Local News from Marbletown, Rochester, & Rosendale
The Hudson Valley Poetry Bands Microfest brings together 5 poetry based bands in the astounding Widow Jane Mine. Curated by Chris Funkhouser.
Iva Bittová's (https://www.bittova.com) music is a blend of rock and East European music featuring extended techniques for violin and vocal . Carrie Bradley-Neves (https://soundcloud.com/carrie-bradley-neves) is a long time singer-songwriter and violinist. Her current project is called The Great Auk.
Satan’s Black Acid is a duo: writer/musician Cole Heinowitz and painter/musician Will Staples. (https://soundcloud.com/satansblackacid). Most Serene Congress (Chris Funkhouser, David Hirmes, Leonard Nevarez) is an electronic poetry / post-punk improvisation / digital recording project (https://soundcloud.com/mostserenecongress).
George Quasha (http://www.quasha.com/) and Chuck Stein (http://writing.upenn.edu/pennsound/x/Stein-C.php) have been collaborating as poets and performers since the 1970s.
