A bluegrass background mixed with a punk-rock like attitude and a dash of a carnival side-show — The David Mayfield Parade is an experience one won’t soon forget.
Photo By: Impressions Concert Photography
You may have seen him recently with The Avett Brothers or Mumford & Sons. He sits in regularly with both bands, showcasing his unique style of guitar/mandolin playing and his natural charisma.
Tonight however, Rochester is in for a treat! The band will be playing at Abilene Bar & Lounge. They will be joined by special guests Kalob Griffin Band. Doors open at 7PM and the music starts at 9PM tickets are $15 at the door.
Statewide Music will present the first annual Winter Boogie Saturday February 1st at Carey Lake in Macedon, NY. This will be the first of many fun-filled family orientated events at the beautiful site that was first used in last years Phall Fest (Check out ‘s reviewhere).
Music under the big tent and seasonal activities such as sledding, ice skating, and cross country skiing will be happening from noon til 9:30 outside, with the night finishing with Rochester’s Into The Now playing 2 full sets in the bar at the front of the property until 2AM. All ages.
Rochester’s hottest “fab five”, Roots Collider will headline the outdoor portion of the event with their unique brand of rock-raging heavy dance music from 8-9:30PM. Ms D & Bloom Carter, Infrared Radiation Orchestra, Haewa, and Kung Fu Grip (a Sublime tribute) will round out the rest of the days music. Festival goers will also get to enjoy a late night fire show by Solar Flare and Miss Margo. Tickets – 10$ presale, 15$ day of show, are available at Carey Lake Bar & Grill, Aarons Alley and online.
Full Lineup:
2:00-3:00 Ms D and Bloom/Carter
3:30-4:30 Infrared Radiation Orchestra
5:00-6:00 Haewa
6:30-7:30 Kung Fu Grip – Sublime Tribute
8:00-9:30 RootsCollider
10:00-2:00 Into the Now (2 sets inside)
Lockn’ has announced their initial lineup for this year’s music festival on September 4th-7th, 2014, taking place again at The Oak Ridge Farm in Arrington, VA. The lineup includes 2 nights each of Phil Lesh and Friends, Bob Weir and Ratdog, Widespread Panic and The String Cheese Incident. The Allman Brothers Band is also set to headline and with longtime guitarists Warren Haynes and Derek Trucks having recently announced their departure from the band at the of the year, only adds to the excitement to the lineup for this up and coming festival. Last year’s venue set up had both main stages located next to each other, with little or no performance overlap, guaranteeing more music and encouraging more musician’s sit-ins. Let’s hope this set up is here to stay.
Lockn’ was founded by Dave Frey who also founded the HORDE festival and Peter Shapiro who owned New York City’s historic rock club, Wetlands Preserved. Frey and Shapiro created the festival combining all their experiences of continuous music and intertwined artists to create a unique festival, playing true to their theme, “when something ends, another begins.” After last year’s successful start, fans are eager to see what they dynamic duo has planned for this year. Another passion besides music, Frey and Shapiro are both involved with environmentally conscious organizations. Lockn’ will offer locally sourced foods, recycling programs and carbon offsetting to help benefit the beautiful grounds of the farm.
Tickets are now on sale ranging from $180 – $699, not including the Camping Pass – options that range from $69 to $199. They have tent-only, car camping, forest and preferred tent-only camping passes as well as RV passes. All campgrounds have close access to bathrooms, fresh drinking water and showers for a small fee. Since the venue is spread over a 4800 acre farm, the festival encourages guests to bring bicycles and will offer transportation at regular frequent intervals.
Upstate New York is home to inaugural Grammy’s 2014 Music Educator Award – Kent Knappenberger of Westfield Academy and Central School in Westfield, N.Y. was recently announced as the winner of this well deserved award.
