Color TV
Performance: 4-5pm, Cedar Street Rock Stage, 24 Cedar St., Dobbs Ferry
Jam/alt-country/rock
Yasmin – fiddle, Bryan – keys, Marc – guitar, Ben – guitar, Andrew – bass, Jim – drums
4pm
The Quintin Harris Quartet
Performance: 4pm, Purpl, 52 Main Street, Hastings
Piano/Voice, Upright Bass, Drums
The Quintin Harris Quartet (led by vocalist and pianist, Quintin Harris) is excited to be playing on this year’s RiverArts Tour. The group (with Bailey Giles on saxophone, Sam AuBuchon on bass, and Marlen Suero-Amparo on drums) found a deeper understanding of this music under the tutelage of their longtime mentor and influence, Bill Charlap. Recently, they returned to the legendary Birdland Jazz Club for two sold-out performances. The Quintin Harris Quartet was formed to uphold the tradition of “The Great American Songbook” and their love for small-group arrangements by such artists like Oscar Peterson, Ahmad Jamal, and Sonny Clark, to name a few. The Quintin Harris Quartet is excited to debut new arrangements at Purpl for the 2024 RiverArts Tour.
Bailey Giles (tenor saxophone), Sam AuBuchon (bass), Marlen Suero-Amparo (drums), Quintin Harris (voice/piano)
Rare Forms
Performance: 4pm, Quonset Hut, 145 Palisade Street, Dobbs Ferry (over the bridge, across the tracks)
Minimalist/ambient/downtempo sonic explorations involving synths, keys, and drum machines
Douglas Hertz Friedman – keys and electronics
Rare Forms is an electronic music project led by composer, producer, and multi-instrumentalist Douglas Hertz Friedman. Through Rare Forms, Hertz marries his orchestral approach to sound with his love for dance music, electronic and computer instruments, and music production.
MAPUTI
Performance: 4pm, The Upstream Gallery, 8 Main Street, Hastings
Mbira music of Zimbabwe
Nora Balaban – mbira, vocals; Susan Rapalee, mbira, vocals; Rima Fand – violin, vocals; Sylvain Leroux – Fula flute, hosho, vocals
Shona mbira music of Zimbabwe is one of the most soulful sounds on the African continent. Originally used in all-night spirit possession ceremonies, the iron-pronged mbira produces music beautiful enough to attract the spirits and rhythmically charged enough to keep people dancing throughout the night. MAPUTI plays traditional songs that have been handed down to us by master musicians of Zimbabwe
The Greetings From Anywhere Experience
Performance: 4pm & 5pm, 306 Clinton Avenue, Dobbs Ferry
Acoustic Stomp, Twang & Harmony
Sheila Noonan Gorham – vocals, guitar; Andrew Schriever – vocals, guitar, banjo, piano
Greetings From Anywhere’s Sheila Noonan Gorham & Andrew Schriever play acoustic sets of GFA-Flavored tunes, joined by special guests and followed by a 5pm acoustic jam session! Join us as we kick off the day with our Noon Teen Hour, presenting a mix of the Rivertowns’ most talented young artists, followed by two great acoustic performances (check your programs!) leading into the GFA Experience starting at 3pm. We’re pleased to welcome you all back to the Backyard Stage!
Hastings Youth Council and The LAB Presents
Performance: 3pm, 4pm & 5pm; Reynolds Field, Hastings
Gordo & Darby
Performance: 4pm, The Aqueduct @ Cedar & Main, Dobbs Ferry
Popular Covers & originals from local singer/songwriters
Gordon Roehrer – guitar, Alice Ryan – vocals
Acoustic duo Gordo & Darby are Gordon Roehrer and Alice Ryan, performing an eclectic mix of songs and styles. You’ll hear Patsy Cline to Brandi Carlile with everything in between, plus the best songs you’ve never heard by critically acclaimed local indie artists. Gordon has performed and recorded with Arlon Bennett, Loretta Hagen, & the late Terence Martin. Alice has been a mainstay in the Rockland County theatre scene, performing leads in South Pacific, The Sound of Music and Guys & Dolls.
