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Andy Biskin

Powerful Storm Tops Week's News Powerful Storm Tops Week's News
Powerful Storm Tops Week's News PUTNAM COUNTY, N.Y. -- The "Bomb Cyclone" storm system that moved through the area Thursday not only lived up to the hype, it surpassed it. Click here to read the story. Related story: A tractor-trailer overturned after crashing down an embankment on I-84, initially blocking the right lane in Fishkill, according to the New York State Police. Click here to read the story. Here are some of the other top stories of the week (click on the link to read the story): A fire that broke out at the Northern Westchester compound of former President Bill Clinton and his wife, 2016 Democratic…
Putnam Resident's New Album Pays Tribute To Famed Folk Musician Putnam Resident's New Album Pays Tribute To Famed Folk Musician
Putnam Resident's New Album Pays Tribute To Famed Folk Musician Andy Biskin is hoping people love the music of Alan Lomax as much as he does.Biskin and his band, 16 Tons, have launched a Kickstarter to help fund the recording of his band's new record, which features a collection of American folk songs previously collected by Lomax.  The campaign, which runs through Feb. 1, is hoping to raise $8,000 to help cover fees for musicians recording, editing, mixing, mastering and producing the CDs. As of Saturday morning, 51 people have already pledged $4,521. Biskin must raise the full amount or he receives nothing. The album will begin recording in January an…