NYS Music 20​19

Author: Maddi Annunziata

  • All Time Low to Join Blink-182 ‘Enema of the State’ Tour

    All Time Low announced in a tweet last week that they will be joining Blink-182 for the rescheduled Columbus, OH show of their ‘Enema of the State’ tour on September 22. Blink-182 and Lil Wayne have been on tour together to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Blink’s beloved Enema of the State album. It was supposed to kick off last month in Columbus, but it had to be delayed due to production issues. For pop-punk fans, it looks like it was worth the wait.

    Back in January, Blink-182 vocalist/ bassist Mark Hoppus and All Time Low frontman Alex Gaskarth joined forces to debut their new project, Simple Creatures. The duo released their first EP ‘Strange Love’ back in March, listen to it on Spotify here.

    According to Lil Wayne’s website, he will not be on the tour for Columbus date in September, so fans will get a full night of pop-punk with All Time Low, Neck Deep, and Blink-182. Tickets for the remaining shows, (listed below) including the All Time Low date, are on sale now.


    July 19 – New York, NY – Good Morning America
    July 20 – Virginia Beach, VA – Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheatre
    July 21 – Columbia, MD – Merriweather Post Pavilion
    July 23 – Charlotte, NC – PNC Music Pavilion
    July 25 – West Palm Beach – Coral Sky Amphitheatre
    July 26 – Tampa, FL – MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre
    July 27 – Atlanta, GA – Cellaris Amphitheatre at Lakewood
    July 29 – Jacksonville, FL – Daily’s Place
    July 31 – Houston, TX – Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion

    August 1 – Austin, TX – Austin360 Amphitheater
    August 2 – Dallas, TX – The Dos Equis Pavilion
    August 4 – El Paso, TX – Don Haskins Center *
    August 5 – Phoenix, AZ – Ak-Chin Pavilion
    August 7 – San Diego, CA – North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre
    August 8 – Los Angles, CA – The Forum
    August 9 – San Francisco, CA – Outside Lands ^
    August 27 – Irvine, CA – FivePoint Amphitheatre
    August 30 – Portland, OR – Sunlight Supply Amphitheater
    August 31 – Seattle, WA – White River Amphitheatre

    September 2 – Salt Lake City, UT – USANA Amphitheatre
    September 4 – Denver, CO – Pepsi Center
    September 6 – Wichita, KS – Hartman Arena *
    September 7 – Council Bluffs, IA – Stir Cove *
    September 8 – Kansas City, MO – Providence Medical Center Amphitheater
    September 10 – Detroit, MI – DTE Energy Music Theatre
    September 12 – St. Paul, MN – Xcel Energy Center
    September 14 – St. Loius, MO – Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre
    September 16 – Cincinnati, OH – Riverbend Music Center
    September 18 – Camden, NJ – BB&T Pavilion
    September 20 – Brooklyn, NY @ Barclays Center
    September 22 – Columbus, OH – Nationwide Arena $
    October 11 – Sacramento, CA – Aftershock ^

    * without Lil Wayne
    ^ blink-182 festival date
    $ with All Time Low

  • Pink Talking Fish Announces 2019 Fall Tour

    Pink Talking Fish just announced their 2019 fall tour which includes festivals, headlining at premier venues, multiple night runs, and a variety of concept shows including the debut of a PTF Kids show. Pink Talking Fish perfectly fuses the sounds of Pink Floyd, Talking Heads and Phish, creating a fresh and exciting experience for fans. The band features Eric Gould on bass, Richard James on keyboards, Zack Burwick on drums and Cal Kehoe on guitar.

    Fall tour kicks off Labor Day Weekend on the beach at Ocean Mist in Rhode Island, before other stops like the Umphrey’s McGee after-party in Asbury Park, NJ and Lake George for the Adirondack Music Festival. The band will close out their festival season at the Harvest Jazz & Blues Festival in New Brunswick, Canada. Throughout October, Pink Talking Fish will stay on the East Coast with shows in Washington DC, Virginia, Georgia, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania and a stop at Buffalo Iron Works in Buffalo, NY on October 24. The show in DC will be a special ‘Dark Side of the Moon’ concept where the band will perform the classic album intertwined with Talking Heads and Phish in between the album cuts. The Halloween show, held at The National in Richmond, VA, will create a ‘PTF is Bowie’ experience featuring a fusion of music from Pink Floyd, Talking Heads, Phish, and David Bowie.

