Milton
Performances: 11am, 12pm Hastings Farmers Market
American Roots
Milton – vocals, guitar, harmonica Jeff Eyrich, bass, vocals, Martin Kearton, guitar and mandolin
12pm
Smoky O
Performance: 12pm, 37 Amherst Drive, Hastings
Encouraging sing-alongs, dancing and feverishly good times. Smoky O performs Classic Country, Johnny Cash, Rock n Roll & more.
Juliette Stewart
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.”
Jess and Aaron
Performance: 12pm, Lenoir Nature Preserve, 12 Dudley Street, Yonkers
Kids’ Music
Jessica Ginsberg – vocals, Aaron Mirman-Heslin – guitar and vocals
Jess and Aaron are a kids’ music duo based in New York. They bring their combined experience—Aaron as a songwriter for children’s TV shows, and Jess as a kids’ music educator and studio vocalist—to craft fun, catchy indie tunes for kids that parents can enjoy too. Their first full-length album featured the song “Shoes”, which held the #1 chart spot on Sirius XM’s Kids Place Live for several weeks, and they are hard at work on the next album!
Erik Rabasca
Performance: 12pm, Wild Culture Waffles, 579 Warburton Avenue #5, Hastings
Original soulful music for universal connection
Erik Rabasca, Guitar/Vocals
Erik Rabasca is a musician, producer, singer/songwriter, founder of the band Light Warriors and the independent label Highest Frequency Records. He plays a fusion of styles as an acoustic soloist ranging from folk, roots and jazz to reggae, indie and even a touch of country. His songwriting has been compared to Bobs Dylan and Marley, Paul Simon and more.
D.C. Anderson and Ritt Henn
Performance: 12pm, Upstream Gallery, 8 Main Street, Hastings
A twenty-plus year musical collaboration between singer/songwriters D.C. Anderson and Ritt Henn continues in a concert of some of their favorite jazz standards and original compositions.
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.
Ritt Henn plays bass, writes songs, created four CDs of original music, one DVD of short films and produced over 200 episodes of ManBassBoxTV. Appeared Off-Broadway, performed with Chuck Berry, toured with Kathleen Turner and is a Bistro and MAC Award winner. Always a bassist, sometimes a musical director, ukulele plucker, singer and artistic whistler.
Code Switch
Performance: 12pm, Cedar Street Rock Stage, 24 Cedar St., Dobbs Ferry
Soulful covers from the 60s to today with a smattering of tasty originals
Jess Reid-Adam – vocals, Daphnée Saget Woodley – keyboards, Tony Puliafico – drums, Tim Verduin – guitar, bass, violin; Mike Khorsandi – guitar, bass
Tasteful rockin’ interpretations of the 60s to today – think Smokey Robinson and Stevie Wonder to Cyndi Lauper and Pat Benatar and then to Amy Winehouse.
Known for their infectious groove and soulful vibe, this local band comes to rock hard and leave you swaying to the beat.
Exit 12
Performance: 12pm, Purpl, Hastings
Original music and jazz standards you haven’t heard before now
Mark Kaufman – sax, Glenn Babakian – trombone, Sarah Jane Cion – keyboards, Josh Sherwood – bass, and John Clay – drums
Exit 12 is eclectic. Babakian plays jazz & classical trombone. Kaufman plays tenor sax & other reeds; he released an album of originals in 2023 with Tim Armacost, Harvie S, Steve Johns & Cion. Cion won the Great American Jazz Piano contest, & played with Clark Terry, Etta Jones & Don Braden. Sherwood plays Jazz, Rock, and R&B electric bass & performs with Joey Berkley & Chris Parker. Clay played drums with Cuba Gooding, Bill Withers & Jerry Bergonzi. Sometimes raucous, often joyful, always new.
Heavenly Strains
Performance: 12pm, Irvington Presbyterian Church, 25 North Broadway
Mix of genres: classical, choral, instrumental, pop, solo vocals
Come hear the talented members of the IPC music family, comprising kids to senior citizen, amateurs to professionals, and repertoire ranging from classical to pop, as well as chamber and vocal music. All this in the inspirational confines of the stunning IPC sanctuary.
Tom Heany
Performances: 2pm, OCA Keeper’s House, 15 Walnut St., Dobbs Ferry
Acoustic jazz and Americana – voice, guitars and mandolin.
Tom Heany – vocal, guitar; Richard Brooker – vocal, guitar, mandolin
The Porch Brothers play and sing a mix of jazz, roots music and originals, from Duke Ellington, Django Reinhardt, Bill Monroe and many more. Richard Brooker play guitar and mandolin; Tom Heany plays guitar, and they both sing like well-cared-for old cars.
Rivertown Ramblers
Performance: 12pm, 12 Edgewood Avenue, Hastings-on-Hudson
Lively Old-time String Band Revival Music
Roy Blumenfeld – banjo; Colin McGrath – guitar; Charlie Shaw – bass; Jordan Shapiro – mandolin; Ian Moore- fiddle
Lively old time string band playing American roots music.
Bob Sideli
Performances: 12pm & 2pm, 55 James Street, HOH
Boogie Woogie
Bob Sideli plays jazz, blues, rock and pop piano with a focus on improvisational interpretation and composition. He will be performing his original improvisational compositions that cross several music genres, but this year he will concentrate on fast boogie tunes!
Walkabout Clearwater Chorus
Performance: 12pm, VFW Plaza, 588 Warburton Avenue, Hastings
Music in furtherance of World Peace. The Walkabout Clearwater Chorus is dedicated to promoting environmental awareness and social action through song.
Guitar and Voice
Westchester Chamber Soloists & Friends
Performances: 12pm, 1pm, 3pm, 4pm, & 5pm, 41 Hollywood Drive, Hastings
Classical Chamber Music and Concertos
Alan Murray (piano) and Friends
Westchester Chamber Soloists & Friends returns for its 5th appearance at RiverArts Music Tour, with a diverse offering of chamber and other music. WCS is Westchester County’s premier chamber orchestra and chamber ensemble network, comprised of seasoned professional and advanced avocational musicians dedicated to performing the Concerto literature for piano and for all other solo symphonic instruments – with its members taking turns as concerto soloists – as well as diverse and exciting selections from the chamber and symphonic repertoire. (www.WestchesterChamberSoloists.com)
