07.21.2016 Around the Island What’s Happening: July 21, 2016 THIRD ANNUAL JAZZFEST The third annual Shelter Island JazzFest kicks off on Saturday, July 23, with Joe Lauro and the HooDoo Loungers performing a 6 p.m. concert in the...
07.18.2016 Around the Island New Orleans jazz in the great outdoors Joe Lauro is a man inspired by music. He’s also driven to share it with others. Before selling his Shelter Island home and moving to Sag Harbor a...
08.07.2015 Lifestyle ‘National treasure’ to headline Shelter Island Jazzfest Home in Atlanta after a week’s West Coast swing, Freddy Cole spoke about the dilemma facing professional musicians. “Sometimes when I’m home I want to be out and sometimes...
08.28.2014 Around the Island Tuning Up: music on the Island for Labor Day weekend I caught a bit of Joe Lauro’s “Jazz in the Movies” at last week’s opening of the Shelter Island Jazz Fest and I have to say my favorite clip...
08.14.2014 Around the Island Jazz invades Island: First annual jazz festival set for Monday What started as “a labor of love experiment” has become the first annual Shelter Island Jazz Festival. The festival’s downbeat will be sounded on Monday, August 18 and...