Woodstock News

Levon Helm, who just returned home from the hospital after a successful "medical procedure," just won his third consecutive Grammy Award in the past four years for "Ramble at the Ryman." The live album recorded at Nashville's Ryman Theater, which features guest appearances by stars like Sheryl Crow and Woodstock's Steve Earle, won Best Americana ... (more)

Just ask Sonya Baker, who met the man of her dreams - New York State Thruway toll collector Michael Fazio - at a tollbooth at Exit 19.

Reaching back to the days of abject poverty in Appalachia where the melancholy music told stories of a harsh life, rises a vocal style only perfected by a few artists such as Ralph Stanley and Dan Tyminski.

What: Screening of 'Sweet Violets,' a documentary made about the local violet business.

When my late father turned 80, he proudly proclaimed that it was no big deal because, 'It's actually my second 40th birthday.' I was recently reminded of the laugh I got from this, when an email arrived from Woodstock drummer Jerry Marotta.

With a half-dozen Number One country hits under his belt - including "That's How Country Boys Roll" and "Pretty Good at Drinking Beer" - Nashville hitmaker Billy Currington steps into the spotlight at the Glens Falls Civic Center in Glens Falls on Thursday, April 19.

NAME: David Torn BAND AFFILIATION: Ships Is Slip While Sheeps Is Sleep also: Sun of Goldfinger Prezens Pinktank Cloud About Mercury Levin Torn White B.L.U.E. David Sylvian Ryuichi Sakamoto etc etc etc INSTRUMENT: Electric Guitar & Electronical Hoo-Ha Guitar provocateur David Torn leads his all-star ensemble sSips Is Slip While Sheeps Is Sleep in ... (more)

The "Open Show," a mid-winter tradition at the Art Lab, is good fun just when you need it in grim, gray February.

One band, unsigned, is all the rage down in New York City. Another, put together while its members were all at SUNY-New Paltz, has backed members of the original Wailers: that legendary 1960s Jamaican band that launched much of what we now know as reggae music.

What: The Jon Herington Band, with opening act, the Abe Ovadia Group. When: Feb.

In the 1920s, Gus helmed Cannon's Jug Stompers, one of America's premiere jug bands, whom regularly delighted rambunctious sold-out crowds from Alabama to New York with a showstopper called "Minglewood Blues". Four decades later, the era-defining tune was re-christened as "New, New Minglewood Blues," appearing on the 1967 debut album by a Bay-area ... (more)

Patrick Bruce Metheny, the longtime Woodstocker known as Pat who has won a record 18 Grammy Awards at this point, holds a number of lofty mantles.

Ginger Ertz @ Courthouse Gallery , Lake George. Abstract organic sculptures created from chennille stems.

Website: http://soundcloud.com/1888media/sets/sankofa-the-uptown-strut Music: http://www.1888media.com/sound/full/SankofaIfWishesWereGold.mp3 New York, NY: In February 2006, Sankofa Strings, a progressive collective comprised of percussionist Sule Greg Wilson along with multi-instrumentalist Dom Flemons and singer Rhiannon Giddens, from the ... (more)

MUSIC : Chandler Travis Three-O @ the Ale House , Troy. Travis and his ever-changing crew is back as the Three-O in support of their new digital single, "Angry Drunk People Shut Up" and "January." 9pm.

With Levon Helm sidelined by an undisclosed medical procedure, his web site has announced that Donald Fagen of Steely Dan will be a special guest at previously scheduled Midnight Rambles on February 11, 18 and 25.

If you think you can't go home again, follow along in The Joke's On Me , newly published by author, Laurie Boris as she takes you on some fun twists and turns in her story of Frankie Goldberg.

Sometimes tribute bands have so much reverence for their source material that they end up sounding like "Saturday Night Live" caricatures of the group they're trying to emulate.

In fact, the 20-plus year old group has a history with Crossroads Music Hall - a venue that's hosted the soulful sounds of the New York state-based outfit several times.

Album Features Dom Flemons of Carolina Chocolate Drops, Professor Louie And John Sebastian of The Lovin' Spoonful New York, NY: In February 2006, Sankofa Strings, a progressive collective comprised of percussionist Sule Greg Wilson along with multi-instrumentalist Dom Flemons and singer Rhiannon Giddens, from the Grammy-Award Winning Carolina ... (more)