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  • NYS Music’s New Year’s Eve 2014 Music Guide

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    New Year’s Eve 2014 is right around the corner and there are a ton of musical ways to bring in 2014 for readers. If you’re not already off to MSG to get your Phish on, or headed to moe. at The Palace in Albany, NY – here’s a list to get you started. Remember if you’re sitting home webcasting when live music is readily available locally you’re old! Get up and go dance and support your local music scene.

    Albany 

    Palace Theater: moe. wsg/ Conehead Buddha Horns

    Buffalo

    Nietzsche’s: Funktional Flow, Smackdab, Logo City, Family Funktion and the Sitar Jams

    Pearl Street Brewery: Live band’s Meet the DJ’s Roots Collider w/ Sigma, Rhubarb w/ DJ Marcos, Space Junk w/ DJ Drop D

    Hudson Valley Resort & Spa, Kerhonskon, NY: Rock N Roll Resort vNYE 2014 – The New Years Eve edition will include Particle, Bastinado, Fikus, Mun, Mister F, Cheat Code, Digital Storm, Honeycomb, DJ Adam Amrod, Sweat Pant$ Money, Spundose, Creeper, The Big Sway, Danzer, Space Carnival, and more… for more information on tickets and packages please visit their site HERE.

    Huntington

    The Paramount Theater: Dark Star Orchestra

    Ithaca

    Corks and More: Sim Redmond Band

    The Gates: SOLARiS plays The Gates in Ithaca, New York’s Collegetown. With special guest DJ Gundz spinning between sets, so the music will be bumping all night long.

    New York City

    Madison Square Garden (Main): Phish (SOLD OUT)

    Madison Square Garden (Side): The Disco Biscuits

    Beacon Theater: Gov’t Mule

    Oneonta

    Oneonta Theatre: The Garcia Project 

    Rochester

    New Year’s Eve at Sticky Lips BBQ. Featuring headliner Tommy Brunett Band, with Public Market Band. 830 Jefferson Road. $15. Doors at 9 p.m. 292-5544. stickylipsbbq.com

    Rock ‘n’ Roll Burlesque Ball w/Teen Set 45 Crew. Bug Jar, 219 Monroe Ave. 8 p.m. 21+ bugjar.com

    New Year’s Eve Bash at the Lovin’ Cup featuring music by Shine. 300 Park Point Drive. Three-course dinner specials and champagne toast at midnight. Doors at 8 p.m., music at 9 p.m., party until 4 a.m. $10. 292-9940.lovincup.com

    Saratoga 

    The Putnam Den: Twiddle

    Syracuse

    The Westcott Theater: Jimkata, The Manhattan Project

    The Landmark Theater: Sophistafunk

    Burlington, VT

    Higher Ground: Rubblebucket

    Erie, PA

    the crooked i: Aqueous

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  • All Good Takes Hiatus for 2014 Summer Festival Season – Promoters Promise to Return in 2015

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    All Good Music Festival announced yesterday that after seventeen years of the infamous festival, they are taking a hiatus in 2014. There seems to have been some issues with the fixed residency of the fest at Legend Valley in Thornville, Ohio – where the festival has been held since 2012.

    The Official All Good Music Festival & Campout website had this to say –

    After 17 consecutive years the All Good Music Festival is taking a year off in 2014 with solid plans to return in 2015 at an unspecified venue. Festival organizers Tim Walther and Junipa Contento are taking this time to develop and cultivate a long–term location for the return of All Good Festival by bringing it back home to the mid–atlantic region, where they have proudly presented live music events for the past 18 years. “We want all of our fans to know that we are extremely grateful for all of their support, dedication and the cherished experiences we’ve had on the mountaintop and elsewhere, and to rest easy knowing that the All Good Festival that we’ve all built together and loved for so long is in the works for even more amazing memories and a return in the summer of 2015. Meanwhile, we will continue to present live events in the Baltimore/Washington DC area.”

    To get the latest All Good Festival information fans are encouraged to register for email updates at www.allgoodfestival.com. Fans of the event are also welcomed to sound off by sharing support, feedback, memories, photos and more at www.facebook.com/AllGoodMusicFestival.

  • The Avett Brothers at CMAC With Grace Potter and The Nocturnals July 26th

    The Avett Brothers will play CMAC in Canandaigua, NY, Friday, July 26th, opening for them will be Grace Potter & The Nocturnals. The show starts at 7:30PM and tickets can be purchased at the venue box office or online at Ticketmaster.com.