    November starts off with a three-night run at Sweetwater Music Hall in California, each day will feature a different theme. On Friday November 1, PTF will perform their ‘Animals’ concept, combining Talking Heads and Phish with Pink Floyd’s Animals album, and Saturday night will see a West Coast twist on the band’s ‘PTF is Bowie’ concept. Sunday afternoon, the band will be putting a very special ‘Pink Talking Fish (4 Kids)’ show that will be an interactive experience the whole family can enjoy. Throughout December, PTF will be making stops at Montage Music Hall in Rochester, NY and Beachland Ballroom & Tavern in Columbus, OH before going out to Colorado to close out the tour, and then coming back east to Paradise Rock Club in Boston, MA for New Year’s Eve. See the full list of upcoming shows below.

    For more information and tickets, check out the PTF website.

    SUMMER TOUR: 

    July 19 – Bath, NH – Jerry Jam 

    July 20 – Patchogue, NY – Great South Bay Music Festival 

    July 24 – Middletown, NY – Orange County Fair  

    August 2 – Hartford, CT – Infinity Hall 

    August 3 – Waitsfield, VT – Bear North on Sugarbush Mountain 

    August 8 – Norwick, NY – NBT Bank Free Thursday Concert Series 

    August 16 – Long Beach Island, NJ – Bird & Betty’s 

    August 17 – Bethel, NY – Yasgur’s Woodstock 50th Anniversary Reunion on Yasgur’s Farm  

    FALL TOUR: 

    August 29 – Kingston, RI – Ocean Mist 

    August 30 – Asbury Park, NJ – Wonder Bar for Umphrey’s McGee AfterParty 

    August 31 – Mason, NH – Marty’s Summer Concert Series 

    September 1 – Lake George, NY – Adirondack Independence Music Festival 

    September 13 – Greenfield, MA – Wormtown Music Festival 

    September 14 – Fredericton, NB Canada – Harvest Jazz & Blues Festival 

    September 20 – Fairfield, CT – The Warehouse at FTC 

    September 28 – Hardwick, MA – MTG Pheno Cup Music & Arts Fest 

    October 11 – Ardmore, PA – Ardmore Music Hall 

    October 13 – Washington DC – The Hamilton  

    October 14 – Roanoke, VA – 5 Points Music Sanctuary 

    October 16 – Nashville, TN – The Basement East 

    October 17 – Atlanta, GA – The Loft 

    October 18 – Asheville, NC – Asheville Music Hall 

    October 19 – Savannah, GA – Southbound Brewing Company 

    October 20 – Charlotte, NC – The Neighborhood Theatre 

    October 24 – Buffalo, NY – Buffalo Iron Works 

    October 25 – Columbus, OH – Woodlands Tavern 

    October 26 – Pittsburgh, PA – The Rex Theater 

    October 31 – Richmond, VA – The National

    November 1 – Mill Valley, CA – Sweetwater Music Hall

    November 2 – Mill Valley, CA – Sweetwater Music Hall

    November 3 – Mill Valley, CA – Sweetwater Music Hall – Pink Talking Fish (4 Kids) 

    November 13 – Raleigh, NC – Lincoln Theatre 

    November 14 – Charleston, SC – Pour House 

    November 15 – Tampa, FL – The Orpheum wsg Runaway Gin

    November 16 – Fort Lauderdale, FL – Revolution Live wsg Runaway Gin

    November 21 – Ocean Beach, CA – Winston’s 

    November 22 – Ocean Beach, CA – Winston’s 

    December 4 – Rochester, NY – Montage Music Hall 

    December 5 – Cleveland, OH – Beachland Ballroom 

    December 13 – Nederland, CO – The Caribou Room 

    December 14 – Denver, CO – Summit Music Hall 

    NEW YEARS EVE: 

    December 31 – Boston, MA – Paradise Rock Club 

  • Danielle Ponder and the Tomorrow People to Kick Off Thursdays on the Village Green This Week

    Thursday July 18 will be the first of the “Thursdays on the Village Green”, a free concert series in Hamilton, NY featuring Danielle Ponder and the Tomorrow People. “Thursdays on the Village Green” is a family-friendly event, with activities hosted by the Hamilton Public Library every week starting at 5:30 p.m., and then music starting at 7:00 p.m..

