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  • Lockn’ Announces Phil Lesh & Friends with Special Guest Carlos Santana

    Lockn’ Music Festival has announced Phil Lesh & Friends as a headliner for the festival’s upcoming third installment – with special guest Carlos Santana. Joining Lesh and Santana are Warren Haynes, Barry Sless, Rob Barraco and Jon Molo.

    phil lesh carlos santanaPhil Lesh & Friends joins a who’s-who of jamband royalty, both past and present, not including bringing Carlos Santana along. The lineup includes Anders Osborne, Billy & The Kids, Deer Tick, Dominic Lalli of Big Gigantic, Fishbone, Galactic, Gov’t Mule, Hot Tuna Acoustic, Jorma & Jack Celebrate 50 Years of Jefferson Airplane, Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe with Chuck Leavell, Keller Williams’ Grateful Gospel, Little Feat, Mad Dogs & Englishmen, A Tribute To Joe Cocker Featuring Tedeschi Trucks Band with Special Guests Leon Russell, Dave Mason, Rita Coolidge, Chris Robinson, Doyle Bramhall II and Friends Melvin Seals & JGB with special guest John Kadlecik, Moonalice, North Mississippi Allstars, Phil Lesh & Friends, Phil Lesh & Friends featuring Chris Robinson, Neal Casal, Adam Macdougall, Eric Krasno & Tony Leone, Robert Plant & The Sensational Space Shifters, Slightly Stoopid, Soulive, St. Paul & The Broken Bones, Steve Earle & The Dukes, Strangefolk, Tedeschi Trucks Band, The Doobie Brothers, The Doobie Incident, The Jayhawks, The Oh Hellos, The String Cheese Incident, Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, Umphrey’s McGee, and Widespread Panic.

    Watch footage of Carlos Santana playing with the Grateful Dead in Oakland in 1993

  • Canalside Buffalo Announces Free Summer Concert Series 2015

    Canalside Buffalo has announced their summer Thursday free concert lineup for 2015. The outdoor harbor series is nestled on a gorgeous plot of land nestled up against Lake Erie. Beers a plenty will be on hand as well as some of Buffalo’s excellent food trucks and vendors. The lineup is diverse as usual bringing Buffalonians a mix of genre’s with big headliners and top notch locally based talent.

    Indie darlings Matt & Kim kick things off June 6. Other acts include Spoon, Everclear, Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Yonder Mountain String Band, Iron & Wine and THE En Vogue.

    One of the biggest highlights here – Aug 6 Umphrey’s Mcgee will traverse the skyway to Buffalo’s Harbor Series for a free show. Touring behind their latest release – Similar Skin – UM will bring their complex compositions to Buffalo’s exploding harbor district. Joining them will be Buffalo’s fastest growing band – Aqueous. Hot off a way sold out show featuring a Cake themed set at Buffalo’s Iron Works and critical acclaim for their progressive groove rock sound, the combined draw here guarantees to pack the joint. Show up early to get a good spot – these two bands are gonna tear the place up.

    Canalside Lineup 2015 

    June 4 Matt & Kim w/ Made Violent and Bearstronaut
    June 11 Arkells w/ Robert Delong and Milo Greene
    June 18 Everclear w/ Fuel and American Hi-Fi
    June 25 Spoon w/ July Talk
    July 2 The Sheepdogs w/ Yonder Mountain String Band
    July 9 The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
    July 16 Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra performs Stevie Wonder
    7/23 Badfish w/ Reel Big Fish
    7/30 Iron & Wine w/ Ben Bridwell
    8/6 Umphrey’s McGeew/ Aqueous
    8/13 Get the Led Out
    8/20 En Vogue

  • Guthrie Bell Productions and 102.7 EQX present “Howling on the Hudson” series this summer

    Guthrie Bell Productions and WEQX 102.7 just announced a new music series called “Howling on the Hudson” taking place this summer on the Dutch Apple Cruise Ship. The first round of bands features Eastbound Jesus, Conehead Buddha and Gubbulidis (Twiddle Duo). The series will feature six shows taking place on Tuesday nights. The Dutch Apple Cruise Ship is an ideal venue with three floors, both indoor and outdoor, offering a beautiful scenic view, a full bar and plenty of dance space. The ship boards at 6:30 PM in downtown Albany and departs promptly at 7, returning to dock at 10. Tickets are 22.00 in advance (Available May 1) and 25.00 at the door.

