The Local Saugerties

{'description': 'Singer and guitarist Serge Massama Dogo, aka Dogo du Togo plays Togolese music and ritual mixing *alagaa* trance music with African pop creating a distinct sound. Dogo draws from a deep well of sounds from across Togo, including *bobobo*, *kamou*, and *kpanlogo* rhythms, melodies, and scales drawn from Vodun religious rituals and others. But the bedrock of his band’s sound is the driving *alagaa* rhythm, a dizzying dance between snare drum and rhythm guitar, modeled on *gankogui

{'description': 'The world-renowned flamenco company, Soledad Barrio & Noche Flamenca will perform Agua Fresca, their newest show featuring up and coming flamenco artists and veteran company members. Directed and choreographed by the critically acclaimed Soledad Barrio and Martín Santangelo. The performance includes dancers, guitar and vocals.\n\n***"there has been no one I have been so glad to discover as Noche Flamenca" NY Times***\n\nSoledad Barrio & Noche Flamenca have been hailed by critics

{'description': "Following last year's sold-out show, get ready to rocksteady with the New York City Ska Orchestra **featuring Larry McDonald of The Skatalites on his 89th birthday!** The 20-piece big band of top-notch musicians perform lush, original compositions and arrangements of songs from the iconic golden eras of Jamaican music - rich, historic, and culturally- ska, mento, rock steady, reggae, and jazz from the 1950s and 60s.\n\nThe NYCSO is led by arranger, trumpeter, and vocalist Kevin

{'description': 'A new free series at The Local curated by Mike Amari/Chosen Family in partnership with Wave Farm’s WGXC featuring Hudson Valley artists performing original music.\n\n**Spero is a musician, teaching artist, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. She is a proud blend of musical and ancestral roots ranging from Ohio, New Orleans, the Choctaw people of the Mississippi Delta to Hawai’i where she was raised. Her travels to West Africa sparked a lifetime-long love of rhythm which deeply