NYS Music 20​13

Author: Kristen

  • ‘The Grateful Gallery Tour’, a One of a Kind Traveling Art Gallery Featured at Major Northeast Music Festivals This Summer

    The  Grateful Gallery tour will feature concert posters and artwork from leading artists in the scene including John Warner, Mike DuBois, AJ Masthay and William Giese, among others. Framed and unframed prints will be on sale from the artists, who will also be making appearances in the gallery as their schedules permit. In addition, the gallery will feature original paintings from acclaimed artist William Giese, whose artwork has graced the covers of several Grateful Dead albums.

    At each festival stop, an extensive art gallery will be created whereby festival goers will be able to view and purchase gig posters from numerous bands, including The Grateful Dead, Furthur, Phil Lesh & Friends, The Allman Brothers, Gov’t Mule, Widespread Panic, Umphrey’s McGee, Yonder Mountain String Band, New Riders of the Purple Sage, Railroad Earth, Cabinet and many more.

    The Grateful Gallery tour will be installed at the following Northeast festivals this summer:

    Mountain Jam, June 6-9, Hunter, NY.

    Bear’s Picnic, August 1-4, Central PA location TBA

    Peach Music Festival, August 15-18, Scranton, PA.

    Catskill Chill, September 6-8, Hancock, NY.

  • Couch Tour Alert | Mountain Jam Streaming by ‘EVNTLIVE’

    mtnjamThe ninth annual Mountain Jam Music Festival will return to Hunter Mountain, NY in the beautiful Catskill Mountains from Thursday, June 6 through Sunday, June 9, 2013. For those who can’t attend, EVNTLIVE will offer free live broadcasts from all four days at Hunter Mountain.

    Though the schedule and details are subject to change, it appears EVNTLIVE will stream performances from the likes of Rubblebucket, Primus, Nicki Bluhm & The Gramblers, Deer Tick, The Avett Brothers, Widespread Panic, Amy Helm, Michael Franti & Spearhead, Gary Clark Jr., Gov’t Mule, The Lumineers, ALO, Jackie Greene and Phil Lesh and Friends.

    Here’s the schedule as it currently stands for the Mountain Jam 2013 webcast:

    Thursday, June 6 (All Times ET)

    Rubblebucket 8 – 9:15 PM
    Primus 10 PM – 12 AM

    Friday, June 7

    Michael Bernard Fitzgerald 1:00 – 2:00 PM
    Roadkill Ghost Choir 2:00 – 3:00 PM
    Nicki Bluhm & The Gramblers 3:10 – 4:10 PM
    Deer Tick 4:15 – 5:30 PM
    The Avett Brothers 5:45 – 7:15 PM
    Widespread Panic 8:00 – 12:00 AM

    Saturday, June 8

    Swear and Shake 12:00 – 12:45 PM
    The Revivalists 1:00 – 2:00 PM
    Amy Helm 2:15 – 3:15 PM
    Michael Franti & Spearhead 3:30 – 5:00 PM
    Gary Clark Jr. 5:15 – 6:30 PM
    The Lumineers 6:45 – 8:15 PM
    Gov’t Mule 9:00 – 12:30 AM

    Sunday, June 9

    The Lone Bellow 12:00 – 12:45 PM
    ALO 12:50 – 1:50 PM
    The London Souls 1:50 – 2:50 PM
    Dispatch 3:00 – 4:30 PM
    Jackie Greene 4:30 – 5:45 PM
    Phil Lesh and Friends 6:00 – 10:00 PM

    STREAM Mountain Jam HERE

    Check out our preview coverage of Mountain Jam by ‘s Tabitha Clancy

  • Rochester Jazz Festival Schedule Update | Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings Cancel

    rochjazz13-logoRochester Jazz Festival has offered a schedule update – Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings announced that plans to tour in 2013 have been postponed due to illness. Sharon Jones was recently diagnosed with stage-1 bile duct cancer – which doctors say is both operable and curable. and The Rochester Jazz Fest wish Sharon all the best and a speedy recovery.

    The James Hunter Six, previously scheduled for 7PM on June 28th, will now play at 9PM. Added to the schedule, now performing at 7PM on the 28th, is two-time Grammy nominee, Shemekia Copeland. Both are free shows on the City of Rochester East Avenue and Chestnut Street Stage presented by Rochester General Health System.

    More than 1200 artists from around the world will perform in 280 concerts including more than 75 free shows at 19 venues and outdoor stages. Last years festival drew more than 187,000 people from around the world and across the U.S. XRIJF has grown to become one of the worlds largest jazz festivals with one of the nations most extensive international lineups.