    “Always remember there was nothing worth sharing like the love that let us share our name”, these words play over and over in my head every time I look into my children’s eyes, words from a song titled, “Murder in the City”, with lyrics that pull at your heart strings and bring forth deep emotions of love and devotion to those closet to us, our families. The Avett Brothers music isn’t just something to be enjoyed – they do what music is meant to do – tell stories that we can all relate to, with heavy emotions of love, hate, joy, pain, loss, forgiveness; The Avett Brothers are true musical story tellers.

    The Avett Brothers combine bluegrass, country, punk, pop melodies, folk, rock and roll, honky tonk, and ragtime to produce a sound described by the San Francisco Chronicle as having the “heavy sadness of Townes Van Zandt, the light pop concision of Buddy Holly, the tuneful jangle of the Beatles, the raw energy of the Ramones.”

    The band has been together since the early 90’s and have grown in popularity with appearances at this year’s Mountain Jam and Govenor’s Ball. The Avett Borthers are – Brothers Scott Avett (banjo) and Seth Avett (guitar)—as well as Bob Crawford (double bass). Joe Kwon, (cello) and Mike Marsh (drums).

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  • The Avett Brothers at CMAC With Grace Potter and The Nocturnals July 26th

    The Avett Brothers will play CMAC in Canadaigua, this Friday, July 26th. Opening for them will be Grace Potter & The Nocturnals. The show starts at 7:30PM and tickets can be purchased at the venue box office.

    “Always remember there was nothing worth sharing like the love that let us share our name”, these words play over and over in my head every time I look into my children’s eyes, words from a song titled, “Murder in the City”, with lyrics that pull at your heart strings and bring forth deep emotions of love and devotion to those closet to us, our families. The Avett Brothers music isn’t just something to be enjoyed – they do what music is meant to do – tell stories that we can all relate to, with heavy emotions of love, hate, joy, pain, loss, forgiveness; The Avett Brothers are true musical story tellers.

    Photo By: Photographer Jim Gilbert
    Photo By: Photographer Jim Gilbert

    The Avett Brothers combine bluegrass, country, punk, pop melodies, folk, rock and roll, honky tonk, and ragtime to produce a sound described by the San Francisco Chronicle as having the “heavy sadness of Townes Van Zandt, the light pop concision of Buddy Holly, the tuneful jangle of the Beatles, the raw energy of the Ramones.”

    Photo By: Photographer Jim Gilbert
    Photo By: Photographer Jim Gilbert

    The band has been together since the early 90’s and have grown in popularity with appearances at this year’s Mountain Jam and Govenor’s Ball. The Avett Borthers are – Brothers Scott Avett (banjo) and Seth Avett (guitar)—as well as Bob Crawford (double bass). Joe Kwon, (cello) and Mike Marsh (drums).

    Photos by Photographer Jim Gilbert – Mountain Jam 2013

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  • Yonder Mountain String Band and Railroad Earth Make Tracks Through Upstate NY

    Yonder Mountain String Band Railroad EarthBluegrass all-stars, Yonder Mountain String Band and Railroad Earth will bring their respective signature bluegrass/jamgrass sounds to fans in both Buffalo and Utica this August. With both bands performing at nearly all the major summer festivals this year, the intimate settings in which these two shows will bring is something to look forward to.

    The summer of 2008 with Yonder Mountain in Lafayette Square is one of legends, if you were there you remember the funky, sweaty, down right dirty dance party we all were in! Jeff Austin began the night with a thank you to Buffalo for the kickstart to their summer tour, while Ben Kaufman took time to thank the great people of the Millard Fillmore Gates Circle Hospital for allowing him to still feel his fingers and toes after an ‘accident’ having fun in the ocean.