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    The Capital District is infamous for the weekly music events such as Rockin on the River in Troy and Albany’s Alive at Five. Here’s hoping this becomes a yearly tradition.

    Howling on the Hudson

    Tues. June 9 : Eastbound Jesus

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    Tues. June 23 : Conehead Buddha

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    Tues. July 7 : Gubbulidis (Twiddle Duo)

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  • Josh Groban to Visit Upstate NY

    Multi-platinum recording artist, Josh Groban has announced a North American Fall Tour and will hit NY multiple times. Groban will make stops in Albany, Syracuse, Buffalo and NYC supporting his new album Stages. The Stages Tour will visit specially selected theaters to give fans a more intimate concert setting versus those accustomed to seeing him perform in arenas.

    Groban will serenade fans at The Beacon Theatre in NYC on Sept. 29,  The Palace Theatre in Albany on Oct. 3, The Landmark Theatre in Syracuse on Oct. 6 and Shea’s Performing Arts Center in Buffalo on Oct. 7. Tickets are currently on sale at livenation.com and with every ticket purchase – fans will receive their choice of a physical or digital copy of Stages.

    josh groban NYStages is a collection of Groban’s renditions of some of the best musical theater songs of all time. It was produced by Humberto Gatica and Bernie Herms in both Los Angeles and London’s Abbey Road (with a 75-piece orchestra taboot). The album features songs from Les Miserables, The Wizard of Oz, Sweeny Todd, Phantom of the Opera and much more.

    Groban describes the album as “gorgeously arranged songs that have stood the test of time.” An exclusive edition of the album will be available at Target containing two extra tracks. Until the Stages Tour kicks off in September, Josh Groban will be making plenty of television appearances on Good Morning America on April 28, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and Live! with Kelly and Michael on April 29, and Dancing With The Stars on May 5. He will also sing the National Anthem at the 2015 Kentucky Derby on May 2.

  • Get Covered: Aqueous Plays Cake Themed Set in Buffalo

    Aqueous is not a band that takes their craft lightly. Over their nine years of existence they have endlessly tried to stretch the boundaries – A Super Mario Brother’s themed set, a career path minded Will Smith set for Halloween with all four members in different era Fresh Prince attire, and of course the four week themed residency at Nietzsche’s in Buffalo – which included Willy Wonka, Love, Decades and a Mystery Artist theme that featured a night of Beatles music mixed with AQ’s arsenal of originals.

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    This past Saturday at Buffalo’s Iron Works would be the latest on the themes from Aqueous – two sets, one original and one set featuring the music of alt-rock heroes Cake. The “Cake-Queous” set featured 12 first time played Cake songs interspersed and quite often interlaced with original music. The sold out crowd could not have been more fulfilled – with many vets expounding (in full Comic Store Guy accent) “Best Show Ever.”

    The good people at Buffalo.FM were on hand with camera’s all over the joint. Buffalo.fm (and wnymedia.net) are huge friends to the New York music scene, releasing tons of audio and video material free for fans and often streaming shows live. Today they released audio of Saturday’s Cake themed set.

  • OMMEGANG Brewery Announces Primus and Dinosaur Jr.

    Primus has announced their 2015 American Summer tour featuring Dinosaur Jr. with 18 dates. The tour kicks off with the All Good Festival in West Virginia on July 10th and will be traveling across country to end in Flagstaff, AZ. Ommegang Brewery in Cooperstown, NY will be hosting the dual performances on July 31 by Dan Smalls Presents. Ommegang has their own summer concert series with other guests such as The Pixies, The Avett Brothers, and Old Crow Medicine Show.

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    Dinosaur Jr. is an alternative rock band from Massachusetts, formed in 1984 with original members J Mascis (guitar, vocals), Lou Barlow (bass, vocals), and Murph (drums). Through the year, the band has replaced a couple of members and recorded three major-label albums. In 2005, the original line-up reformed and released three more albums thereafter.

    The Primus and Dinosaur Jr. tour will also make stops in Wallingford, CT, the Stone Pony in Asbury, NJ, and Pier 97 in NYC. Tickets for July 31st in Cooperstown will be go on sale Friday and can be purchased at Dansmallpresents.com.

