“This area attracts talented creative people seeking opportunities to play out, all seeking opportunities to play with each other.” — MK Scully

Join MK Scully, afternoon host and promotions director at WKZE in Red Hook, as Cidiot® digs deeper into the local music scene. Who are the local bands? Where would you go to see them? We talk about both as well as about songs about the area. Genre wise, it’s everything. Singer-songwriter-folk to rock and roll to metal to funk bands to (great) cover bands.

Link to resources mentioned on the episode:

• MK on Instagram: @mk.ultramatic
• WKZE 98.1 FM
• Radio Woodstock
• Radio Kingston
• Mat’s audiobook produced at WKZE (via Amazon and Audible)
• Home from Here with John Burton Show
• DIY Kingston - @diykingston
• Utopia Studios (Bearsville Studios), Woodstock
• Reddit/Hudson Valley: https://www.reddit.com/r/hudsonvalley

Local bands you should know:

• The Felice Brothers
• The Band
• The Big Takeover
• What?
• Schmave
• Seymour
• Western Skies
• Schwizz
• Bluestone Quarry
• Matt Duncan
• Miles Taylour
• Leo Lovechild

Local venues with music:

• Unicorn Bar, Kingston
• Snug Harbor, New Paltz
• The Lemon Squeeze, New Paltz
• The Park Theatre, Hudson
• Bearsville Theatre, Woodstock
• Tubbys, Kingston
• Avalon Lounge, Catskill

Songs about the area:

• “The Catskills Stole My Heart,” Burnell Pines

• “County Road 14,” Dante De Felice
• “Story of Fred Short,” Marco Benevento
• “My Enemies”, James Felice (2025)

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