    For more information on the XRIJF please visit our news about the event.

  • Rochester Jazz Festival Now Offering Free Shuttle Service for Attendees

    This year’s Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival (XRIJF) will be offering a free shuttle service, courtesy of Simcona Electronics and Horizon Club Tours. Shuttle service will be offered at no charge all nine days during the festival, June 21 – 29, to make it easy for patrons to get to and from downtown parking garages and lots surrounding the festival.

    jazzbus

    Continuous round trip service will be provided daily from 5:00pm to Midnight. Buses will run on an approximate 15-minute schedule for each stop, last pick-ups will be promptly at 11:30pm. Festival brochures and program guides will be aboard each bus for patrons and each shuttle is air conditioned as well as equipped with bathrooms. Download a map of the Shuttle route

    Shuttle Bus Stops
    Stops are conveniently located near downtown parking garages. Look for the Shuttle Bus Signs

    1– State St. & Church St. (Across from Rochester Plaza Hotel) (daily)
    2– South Ave between Broad and Court Streets (daily )
    3– Clinton Avenue South at Woodbury, near GEVA (daily)
    4– Roundabout at Broadway and Broad (near Manhattan Square Park) (Friday 6/21, Saturday 6/22, Friday 6/28, Saturday 6/29 only)
    5– Chestnut St. & East Main St. (Sunday 6/23 – Thursday 6/27 only)
    6– Andrews St. & Liberty Pole Way (daily)

    For more information on getting around the festival see http://www.rochesterjazz.com/php/travel.php.

  • Rochester’s Party In The Park Concert Series Lineup 2013

    Rochester has announced a star-studded lineup for this year’s Windstream Party in the Park 2013 concert series this summer. The concerts will all be held at the Riverside Festival site at Court St. and Exchange Blvd. Tickets are $2 per concert or $15 for a 10-week party pass. Tickets can be purchased online, at the Blue Cross Arena or on-site the night of the concert. Children under 12 are free.

    party in the park

    Also this year, concert-goers can enjoy food from several local food trucks, including Brick-n-Motor, Le Petit Poutine, Roc City Sammich and more. Several local breweries and wineries will also have tents at Party in the Park. For all up to date info on these concerts including relocation venue information in the event of rain please visit Up All Night Concerts on FaceBook.

    “In addition, we plan to make this a 10-week event that celebrates Rochester. With at least one Rochester band every week, a new area that features Rochester artists and street performers, Rochester food trucks, and, of course, Rochester based beer, it’s all about summer in Rochester.” – Gerard Fisher, Event Promoter

    New This Year

    Local food and drink will be a highlight of Windstream Party in the Park. Food trucks will roll onto the Riverside Festival Site each week. Gourmet offerings from local trucks Brick-N-Motor, Chowder Up Seafood, ROC City Sammich, Wraps on Wheels, Le Petit Poutine, Tuscan Wood Fired Pizza and Natures Pirates will be available. Local beer from Genesee Brewing Co. and Rohrbachs Brewing Co. will be provided.

    This year’s lineup

    June 6 – Blues Traveler
    June 13 – Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes
    June 20 – moe.
    June 27 – Puddle of Mudd
    July 4 – Dawes
    July 11 – John Brown’s Body & The Skatalites
    July 18 – Great Big Sea
    July 25 – Leon Russell
    Aug 1 – The Head & The Heart
    Aug 8 – John Hiatt & The Combo

    Parking at Party

    Parking is available on-street and at nearby parking garages, including the Court Street Garage at the corner of South Avenue and Court Street and at the Sister Cities Garage, 28 S. Fitzhugh St. for a $5 Special Events fee.

    Other Site Rules

    • For the comfort and safety of everyone, patrons are asked to leave their skateboards, in-line skates and pets at home.
    • The City maintains a “No Chairs” policy for the safety of patrons; however, bleachers are provided.
    • No cameras or recording devices.

    Follow @CityRochesterNY, use #partyinthepark and  @UpALLNightROC UpALLNightPresents Online

  • Nine Inch Nails Will Release A New Album in 2013

    Nine Inch Nails, a pioneer in the industrial music movement, has been signed by Columbia Records and will release a new studio album in 2013. Front-man Trent Reznor, who left Interscope Records in 2007 to become an independent recording artist says, he has been less than honest about what he’s been up to lately…

    “For the last year I’ve been secretly working non-stop with Atticus Ross and Alan Moulder on a new, full-length Nine Inch Nails record, which I am happy to say is finished and frankly fucking great.  This is the real impetus and motivation behind the decision to assemble a new band and tour again.  My forays into film, HTDA and other projects really stimulated me creatively and I decided to focus that energy on taking Nine Inch Nails to a new place.  Here we go!”

    The band is performing at a number of festivals this summer, including Lollapalooza, Outside Lands, Leeds, Reading, Made In America and the Voodoo Festival.  The new Nine Inch Nails lineup – Alessandro Cortini, Josh Eustis, Robin Finck, Trent Reznor and Ilan Rubin – will debut on July 26 at the Fuji Rock Festival in Naeba, Japan. The show will mark Nine Inch Nails’ first live performance in nearly four years.

    Links: www.NIN.com | FaceBook | Twitter

  • Blind Owl Band | Kickstarter Project

    The Blind Owl Band has set out to raise funds with Kickstarter to promote their new album and 2nd recorded effort. The band returned to Granary Studio in Morrisonville, NY in March and April 2013 and recorded 13 unreleased original tracks with Larry Dolan returning as producer.

    blind owl band

    The album features songs that were born within the walls of the Granary recording studio during the recording of “Rabble Rousing” in the fall of 2011 such as “Jazzy Magee”, “Christians Head”, “Cherry Tree” and new songs that have yet to be played live, such as “Rain On”.

    Now as The Blind Owl Band gets ready for summer, they are looking for support to independently release this album. The recording is done, a release date of July 10th has been set.  The band now needs the help of their fans to fund the mastering, printing and advertising of this album.The Kickstarter project has a goal of $5000 and we think these guys deserve the help!

    The band is touring in support of their Kickstarter Project from May 16 to May 26, you can also Follow the release of the album via their Facebook page or at TheBlindOwlBand.com.

    The Blind Owl Band

    Arthur Buezo (Guitar, Vocals)

    Christian Cardiello (Bass)

    James Ford (Banjo, Vocals)

    Eric Munley (Mandolin, Vocals)

    Tour Dates:

    May 16 – Atwoods Tavern, Cambridge, MA
    May 17 – Pizza Stone, Chester, VT
    May 18 – Strawberry Jam, Northville, NY
    May 18 – Olive Ridley’s, Plattsburgh, NY with Lucid
    May 19 – The Wherehouse, Newburgh, NY
    May 20 – The Living Room, NYC, NY
    May 21 – Free Range Busking Day
    May 22 – Underground Arts, Philly, PA with The Brummy Brothers
    May 23 – The River St. Jazz Cafe, Wilkes-Barre, PA
    May 24 – Touch Fest 2013!! South ADK’s
    May 25 – The Dutch Treat, Franconia, NH
    May 26 – Rosa Flamingo’s, Bethlehem, NH
    May 26 – Red Square, Burlington, VT

  • Phish ‘Ventura’ Box Set on Sale June 18

    Another tasty morsel for all you phunky people, Phish Ventura Box Set in stores and online June 18, 2013. The 6-CD set includes complete concerts, including soundcheck samplings, of Phish’s performances at the Ventura County Fairgrounds in Ventura, CA on both 7/30/97 & 7/20/98.

    phish venturaThe Ventura box set captures the feel of two magical nights of Phish – recorded by Paul Languedoc to multitrack tape, mixed by Jon Altschiller and mastered by Fred Kevorkian. Jams from the soundchecks were included at the end of both shows for a glimpse behind the scenes. This collection is a summer soundtrack that just gets better with every listen.

    Phish Archivist, Kevin Shapiro gives us a look into what it was like for the band –

    7/30/97 – “The site of the Ventura County Fairgrounds shows was a general admission dirt racetrack between the Pacific Coast Highway and Surfers Point Park; with palm trees and mountains behind the stage and a view of the Pacific Ocean from the bleachers. July 30, 1997 was Phish’s first Ventura stop since Trey learned to surf nearby in 1993… Ventura ‘97 featured a number of must-hear performances including a bass-driven, syncopated Wolfman’s Brother > Chalk Dust Torture, a deep and spacey Stash and a gnarly Character Zero in set I. Peak improvisation of the highest order defined set II with a Free > David Bowie > Cities > David Bowie combination that dominated the show’s second half with some of the summer’s biggest jams.”

    7/20/98 – “Ventura ’98 was characterized by some new songs, some bustouts and some wicked jams played with a democratic group-mind that conjured a stellar Bathtub Gin opener, a new arrangement of Water In The Sky, the swinging funk of The Moma Dance and a hairy Split Open And Melt set I closer. Set II exploded with a crucial bass-and-drums-fueled Drowned > Makisupa Policeman pairing that utilized Page’s synth stylings to seamlessly blend rock and reggae.”

    For your listening enjoyment and for sharing via download, stream or broadcast, a sample track from the release can be downloaded HERE  –  “BATHTUB GIN 7/29/98″

    Ventura Box Set Setlist:

    1. NICU
    2. Wolfman’s Brother
    3. Chalk Dust Torture
    4. Water In The Sky
    5. Stash
    6. Weigh
    7. Piper
    8. Cars Trucks Buses
    9. Character Zero
    Disc 2
    1. Punch You In The Eye
    2. Free
    3. David Bowie
    4. Cities
    5. David Bowie
    Disc 3
    1. Bouncing Around The Room
    2. Uncle Pen
    3. Prince Caspian
    4. Fire
    5. My Soul
    6. Ventura ’97 Soundcheck Jam
    Disc 4
    1. Bathtub Gin
    2. Dirt
    3. Poor Heart
    4. Lawn Boy
    5. My Sweet One
    6. Birds Of A Feather
    7. Theme From The Bottom
    8. Water In The Sky
    9. The Moma Dance
    10. Split Open And Melt
    Disc 5
    1. Drowned
    2. Makisupa Policeman
    3. Maze
    4. Sea And Sand
    5. Prince Caspian
    6. Harry HoodDisc 6
    1. Sexual Healing
    2. Hold Your Head Up
    3. Halley’s Comet
    4. Ventura ’98 Soundcheck Jam

    Phans who pre-order the release from Phish Dry Goods will also receive a bonus disc complied from the band’s only other concert in Ventura in 1993 (3/21/93 Ventura Theatre).
    BuenaVentura Bonus CD Setlist:
    From Set I:
    1. Maze
    2. Sparkle
    3. Divided Sky
    4. Split Open and Melt
    5. Lawn Boy
    From Set II:
    6. Tweezer
    7. Llama
    8. My sweet one >
    9. Big ball jam
    10. Cavern

  • Ashleigh Flynn Celebrates Her Latest CD | A Million Stars

    AFlynn2013Portland, Oregon-based Ashleigh Flynn is the unique female voice that Americana music has been longing for, strong and full of soul. Set for national release on May 14, 2013; to celebrate the release of her fourth studio effort, Flynn is offering a FREE download from A Million Stars: Prohibition Rose.

    “This song is about Portland’s own most infamous bootlegger during prohibition, who happened to be a woman… known also for opium distribution, and shanghaiing unsuspecting patrons.” –Ashleigh Flynn

    Ashleigh Flynn awakens your soul like the new spring breeze rising from the dead of winter. Flynn is joined on this release with friends like, Todd Snider and many of Portland’s most talented musicians including, Chris Funk, Jenny Conlee-Drizos, Nate Query, John Moen, Annalisa Tornfelt, and the Stolen Sweets singers, among others.

    Flynn’s peers and fellow musicians have referred to her as “True blue Americana” and a representation of the next generation of songwriters. I find her to be what Americana music was missing, a mixture of powerful female voices like Ani Difranco  and Tara Nevins.

    For more information on Ashleigh Flynn please visit www.ashleighflynn.com
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  • Rochester International Jazz Festival iPhone and Android App Now Available

    Jazzfest app photoSummer music festival season is right around the corner and festivals are looking for new ways to enhance our experience while at an event. One thing almost all the festivals are doing is creating an interactive app for both iPhone and Android, to assist in making your own schedule to full bio information on all the artists performing.

    One App I will be using this year is the newly released Rochester International Jazz Festival app. The app makes it easy for festival fans to get the latest news, schedule, artist information, photos, maps, venues, travel information and buy tickets. The Android app is new this year for the festival while the iPhone app has been revamped to include several new options for app users. Both apps are free, available now for download, and include a new photo booth feature where you can take photos at the festival and share.

    There are also options to: Select favorite artists, share information on Facebook and Twitter or email, create a personal festival agenda, use the search tool for easy browsing through concert files and artist profiles and festival goers can get a concert reminder alert for to shows about to start. How did we ever survive life before apps like this? I remember lots of maps and bulky event programs to sift through in my satchel, I say thank goodness for apps like this.

    How to Download

    For iPhone: download now free from iTunes.com.

    For Android  download now free from googleplay.com.

    About XRIJF
    The Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival will be held June 21-29 and features jazz musicians from all over the world. For more information and a full schedule of events please visit www.rochesterjazz.com or even better you can download the app.