Eager Sails
Performance: 4pm, Mercy University Music Studio, 565 Broadway, Victory Hall 121, Dobbs Ferry
Merges innovation and emotion in a symphony of electronic-ambient rock
Sam Stauff, – guitar, vox; Tim Robbins – bass, Jeremy Scuderi – drums
Eager Sails, led by musician-producer Sam Stauff, merges innovation and emotion in a symphony of electronic-ambient rock. Stauff, known for his music production collaborations with artists like Blue Oyster Cult, Ella Jane, Wide Waters, Wess Meets West and many more surprises with Eager Sails, showcasing versatility beyond his role in the engineer’s chair.
Chris Palmedo
Performance: 4pm, 109 W. Franklin Avenue, Tarrytown
Autobiographical singer-songwriter
Chris Palmedo has been playing in local bands for the past ten years, including Blues on Tapp (guitar/vocals) and Funk & Disorderly (bass/vocals). For this performance, Chris will take the audience on an autobiographical tour musical life, beginning with his college days, through his work as a performer in Portland, Oregon, to the present, concluding with compositions he has co-written with local musician Jeff Schoen.
Calotype
Performance: 4pm, 96 Euclid Avenue, Hastings
Original acoustic punk inspired singer/songwriter
The solo project of singer, songwriter & multi-instrumentalist Larry Hess. Hess grew up in NY, where at a young age he began writing & performing in many bands ranging from punk to indie, experimental and electronic rock. He has countless releases from his projects The Feud, Hunters, Run! and Calotype.
AA BOND
Performance: 4-5pm, 7 Crossbar Road, Hastings-on-Hudson
Sax + house music + occasional polyglottal rap
Concrete Flowers
Performance: 4pm, VFW Plaza, Hastings
Concrete Flowers are a rock band who play their own original songs, and covers from across the rock canon, with a focus on tight arrangements, catchy melodies, and strong vocal harmonies.
Flashover
Performance: 4pm, 37 Amherst Drive, Hastings
A mix of fiery covers and hot originals
Terry Buechner – guitar and vocals; Tommy Drake – sax; Scott Gober – guitar and vocals; Alan Golds – keys; Ed Herbstman – drums; Jeff Warner – bass and vocals
An all-volunteer firefighter band from Hastings-on-Hudson, playing an eclectic mix of funk-inflected rock originals and covers.
New York Jazz Force
Performance: 4pm, The Keepers House, 15 Walnut Street, Dobbs Ferry
Soul/Jazz classics and originals
James Battle – bass; Jameel Battle – guitar; Kaori Yamada – drums
NY JAZZ FORCE wants to bring back the Soul/Jazz of the 60s and 70s;a little funkier,simpler and more relatable.
Pittson Family Band
Performance: 2pm, 3pm, & 4pm, 22 Meadoway, Dobbs Ferry
Original and Jazz Compositions that Explore Eclectic Musical Colors
Suzanne Pittson, voice; Evan Pittson, viola; Jeff Pittson, keys; Bryan Copeland, bass; Dave Meade, drums
Pittson Family Band brings together three accomplished performers who are continually pushing the boundaries of their instrument. Vocalist Suzanne Pittson, widely recognized as a master improviser, has recorded music by John Coltrane and Freddie Hubbard. Jeff Pittson, a creative force on piano, keyboards, synthesizers, and as a composer, has performed with Mike Clark, Paul Jackson, Maynard Ferguson, Ruth Brown, Larry Coryell. Evan Pittson presents a modern direction for the viola.
The Skam
Performance: 4pm, Main Street School, 101 Main Street, Irvington
Melodic post-punk alternative rock covers
Kenny Schaefer – vocals and rhythm guitar, Stacy Hirsh – vocals and bass, Fled Isma – lead guitar and backing vocals, Mitchell Bard – drums
We play melodic post-punk alternative rock covers spanning the late 70s/early 80s to the 90s and 00s. Bands like Blondie, the Go-Go’s, Joe Jackson, Joan Jett, J. Geils, Neon Trees, Garbage, Republca, Green Day, and the Bangles.
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)
