Category: Upcoming Shows

Volbeat Headlining Spring Tour

Volbeat 2014 Spring Tour Poster

Volbeat has just confirmed they are hitting the United States this spring on a 24-city, North American tour in support of their latest, and very successful, album “Outlaw Gentlemen & Shady Ladies.”

The tour starts in Denver, Colorado on April 3rd, and finishes off in Hampton Beach, New Hampshire on May 9th, the Danish Psychobilly, heavy metal hard rockers will bring a supporting cast of Trivium and Digital Summer along for the tour.

The tour runs through Upstate New York starting with a show at Niagara Falls on May 5th, and a show at Poughkeepsie the following night, on May 6th.

Volbeat has released five studio albums since their debut in 2001. The Strength / The Sound / The Songs (2005), Rock the Rebel / Metal the Devil (2007), Guitar Gangsters & Cadillac Blood (2008), Beyond Hell/Above Heaven (2010) and current album Outlaw Gentlemen & Shady Ladies (2013).

Outlaw Gentlemen & Shady Ladies was released in April of 2013. Singles “The Hangman’s Body Count,” “Lola Montez” and “Dead But Rising” are in heavy rotation on Sirius/XM Octane and all rock radio stations everywhere.

From Copenhagen, Denmark, the band consists of members Michael Poulsen (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), Anders Kjølholm (bass guitar, backing vocals), Jon Larsen (drums, percussion) and Rob Caggiano (lead guitar).

The tour promises a supporting cast of American muscule as well.

From Orlando, Florida, thrash/metalcore rockers Trivium will help support the tour. The band has released six studio albums including their current offering produced by Disturbed/Device front-man David Draiman titled “Vengence Falls”.

Trivium’s recording studio albums include Ember to Inferno (2003), Ascendancy (2005), The Crusade (2006), Shogun (2008), In Waves (2011) and Vengeance Falls (2013). The single “Strife” off the album is in constant rotation on many rock radio stations. Trivium has also released over 18 singles in their career including “Black,” “In Waves” and “Pull Harder on the Strings of Your Martyr” to name a few.

Trivium is Matt Heafy (guitars, lead vocals), Corey Beaulieu (guitars, backing vocals), Paolo Gregoletto (bass guitar, backing vocals) and Nick Augusto (drums, percussion).

Alternative/Nu Metal band Digital Summer will also make the trek. The Pheonix, Arizona based band have released four albums including their current offering After Hours: Unplugged & Rewired.

This marks the first acoustic album for the band. Released in October of 2013, the album is an unplugged rendition of their three studio offerings, the album, includes two new tracks titled “This City” and “Demons”.

Digital Summer’s albums include Cause and Effect (2007), Counting the Hours (2010), Breaking Point (2012) and current album After Hours: Unplugged & Rewired (2013). Their singles “Just Run”, “Dance Into The Fire” and “Forget You” are mainstays on rock radio stations.

Digital Summer is Kyle Winterstein (lead vocals), his brother Ian Winterstein (guitar) and Anthony Hernandez (bass).

Volbeat Tour Dates Poster Spring 2014

To stay up to date and connect with the bands click below:

http://www.volbeat.dk http://www.facebook.com/volbeat http://www.twitter.com/volbeat

http://www.trivium.org

http://www.DigitalSummer.net http://www.Twitter.com/DigitalSummer http://www.YouTube.com/DigitalSummer

February 13, 2014
Future Rock Returns to Albany, February 22

On February 22nd, Chicago rock-trio Future Rock will return to Red Square, bringing high energy eletronic-rock in a must-see performance.

Future Rock has made an art out of blending the techniques of new age electronic music with standard rock and roll. The use of synthesizers alongside guitar, drums and keys brings a new sound and energy to progressive-rock and electronic dance music. The band has made their presence very known throughout the country and within the festival circuit, releasing five albums and touring extensively. This will be a show you certainly will not want to miss.

