Peter Aaron

New York

Reporter at Chronogram Magazine

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Bab L’Bluz Brings Gnawa Rock to Saugerties

1 week ago | chronogram.com | Peter Aaron

PromotersIsabel Soffer and Danny Melnick continue to tap into their deep connections tothe world music scene to bring in exotic artists from around the globe forintimate concerts at Ulster County venue The Local. A fine example of thebooking mavens’ work this month is the April 17 appearance by Moroccanpsychedelic rock band Bab L’Bluz.
Hudson Valley Record Stores

2 weeks ago | chronogram.com | Peter Aaron |Marie Doyon

For all you vinyl junkies, record-spinning maniacs, and retro music aficionados, we have rounded up a list of record stores in the Hudson Valley. Its not just LPs, most of these shops also carry cassettes, CDs, and every other music format you can think of plus memorabilia, speakers, record players, etc. So whether you are building your music collection or just starting out you'll find what you need.
Dwight Yoakam, the Mavericks Play Poughkeepsie

2 weeks ago | chronogram.com | Peter Aaron

The man who many believe singlehandedlybrought real country music back from the commercial abyss in the 1980s, DwightYoakam, is bringing his rollicking honky-tonk roots sound to the Majed J. Nesheiwat Convention Center on April 11. Joining him on the date on his CosmicRoundup & Rodeo Tour will be Tex-Mex/Americana greats the Mavericks.
Lo-Fi Baritone Bill Callahan (AKA Smog) Plays Assembly in Kingston April 20

3 weeks ago | chronogram.com | Peter Aaron

[{ "name": "Newsletter Mailchimp Signup - Inline Content", "insertPoint": "3", "component": "20934832", "requiredCountToDisplay": "3", "parentWrapperClass": "" }] Among the music of contemporary indie singer-songwriters, there's no mistaking that of Bill Callahan. His voice and his sparse songs are deep and unhurried, low and slow.
Hip-Hop Fashion Presentation in Poughkeepsie

3 weeks ago | chronogram.com | Peter Aaron

[{ "name": "Newsletter Mailchimp Signup - Inline Content", "insertPoint": "3", "component": "20934832", "requiredCountToDisplay": "3", "parentWrapperClass": "" }] Kangol hats. Bling. Jheri curls. Fades. Addidas. Along with others, all signature elements of hip-hop style as it’s developed over the years since the music and culture began in the 1970s.
Gorilla Face

3 weeks ago | danepstein.substack.com | Dan Epstein |Peter Aaron |Donnell Alexander |Tony Fletcher

Happy Saturday, Jagged Time Lapsers!The baseball season has started, and while this in itself is sadly no longer a source of joy for me — and the news of Opening Day’s MLB.TV outage and the league’s spineless decision to scrub the word “diversity” from its website because it makes white supremacists mad aren’t exactly rekindling the embers of my once-ardent fandom — I still love watching 1976’s The Bad News Bears at this time every year.
Spring Brings “Secret Sounds of Ponds” Concerts

1 month ago | chronogram.com | Peter Aaron

[{ "name": "Newsletter Mailchimp Signup - Inline Content", "insertPoint": "3", "component": "20934832", "requiredCountToDisplay": "3", "parentWrapperClass": "" }] “In the spring and summer, when [the wildlife] is all awake and active, it’s really busy,” said Beacon composer and musician David Rothenberg when I profiled him for the March 2024 issue of Chronogram to tie in with his book and companion CD Secret Sounds of Ponds.
Adrienne Truscott Brings Provocative "Masterclass" to Bard College in April

1 month ago | chronogram.com | Peter Aaron

"I’ve just always found it hilarious, getting naked on stage,” says actor, writer, dancer, choreographer, comedian, director, and educator Adrienne Truscott, who’s well known in the avant-theatrical/cabaret world as one half of the radically risqué feminist burlesque duo the Wau Wau Sisters and for her other nudity-forward performance work. “When I was really little I’d put shows together and put them on in the living room for my parents, and they usually ended with me getting naked.
Goddess Party Goes Unplugged in Saugerties

1 month ago | chronogram.com | Peter Aaron

[{ "name": "Newsletter Mailchimp Signup - Inline Content", "insertPoint": "3", "component": "20934832", "requiredCountToDisplay": "3", "parentWrapperClass": "" }] “Whenyou all sing together magic happens that heals you,” Shana Falana, the founderand matriarch of mammoth all-woman art choir and performance troupe the Goddess Party, told me when I interviewed her for the October 2024 issue of Chronogram.
Jazz Great Christian McBride Plays Kingston

1 month ago | chronogram.com | Peter Aaron

[{ "name": "Newsletter Mailchimp Signup - Inline Content", "insertPoint": "3", "component": "20934832", "requiredCountToDisplay": "3", "parentWrapperClass": "" }] Multiple Grammy winner ChristianMcBride is one of the leading bassists of the current generation of jazzplayers, and is revered for his strong, highly swinging technique.