Soundwaves has been described as "creating waves in the community of Westport" (7/23 Valley News) with their "ambitious free concert series" (7/1 NCPR)— a response we are quite pleased with! This summer's community concert series co-organized by Grammy award-winning Jazz trumpeter Taylor Haskins and his wife Catherine, has been drawing crowds in the hundreds from all across the Champlain Valley and as far away as Watertown, NY to celebrate summer with unbelievable musical performances. Due to … [Read more...]
Upcoming Essex Events 8/18-8/24
To keep you up to speed on the upcoming events of the week in and around Essex, NY, we're going to share an update every Sunday here on the Essex on Lake Champlain Blog with information gathered from the Essex Calendar of Events on our sister website www.essexny.us. Peruse the list of events below that will occur in the upcoming week and click on the link to the Essex Calendar to learn more about a particular event. Sunday, August 18, 2013 Essex Theatre Company's Becky Shaw at … [Read more...]
Michael Chorney and Hollar General at Ballard Park
See Michael Chorney and Hollar General in concert at Ballard Park in Westport, NY, on August 22, at 7PM. The band plays a new kind of "Americana" - one as broad and wide as the name suggests. Folk, blues, rag, jazz, chamber music – a blend as authentic as the source. "There is nothing ordinary about this music, as it touches so many aspects of extraordinary style and substance. Is it alternative Americana? Avant-garde chamber folk? Old, weird, and hipless? Yup—all of the above." The Noise, … [Read more...]
Taylor Haskins at Ballard Park on July 4th
North Country resident and Grammy award-winning trumpet player Taylor Haskins will open the Seventeenth Annual Westport Community Concerts in the Ballard Park Performance Pavilion on July 4th at 7:00 pm. Taylor Haskins will perform music from American Dream, his latest release on Sunnyside Records which was heralded by several critics, and the forthcoming Sunnyside release Fuzzy Logic. For this concert Taylor will be performing with area talents Robinson Morse (bass), Peter Krag (piano), and … [Read more...]