Best December Music

admin Posted OnNovember 28, 2018

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Best December Music: Looking for a break form the sounds of the holidays/ There’s plenty of secular sounds at the local music halls from Chris Botti to Lindsey Buckingham and great tribute bands from Van Morrison to Queen!

Joan Osborne’s Dylanology, Tarrytown Music Hall, Sat, 12/1: 8pm: Joan Osborne returns to our area with her Dylan show that she developed in her two week residencies at NY’s Cafe Carlyle in 2016 & 2017. Here she is joined by Anders Osborne and Robert Randolph as she wraps her seven-time Grammy-nominated voice around “Highway 61”, “Tangled Up in Blue”, “Quinn the Eskimo”, “Buckets of Rain” and more. (13 Main St., Tarrytown; www.tarrytownmusichall.org)

Chris Botti, Paramount Hudson Valley – Sat, 12/1: 8pm: America’s best-selling jazz/pop trumpeter has had four #1 jazz albums and his album Impressions won the 2013 Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Album. He has recorded and performed with Sting, Barbra Streisand, Tony Bennet, Lady Gaga, Paul Simon, Joshua Bell, Michale Buble, John Mayer and Aerosmiths’ Steven Tyler. (Paramount Hudson Valley, 1008 Brown St., Peekskill; www.paramounthudsonvalley.com)

Lindsey Buckingham, Paramount Hudson Valley, Thurs, 12/6: 8pm: A three-time Grammy winner, Lindsey Buckingham is best known as the producer, lead guitar, singer and chief songwriter of Fleetwood Mac. Buy a ticket online and receive a CD or digital copy of his new album Anthology of his solo career. JS Ondara, a Nigerian who moved to Minneapolis because that’s where Bob Dylan was raised, opens the show. (Paramount Hudson Valley, 1008 Brown St., Peekskill; www.paramounthudsonvalley.com)

The Sixties Show, Ridgefield Playhouse, Fri, 12/7: 8pm: Celebrate the sounds of the sixties from The Beatles and The Beach Boys to The Who with The Sixties Show band. This band, featuring former members of The Kinks, The Bob Dylan, James Brown, and Saturday Night Live bands deliver note for note renditions of the “musical decades” classic songs. (80 E. Ridge, Ridgefield, CT; www.ridgefieldplayhouse.org)

David Crosby and Friends, Capitol Theatre, Sat, 12/8: 8pm: Two-time Rock & Roll Hall of Famer and co-founder of The Byrds and Crosby, Stills & Nash, David Crosby is joined by 3 time Grammy winner Michael League of Snarky Puppy, New York’s best kept secret Becca Stevens and Canadian songstress Michelle Willis. The band will reinterpret Crosby’s greatest hits as well as performing music from the critically acclaimed album ‘Lighthouse’ and the new album “Here if you Listen” released Oct 26th. (149 Westchester Ave., Port Chester; www.capitoltheatre.com)

Editor’s choice! Dead On Live, Winterland ’74 Wall of Sound, Capitol Theatre, Fri, 12/14: 8pm: The Cap will develop a modern-day, monster sound system based on the Dead’s historic Wall of Sound for Dead On Live’s show, based on the Winterland run of October 1974. The Hinterland ’74 concerts were filmed for The Grateful Dead Movie and the Steal Your Face album. (149 Westchester Ave., Port Chester; www.capitoltheatre.com)

The Weight Band, Tarrytown Music Hall, Sat, 12/15: 8pm: The Weight Band, featuring former The Band members Jim Weider and Randy Ciarlante, performs the The Band’s groundbreaking debut album Music From Big Pink, #34 on Rolling Stone’s Greatest Albums of All Time. Including “The Weight”, “Tears of Rage”, “Chest Fever”, “This Wheel’s on Fire” and “I Shall Be Released”. (13 Main St., Tarrytown; www.tarrytownmusichall.org)

Moondance, A Tribute to Van Morrison, Tarrytown Music Hall, Fri, 12/28: 8pm: The LA Times called this show “an incredible recreation of the irish legend”. You’ll hear classic tunes such as “Brown Eyed Girl”, “Moondance”, “Domino”, “It Stoned Me”, “Tupelo Honey”, “Wild Night”, “Into The Mystic”, and “Caravan” love that one. We’re “Carrying a Torch” for Van the Man! (13 Main St., Tarrytown; www.tarrytownmusichall.org)

Editor’s Choice! Start Making Sense, Capitol Theatre, Fri, 12/28: 8pm: A live And direct recreation of the legendary Talking Heads’ concert film, Stop Making Sense, performed by tribute Band Start Making Sense. Featured songs from the movie include “Psycho Killer”, “heaven”, “Burning Down the Houe”, “Life During Wartime”, “Once in a Lifetime”. “Take Me to the River” and more! (149 Westchester Ave., Port Chester; www.capitoltheatre.com)

As The Crow Flies, Capitol Theatre, Sun, 12/30: 8pm & Mon, 12/-31: 10pm: Chris Robinson, frontman for The Black Crowes, and friends tour under the name As The Crow Flies, to reinterpret songs he co-wrote for The Black Crowes. Including “Jealous Again”, “Remedy”, “She Talks To Angels”, “Twice As Hard” and “Sometimes Salvation”. (149 Westchester Ave., Port Chester; www.capitoltheatre.com)

Almost Queen, Paramount Hudson Valley, Mon, 12/31: 9:30pm: Ring in the new year to the sound of the ultimate arena rockers, Queen. Almost Queen’s live show delivers Queen’s rock palace energy, signature four-part harmonies, genuine costumes while serving up anthem after anthem from “We Will Rock You” to “We Are The Champions”, “Crazy Little Thing Called Love”, “Somebody to Love”, “Another One Bites the Dust” and “Fat Bottomed Girls”. (Paramount Hudson Valley, 1008 Brown St., Peekskill; www.paramounthudsonvalley.com)

Hot Ticket Alert for January

Gina Chavez, Performing Arts Center, Sat, 1/19: 8pm: Latin pop sensation, Gina Chavez is a nine-time Austin Music Award winner — including 2015 Musician of the Year and Album of the Year for her sophomore release, Up.Rooted, a collection of bilingual songs traversing cumbia, bossa nova, vintage pop, reggaeton, and folk. “Gina Chavez’s voice stops you in your tracks the first time you hear it.” –NPR (735 Anderson Hill Rd., Purchase; www.artscenter.org)