    2015 US Tour dates:

    July 10 – SUMMIT POINT, WV – ALL GOOD FESTIVAL
    July 17 – WALLINGFORD, CT – TOYOTA PRESENTS OAKDALE
    July 18 – RALEIGH, NC – LINCOLN THEATRE
    July 19 – BIRMINGHAM, AL – SLOSS FESTIVAL
    July 20 – CHARLOTTE, NC – FILLMORE CHARLOTTE
    July 23 – PHILADELPHIA, PA – PENN’S LANDING
    July 24 – ASBURY PARK, NY – THE STONE PONY
    July 25 – BOSTON, MA – BLUE HILLS BANK PAVILLION
    July 27 – PORTLAND, ME – THOMPSON’S POINT
    July 28 – HOLYOKE, MA – MOUNTAIN PARK
    July 30 – NEW YORK, NY – PIER 97
    July 31 – COOPERSTOWN, NY – OMMEGANG BREWERY
    Aug 1 – COLUMBUS, OH – LC PAVILLION
    Aug 2 – STERLING HEIGHTS, MI – FREEDOM HILL AMPHITHEATRE
    Aug 4 – HUBER HEIGHTS, OH – ROSE MUSIC CENTER
    Aug 6 – MILWAUKEE, WI – EAGLE’S BALLROOM
    Aug 7 – PAPILLION, NE – SUMTUR AMPHITHEATER
    Sep 4 – FLAGSTAFF, AZ – PEPSI AMPHITHEATRE

  • Festival Announces Final Lineup Additions, Pre-Parties

    A festival in the Berkshires announced today the final installments in the 2015 lineup. Additions include Phutureprimitive, Aqueous, Cosmic Dust Bunnies, Lucid, Teddy Midnight, Ikebe Shakedown, Ross Jenssen, Brightside, Wyllys, Subset, Of the Trees, Horizon Wireless, Aaron Fractaltribe, Robert Fractaltribe, Om Olak, Icaro, Wubson, Corey Brooks, Twist of Fate, Squanto, Cheatcode, Bells and Robes, Leila Harrison, Levitation Jones, Uncle Bob, Gater, Icculus, and Honeycomb.

    festival lineupThese additions join Lettuce, Electron, Dopapod, Twiddle, Kung Fu, Consider the Source, Cabinet, Soule Monde, Pink Talking Fish, Viral Sound, Roots of Creation, Dangermuffin, Spiritual Rez, Lespecial, Supersillyus, Schlang Live Band, The Hornitz, Viva La Hop, Bella’s Bartok, Wobblesauce, Fennario, Strange Machines, Hayley Jane & The Primates, Soul Rebel Project, Mister F, Blue Boy Productions, Formula 5, Broccoli Samurai, Krewe de Groove, West End Blend and Relative Souls. The 5th year festival kicks off on June 11 and runs through June 14 at Gardner’s Farm in Stephentown, NY, just over the border from Massachusetts.

    San Francisco based Phutureprimitive, fresh of a 40 show US tour supporting psychedelic electronic music pioneer Shpongle, is set to perform a late night set at Disc Jam on stages created by renowned stage designers Fractaltribe.

    Disc Jam 2015 features 4 Days of Music, 50+ Musical Performances, Disc Golf Tournaments, 2 Main Stages, Carside, Grassy or Wooded Campsites, Food and Craft Vending, Kids Activities, Late Night Acoustic Sets, Silent Disco, Disc Golf Clinics, Live Painting, Art Installations, Yoga Sessions, Fire Performances, Hula Hoop and Flow Art Workshops and much more.

    Disc Jam still embraces a small festival vibe while drawing larger bands from Boston, New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Vermont and beyond. The 5th annual Disc Jam once again features an incredible lineup of musicians and artists set to celebrate the Northeast’s diverse and thriving live music scene.

    Pre-parties announced across New York and New England

    In the weeks leading up to Disc Jam Music Festival, pre-parties are planned featuring bands on the lineup for the weekend. Pre-parties sponsored by Disc Jam will be held at the following locations:

    May 7 at Parish Public House, Albany, NY featuring Dangermuffin

    May 8 at The Hollow Bar and Kitchen, Albany, NY featuring Mister F

    May 14 at Garcia’s, Portchester, NY, featuring Roots of Creation w/ Hayley Jane & the Primates

    May 16 at Electric Haze, Worcester MA, featuring Pink Talking Fish

    May 29 at Penuche’s, Manchester NH featuring Lucid, ICCULUS, and Hayley Jane and the Primates

    Tickets are on sale now.

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  • Blues-Funk Rockers Lucid Heads South on Upcoming Tour

    Lucid is packing up their gear and getting ready to hit the road for a couple of weeks in early May, with stops in Philadelphia PA, Washington D.C., Asheville, Raleigh and Wilmington, NC and more. The band has a new bus (R.I.P. Lucy), a new drummer by the name of Josh West, and tons of new material. Their fourth studio album, Dirt, is set to be available in May.