    Danielle Ponder Village Green

    Kicking off the series’ music lineup this week is groove-soul powerhouse Danielle Ponder and the Tomorrow People. The band’s groovy sound combined with Ponder’s powerful voice creates a beautiful and emotional experience for concert-goers. Ponder, a Rochester, NY native, will undoubtedly give you goose-bumps. Soultracks.com said, “Ponder’s vocals combine the spirit of the church with the speak-truth- to-power assertiveness of a movement leader.”

    The rest of the series features music from Pearly Baker’s Best on July 25, Second Line Syracuse on Aug. 1, The Lightkeepers on Aug. 8, and West End Blend on Aug. 15. For more information on the series, take a look at their Facebook page.

    Danielle Ponder Village Green

  • The Ultimate Sunday Funday at Beau Fleuve Music & Arts Festival

    Beau Fleuve Music and Arts Festival returns for its third year on Sunday August 25 at Silo City in Buffalo for the “Ultimate Sunday Funday.” The festival was created to celebrate the rich history of Buffalo’s art scene and showcase the resurgence of Buffalo art in all forms. For one day only, festival-goers will experience an immersive multi-cultural experience filled with music, food, and art installations.

    The festival features three performance stages with more than 30 performers, culture exhibits, a silent disco, a beer-wine garden, and family fun activities that attendees of all ages can enjoy. Located at the heart of the festival, inside the American silos, is the Maison Des Arts stage, which will showcase a performance stage and art installations highlighting a variety of mediums including a live mural painting, photography, and much more. At the Collective Arts Sound Stage, located near the entrance of the festival, fans will be able to experience their favorite bands, graffiti artists, and skateboard pipe dreams. Music performances will span across a diverse array of genres from country and blues to EDM and trap. Highlighted performances from this year include Curtis Lovell, Universal Phunk, Love the Genius, Miller & the Other Sinners, Freak the Mighty and Heather Russel. All of the performances and artists are listed below.

    The silent disco is a festival fan favorite and will be held near the river patio, giving fans a scenic backdrop and unique way of experiencing live performances including DJs, spoken word, poets, and musicians. While there are many returning attractions, there are also some new additions to the festival this year. One of these additions is a Next Generation of the Festival Youth Stage, featuring young musicians, poets, artists, and entrepreneurs all under the age of 18.

    For more information and tickets visit the website here.

  • Cortland Main Street Music Series Brings In Brandon “Taz” Niederauer, Enter The Haggis & More

    For 16 years, the Cortland Main Street Music Series has been bringing local, regional and national music acts to downtown Cortland. This year, a total of 12 musical performances, spanning a variety of genres, will take place over the course of four free concerts every Friday this month at the CFCU Community Credit Union Stage.

    Cortland Main Street Music

    The series kicks off on July 5 with the local duo of Lonnie Park and John West. Following them in the evening will be The Fall Creek Brass Band from Freeville, NY, with their funky big band sound. Headlining the evening will be alternative rockers from Connecticut, The Alternate Routes. The following week, July 12 is also SUNY Cortland Alumni weekend. The night will start off with local bands The Beauchesnes and The Cousins. To celebrate alumni weekend, internationally acclaimed Todd Hobin Band from Syracuse will be headlining. Todd Hobin Band has performed on the SUNY Cortland campus more than any other band in the school’s history, and they are returning in collaboration with the Music Legacy group’s unveiling of a commemorative sculpture for this year’s alumni weekend events.

    On July 19, Cortland Main Street Music welcomes Enter The Haggis, a high-energy group of Celtic-rockers combining bag pipe and fiddles with a rock rhythm and meaningful lyrics to bring a distinctively electric sound. Opening up the night will be local favorites The Starmer Brothers, and following them will be the foot-stomping folk band The Old Main. The final Friday of July will bring Brandon “Taz” Niederauer, a sixteen-year old guitar prodigy, who got his nickname “Taz” for his ferocious guitar playing. Openers for the July 26 show includes a solo performance from Marc Ryan from Tribal Revival, as well as the soulful Americana of Mike Powell and the Black River.

  • Live Nation Buys Out Superfly’s Bonnaroo

    Next year will see a new Bonnaroo as the festival changes hands from Superfly, who founded the festival back in 2002, to Live Nation. Back in 2015, Live Nation bought a controlling stake in the festival, and Superfly’s influence in the festival has since dwindled. According to Billboard, Live Nation told minority owners in Bonnaroo that it plans to exercise a buyout clause in the 2015 agreement to purchase the rest of the festival, effectively ending Superfly’s role as the festival’s producer.

