HUDSON FALLS — Off the road for nearly 20 years, singer / songwriter / wordsmith Rees Shad’s recent return to the stage finds him exploring a more improvisational approach to performing his meticulously crafted narratives. This has resulted in performances akin to the freedoms found in live jazz.
Shad celebrates the release of his brand new “Tattletale” album with a live performance in Hudson Falls at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 8 at The Strand Theater, located at 210 Main St., Hudson Falls.
A native of Manhattan who used his father’s Dictaphone to record his first song at the age of four, Rees grew up absorbing New York’s downtown music scene from Gerde’s Folk City to CBGB’s, before moving to the Greenwich area in upstate N.Y., where he immersed himself in rural culture, built a recording studio and started making music in earnest.
On Tattletale, Shad recruited jazz bassist Ira Coleman (Vincent Herring, Pharoah Sanders, Tony Williams, Sting), Latin percussionist Carlos Valdez, funk drummer Tom Major, veteran rock guitarist Jimmy Weider (The Band), Folk singer Ruth Ungar (The Mammals), and Americana empresario/fiddler Larry Campbell (Edie Brickell, Shawn Colvin, Bob Dylan, The Black Crowes).
For information, visit www.reesshadmusic.com/tour.
