Dan Reiner

dreiner@lohud.com

NEW ROCHELLE - Music aficionados and casual listeners will get double their fill of emerging local artists this week at the Hudson Park Bandshell.

The Summer Sounds Concert Series, hosted by the New Rochelle Council on the Arts, continues Wednesday night with Ben Clark and the Long Shadows, the seventh of nine concerts held this summer.

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Ben Clark, lead singer or the band, plays various genres ranging from rock and jazz to hip-hop and folk rock. The Brooklyn-based singer is also known in theater, having written music and lyrics for musicals "The Circus In Winter" and "Skin and Bones."

After Clark and his band takes the stage, NRCA will host the summer's final installation of Friday Night Live @ Hudson Park, which showcases more local talent. Friday's show, titled "'Sup?" will feature Gentle Ben's Trio, the Jacob Harelick Groove and Pronoia. Gentle Ben's Trio and the Jacob Harelick Groove both have ties to Westchester — members of both bands graduated from area colleges including SUNY Purchase and Manhattanville College.

Both concerts begin at 7:30 p.m. at the Hudson Park Bandshell. Local businesses will be present with food trucks, including Cookery Dough Nation on Wednesday and Walter's Hot Dogs on Friday.