Sunwatchers: August 19, 2023 Deep in the Valley and April 20, 2023 Tubby’s

September 18, 2023
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Photo by Christopher Bruno

Our coverage of the 2023 Deep In The Valley festival continues! 

Has it really been four years since we last saw Sunwatchers? Unbelievable! Fortunately nothing interesting has happened since 2019 and so we pick up right where we left off. But just a few things in the interim: Sunwatchers put out the righteous duo Oh Yeah? and Brave Rats in 2020; Jim McHugh put out a pair of work-abolishin’, eye-lazer shootin’ solo records the same year; Peter Kerlin’ released a guest-filled, wide-ranging experimental solo record; and Jeff Tobias released a trio of rad tapes/records just in the last year or so. Whew!

But wait, there’s more! Sunwatchers will release Music is Victory Over Time in just a couple months. These two sets we saw this year will serve as a good preview of what’s to come and it sounds pretty damn awesome. So be sure to preorder that right away. Meanwhile, enjoy this double dose of Sunwatchers to start your week.

Stream and Download at the Live Music Archive: Deep in the Valley | Tubby’s

Sunwatchers
2023-08-19
Deep in the Valley
From the Ground Brewery
Red Hook, NY

Recorded and produced by Eric PH for nyctaper.com

Soundboard + MBHO KA100DK/603A (stage lip) > Naiant PFA >> Sound Devices MixPre-6 > WAV (24/48) > Adobe Audition CC + Izotope Ozone 5 > Audacity 3.0.2 > FLAC

Tracks [38:10]
01. Beautiful Crystals
02. Too Gary
03. T.A.S.C
04. Foams
05. The Works
06. World People 
Sunwatchers
2023-04-20
Tubby's
Kingston, NY

Recorded and produced by Eric PH for nyctaper.com

Soundboard (engineer: Nick) + MBHO KA200N/603A > Naiant PFA >> Sound Devices MixPre-6 > WAV (24/48) > Adobe Audition CC + Izotope Ozone 5 > Audacity 3.0.2 > FLAC

Tracks [51:54]
01. Blitzkrieg Bop [Ramones] > World People
02. Too Gary
03. T.A.S.C.
04. Foams
05. Blitzkrieg Bob [reprise] > Tumulus
06. There Goes Ol’ Ooze
07. Beautiful Crystals
08. Silent Boogie

Garcia Peoples: August 19, 2023 Deep In The Valley

September 15, 2023
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Photo by Christopher Bruno

Our coverage of the 2023 Deep In The Valley festival continues! 

Today we have site favorites Garcia Peoples set. Unfortunately, Danny (Guitar, Vocals) and Cesar (Drums) were unable to make it. Thankfully a friend of the band, Ryan Jewell, was on hand to play with Ryley Walker and was able to sit in. With this unique line-up, the band treated us to a single 30+ minute piece of improvisation. 

Launching into free improv isn’t something new for Garcia Peoples. In fact, it’s one of my favorite things about them. They are so comfortable with it that I often don’t know if it’s truly improv or a new song they are working on. It’s honestly embarrassing how many times I’ve had to go up to Tom or Andy after a set and ask if something they did was song I don’t know or just jam. Spoiler alert; it’s almost always a jam.

I recorded this with my MBHO cards at stage lip and very nice board feed from FOH engineer Daniel Stout. The quality is excellent!

Download and stream from the Live Music Archive!

Garcia Peoples

2023-08-19

Deep in the Valley From the Ground Brewery Red Hook, NY

Recorded and produced by kliked for nyctaper.com

Source: Source: MBHO440 + SDB> SD MixPre 3 > SD (24/48) > Adobe Audition/Izotope 9 > Audacity FLAC (lvl8) > Mp3Tag

Thanks to FOH engineer Daniel Stout for the board patch!

1. Deep In The Valley Jam

Danny and Cesar were unable to make the show so Ryan Jewell sat in on drums and the band did a 30 minute improv piece.

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Glyders: August 19, 2023 Deep In the Valley

September 6, 2023
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Photo by Christopher Bruno

Our coverage of the 2023 Deep In The Valley festival continues!

Glyders are a Chicago based band that plays Rock and Roll. No adjectives, no modifiers, no bullshit. I was familiar with them from the Raven Sings The Blues review of their recent Drag City release, Maria’s Hunt but never had the chance to catch them live. I’m extremely grateful that they made the trek East for this event because they blew me away and I haven’t stopped listening to them since.

Their record runs seamlessly through a variety of musical styles from country to VU style psych. The live show was different. It was a focused ass kicking. A monstrous sounding power trio with a fire breathing telecaster and a rhythm section that sounds like it just smashed its beer bottle on the bar before a fight. This set, dosed in the early afternoon sunlight, was a serious highlight of an incredible afternoon of music. Readers of this site will be familiar with most of the artists from the festival so I’m truly happy to introduce you to something new.

I recorded this with my MBHO cards at stage lip and very nice board feed from FOH engineer Daniel Stout. Enjoy it LOUD!

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mr_kliked · Glyders2023-08-19DeepInTheValley

Glyders
2023-08-19
Deep in the Valley
From the Ground Brewery
Red Hook, NY

Recorded and produced by kliked for nyctaper.com

Source: Source: MBHO440 + SDB> SD MixPre 3 > SD (24/48) > Adobe Audition/Izotope 9 > Audacity FLAC (lvl8) > Mp3Tag

Thanks to FOH engineer Daniel Stout for the board patch!

  1. Golden Hour
  2. High Time
  3. Wrong Sometimes Right
  4. Geneva Strangemod
  5. New Realm
  6. Moon Eyes
  7. Smooth Walker
  8. Superglyde

Support this excellent band!
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Ryley Walker: August 19, 2023 Deep in the Valley

August 24, 2023
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Photo by Christopher Bruno

Welcome to our coverage of Deep in the Valley 2023! The second year of our favorite Hudson Valley fest was again held at beautiful From the Ground Brewery in Red Hook, NY and hosted by our friends at Raven Sings the Blues. Thanks to everyone involved for their hospitality. I can’t wait to see you there next year. In the meantime, relax and enjoy some tunes from the day…

First off here’s the day’s headliner Ryley Walker, playing in duo configuration with Ryan Jewell. While not quite full-band, seeing Ryley and Ryan together is always magical and this performance doesn’t disappoint in the least. Ryley-classics “The Halfwit in Me” and “The Roundabout” take center stage here with the jams and detours we love from these songs. I’m a massive fan of Course in Fable and consider it Ryley’s finest, so I was glad to hear “Rang Dizzy” from that one. The last song is an instrumental which I’m sure has a title that is escaping me. Listening back I almost feel like I’m in a field in Red Hook, New York with some apple trees off to the side. This one’s the highlight of a nearly perfect day.

I recorded this with the MBHO omnis at the stage lip, combined with a board feed courtesy of engineer Daniel Stout. The sound quality is outstanding. Enjoy!

Stream and download at the Live Music Archive

Ryley Walker
2023-08-19
Deep in the Valley
From the Ground Brewery
Red Hook, NY

Recorded and produced by Eric PH for nyctaper.com

Soundboard + MBHO KA100DK/603A (stage lip) > Naiant PFA >> Sound Devices MixPre-6 > WAV (24/48) > Adobe Audition CC + Izotope Ozone 5 > Audacity 3.0.2 > FLAC

Tracks [43:52]
01. The Halfwit in Me
02. Rang Dizzy
03. The Roundabout
04. Instrumental

Rose City Band: July 23, 2023 Tubby’s (Kingston, NY)

July 27, 2023
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I’ve been waiting for years to see a Rose City Band show. For 18 of those months, we were all waiting to see anything but even once shows started happening the band didn’t come East. When they finally had East Coast dates booked the tour was, sadly, cancelled due to covid. This past Sunday it finally happened. Rose City Band played their first show EVER in NY at Tubby’s and we have the recording. 

Rose City Band is Ripley Johnson’s (Wooden Shjips, Moon Duo) outlet for fusing the musical loves of his youth; Neil Young, Grateful Dead and Van Morrison are noticeable touch points, with the classic country sounds of Merle Haggard, Buck Owens and the like. During interviews Ripley has often referred to this as summertime music and that’s always the association I’ve had with it. I have vivid memories of sitting on my deck in late spring and early summer of 2020 with nothing to do but enjoy the sunshiny reverb and pedal steel from the first two Rose City Band albums. Nowhere to go, no one to see. Nothing to do but enjoy the turn of the season and the tunes. That experience hasn’t changed much. It’s always as the sun starts coming out in the Hudson Valley that I turn to these albums. 

During the recording process Ripley has historically handled the heavy lifting alone but live he is supported by an excellent band of Portland heavy hitters. They opened the show with a breezy take on “Empty Bottles” from 2020’s Summerlong eventually making their way to a fantastic medley of Mariposa> Me and Willie > Reno Shuffle that truly embraced the choogle-charged, sun baked flow of Cosmic Americana. The sold-out crowd was loud and appreciative all night. New Yorkers aren’t well known for their friendliness but hopefully the band felt the love we gave them for their first trip to the state. 

