Peter Aaron

New York

Reporter at Chronogram Magazine

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Dandy Warhols Drop by Darryl’s House

1 week ago | chronogram.com | Peter Aaron

[{ "name": "Newsletter Mailchimp Signup - Inline Content", "insertPoint": "3", "component": "20934832", "requiredCountToDisplay": "3", "parentWrapperClass": "" }] Onthe heels of their 12th studio album, 2024’s ROCKMAKER, Portland, Oregon-based rockers the Dandy Warhols will bring their psychedelic pop party to Darryl’s House on May 10. TheDandy Warhols were formed in 1994 by singer and guitarist Courtney Taylor-Taylor.
Joe Stefko and the Beautiful Books of Charnel House Press

2 weeks ago | chronogram.com | Peter Aaron

[{ "name": "Newsletter Mailchimp Signup - Inline Content", "insertPoint": "3", "component": "20934832", "requiredCountToDisplay": "3", "parentWrapperClass": "" }] Lifting it off the shelf and holding it, it's difficult to believe a book so exquisite exists.
Hudson River Music Festival Tickets on Sale

2 weeks ago | chronogram.com | Peter Aaron

Originallycalled the Great Hudson River Revival but better known as the Clearwater Festival,the nation’s oldest outdoor environmental and music event is now going by a moreintuitive handle: the Hudson River Music Festival, which will take place atCroton Point Park on June 14. Tickets for the big-name-packed happening are nowon sale.
Fran Lebowitz Speaks Her Mind at Paramount Hudson Valley in May

2 weeks ago | chronogram.com | Peter Aaron

[{ "name": "Newsletter Mailchimp Signup - Inline Content", "insertPoint": "3", "component": "20934832", "requiredCountToDisplay": "3", "parentWrapperClass": "" }] For nearly 60 years Fran Lebowitz has been the unvarnished voice of New York’s collective gut. Now 74, she began broadcasting her brilliantly blunt—and often hilarious—social commentary about the city and the world around it in the 1970s via her work as a magazine columnist, author, and actor.
Book and Music Event Comes to Bearsville

3 weeks ago | chronogram.com | Peter Aaron

[{ "name": "Newsletter Mailchimp Signup - Inline Content", "insertPoint": "3", "component": "20934832", "requiredCountToDisplay": "3", "parentWrapperClass": "" }] The Woodstock-Bearsville area certainly has a respected reputation as being a center of activity by legions of great writers and musicians.
New York Dolls Film and Talk in Saugerties

3 weeks ago | chronogram.com | Peter Aaron

InFebruary we lost David Johansen, the longest-living original member of the NewYork Dolls. On April 21, one of the band’s closest comperes, famed rockphotographer Bill Gruen, will be on hand for a moderated conversation at theOrpheum Theater in Saugerties and a showing of All Dolled Up, his 2005 documentaryabout the group. The screening is part of Upstate Films’ Sonic Wave/Close Upseries of music-related films and talks.
Bab L’Bluz Brings Gnawa Rock to Saugerties

1 month 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

1 month 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

1 month 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

1 month 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.