Special guests are yet to be announced. For your chance to open for Future Rock at Red Square contact Zen Rose Productions.

You can pick up tickets to the show here.

February 13, 2014
Robert Randolph and the Family Band are Bringing the Love to Bearsville on Valentine’s Day

Looking for something to do on Valentine’s Day in Woodstock? Whether you’re single or not, Bearsville Theater is the place to be as Robert Randolph and the Family Band bring their signature pedal steel dance party to town.

Fresh off his latest album Lickety Split and producing The Slide Brothers debut album, Robert Randolph is a sacred steel virtuoso, having made his mark for over more than 15 years, starting in the New Jersey/New York City area and spreading out to play Bonnaroo and dozens of other festivals, as well as opening up on tour for Eric Clapton, and that’s the short-short version of his musical resume. Seeing Randolph and his band in action will ignite your hips and get things shaking in no time. Expect a wild night in Woodstock

Doors at 8, show at 9. Reserved balcony seating is available for $45 and General admission tickets are $35. Pick up tickets for Robert Randolph here.

As a bonus offer, pick up tickets to Robert Randolph & The Family Band on Friday and The Blind Boys Of Alabama on Saturday and save $10. Click here to pick up tickets to both shows.

February 12, 2014
The Fab Faux Coming to The Egg This Saturday

The Fab Faux, accompanied by the Crème Tangerine Strings and Hogshead Horns will celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the arrival of The Beatles in New York with a concert at The Egg on Saturday, February 15th at 7:30 PM.

Unlike Beatles tribute bands who sport wigs and period costumes to recreate a Beatles concert, the Fab Faux instead features some of New York’s top studio musicians – Jimmy Vivino and Frank Agnello (guitar), Will Lee (bass), Jack Petruzelli (keyboards) and Rich Pagano (drums). With a commitment to the accurate reproduction of The Beatles’ repertoire, The Fab Faux will perform a concert of songs rarely or never performed live by the Beatles.

This will include a set of “unplugged” tunes. While the Beatles often used acoustic instruments on their recordings, they were hard pressed to play their quieter material in concert due to the volume of the ecstatic audiences who screamed and cheered through their live performances.

The concert will also feature works from their later recordings, which featured highly developed arrangements, often enhanced with strings and horns. By the time these works were written and recorded, the Beatles had stopped touring so they were never performed in concert.

Tickets are $35-$45 and are available at The Egg Box Office at the Empire State Plaza, by telephone – 518-473-1845 – or on line.

February 12, 2014
Blues Singer Alexis Suter Performing at The Recovery Lounge and BluSeed Studios February 15-16

There are gems in the Adirondacks, hidden places for music, speakeasies of the forest, places where they appear to be normal businesses by day and then at night transform into underground music venues. Superhip shows occur, spread by word of mouth, donations at the door with shared communal liquids and solids. Two such venues, The Recovery Lounge and BluSeed Studios, are hosting visiting International Recording Artist Alexis P Suter and her band the weekend of Feb 15th-16th.

International recording artist and Blues Music nominee Alexis P. Suter and her band are returning to the Adirondacks. She is a true vocal phenomenon with a gale force wind of a baritone voice that will lift your soul right out of your body, leaving it limp, shaking and dancing. She has opened up at the Midnight Ramble in Woodstock New York over 90 times. Levon Helm has said of her “She is one of those wonderful spirits, she’s got her arms around you; you can feel that”.

Alexis is doing two different shows. On Saturday Feb 15th, The Upper Jay Art Center’s Recovery Lounge will open its doors at 7PM for an 8PM show. This will be with a full band geared toward the blues and their classic songs. Be prepared to stand up, dance and shout. At BluSeed Studios in Saranac Lake on Sunday Febuary 16th at 230 PM she will be bringing it to the heart with a Gospel Show highlighting her roots. Don’t miss this vocal powerhouse with her band of blues.

