Music

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The Quiet Life

By Peter Aaron

Peter Aaron profiles Woodstock-based quietists Ida.

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Nightlife Highlights

By DJ Wavy Davy

Mechanical Bull, Verdes, “Mojo” Myles Mancuso, and others perform locally this month.

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The Barefoot Boys

By Nina Shengold

For those who can’t get enough of sea chanteys, hornpipes, and ballads sung raw-whisky pure, the Barefoot Boys’ Sweetwater Passage is a 16-course banquet.

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NCM

By Jeremy Schwartz

To bestow the moniker of power trio on New Paltz punk three-piece NCM, while entirely appropriate, doesn’t quite do justice to the band as it’s heard on its second full-length platter.

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Pauline Oliveros/Miya Masaoka

By Erik Lawrence

In the music and sounds presented here one hears the suggestion of chaos begetting order, and order bringing chaos.