Performance: 6pm featured in the Singer Songwriter Showcase @ The Waterfront Stage, 11 Station Plaza, Dobbs Ferry
D.C. Anderson has spent most of his adult life on Broadway (THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA), Off Broadway (QUEEN OF THE MIST) and on the Guthrie and Steppenwolf stages. As a singer/songwriter, he has recorded over a dozen albums (streaming everywhere). His musical influences are all from the worlds of musical theater, vocal jazz and folk music.
Performance: 6pm, featured at the Singer/Songwriter Showcase at the Waterfront Stage, Dobbs Ferry
Judy Kass – guitar, piano, Amy Soucy – guitar, vocals
Award-winning singer-songwriters, Judy Kass, and Amy Soucy combine their eclectic talents and musical influences to encourage positive change, unity, and dialogue. The duo spices their message-driven songs with luscious harmonies, robust melodies, and unexpected twists and turns.
Performance: 12pm, Waterfront Stage, 11 Station Plaza, Dobbs Ferry
Original music mixed in with covers. Folk/rock americana alt-country with timeless depth and powerful vocals.
Juliette Stewart, vocals and guitar Michael Lewis lead guitar Kelly Halloran fiddle
Storytelling lies at the heart of Juliette’s music, lending timelessness to her lyrics, and gravity to her powerful vocals. She has performed in venues from dive bars to Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, and Radio City. Her debut EP produced by herself and Thom Panunzio (cr: Interscope Records, Stevie Nicks, Springsteen, Lennon) is being recorded in Nashville, TN with touring band Chicago. It is set to arrive later this year. It follows national radio chart success of debut single “Shame On You.”
Performance: 3pm, Waterfront Stage, 11 Station Plaza, Dobbs Ferry
Jazz Fusion – a mix of original jazz, funk, and rock compositions.
Joshua Sherwood – bass; Enoc Ramirez – electric guitar; Zael Fland – drums; Joey Berkley – tenor saxophone
Counterbalance is a Jazz-Fusion band from Westchester, New York that performs exciting original compositions, taking inspiration from both jazz fusion influences (Return to Forever, Weather Report, Hiromi Uehara) and rock/funk influences (Plini, Chon, Snarky Puppy). Our goal is to create engaging musical experiences by combining the best of the music we love, and share those experiences with our listeners.
Performance: 8pm, Waterfront Stage, 11 Station Plaza, Dobbs Ferry
Original theatrical jam band: Grateful Dead meets Phish meets Flaming Lips
The Beatles jam-band “Walrus” members Chris Mackin (guitar/vocals) and Josh Santiago (guitar/vocals) joined forces with Sarah Elaz (bass/vocals) and MIKE COIRO (DRUMS) to create Boojum. Boojum weaves elements of jam, EDM, funk, pop, and progressive music, showcasing lyrics crafted by Chris’s brother, Tom Mackin, a poet and translator. Boojum continues to write and record new music, with their debut ep set to be released in April 2024.
Performance: 1pm, Waterfront Stage, 11 Station Plaza, Dobbs Ferry
Indie rock band with male/female vocals. Think Big Thief meets the Feelies
Kathy Horne – guitar, vocals; Jamie Williamson – guitar, vocals; Miyuki Furtado – drums, vocals; Matt Svigals, bass
Bent Branches are from Irvington, NY, and feature early-aught veterans, Kathy Horne (Gotobeds), Miyuki Furtado (Rogers Sisters), Jamie Williamson and Matt Svigals. Their unique brand of jangle pop can best be described as “…twangy, charmingly-fractured, cards-on-the-table roots rock ‘n roll. Romantic, open-road anthems for when the car is in the shop” (Nate K, WFMU).
Their debut effort, “Fake Adults,” is an honest four-banger EP about reckless youth, nostalgia, and what hurts the most.
Performances: 2pm, Waterfront Stage, 11 Station Plaza, Dobbs Ferry
Country, Americana
Miyuki Furtado – lead vocals, guitar, drums; Patrick Harmon – guitar, backing Vocals; Matt Svigals, bass; John Malone, drums
Divining Rod emerges from the pandemic with the release of The House Will Always Win; recorded at Virtue & Vice Studios in Brooklyn with Anthony TJ ‘Rocky’ Gallo (Cigarettes After Sex, John Legend).
Originally a solo project of Hawaiian native Miyuki Furtado of the formerTooPure recording artists, The Rogers Sisters. After recruiting guitarist Patrick Harmon, Furtado started playing shows handling guitar, vocals, and drums. Second drummer John Malone and bassist Matt Svigals round out the band.
Performances: 2pm, 306 Clinton Avenue, Dobbs Ferry & 6pm Featured in the Singer Songwriter Showcase @ The Waterfront Stage, 11 Station Plaza, Dobbs Ferry
Alt-Americana singer-songwriter
Ursula Hansberry – vocals and guitar
Ursula Hansberry is an emerging singer-songwriter and guitarist from the Hudson Valley. With eight years of songwriting under her belt, she writes music that is heartfelt, sassy, and fun. She has performed at a variety of festivals, such as the Caramoor Folk Festival and the Take Me To The River Festival, and at venues throughout Westchester and New York City, including the Tarrytown Music Hall, Rockwood Music Hall, Daryl’s House, The Bitter End, and many others.
Performance: 7pm, Dobbs Ferry Waterfront Stage, 11 Station Plaza, Dobbs Ferry
Mainstream and latin/jazz
David Janeway – piano and leader, Tim Armacost – saxophone, Eliot Zigmund – drums, Earl Sauls – bass.
Performance: 3pm, The Keepers House, 15 Walnut Street, Dobbs Ferry & 6pm Featured in the Singer Songwriter Showcase @ The Waterfront Stage, 11 Station Plaza, Dobbs Ferry
Alternative Folk Rock
Vocals, guitars, suitcase drum
Shenendoah Thompson is an acoustic singer-songwriter whose music effortlessly blends alternative folk-rock sensibilities with raw emotional depth. Soul-stirring lyrics paint vivid narratives and melodies that linger in the mind long after the song ends, Shenendoah’s music takes the audience on a journey through the human experience.
PO Box 60 Hastings-on-Hudson, NY 10706
info@riverarts.org