There were 30,000 nominees and 10 finalists for the award that recognizes teachers that have – made a significant and lasting contribution to the field of music education and who demonstrate a commitment to the broader cause of maintaining music education in the schools. The schools of the 10 final nominees will receive a grant of $1,000 and the 9 finalist teachers will receive an equal honorarium, while Knappenberger will receive a $10,000 honorarium.
Photo By: Derek Gee of the Buffalo News
CBS This Morning reported the news on Tuesday morning and viewers had the opportunity to see why Mr. K (as his students call him) was the natural choice for this award. Knappenberger has been teaching 6th-12th grade Music for 25 years at Westfield Academy, he says, “for this art form there is this synergy that takes place.” Mr. K believes it is his job to find something musical in every child. Students and parents agree that he is no ordinary teacher – one student in the CBS interview said, “Mr. K makes you love music, even if you did previously, it just grows.”
When Kent Knappenberger isn’t teaching music, he’s at home on his farm with his wife, 9 children and his farm animals. This educator surely fits the role of the type of individual many of us had in school, whom showed us the musical talent we held inside. That one life-changing teacher that brought us to embody the music that we live and breathe, in whatever capacity possible.
The deadline for nominating next year’s recipient is March 31st. If you know a music educator that you would like to nominate, applications are currently online at GRAMMYMusicTeacher.com.
Buffalo NY’s hottest rocking commodity Aqueous has announced the first leg of their spring tour 2014. The band played close to 130 shows in 2013 and expects to exceed that number this year as their popularity and fan base expand. The tour includes a four week residency at Burlington VT’s Nectar’s. which of course is famous for launching another phoursome into mass popularity. Is Aqueous next? Only time will tell. Check these guys out, they are the real deal.
2014 Spring Tour Dates
*March 1st – Albany, NY – Red Square w/ Mister F
*March 6th – Burlington, VT – Nectars
*March 7th – Boston, MA – Johnny D’s Uptown Restaurant & Music Club
*March 12th – Burlington, VT – Nectars wsg/ Mom & Dad
*March 13th – Syracuse, NY – THE LOST HORIZON
*March 14th – Toronto, ON – The Rivoli w/ After Funk
*March 15th – Erie, PA – the crooked i
*March 17th – Stratton Mountain, VT – Grizzly’s Bar and Restaurant ST. PATTY’S DAY
*March 19th – Burlington, VT – Nectars
*March 20th – Oneonta, NY – Black Oak Tavern
*March 21st – Ithaca, NY – Lot 10
*March 26th – Burlington, VT – Nectars
*March 27th – Portsmouth, NH – Thirsty Moose Tap House
*March 28th – Kenilworth, NJ – 10th Street Live
*March 29th – Plains, PA – River Street Jazz Cafe w/ Flux Capacitor
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Rock on the Range is finally here! The playbill and corresponding dates were recently announced, marking another spectacular three days in rock. Rock on the Range dates have been set for the weekend of May 16-18, 2014. Crew Stadium, in Columbus, Ohio, hosts the event each year.
This year’s playbill for Rock On The Range has the likes of Avenged Sevenfold, Guns ‘N’ Roses, Kid Rock, Five Finger Death Punch, Slayer, Staind, Moterhead, Seether,Chevelle,Alterbridge, Killswitch Engage and more.
Rock on the Range is now considered an annual rock festival, and for the first time since its debut in 2007, the festival will now be three, full days of music. It will also feature a comedy tent for additional entertainment. Rock On The Range usually consists of mainstream rock bands with a classic band as the headliner each night.
Three different stages keeps the music flowing all day. In 2009-2011, the festival added a second city into the mix. Winnipeg, Manitoba, in Canada, held the event in the month of June for 2009 and in August 2010 and 2011, at the Canad Inns Stadium. The concert saw over 100,000 rangers attend the festival in 2013, and over 330,000 fans since it’s birth.
Observers of this event and genre of music say that a lot of the summer festivals, such Rockstar’s Mayhem and Uproar, spin-off from Rock On The Range.