    06/12/08 (Thu)  Thursday at the Square @ Lafayette Square – Buffalo, NY

    Set 1: Crow Black Chicken, Sometimes I’ve Won, Get Me Outta This City, This Train Is Bound For Glory, Ten, Town, Yes She Do (No She Don’t), Loved You Enough, On The Run, Up On The Hill Where They Do The Boogie, Keep On Going > Fine Excuses > Keep On Going

    Set 2: Peace Of Mind, Just The Same, Long Time, Southbound, River, Night Is Left Behind, If You’re Ever In Oklahoma > Sidewalk Stars, 8 Cylinders, Redbird, How ‘Bout You?, New Horizons > Mother’s Only Son > New Horizons, E: Crazy, Bloody Mary Morning

    This year Yonder Mountain returns and they’re bringing their equally admired and talented friends – Railroad Earth! The first show for the two nights they will be traveling through New York State is at The Canalside venue in Buffalo, NY on August 1st (Jerry Garcia’s Birthday). The show starts at 5:00PM and ends at 9:30PM. The concert is Free to the public and you can expect to have access to food and beer at the show. For directions to the venue please visit Canalside Buffalo.

    Next up, both bands will play the Saranac Brewery in Utica, NY on August 3rd. The show starts at 7:00PM and tickets are $25.00. Grab your tickets online HERE to save yourself $5 off the price for ‘day of’ tickets.

    For all their tour dates please visit Yonder Mountain String Band and Railroad Earth online.

  • Hudson Valley Food Lovers’ Festival Announces Farm On!

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    For the third consecutive year, “Farm On! Friends of the Farmer Festival” is organizing two fundraising events at Columbia County’s Copake country Club via Hudson Valley Food Lovers’ Festival. The first, is the July 19th’s  ‘Hootenanny! with host chef Zak Pelaccio (who’s newly opened Fish & Game is committed to serving local and foraged ingredients) who will carve a lamb spit-roast, in addition a local farmer and his wife being seated at each table, giving guests a first hand experience meeting the people who make their food. The “Hootenanny’ will be held lakeside at Copake Club Golf from 6-11pm,  which will include the  Hudson Valley cheese course, golf cart drive-in movie sponsored by Whole Foods.

    The charitable event will also host live music for the second event, ‘Friends of the Farmer Festival’ – being held July 20th, 11:00AM-6:00PM. The music and stage will be sponsored by John Varvatos, who will be joining us at the festival and feature a performance by Lukas Nelson & P.O.T.R. – The festival is designed to engage the community with experiences in local food, meet your farmer opportunities, a farmer’s market and vendors with local libations. There will also be a wide range of kid-friendly activities including a baby petting zoo, pony rides and more. In addition to an “It’s Five O’Clock Somewhere Barn to Belly – Meet your Farmer Mixer, that kicks off a Q+A celebrating the farmer as the real food celebrity under the summer sun, lakeside at  the Copake Country Club in Columbia County – the heartland of agriculture.

    The music starts off at 2:00PM with opening band, Pocatello and headliner, Lukas Nelson & P.O.T.R. from 3:30PM-6:00PM. To purchase tickets online please visit www.friendsofthefarmer.com. Prices vary and it’s a good idea to get yours early so that you don’t miss out!

    Copake Country Club is located at 44 Golf Course Road, Craryville, NY 12521 overlooking Copake Lake (Columbia County) between Catskill and Berkshire Mountains.  For more information about the evens, directions and to purchase tickets, go to www.FriendsoftheFarmer.com or call 917-722-2438.

  • Backwoods Pondfest 2013 Announces Band Schedule

    On August 2-3, 2013 at Twin Ponds Campsite in Peru, New York the 7th Annual Backwoods Pondfest will take place, with a weekend slate of live music, camping, art and fun. The festival includes several face-melting bands from throughout the Upstate Region featured on two stages. Performers include Dopapod, Jennifer Hartswick Band, Twiddle, The Garcia Project, Jimkata, Sophistafunk, Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad, Blind Owl Band, Capital Zen and Buffalo’s own Aqueous.

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    Backwoods Pondfest 2013 offers some things the larger festivals don’t like car-camping, campfires, and reasonably priced Saturday Only tickets ($50) for those who can’t make it both days. Fire spinners, food vendors, craft & novelty vendors and many more will be on hand throughout the weekend.

    The cost for a weekend pass is $65 in advance or $80 at the gate.  Tickets can be purchased through the Backwoods Pondfest website.

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    In additional to the art and entertainment, Strangers Helping Strangers will also be hosting a food drive at Backwoods Pondfest. Strangers Helping Strangers is a nonprofit organization that provides organization, support and resources to care for those less fortunate by setting up food drives at concerts and festivals. After the event they deliver the supplies to local food banks, pantries and shelters.

    To download a venue map or printable map with driving directions please visit the festival’s website www.backwoodspondfest.com/info.html

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