NYS Music 20​14

Tag: Greensky Bluegrass

  • Resonance 2014 to Keep Festival Season Rolling

    Not quite ready to admit 2014’s music festival season is over yet?  It does not have to be. The first annual Resonance Music & Arts Festival takes place from October 2-4 at the Frontier Ranch in Pataskala, Ohio.  Located 20 miles east of Columbus, the festival features two nights of Ohio natives Papadosio as well as Greensky Bluesgrass and Nahko and Medicine for the People as headlining bands.resonance_flyer_350

    The music starts Thursday afternoon at 4 p.m., and plays continuously for more than 12 hours per day on Friday and Saturday. Resonance boasts an eclectic lineup—from the multi-layered electronic beats of ESKMO to Twiddle‘s uplifting jams and The Mantras‘ heavy shredding to deep funk from The Main Squeeze, most branches of rock are covered.

    The Empire state will be well-represented each day.  Tauk and Aqueous play Thursday, Aqueous jams again Friday afternoon, and Consider the Source closes the music early Sunday morning after a long set from Dopapod Saturday night. Tauk has been touring furiously in support of their 2014 album, Collisions, while Consider the Source plans to release the first part of their new album, World War Trio, on Halloween.  Dopapod has a new album, Never Odd Or Even, scheduled to come out on 11/11/14.

    If the music is not enough, there will be visual arts, fire dancing, yoga, and The Amazing Giants will be hard to miss, donning colorful outfits and performing acrobatics on stilts. Each ticket also includes car camping, so you will never be too far from extra blankets or a quick heat source at this early autumn festival.

    View the complete schedule and purchase tickets here.

  • Hearing Aide: Greensky Bluegrass ‘If Sorrows Swim’

    Emotionally driven and musically diverse, Greensky Bluegrass’s newest studio effort, If Sorrows Swim, defines the group’s growth going into their fifteenth year. This intense collection of road-tested and unheard originals aims to capture the quintets dynamic, contrasting stage sound.

    if sorrows swimTargeting a more concise sound than previous albums, If Sorrows Swim, does exactly that. The album opens with Paul Hoffman’s (mandolin/vocals), “Windshield”. Strong, yet desperate, Hoffman’s vocals grow intense and dramatic, bringing an immediate sense of emotional release to the album. Impassioned rhythmic interplay between Mike Bont (banjo) and Dave Bruzza (guitar/vocals) immediately engage the listener as bass player, Michael Devol, adds light bass lines to the mix.

    “In Control” displays the bands ability to weave intricate layers of sound. The albums MVP’s, Michael Bont (banjo/vocals) and Anders Beck (dobro), create delicate, yet fiery lines that gives Hoffman’s ballad a powerful texture that doesn’t quite exist on earlier albums.

    What stands out the most on this album is the extreme attention to detail compared to their previous releases. If Sorrows Swim captures some of Hoffman’s and Bruzza’s best songwriting, as well as the band’s meticulous interplay. While the album loses a little steam over the twelve tracks, “Leap Year” brings back an energy that features a Garcia/n inspired sound. Reaching past the five-minute mark, the tracks dramatic instrumental exchanges make this the improvisational cut on the album.

    While putting out what could be their best studio album, If Sorrows Swim still falls somewhat short of recreating their intoxicating and energized stage sound.

    Key Tracks: Forget Everything, Leap Year, Windshield

    Order the album here

  • Greensky Bluegrass Announces 2014 Fall Dates – Opening in Buffalo

    Greensky Bluegrass released their 2014 fall dates today. The tour will start in Buffalo, NY on September 10th at The Town Ballroom. The tour will consist of 35 dates and will spread throughout the East coast and venture as far as the Northwest and California region and closing out in Mexico at Strings & Sol. Greensky Bluegrass  will be supporting their fifth album with this tour,  which will be due out on September 9th entitled  If Sorrows Swim.