    Read Part One Of NYS Musics’ Bonnaroo Coverage

    When the festival started, the lineup mainly consisted of jam bands, but eventually started expanding into a variety of genres. Bonnaroo took place on June 13-16 this year, and headliners of the sold out festival included Phish, Childish Gambino, Post Malone, Odesza, and The Lumineers.

    Superfly will continue to be owners and operators of other events like Clusterfest and Outside Lands, both taking place in California. A joint venture with Comedy Central, Clusterfest, brings together music and comedy. With three nights of live comedy acts, live music with ridiculous themed dance parties, recreations of iconic television sets, and hilariously themed food and drink, the festival creates a new way to experience comedy. Outside Lands is a San Fransisco cultural experience featuring an eclectic line up of live music, show cases of the Bay Area’s finest artists, and a unique GastroMagic experience where chefs pair up with musicians and comedians to put on whimsical and unpredictable performances.

    Read Part Two Of NYS Musics’ Bonnaroo Coverage

  • Chenango Blues Association Announces Summer Concert Series and Chenango Blues Festival

    Chenango Blues Association has announced a music-filled summer for Norwich with a summer concert series and the Chenango Blues Festival. The free concert series will run every Thursday at East Side Park from July 11 – Aug. 29, and the 27th annual Chenango Blues Festival will take place August 16-17.

    The summer concert series features a variety of artists, spanning different genres, including reggae, blues, funky soul and more. Kicking off the series is Keesha Pratt Band, bringing their contemporary blues with a glimpse into the future of blues. The weeks following will bring the likes of Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad, The Garcia Project, Pink Talking Fish, Tommy Castro and the Painkillers, Neville Jacobs and 2019 Grammy award winners for ‘Best Bluegrass Album,’ Travelin’ McCourys. Food trucks from local restaurants will also selling food and beverages, to make the for the perfect Thursday summer night.

    Chenango Blues summer

    Highlights of the Chenango Blues Music Festival lineup include four time winner of the Blues Music Award for Entertainer of the Year, Tab Benoit, and 2019 Contemporary Female Artist of the Year, Danielle Nicole. Benoit plucks on your heartstrings with each strum of his guitar, you can feel the passion he puts into his music. Nicole’s strong and sultry voice with her distinctive bass work feeds your soul. The lineup also features Downchild Blues Band, Johnny Sansone, Joe Louis Walker Trio, and much more. Check out the full lineup below. Tickets are on sale now, check out the festival website for more information.

    Chenango Blues summer

    Chenango Blues Festival Lineup:

    Tab Benoit

    Downchild Blues Band

    Mississippi Heat with special guest Lurrie Bell

    Danielle Nicole

    Joanna Connor

    Pokey Lafarge

    Joe Louis Walker Trio

    Johnny Sansone

    Jontavious Willis

    Rick Estrin and the Nightcats

    Gabe Stillman Band

    Brian Golden Blues Experiment

  • Decades of Music Destroyed in 2008 Universal Studios Fire, Why We Are Just Finding Out Now

    Back in 2008, the entertainment industry watched as decades of history burned to the ground. At 4:43 am on June 1, 2008, a security guard on the backlot of Universal Studios Hollywood noticed flames erupting from a rooftop on the set known as New England Street. Hundreds of firefighters tried to extinguish the blaze, but poor water pressure and damaged sprinkler systems hindered their ability to do so. Eventually the fire reached one of the most important buildings on the lot, Building 6197, otherwise known as, ‘the video vault.’

    The video vault was home to videotapes, film reels, and a library of master sound recordings owned by Universal Music Group. A master recording is the original recording of a piece of music, the source of how we listen to everything today. The recording industry is a business of copies, and copies of copies. With each copy that is made, some of that original sound is lost as the audio is converted between formats. The massive fire destroyed almost everything in the vault, including the masters for an estimated 500,000 song titles, recording sessions, multi-track recordings with the instruments still segregated, and recordings that have never been released.

    “A master is the truest capture of a piece of recorded music. Sonically, masters can be stunning in their capturing of an event in time. Every copy thereafter is a sonic step away.”

    – Adam Block, former president of Legacy Recordings

    New York Times, “The Day the Music Burned”

    The catalog of masters destroyed includes music of countless legendary artists spanning across multiple decades. Artists like: Steely Dan, Duke Ellington, Judy Garland, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Neil Diamond, Ray Charles, R.E.M., Guns N’ Roses, Patti LaBelle, Eric Clapton, Sonny and Cher, and hundreds more. Some of Aretha Franklin’s first appearances on record when she was a teenager, tape masters for Billie Holiday’s Decca catalog, and Nirvana production masters with songs no one has ever heard were all destroyed. In a tweet, Nirvana bassist Krist Novoselic said he believes the Nevermind masters are “gone forever.”

