BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/New_York X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VEVENT UID:156477@kingstonhappenings.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260503T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260503T190000 DTSTAMP:20260427T132258Z URL:https://kingstonhappenings.org/events/carolyn-wonderland/ SUMMARY:Carolyn Wonderland DESCRIPTION:“One of Texas’ finest guitar-slingers…from blues to count ry to rock ‘n’ roll and beyond\, she is fiery and deeply soulful.” —Austin American Statesman\n“Pure electricity…astonishing playing an d soulful\, sophisticated singing…Wonderland delivers her cleverly penne d lyrics with sly joy as her guitar bites. Her passionate singing is expre ssive\, romantic and sensual. Her solos burn and elevate the groove.”— AllMusic\n“Carolyn Wonderland is the sound of Texas. She’s a feisty fr ee-ranger\, lassoing a variety of roof-rattling styles into her own inimit able take on twangy blues dripping with honky-tonk grease. Her vocals are a bluesy cowgirl’s dream come true.” —No Depression\n\n\nCarolyn Won derland\, with her dynamic guitar playing\, formidable songwriting\, and p ure Texas vocals\, has more than earned her reputation as a fiercely indep endent artist. Wonderland plays original\, bluesified\, cosmic soul music\ , mixed with heavy doses of Tex-Mex and riff-fueled rock ‘n’ roll. She has been performing professionally since the age of 15 and has led a colo rful and adventurous life. On the road her entire career\, she’s played with icons from Townes Van Zandt to Levon Helm\, from Buddy Guy to Hubert Sumlin\, from Bob Dylan to John Mayall\, all while writing her own story.\ nOn her new Alligator Records album\, Truth Is\, Wonderland\, with her viv idly detailed\, instantly memorable songs\, reflects on the world with hon esty and righteous conviction. Wonderland’s bold and insightful songs te ll common-sense truths that\, in her words\, “need to be told.” They a re driven by her sometimes savage and other times gently melodic guitar fi ngerpicking\, along with her full-throated yet still vulnerable vocals. As for the album’s brutally honest subject matter\, Wonderland says\, “T here’s always hope and we’re still here for each other\, but at some p oint\, you have to sing about the elephant in the room.”\nTruth Is is a timeless album for these times. Over the course of the album’s 12 songs —including 10 Wonderland originals and co-writes—Wonderland and her ba nd create lasting musical magic. From the blistering\, ear-opening “Soon er Or Later” to the riff-heavy battle cry “I Ain’t Going Back” to the emotional gut-punch of the title track\, this is music that commands a ttention. The poignant\, profound and heartbreaking “Let’s Play A Game ”\, to the swaggeringly bluesy “Whistlin’ Past The Graveyard Again ” (“that’s a day in the life of me and my friends\,” says Wonderla nd)\, to the cathartic closer\, “Blues For Gene” (a tribute to her lat e friend\, piano giant Gene Taylor\, with Carolyn and album producer Dave Alvin shedding tears as they were recording the track)\, the songs tell re al and relatable stories while running the full gamut of emotions.\nOn “ Wishful Thinking”\, Wonderland elegantly sings her Texas heart out\, wri nging every bit of emotion from her friend Greg Wood’s potent and reflec tive lyrics. Her version of The Band’s “Orange Juice Blues” shares t he same ramshackle\, going-for-broke carnival vibe of the “Basement Tape s” original\, with Wonderland and her crew turning it all up a notch. Li ke every song she touches\, she makes it her very own. Industry maven Bill Bentley\, writing in Americana Highways\, said\, “Wonderland’s an ast ounding songwriter…and her ability to totally pull other songs into her own world is the mark of an all-timer. There are no limits to what she can do [with her] powerful vocals and whip-ass guitar playing. It’s clear s he isn’t fooling around.”\nTruth Is was produced by legendary guitaris t and songwriter Dave Alvin (producer of Wonderland’s Alligator debut\, Tempting Fate)\, who also co-wrote four songs\, three of which he plays on . Wonderland says of Alvin\, “I’ve never had my ass handed to me so th oughtfully in the studio. I came in with songs and Dave took the arrangeme nts I wasn’t married to and put on his “Mad Rearranger” hat to get t o the heart of the songs\, always looking for and finding something that t ells the story better. Dave is amazing. He has an incredible literary mind and is one of the best guitar bashers I’ve ever met.”\nAlong with bas sist Naj Conklin and drummer Giovanni “Nooch” Carnuccio\, Wonderland i s joined on Truth Is by guests including Alligator labelmate Marcia Ball a nd friends Shelley King\, Ruthie Foster\, Cindy Cashdollar (“the Girl Ga ng\,” says Wonderland)\, Red Young\, Bukka Allen\, Kevin Lance\, Henri H erbert and Stuart Sullivan. The album was recorded and mixed by Sullivan a t Wire Recording in Austin\, Texas.\nWith Truth Is\, Carolyn Wonderland st akes her claim among the most influential roots music voices today\, deliv ering the blues’ honest truth to all who will listen. Her courageously e mpowering music packs an emotional wallop\, with every track on the album performed with a rare intensity that is welcoming and ultimately uplifting . “She’s something else\,” Bob Dylan once said to Ray Benson. “She should be nationwide.”\n\n\nhttps://carolynwonderland.com/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://kingstonhappenings.org/wp-content/upload s/2026/04/648796395_1584701750122048_5585427337196871746_n.jpg CATEGORIES:@Featured,@Newsletter,Music,Nightlife and entertainment LOCATION:Colony Woodstock NY\, 22 Rock City Rd\, Woodstock\, New York\, Uni ted States GEO:42.0424924;-74.11799489999999 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=22 Rock City Rd\, Woodstock \, New York\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Colony Woodstock NY :geo:42.0424924,-74.11799489999999 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260308T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR