NYS Music 20​13

Category: News

  • 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.

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    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

  • Albany’s Alive at Five schedule released, featuring George Clinton and P-Funk, The Original Wailers, The Refrigerators and more

    Albany’s Alive at Five, featuring free music shows at the Corning Preserve overlooking the Hudson River, has announced their 2013 schedule and it looks to be the best one in recent memory. Featuring funk, blues, reggae, country, classic rock and a great deal of local bands, Albany is in for a treat starting June 6th!

    alive at five refrigerators2013 Alive at Five Schedule

    June 6th: The Fabulous Thunderbirds with Super 400

    June 13th: JT Taylor with The Ill Funk Ensemble

    June 20th: The Refrigerators with Molly Durnin

    June 27th: George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic with Funk Evolution

    July 11th:  Satisfaction: The International Rolling Stones Show with Chris Dukes Band

    July 18th: Starship featuring Mickey Thomas with Wild Adriatic

    July 25th: Local Blues Night: The Tom Healey Band and Blues Sanctuary

    August 1st: The Original Wailers with MIRK

    August 8th: Country Night! Skeeter Creek with Whiskey City

    Remember, no coolers, alcohol or drinks allowed in. They’ll be plenty of vendors there to take care of you.

  • moe.down 14 Announces Final Lineup for August Festival in Turin

    moe.down 14 has announced their final lineup for their 3 day music festival in Turin, NY for August 9th– 11th, at Snow Ridge Ski Resort, located in Upstate New York’s beautiful north country.  Joining moe this year will be Dr. Dog, Del McCoury Band, Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe, RAQ, Eastbound Jesus, Wolf! and The Stepkids. Earlier band announcements included Steve Kimock Band, Mike Dillon Band, Conehead Buddha, Pennyshine, Conspirator, Stanley Jordan Trio, Savoy and Floodwood.

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    Early bird tickets are still available for only $110 and for the first time, moe.down will be offering VIP tickets for $310. Guests can also purchase single day tickets for Sunday only. The festival offers camping, RV camping and a separate family-tenting area.

  • 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

  • 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.

  • 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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  • Bela Fleck and The Marcus Roberts Trio Play The Westcott May 8th

    Tomorrow, May 8 at 7 p.m., banjo extraordinaire Bela Fleck will bring his masterful sound to the Westcott Theater in Syracuse with the Marcus Roberts Trio for an evening full of musical virtuosity. Except the four men will come together to display their sound together.

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    Chances are you know of Fleck as the man who revolutionized the banjo through relentless touring with his band the Flecktones, who are currently on hiatus. He has sat in with countless musicians spanning his career, which began when his father gifted him a banjo at age 15. The Marcus Roberts Trio is led by its namesake. The ever-changing cast of musicians currently features founder Roberts, who grew up in Florida with a gospel style background, on piano. Tennessee native Rodney Jordan will be playing the upright bass, while Jason Marsalis, nephew of legendary musician Wynton Marsalis, will be playing drums.
    The show is sure to be a fun, yet intimate, time. The Westcott has a history of hosting some of the most famous musical acts while providing fans with an up-close, and very personal view of the men and women on stage.
    Tickets for the show are on sale now at thewestcotttheater.com for $35 advance, and $40 the day of.

  • The Heart of Rock & Roll is 30 Years Old – Huey Lewis and the News ‘Sports’ Anniversary Tour hits Tarrytown on May 11th

    Huey Lewis and the News are touring this summer to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the hit-laden album Sports. First released in 1983, the album sold over 10 million copies worldwide, netted the group a Grammy and featured such hits as “The Heart of Rock & Roll”, “Heart & Soul”, “I Want a New Drug”, “Walking on a Thin Line” and “If This Is It”. All of these songs span generations with memorable hooks and lyrics, which will be released in a special digitally remastered 30th Anniversary edition of the album with live bonus tracks.

    huey lewis and the news sportsThe tour to commemorate Sports comes to Tarrytown Music Hall on May 11th. Fans will hear the band perform the songs from Sports, plus many other hits and surprises. The lineup for the band includes Huey Lewis  on vocals and harmonic, Johnny Colla on sax and guitar, Bill Gibson on drums and percussion, Sean Hopper on keys, Stef Burns on guitar, John Pierce at bass, Marvin McFadden on trumpet, Rob Sudduth on tenor sax and Johnnie Bamont on baritone saxophone).

    This shows stands to be a true treat for fans of Huey Lewis and the News from across generations. Huey put on memorable shows at Saratoga Performing Arts Center in 1985, 1987, 1989 and 1991, and continues to solidify a place in the hearts of his fans. Pick up tickets here and don’t miss out on a once-in-a-generation chance to see an iconic album performed in its entirety.

  • Rochester Lilac Festival May 10-19, 2013

    The 1,200 lilac bushes decorating the 22 acres of Highland Park Rochester Lilac Festival
    will put on a spectacular show May 10-19, 2013, exploding with color and fragrance during the Rochester Lilac Festival — showcasing the world’s largest collection of lilacs during the largest and oldest festival of its kind.

    The 105-year-old festival this year has a new name, adding the word Rochester to the title, plus a new logo, new events and attractions, high-profile national music acts,  and a new producer, The Springut Group.

    What’s new and notable for the Lilac Fest in 2013?

    Wine & Chocolate Tasting: 

    Three evenings of a Wine & Chocolate Tasting under the big tent, where you can sample more
    than 150 different local, regional, and national wines from more than 30 wineries — from 4
    to 8 p.m. Tuesday, May 14; Wednesday, May 15; and Thursday, May 16.

    Craft Beer Garden: 

    A Craft Beer Garden will offer more than 20 varieties of eclectic regional and national beers on
    tap on a rotating schedule of five different beers per day, for sale alongside a variety of beers
    from Genesee Brewery. The featured breweries are Ithaca, Victory, Long Trail, and Pyramid.

    Kid Power!

    Each year a portion of the park is transformed into a mini amusement park during the Lilac
    Festival. And this year the children’s rides and entertainment will feature new mini rides and
    several bounce houses and inflatable obstacle courses. The kids’ stage will offer a variety of acts
    and is being relocated closer to the rides, in an area now being called “Kid Power!”

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    Demonstration Stages: 

    Along the paths, a variety of demonstrations will be taking place, from gardening tips to
    woodworking.

    Lilac 10K and Family 5K: 

    This annual event, sponsored by MedVed, is a picturesque run through city streets on the final
    day of the festival, Sunday May 19. New high-tech additions help runners track their midway
    and final times, while automatically sending texts to family and friends.

    Art In the Park: 

    More than 130 artists will be exhibiting on the South Avenue Green in this year’s juried Arts
    and Crafts Shows, open 10:30 a.m. to 6 pm. Saturdays and 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sundays. Artists
    from more than 10 different states are participating, with art ranging from ceramics and glass to
    jewelry and metal/sculpture.

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    2013 Lilac Festival Event Schedule:

    Friday, May 10th

    Special Events
    10:30  Opening Ceremonies

    Center Stage
    10:30am     Le Roy Jr. High School Swingin’ Knights Jazz Band
    11:30am     Brockport 5th Grade Hilltop Singers & Top Brass Players
    12:30pm     Dr. Charles T. Lunford School No. 19 School Band
    4:00pm       Mr. Mustard
    5:30pm       The Fat City Band
    7:00pm       Skycoasters

    Children’s Stage
    5:00pm     Joe Cappon
    6:00pm     Joe Cappon

    Saturday, May 11th

    Special Events
    10:30am   YNN Lilac Parade
    10:30am-6:00pm     Art In Bloom – Juried Art & Craft Show

    Center Stage
    12:30pm         The Spanky Haschmann Swing Orchestra
    1:30pm           Zac Brown Tribute Band
    2:30pm          Deborah Mangone
    4:00pm          Mitty and The Followers
    5:30pm          Amanda Lee Peers and The Driftwood Sailors
    7:00pm          Spin Doctors

    Children’s Stage
    1:00pm         Dinner Dogs
    2:00pm         Gary the Happy Pirate
    3:00pm         Dinner Dogs
    4:00pm         Gary the Happy Pirate5:00pm         The Magical John Show

    Sunday, May 12th

    Special Events
    10:30am-5:00pm     Art in Bloom – Juried Art & Craft Show

    Center Stage
    10:30am        Alysia Groth Band
    11:30am        Blue Jimmy
    12:30pm       The Dirty Bourbon Blues Band
    2:30pm         Natalie B Band
    4:00pm         My Plastic Sun
    5:30pm         Teagan and the Tweeds
    7:00pm         Eddie Money

    Children’s Stage
    1:00pm         Dinner Dogs
    2:00pm         The Magical John Show
    3:00pm         Mike Kornrich
    4:00pm         Dinner Dogs
    5:00pm         The Magical John Show

    Monday, May 13th

    Center Stage
    10:30am       Abraham Lincoln School 22 Choir
    11:00am       Cobblestone School Band
    12:00am       Our Lady of Mercy High School Orchestra
    12:30pm       Bishop Kearney – Murder of Crows Band
    1:30pm         Greece Olympia High School
    4:00pm         MoChester
    5:30pm         Lake Street Dive
    7:00pm         The English Beat

    Children’s Stage
    12:30pm       “Farmer Tom” Walsh
    6:00pm         “Farmer Tom” Walsh

    Tuesday, May 14th

    Special Events
    4:00pm-8:00pm  Wine & Chocolate Tasting

    Center Stage
    10:30am       Paul Road Elementary School Band
    11:30am        Indian Landing School Band
    12:30pm       Palmyra-Macedon Middle School Honors Band, Jazz Band, Con Brio
    1:30pm          Spencerport High School Jazz band
    4:00pm         Audio Influx
    5:30pm         J.C. Brooks & the Uptown Sound
    7:00pm         Chuck Prophet and the Mission Express

    Children’s Stage
    12:30pm        Mike Kornrich
    6:00pm         Mike Kornrich

    Wednesday, May 15th  

    Special Events
    10:30am-4pm        Seniors Day
    4:00pm-8:00pm   Wine & Chocolate Tasting

    Center Stage
    10:30am       St. Joseph’s School Band
    11:30am        St. John’s Jam Band
    12:30pm        Twelve Corners Middle School Jazz Band & Select Choir
    1:30pm          Smugtown Stompers
    4:00pm         Meghan Koch and the Gentleman Callers
    5:30pm         Tommy Brunett Band
    7:00pm         The Marshall Tucker Band

    Children’s Stage
    12:30pm        “Farmer Tom” Walsh
    6:00pm         “Farmer Tom” Walsh

    Thursday, May 16th

    Special Events
    4:00pm-8:00pm     Wine & Chocolate Tasting

    Center Stage
    10:30am         Holly Elementary Chorus
    11:00am         Gates Chili Middle School Jazz Ensemble & Spartan Original Singers
    12:00pm         School #12 Concert Band and Hand Bell Choir
    1:00pm           North Christian Academy Concert Band and High School Choir
    4:00pm           The Moho Collective
    5:30pm           The Lawnmowers
    7:00pm           Rusted Root

    Children’s Stage
    12:30pm        Mike Kornrich
    6:00pm          Mike Kornrich

    Friday, May 17th

    Center Stage
    10:30am        Cosgrove Middle School 7th Grade Chorus
    11:00am        Rochester City School District “Bloomin Arts”
    4:00pm          Mikaela Davis
    5:30pm          Brian Lindsay Band
    7:00pm          The Smithereens

    Children’s Stage
    12:30pm        “Farmer Tom” Walsh
    6:00pm         “Farmer Tom” Walsh

    Saturday, May 18th

    Special Events
    10:30am-6:00pm  Art In The Park -Juried Art & Craft Show

    Center Stage
    11:30am        Teressa Wilcox Band
    12:30am       The Fools
    2:00pm         The Crawdiddies
    3:30pm         Driftwood
    5:30pm         The Lone Bellow
    7:00pm         The Prickers

    Children’s Stage
    1:00pm         Matt Episcopo
    2:00pm         Gary the Happy Pirate
    3:00pm         Matt Episcopo
    4:00pm         Gary the Happy Pirate
    5:00pm         Matt Episcopo

    Sunday, May 19th

    Special Events
    8:00am         5K Family Fun Run
    9:00am         10K Race
    10:30am-5:00pm     Art In The Park – Juried Art & Craft Show

    Center Stage
    11:30am       Flint Creek
    1:00pm         Dang!
    2:30pm         Big Sandy and his fly-rite boys
    4:00pm        The John Cole Blues Band
    5:30pm        Prime Time Funk
    7:00pm       The Campbell Brothers

    Children’s Stage
    1:00pm         Matt Episcopo
    2:00pm         Mike Kornrich
    3:00pm         Matt Episcopo
    4:00pm         Mike Kornrich
    5:00pm         The Magical John Show

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    For more information and updates on Rochester Lilac Festival 2013, visit lilacfestival.com

  • Phish Blossom Music Center 95 show now available on LivePhish

    Phish released another live gem from the good ol’days of 1995 6/20/95 Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls, OH; from which a few other shows from the same tour have previously been available (Lincoln NE, Orlando FL, Hershey PA) now the pick of the litter is available exclusively at Livephish.

    Phish blossom 95As an added bonus to this already fantastic show is the filler, the entire second set from 6/22/95 at Finger Lakes Performing Arts Center in Canandaigua, New York.

    “It was hot and humid on Tuesday June 20, 1995 – the night after the Summer Solstice when Phish played their first headline show at Blossom Music Center in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio.” –  Kevin Shapiro, Phish Archivist

    6/20/95 Blossom contains three and a half hours of music totaling just 25 songs. The set is currently available as a FLAC and MP3 download and is slated for release by JEMP Records on April 30, 2013. For now a “Chalk Dust Torture” audio track from 6/20/95 is available for your listening pleasure and for sharing by stream, download or broadcast at: YouSendIt

    “The band was playing new material too, including a cluster of songs debuted a month before at a oneoff show in Lowell, Massachusetts like Spock’s Brain…” – Phish Archivist, Kevin Shapiro

    1995 was the peak of everything the band had done up to that point in their career. Everything they had worked for over the last decade was now culminating in what many phans consider the pinacle of their career. The band was tight, the groove was good and the jams were magical. A big high five to the boys from me on this release! I saw a handful of show on this tour and this release is as heady as they come.

    “The encore was Slave To The Traffic Light, with some nice improvisation that bumped between huge arena-rock and a minimalistic, almost ambient work from Page’s Rhodes to Fish’s cymbal rolls. Amazing Grace closed another Ohio show for the ages.” –  Phish Archivist, Kevin Shapiro

    Setlist:

    Set I:
    1. Llama (4:37)
    2. Spock’s Brain (5:47)
    3. Ginseng Sullivan > (3:05)
    4. Foam (10:42)
    5. Bathtub Gin (8:50)
    6. If I Could (8:23)
    7. Taste (7:04)
    8. I Didn’t Know (3:24)
    9. Split Open And Melt (14:10)

    Set II:
    1. Halley’s Comet > (5:52)
    2. Chalk Dust Torture (8:53)
    3. Prince Caspian (2:51)
    4. Uncle Pen (4:12)
    5. Mike’s Song > (20:40)
    6. Contact > (6:19)
    7. Weekapaug Groove > (9:26)
    8. Hold Your Head Up (1:41)
    9. Cracklin’ Rosie > (2:36)
    10. Hold Your Head Up (0:59)
    11. Highway To Hell (4:01)

    Encore:
    1. Slave To The Traffic Light (12:05)
    2. Amazing Grace (2:19)

    Filler – 6/22/95 II Finger Lakes Performing Arts Center – Canandaigua, NY
    3. Theme From The Bottom > (18:17)
    4. Tweezer > (41:37)
    5. Tweezer Reprise (3:11)