    The show at The Town Ballroom is an all ages event, show starts at 8PM and tickets can be purchased for $16 in advance and $18 day of the show. Grab your tickets online or at the venue box office.

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    Greensky Bluegrass 2014 Fall Dates

    9/10 – Town Ballroom – Buffalo, NY
    9/11 – Paradise Rock Club – Boston, MA
    9/12 – Higher Ground – Burlington, VT
    9/13 – Gramercy Theater – New York, NY
    9/16 – Headliners Music Hall – Louisville, KY
    9/17 – Americana Music Festival – Nashville, TN
    9/18 – Jefferson Theater – Charlottesville, VA
    9/19 – Ram’s Head Live – Baltimore, MD
    9/20 – Theatre of Living Arts – Philadelphia, PA
    9/23 – Rex Theater – Pittsburgh, PA
    9/24 – Ziggy’s – Winston-Salem, NC
    9/25 – Visulite Theater – Charlotte, NC
    9/26 – Orange Peel – Asheville, NC
    9/27 – Variety Playhouse – Atlanta, GA
    9/30 – Duling Hall – Jackson, MS
    10/01 – 1884 Lounge at Minglewood Hall – Memphis, TN
    10/02 – Old Rock House – St. Louis, MO
    10/03 – Vogue Theatre – Indianapolis, IN
    10/04 – TBA
    10/22 – Wolly’s – Des Moines, IA
    10/23 – The Bottleneck – Lawrence, KS
    10/27 – Belly Up – Aspen, CO
    10/28 – Sol Santa Fe – Santa Fe, NM
    10/29 – Orpheum Theatre – Flagstaff, NM
    10/31 – Suwannee Hulaween – Live Oak, FL
    11/01 – 11/02 – Brooklyn Bowl – Las Vegas, NV
    11/05 – The Depot – Salt Lake City, UT
    11/06 – Top Hat – Missoula, MT
    11/07 – Wonder Ballroom – Portland, OR
    11/08 – Wonder Ballroom – Portland, OR
    11/09 – Neptune Theater – Seattle, WA
    11/12 – Belly Up Tavern – Solana Beach, CA 11/13 – Troubadour – W. Hollywood, CA
    11/14 – 11/15 – TBA
    12/11 – 12/14 – Strings & Sol – Puerto Morelos, MX

    Town Ballroom- Buffalo, NY 2/5/14

  • Greensky Bluegrass Entertains The Town Ballroom on a Winter-Laced Wednesday

    Fans of all music genres convened at The Town Ballroom on Wednesday, February 5 for Greensky Bluegrass. It was a heck of a storm all day  long in the Buffalo area, however, it didn’t keep the die hard music lovers away.

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    Tumbleweed Wanderers opened the night off and came out strong despite nearly missing out on the opportunity because their van had broken down. They got the crowd ready for the nights headliner and gained a solid reaction from there on stage flare to their great sound. The Tumbleweed Wanders, hailing from a much warmer climate in Northern California mentioned the cold on a few occasions.

    Headliner Greensky Bluegrass may be a bluegrass band but have hints of all sorts of genres and know how to get a crowd involved. Greensky’s uncanny ability to get the crowd moving with uplifting jams also featured one of the best light shows to date for the bluegrass scene. The quintet from Michigan is led by all members at any given time. Dave Bruzza (guitar), Anders Beck (dobro), Mike Devol (upright bass), Mike Bont (banjo) and Paul Hoffman (mandolin) all know how to step up and take charge, as was apparent throughout the night. If you had looked through the crowd it was apparent fans were really having a good time.  The band wasted no time and jumped right into it, showing that they were ready to play right out of the gate. There was plenty of banter throughout the night, saying how cool it was to play in Buffalo despite the weather. In true Greensky Bluegrass tradition, they took a song and really made it their own with their rendition of Bruce Springsteen’s “Atlantic City” into brilliant bluegrass.

    The Tumbleweed Wanderers

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