Channels, a three-concert music series that defies boundaries and celebrates the river as a means of travel, exploration, and source of new ideas – Channels presents new music in unique Hudson River Town settings. The mission of the series is to bring together artists and audiences in the spirit of connectivity and discovery.
Concerts will feature a musicians from outside the Rivertowns in an unique “alternative” space, aiming to take advantage of one of the area’s greatest resources—its location.
Upcoming Events
Kaki King
Friday, January 24, 2025
Hudco
Join us on Friday, January 24, for an unforgettable evening with musician and composer Kaki King.
Dubbed by Rolling Stone as “a genre unto herself,” Brooklyn, NY-based Kaki King has proven to be just that. Her career has taken her all over the world, sharing stages with Dave Grohl of Foo Fighters, contributing music to award-winning films (Sean Penn’s Into The Wild), and performing at the Kennedy Center, the London Jazz Festival, and the Paris Les Femmes s’en Melent.
Her explorations into the guitar and multimedia have led to the creation of groundbreaking work such as The Neck Is A Bridge To The Body, Modern Yesterdays, SEI, and her newest show for audiences of all ages, BUGS. Kaki continues to create, perform, and lend her musical voice to the forefront of
contemporary music.
Tickets must be purchased in advance and will not be sold at the door.
Past Events
Steph Davis
Saturday, April 13, 2024, 8:00pm
Venue: Purpl; 52 Main Street, Hastings-on-Hudson, NY
Marimbist, arranger, composer, educator, cultural activist, and researcher, Steph Davis’ work explores inspirations from Black expressive characteristics, free forms, and the African diaspora. A versatile performer, Davis’s repertoire spans from traditional Ghanaian and African American music, and Western music primarily by composers of African descent.
Hailed by The Washington Post as a “captivating” performer who brings “bright humanity and expressive depth” to contemporary music, Davis is an active marimba soloist and chamber musician, performing in venues across the United States.
As a composer, Davis draws inspiration from Black expressive characteristics, free forms, and natural landscapes. Their music has been performed internationally in the United States, the United Arab Emirates, Canada, and Europe – in addition to commissioned works by New Works Project, Douglas Anderson School of the Arts, Modern Marimba, Spectrum Ensemble, Prism Percussion, Britton-René Collins, Michael Ptacin, and Cameron Denby.
Sky Creature
Saturday, September 23, 2023
Sky Creature is made up of singer Majel Connery and baritone guitarist Matt Walsh. Based in Rockaway Beach and Catskill, NY, Sky Creature is defined as a space between art music and punk rock (self-described as Thrash Enya). The band’s sound draws comparisons with artists from Kate Bush to Suicide.
For over a decade, Walsh toured as one half of post-punk duo The Forms, sharing the stage with artists ranging from The National to St. Vincent to Hum. Connery’s solo music has been featured on Radiolab, New Sounds radio, and Live from the Kennedy Center. In the summer of 2022, Sky Creature released their double EP Bear Mountain/Childworld, and toured nationally. They are currently finishing their first LP with Steve Albini.
Majel Connery will open the evening with songs from her Rivers Are Our Brothers project. The songs in the cycle take a first-person view of nature, ascribing human qualities and feelings to elements of the landscape: water, trees, mountains, rivers, etc.
Evan Chapman
Date: February 10 @ 8 PM
Venue: 145 Palisade St., Dobbs Ferry, NY
Evan Chapman will present new original material that further explores the intersection of percussion and technology, incorporating elements from contemporary classical, electronic, and post-rock styles.