Rose City Band has two more shows left on this leg of the tour before a short break. They will be back at it in early September for another run of East Coast shows with support from Rosali. These will be must see shows if you are in the area; Rosali with the David Nance band backing her was the best set of music I saw all last year. Rose City Band then swings back west in October before heading to Europe in November. Plenty of chances to get out and see them! 

I recorded this from my usual spot in the back of the room by the soundboard with my MBHO’s. Tubby’s FOH engineer Kyle provided the excellent mix and board feed. Enjoy! 

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mr_kliked · Rose City Band 2023-07-23 Tubby's

2023-07-23
Tubby’s
Kingston, NY

Source: MBHO440 + SDB> SD MixPre 3 > SD (24/48) > Adobe Audition/Izotope 9 > Audacity FLAC (lvl8) > Mp3Tag
Recorded and produced by Kliked

Thanks to Tubby’s FOH engineer Kyle for the patch

  1. Empty Bottles
  2. Slow Burn
  3. In The Rain
  4. Mariposa>
  5. Me and Willie>
  6. Reno Shuffle
  7. Ramblin’ With The Day
  8. Rabbit
  9. Wee Hours>
  10. Wildflowers
  11. Dawn Patrol
  12. Morning Light

Support this excellent band:
https://rosecityband.bandcamp.com/album/garden-party
https://www.rosecityband.org

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Meridian Brothers: July 17, 2023 Tubby’s (Kingston, NY)

July 24, 2023
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Long time Kingston/Hudson Valley residents all mourn the loss of our beloved venue, BSP. Thankfully the person behind all those great shows, Mike Amari, is still at it, bringing interesting and creative music to the area under the name Chosen Family Presents. He’s been mostly booking at the beautiful sculpture park Opus 40 but last week we were lucky to have him bring Merdian Brothers into Tubby’s for two sold shows. 

Meridian Brothers is the brainchild of Eblis Javier Alvarez Vargas, the Bogota, Columbia based musician and producer. Eblis takes the traditional rhythms of the Carribean and Andes and fuses them with modern psychedelia and electronic dance music into an unforgettable neo-tropical groove that Gilles Peterson referred to as “twisted Cumbia that terrorizes the dance floor”. This is accurate; I’ve never seen the tiny live room at Tubby’s pulsating like this. 

On the recordings Eblis plays everything, but in a live setting he is joined by an incredible band that fills this music with personality and life. The entire band seemed to be having as much fun as the audience. The bass player, Cesar Quevedo Barrero, had an ear-to-ear grin from the beginning of the set straight through the encore. This band is smoking hot and should not be missed 

Meridian Brothers are taking a short break before continuing the tour in Austin and points West. If they are going to be anywhere near you, go. This was a highlight of the year for me and judging by the crowd’s response I’d guess that feeling was universal. I recorded both shows but I am posting the first night since the crowd’s enthusiasm and excitement can almost be felt in the recording. Special shout out to the Meridian Brothers front of house engineer Alejandro Araujo Larrahondo for an excellent mix. 

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mr_kliked · MeridianBrothers2023-07-17Tubbys

Meridian Brothers
2023-07-17
Tubby’s
Kingston, NY

Source: MBHO440 > SD MixPre 3 > SD (24/48) > Adobe Audition/Izotope 9 > Audacity FLAC (lvl8) > Mp3Tag
Recorded and produced by Kliked

  1. Intro
  2. Donde Estas Maria
  3. Metamorfosis
  4. La Gitano Me Ha Dejando (Salsa Electronica)
  5. El Gran Pajaro de los Andes
  6. Bomba Atomica
  7. Cumbia De La Fuente
  8. La Policia
  9. Cumbia Del Pichaman
  10. Los Golpeadores De La Cumbia
  11. Hipnosis
  12. Guaracha UFO
  13. Puya Del Empresario
  14. La mujer sin corazón

Meridian Brothers:
Eblis Javier Alvarez Vargas: guitar, keyboard, cello, vocals
Alejandro Forero: keyboards
Cesar Quevedo Barrero: bass
María Angélica Valencia Sanchez: saxophone, percussion
Mauricio Ramírez Echeverri: drums
Alejandro Araujo Larrahondo: Front of house engineer

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https://www.meridianbrothers.com

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