February 11, 2014
Spend an Evening with Alt-Country Legend Steve Earle at Club Helsinki

The Saturday of Presidents’ Weekend should be a blast at Club Helsinki in “Upstate’s Downtown” Hudson, where Steve Earle will be belting out some of his signature rockabilly, alt-country, and anti-war tunes. Garnering inspiration from musicians such as Townes Van Zandt and Guy Clark, many of Steve Earle’s songs have been recorded by country superstars including Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, and Joan Baez. After a brief hiatus in the early ‘90s, Earle came back strong with an album that returned to more of his folksy acoustic roots. This tour will be in support of his latest album Townes, comprising songs written by Earle’s mentor, the late great singer-songwriter Townes Van Zandt. Come on out to spend an evening with this triple Grammy-winning legend, who is kind enough to make the trip to our neck of the woods for a performance.

The show will be starting at 9 PM, with the doors opening at 6:00. Come early if you can, and be sure to enjoy a tasty dinner of slow-cooked southern cuisine served up in the restaurant right inside the club! Tickets for this event cost $55 in advance/$60 at the door. Visit Helsinki Hudson for information on how to purchase tickets or to make dinner reservations.

For those fans who are or will be in New York City throughout the month of February, Steve Earle will be performing four all request shows every Wednesday night of the month at the City Winery!

February 10, 2014
Tim Reynolds and TR3 to Rock the Tralf Music Hall

The legendary talented guitar virtuso Tim Reynolds will be bringing his band TR3 on stage Monday, February 10th at The Tralf Music Hall. Tim Reynolds, well known for his collaboration with Dave Matthews, will be joined on stage with Mick Vaughn (bass/vocals) and Dan Martier (drums/vocals). TR3 fuses different genres of music together producing a unique show not to miss.

Tim Britt, a Buffalo based artist, will be opening for TR3. He has been awarded the best original solo artist nightlife music award for two years in a row. Tim is a very talented musician who plays the acoustic guitar and has a Dave Matthews sound quality. Tim most recently opened for Boyd Tinsley from The Dave Matthews Band. You will want to make sure you get to the show early to catch his set.

Tickets for Tim Reynolds and TR3 at the Tralf Music Hall can be purchased through The Tralf Music Hall $18 or $22 day of show

February 7, 2014
Clap Your Hands Say Wow! Alec Ounsworth Rocks Big Blue North Studios in Utica

Picture hundreds of people huddled around,smoking cigarettes, drinking beers under the bright lights of the grand marquee waiting to get into the show. Now take that image and think the complete opposite and that is the feel of the Alec Ounsworth (Clap Your Hands Say Yeah) living room tour. If a patron of the concert at Big Blue North Studios in Utica didn’t have specific directions and overview of what they were in for, they would have thought they were in the wrong place. A huge church that Big Blue North Studios now calls home was dark with nothing but a candlelit pathway leading to the entrance on January 28th.

A kind woman was at the door, taking names, letting fans know that coffee and tea were available to the right. Yup, you heard it right coffee and tea. This was a concert? The ambiance at this point was that of an AA meeting. Confusion filled the room; confusion and anticipation. As the crowd of 40 people or so sat in metal folding chairs, the stage was set up just as if it were a living room (hence the tours name) with ablack and white TV with a scrambled image, a tan fuzzy chair, a fireplace, a table and a microphone in the middle of it all. Intimate doesn’t even begin to describe the atmosphere. When Ounsworth walked through the crowd and stepped on stage he had everyone’s utmost attention.

This was more than a show, it was an experience, a rare one at that. Seeing an indie hero such as Alec Ounsworth playing his usually fast paced songs, stripped down and played completely different, while the farthest person away from him was 20 feet away. Ounsworth proved to his fans that he still has it and with the new formation of CYHSY, the new album has nothing but the possibility of greatness.

