Songwriter's Conclave-7-10 PM at Silvana. Karen Hudson with Mike Fornatale at 8:30 Featuring some great songwriters: Sidney Whelan, Motivational Marilyn & John G, Lawrence Block, Jay Verkuilen, Rock N Roll Johnny Bod and Richard and Suzanne! We'll be playing a few Linda Ronstadt tunes and a few of mine.

Karen Hudson River Band tributes Linda Ronstadt's Living in the USA, cover-to-cover

Tickets $15 in advance. $20 day of show. 2 drink minimum.

Linda Ronstadt is a ferocious, feminine force of vocal prowess and one of the best singers of the twentieth century. Ronstadt has inspired young women across the nation to become Rock ‘n Roll singers, especially Americana singer songwriter Karen Hudson, who tributes her tonight.

For Hudson, performing Ronstadt’s classic 1978 album “Living In the USA” cover to cover is a bucket list item, and it took a lifetime for her to organize it. In high school Hudson idolized Ronstadt and sang Linda’s ballads in talent shows and for theater auditions in school. Hudson has worked as a recording artist and country rock bandleader in NYC since the ‘90’s and has peppered her sets with classic Ronstadt songs during shows at the world-famous Rodeo Bar and beyond.

Recorded at the Sound Factory and Produced by Peter Asher, “Living in the USA” churned out hits across radio formats including Alison (Elvis Costello), Ooh Baby Baby (Smokey Robinson), Just One Look (Doris Troy, Hollies), Mohammed's Radio (Warren Zevon) and Back in the USA (Chuck Berry). Personnel on the album included Waddy Wachtel, Russell Kunkel, Dan Dugmore, Don Grolnick, Kenny Edwards, Andrew Gold, and David Sanborn.

Backed by a fantastic 9-piece rock band, the music will be a nostalgic trip down memory lane looking back at a time when things were cooler, radio was way better, and that California country rock sound warmed you like the summer sun.

Band members include Mike Fornatale, Charly Roth, Tommy DeVito, Jeff Gordon, Glenn Spivack, Kathryn Donnelly, Suzanne Hockstein, James Noyes, and Jaden Gladstone.

This is my first time back on a stage in NYC-I am the "wildcard" performer in this night of signer songwriters! Come early, hear everyone and have some amazing Mediterranean food! I start around 7:45. 15 minute set!

Picking on the porch (or inside if it rains) with my friend Jim Petrie! This is our first gig together since the pandemic.

Join Karen Hudson & Jim Petrie as they play fine acoustic music at Rockwood Music Hall, Stage 1. It's their debut show at this renowned venue. No cover.

This is the last installment of Karen Hudson's monthly residency at An Beal Bocht Cafe with her guest Sisters In Song. ABB Songwriter Session welcomes Sonya Heller at 9PM. Sonya is a good friend of mine and you will certainly feel like one of hers after this show, she has such a wonderful spirit. She has toured extensively in Europe and the West Coast and calls NYC her home. Sonya Heller. Native New Yorker. A child of Russian immigrants cooks up her jazz inflected vocals and folk roots with equal parts American sass and her grandmothers Slavic drama.

She cut her teeth at NYC’s iconic Bitter End, The Living Room and the Knitting Factory in the footsteps of Joni Mitchell, Laura Nyro and Leonard Cohen, whose poetic genius sparked her very early on. A Billboard Honoree and winner of the Indiegrrl Songwriters of the Year Contest for her song "Justine." Soundtrack for the award winning documentary "Sisters in Resistance" (PBS, Avignon and Human Rights Watch film festivals)

“Sonya Heller is very much her own artist and comes alive onstage” —Rolling Stone
https://www.sonyaheller.com/music

Karen Hudson, performing songwriter/host: A distinctive presence in the NYC Americana scene, Karen Hudson wins audiences over with her edgy wit, elegant stage presence and wry, insightful tunesmithing. Hudson has been compared to Rosanne Cash by The Village Voice, and to early Linda Ronstadt by 3rd Coast Music Magazine in Austin, Texas. On her third CD “Sonic Bloom,” produced by Eric “Roscoe” Ambel, Hudson explores some gothic territory, but refuses to be held hostage by her loss, so even her darkest songs are tempered with wry humor. The musical roots go deep and broad — it’s ‘Americana’ for people who like to mix The Rolling Stones with their Patsy Cline. She has opened for Madeliene Peyroux, Walter Salas Humara and Pete Seeger.

