDAY THRU MONDAY.

Talking with Grace Potter is like having a conversation with one of your best girlfriends: It's natural, light, and probably could have continued for longer than the allotted 20 minutes if she and her boyfriend weren't packing for a trip to Jamaica with her band, the Nocturnals.

Bobby Charles 1938-2010 . Songwriter, musician's musician and cultural treasure, he died on last Thursday in Abbeville,Lousiana. In the 1950s, he wrote Fats Domino's Walking to New Orleans , Bill Haley and the Comet's See You Later, Alligator and recorded for Chess records.

Matt Pond PA will release its first full-length in three years, The Dark Leaves , on April 6 via Altitude Records.

Imagine a band that moves with the propulsion of a car whose gas pedal has become stuck, wide open, pinned to the floor, with nothing in sight but the horizon.

Last Hours is an online and occasional print zine for the anti-authoritarian, DIY and punk communities.

Best known for their hits "Still the One" and "Dance With Me," Orleans was founded in New York in 1972 by John Hall, Larry Hoppen and Wells Kelly.

What's being planned for the Woodstock Planning Board for the coming year? According to Chairman Paul Shultis Jr., who noted how his tenure so far - since taking over from Mark Peritz last summer - has involved much more administrative paperwork than expected, a slow-down in the number of local developments coming forth will likely, and hopefully, ...

WOODSTOCK - 'Romancing the writers' is the theme for the Woodstock Writers Festival 'Celebration of the Memoir' taking place Feb.

After more than a decade of twice-monthly meetings, countless calls to and from constituents, and votes on matters ranging from the Comeau easement to the Chinese occupation of Tibet - this is, after all, Woodstock - Liz Simonson welcomes the end of her longstanding service on the Town Board and the beginning of a life outside the arena of public ...

The cover of the new CD from New Riders of the Purple Sage left me feeling pretty good, as I looked it over this week.

While 1970s country-rock has melded into the formulaic sounds of today's CMT, Donna the Buffalo has been part of the return to roots music, combining a jam-band do-it-yourself ethic, bluegrass, country, rock, reggae, Cajun and zydeco.

Derek Trucks and his band bring their blues/rock sound to the Paramount Center for the Arts at 8 p.m. Friday.

Forgo crowded retail stores, cash register traffic jams and mass-produced gifts by shopping at local art galleries this holiday season.

Guitarist, singer and songwriter Jorma Kaukonen has performed hundreds of times in the Hudson Valley on many different stages, from Piermont to Poughkeepsie.