Opening up with the beautiful David Bowie classic “Absolute Beginners” highlighted Ounsworth’s vocal range and not stretching it too far to get a feel for how the room would sound with an audience. The intimacy was so apparent that Ounsworth not only didn’t mind fan interaction, but encouraged it. By talking to the fans throughout. When he played “Upon This Tidal Wave of Young Blood”, a classic off the CYHSY self-titled debut album, there were people quietly sitting but yet moving to the music, smiling, mouthing the words, as not to disturb the ambiance of the room. At this point where the man of the hour started to cough, and sniffle a bit, making comments implying he may have a cold, but not only didn’t he stop the show, or take a break, he continued his high pitch on the verge of whiny vocals. Ounsworth offered fans a treat by playing “Blameless”, a new song off the full bands album set for a spring release, transitioning smoothly into “In this Home on Ice”, stripped down, even more so than the song’s previous versions. The show closed with “Underwater (you and me)”, off the bands second album Some Loud Thunder, a spectacular way to end the set. Arguably the bands most beautiful song made even that much more due to the intimate surroundings.

Ounsworth proved to his fans that he still has it and with the new formation of CYHSY, the new album has nothing but the possibility of greatness.

February 6, 2014
The Chronicles End Their January Red Square Residency

With three weeks under their belts, The Chronicles finished up their residency at Red Square on January 30^th with a great set of music honoring the late J Dilla as well as some of their own music. Starting the evening off was Ithaca’s Big Mean Sound Machine.

The band stays true to their name, with everyone barely fitting on Red Square’s stage and blowing the audience away with music power that is seen so rarely. The funky numbers they played showcased each member’s talents flawlessly. The three person horn section was strong throughout the performance, leading most tunes along with the drums, bass, and congas. Both the guitars and the keyboards are used more as filler than as leads like they are in most bands. It gives the band a unique sound that should be enjoyable to everyone, and with a new album coming out in June, it is looking like a big year is coming for Big Mean Sound Machine.

The Chronicles came out after a short break and tore through a set that included guest JB for the J Dilla portion of the set. J Dilla is of course best known for the producing he did on many amazing hip hop tunes throughout the 90s until his death in 2006. JB flawlessly rapped over the music and clearly enjoyed helping The Chronicles out with this special show. “E=MC2”, “Stakes is High”, and “Fall in Love” were great highlights of the set. Jeff Nania, who mainly plays various saxophones, even took a turn at the mic during the evening. The Chronicles closed the night, and ran out in style with a one two punch of “Village Livin’” and “Mr. Clean.” This run let the band stretch their musical chops out to all regions of the music landscape and it suited the band well. Hopefully Albany will see another residency down the line.

Setlist: Time, Gobstopper, E=MC2, Move, Won’t Do, Stakes is High, Fall in Love>Think Twice>Fall in Love, Interzone, Just Knew, Strasbourg/St. Denis, Village Livin, Mr. Clean

February 5, 2014
Donna The Buffalo Stampedes Across New York State

Donna The Buffalo will be taking their herd across New York state with their winter tour with stops in Saratoga Springs at Putnam Den on Thursday February 6th, Beacon at The Towne Crier on Friday, February 7th and Buffalo at The Tralf Music Hall on Saturday, February 8th. Donna The Buffalo, coming off their latest album release, Tonight, Tomorrow and Yesterday will be bringing their jamboree-styled bluegrass party to a venue close to you and surely will not be one to miss as they never fail to produce a great night out. Donna The Buffalo, founded in Trumansburg, NY consists of Tara Nevins (Vocals, Guitar) with her bag full of instruments, Jeb Puryear (vocal, guitar), Kyle Spark (bass), Mark Raudabaugh (drums) and David Mccracken (keys).

Tickets for Donna The Buffalo across New York can be purchased on each venues respective websites or at the door day of show, so head out and enjoy what will be a great show.

February 6th- Putnam Den– Saratoga Springs, NY $17/ Day of Show $20

February 7th- The Towne Crier– Beacon, NY $25/Day of Show $30

February 8th- The Tralf Music Hall– Buffalo, NY $18/Day of Show $20

February 5, 2014