Revolver Magazine’s “Hottest Chicks In Hard Rock Tour” is slated for a 20-city, winter tour starting February 20th in Wilmington, NC, and runs through March 20 in Anaheim, CA.
Slated for the tour is Sick Puppies, Lacuna Coil, Eyes Set To Kill and Cilver.
On the heels of the tour’s news release, Lacuna Coil also announced the April 1, 2014 launch of their new studio album Broken Crown Halo in North America (March 31 in Europe, Australia, New Zealand). The album is the band’s seventh studio effort, and the highly anticipated follow-up to Dark Adrenaline, which was released in January 2012 and saw the band tour with acts including Megadeth, Motorhead, Volbeat and Sevendust after debuting at No. 15 on the Billboard Top 200 album chart.
The band will return to the road to introduce North America to Broken Crown Halo as part of the REVOLVER HOTTEST CHICKS IN HARD ROCK TOUR. See can see the complete itinerary below, and visit www.hottestchickstour.com for additional details and VIP packages.
Rowdy, unique and uncontainable are just three [insufficient] words to describe a Well Worn Boot show – and this year’s Wild Wild Fest is sure to be no different. A music and camping festival held at Willow Creek Winery in Silver Creek, NY, this one-of-a-kind festival focuses on Americana, pop culture, sideshow and Rock-and-Roll.
Well Worn Boot is now accepting submissions from “ENDLESS genres”. Most importantly Wild Wild Fest is about diversity, good music and olympic partying.
Aside from many great regional acts, this years headliners include Weirdo Folkie Baby Gramps, Video Game Metal-Heads, and Armcannon.
Mister F is set to end their three night run with Wyllys and Tweed at Red Square on Saturday January 25th. Mister F formed in 2013 with the collaboration of Ben Pickering, Matt Pickering and Andrew Chamberlain of Albany’s own Timbre Coup and Scott Hannay of Capital Zen. Since their start in 2013 the band has taken the music scene by storm playing at festivals such as Mountain Jam, moe.down, Camp Bisco and snoe.down. Their following has reached far beyond their Albany roots as they play shows as far as Chicago and Knoxville.
The band will play along side Brooklyn, New York’s Wyllys, who started spinning discs at the very young age of 15 and has never looked back since. Wyllys takes an “anything goes” mentality blending all genres of music to create his “nu-disco-house” form of music. Wyllys has played festivals throughout the circuit such as Bonarroo, Electric Forest, Camp Bisco and Mountain Jam.
Tweed will also join these two artists to truly solidify that this will be a phenomenal night of music. Tweed formed at the University of Delaware and combine a mixture of Funk, Rock and electronic for a truly unique musical experience.
These three acts together ensure that you will not want to miss out on this night of music. The show will start at 8 pm and tickets are $10.
Equifunk, one of ‘s top music festivals of last year, has announced a one of a kind show coming to (LE) Poisson Rouge in New York City on March 15th, their Second annual Leprechaun’s Ball. The all day affair features many artists that have played the popular festival in the past – teaming up for a great show. Going from 1PM-8PM, the show will give everyone a glimpse into how the musical machine that is Equifunk gets down in New York City.
The Bobby Paltauf Band and Dorsia will be starting the day off with sets of their own before handing over the stage to Eddie Roberts & The Funky Charms – This band is made up of amazing musicians who are all masters at their respective instrument.
The band will include Eddie Roberts (Guitar, New Mastersounds), Nigel Hall (Keyboards, Nigel Hall Band/Lettuce), Jennifer Hartswick (Trumpet, Trey Anastasio Band), Natalie Cressman (Trombone, Trey Anastasio Band), James Casey (Saxophone, Lettuce/Trey Anastasio Band), Ron Johnson (Bass, The Warren Haynes Band/Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe), John Staten (Drums, Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe/Pimps of Joytime). This is sure to be a day to be remembered by all in attendance.
Tickets will be going on pre-sale here on January 24 at noon. The sale will be live for 24 hours before a general sale happens the following day. Do not miss this show if you are in New York City area on March 15.