It's Octoberfest at Cabernet Franks!

Kevin McDaniel hosts The Homegrown Show first Saturday of the month. WJFF is the country's only radio station that is powered by energy from a dam.

Karen Hudson's 2nd installment of her residency continues with special guest singer songwriter, lifetime social activist, women's chorus leader, Bev Grant. Bev won The ASCAP 2017 Jay Gorney Award presented for a song based on its message of social conscience, for her song, "We Were There."
Bev is a labor and social activist, feminist, and the 2017 Joe Hill Award winner from the Labor Heritage Foundation for her contribution as a cultural worker, an honor shared with former recipients Pete Seeger, Hazel Dickens and many others. Bev grew up singing and playing with her two older sisters in Portland, OR. After moving to New York City in the early ‘60s, she formed her band The Human Condition, who recorded their first album “Working People Gonna Rise,” with Paredon Records, now distributed by Smithsonian/Folkways. Her song “Inez” is included in the Smithsonian/Folkways “Best of Broadside” collection. Bev’s song, “We Were There” will soon have a global presence when it is presented at the United Trade Union Confederation 3rd Womens Conference in October in Costa Rica Bev founded and directs the Brooklyn Women’s Chorus, who celebrated their 20th anniversary in March 2017 person.https://www.bevgrant.com

Karen Hudson, performing songwriter/host: A distinctive presence in the NYC Americana scene, Karen Hudson wins audiences over with her edgy wit, elegant stage presence and wry, insightful tunesmithing. Hudson has been compared to Rosanne Cash by The Village Voice, and to early Linda Ronstadt by 3rd Coast Music Magazine in Austin, Texas. On her third CD “Sonic Bloom,” produced by Eric “Roscoe” Ambel, Hudson explores some gothic territory, but refuses to be held hostage by her loss, so even her darkest songs are tempered with wry humor. The musical roots go deep and broad — it’s ‘Americana’ for people who like to mix The Rolling Stones with their Patsy Cline. She has opened for Madeliene Peyroux, Walter Salas Humara and Pete Seeger.

This is the first installment of Karen Hudson's monthly ABB Songwriter Session residency with her guest Sisters In Song. An Beal Bocht welcomes Lara Herscovitch— a modern American songwriter-poet-performer gem, creating masterful contemporary folk with blues, pop and jazz influences. The former Connecticut State Troubadour writes, sings and leads with authenticity, integrity, humor and heart, delivering performances that inspire, inform, uplift and entertain. Sound Waves Magazine described her music as “expertly written prose… songwriting at its best… good for your ears AND your soul.” Delivered with a voice Performer Magazine called “clear and smooth like expensive liquor,” Acoustic Live in New York City added, “She possesses not only a huge reservoir of musical talent and a voice with a bell-like clarity, but a keen sense of global concern and a fierce intellect... It might seem too good to be true, but true it is.” www.LaraHerscovitch.com

Karen Hudson, performing songwriter/host: A distinctive presence in the NYC Americana scene, Karen Hudson wins audiences over with her edgy wit, elegant stage presence and wry, insightful tunesmithing. Hudson has been compared to Rosanne Cash by The Village Voice, and to early Linda Ronstadt by 3rd Coast Music Magazine in Austin, Texas. On her third CD “Sonic Bloom,” produced by Eric “Roscoe” Ambel, Hudson explores some gothic territory, but refuses to be held hostage by her loss, so even her darkest songs are tempered with wry humor. The musical roots go deep and broad — it’s ‘Americana’ for people who like to mix The Rolling Stones with their Patsy Cline. She has opened for Madeliene Peyroux, Walter Salas Humara and Pete Seeger.

Clambake and Americana Music at Cabernet Frank's. Come join us!

Singer songwriter Emily Duff hosts this show w/ 2 other guests doing their original thing, once a month. Thanks so much for the invite! Come on down all! http://www.cowgirlnyc.com

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