    “We’re just excited to get a little time on the road before the festival season starts,” said vocalist and percussionist Lowell Wurster. “Our summer is as packed as it’s ever been, with festivals all over the northeast… But as soon as the fall comes we’ll be back out there touring again.” Lucid’s anticipated fall tour will also probably be in conjunction with the release of their fifth studio album.

    Lucid’s Dirt will be available on Spotify, Last FM, iTunes, Amazon and all of your other favorite online distribution sites. You can catch them live in venues starting in Upstate New York at Rock N Roll Resort on May 1, right on down through North Carolina throughout the beginning of May. Dates announced thus far include:

    • 5/1 Rock N Roll Resort in Kerhonkson NY – Electric Set
    • 5/2 Rock N Roll Resort in Kerhonkson NY – Acoustic Set
    • 5/3 Ortlieb’s in Philadelphia PA
    • 5/6 The Calico in Wilmington NC – Acoustic Set
    • 5/7 The Calico in Wilmington NC – Electric Set
    • 5/8 Southland Ballroom in Raleigh NC – with Orgone and Sophistafunk
    • 5/9 One Stop in Asheville NC
    • 5/10 The Cave in Chapel Hill NC – with French Broads

    Additional announcements are expected in the next day at venues in markets like Washington DC, Vienna VA, Charlotte NC and more. Check out Lucid’s touring schedule online, updated with spring-run dates regularly starting on Monday April 20.

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  • RIP: Percy Sledge Dead at 73

    Legendary R&B and soul singer Percy Sledge who is best known for the classic “When a Man Loves a Women” passed away today at the age of 73 from natural causes.percy

    Sledge was originally a hospital nurse and toured on weekends before being signed to a recording contract in the late 60’s. NYSMusic sends Percy’s friends and family our condolences.

    https://youtu.be/FOaDgS1RKK0

  • New LivePhish Release Celebrates The Spectrum in Toronto, December 12, 1992

    Phish has announced an archival release of 12/12/92 – The Spectrum in Toronto, Ontario. This 1000 capacity venue got quite a treat with a set chock full of Phishy goodness. Check out the announcement below for more details:

    On December 12, 1992, Phish crossed the border to play The Spectrum in Toronto – a dance club with a capacity of about 1,000. Anyone with a LivePhish+ subscription can stream the show right now from the LivePhish App or you can purchase from LivePhish.com and stream via the free App (in your Stash). Downloads are also available at http://livephi.sh/ph921212

    In the year surrounding this show, they released four albums on Elektra and their “Hey-Hole” improvisation exercises were yielding increasingly transcendent excursions onstage. This was Phish’s only performance at The Spectrum, their second Canadian gig, and the 20th show on a 21-date tour.

    Set I featured Foam, Reba, Split Open And Melt, and All Things Reconsidered, which was deftly woven into both “Bouncing Around The Room” and “Run Like An Antelope”. Set II highlights included a “Maze” opener, “The Curtain” > “Tweezer”, and the Davy Crockett “You Enjoy Myself”. The Toronto “Tweezer” deserves special mention for its multiple themes – from full shred to soaring melodies and bent dissonance. The encore was a rare “Ride Captain Ride” in its only pairing with “Tweezer Reprise” until 2012.

    12/12/92 was recorded to DAT by Paul Languedoc and mastered by Fred Kevorkian. To download the show or to listen via the LivePhish App, go here.

    Setlist via phish.net

    Saturday, 12/12/1992
    The Spectrum, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    Soundcheck: Funk Jam, Uncle Pen
    Set 1: Llama, Foam, Sparkle, Cavern > Reba, The Landlady, Split Open and Melt, Poor Heart > All Things Reconsidered, Bouncing Around the Room > Run Like an Antelope[1]
    Set 2: Maze, Glide, The Curtain > Tweezer > Rift, Guelah Papyrus, You Enjoy Myself, Hold Your Head Up > If I Only Had a Brain > Hold Your Head Up, The Squirming Coil > Golgi Apparatus
    Encore: Ride Captain Ride > Tweezer Reprise
    [1] Simpsons, Random Note, and All Fall Down signals.
    Teases:
    · All Things Reconsidered tease in Bouncing Around the Room
    · All Things Reconsidered and Jean Pierre teases in Run Like an Antelope
    · The Ballad of Davy Crockett tease in You Enjoy Myself