Our second local bands compilation in 34 years.

Last year, Sandy and I attended Overheard’s performance opening for Wild Pink at the O Positive festival here in Kingston. Overheard are an outstanding live experience, with beautiful dynamics and rich, four-part vocal harmonies. They are incredibly talented and we marveled at the fact that there were so many unfamiliar faces in the crowd that night, despite the fact that the band was playing in their own hometown.

Where are these folks on a regular Friday night, when Kingston’s music artists are playing all over the city? When Kingston’s great music venues are curating outstanding music bill after outstanding music bill? Was there anything we could do to help introduce locals to Kingston’s music?

Probably not. But we tried anyway.

Get Your Rond Out! An Incomplete Collection of Kingston-Area Music features 16 of Kingston’s rock and rock-adjacent bands, all on one CD. It’s not a typical Dromedary release – there are artists that aren’t stylistically in line with what you expect from us (although many are), but as local compilations go, it’s a solid one we’re very proud to have released.

This is a love letter to Kingston, NY, its wonderful artists, music venues, and performance spaces. Support your scene.

The CD is dirt cheap (just $5). All proceeds from sales associated with this release will be donated to People’s Place, Ulster County, NY’s largest food pantry, thrift store, wellness empowerment center and community cafe, located in Kingston, NY.