    Billie Holiday, 1946. CreditPhoto Illustration by Sean Freeman & Eve Steben for The New York Times. Source photograph: William Gottlieb/Redferns/Getty Images.

    This took place eleven years ago, why are we just hearing about the master recordings now? For months afterwards news surrounding the fire, most importantly the vault, was heavily covered by media. However, majority of the coverage referenced the film recording damages, and eventually it was written off as crisis averted. UMG avoided bad publicity by ensuring most of everything that was lost was digitally backed up, or that it was only copies engulfed by the flames, and the masters were at a different facility in Pennsylvania. It wasn’t until New York Times released an extensive article which included information from legal documentation of the fire from a 2009 lawsuit UMG filed against NBCUniversal, who owned the warehouse where these relics were stored; that the news about the lost music became more public.

    Artists were not even made aware that their masters were destroyed until the Times article. Attorney Howard King told LA Times that some artists effected will be seeking legal action against UMG, saying: “This has a potentially huge impact on [the artists’] future, coupled with the rather disturbing fact that no one had ever told them that their intellectual property may have been destroyed. There is a significant amount of discussion going on, and there will be formal action taken.”

  • Reunite With Nature and Music at Pollywogg Holler

    Tucked away in Belmont, NY, Pollywogg Holler is an enchanting refuge away from the crazy stress of modern day society. It started out as a dream for Barb and Bill Castle in 1976 when they built a home in these magical woods for them and their three children. They wanted to establish a lifestyle in harmony with nature, and eventually opened up their property to the public so everyone could bask as well.

    Every Sunday from April to mid-November is Pizza Day. The property is open to the public from 1-6 PM and provides delicious hand-made brick oven pizza, drinks and live music. Bands featured this summer include Workingman’s Dead, PA Line, Folkfaces and so much more. Check out the full lineup for the summer down below.

    The music isn’t the only aspect that makes the Pollywogg Holler experience magical. When you arrive, you walk back into a breathtaking forest filled with different sculptures and art pieces. Among the beautiful art and trees are little cabins that you can reserve for a night, each one providing a unique experience. They have the ‘Sauna Loft’, which is a Finnish-style family sauna that warms a private sleeping area among the treetops. If you really want to sleep under the stars, they offer lean-to style cabins with sheer panel closures that allow you to connect with nature. You can learn more about the different style cabins and make a reservation here.

    Pollywogg Holler Sunday Pizza Day Lineup

    June 16 – Folkfaces

    June 23 – The Healing Committee

    June 30 – Workingman’s Dead

    July 7 – Flying Boxcar

    July 14 – An Afternoon with Little Mountain Band

    July 28 – ZOAR

    August 4 – Workingman’s Dead

    August 11 – Ten Cent Howl

    August 18 – The Observers

    August 25 – Uncle Ben’s Remedy

    September 1 – Leroy Townes Band

    September 8 – Carlin’s Coalition

    September 15 – Ampersand Project

    September 22 – Tropical Cream

    September 29 – Rebecca & the Soul Shakers

    October 6 – Mike Brown

    October 13 – Band Named Sue

    October 20 – Dan Ripley

    October 27 – Stepping Stone

    November 3 – Ellen & the Healers

    November 10 – Eric Carlin & Kurt Johnson

  • Hudson Valley’s Tail Winds Music Festival Features Chris Robinson Brotherhood, Black Stone Cherry

    Rock lovers of the Hudson Valley rejoice. The Tail Winds Music Festival, located in Wappingers Falls, takes place on June 29. The all day event will feature eight renowned rock performances, food and drink, and family-friendly activities.

    Comprised of Chris Robinson (lead vocals, guitar), Neal Casal (guitar), Tony Leone (drums), and Jeff Hill (bass), the folk/psychedelic rock band, Chris Robinson Brotherhood, is headlining the festival. Constantly pushing boundaries with their music, CRB provides an American folk/psychadelic rock sound. Joining them on the lineup is Black Stone Cherry, Geoff Tate’s Operation: Mindcrime, King’s X, Sass Jordan, The Jason Gisser Band, Big Guns, and The PlayBack, rounding out a full day of non-stop music.

    Tail Winds Music Festival

    Tail Winds Music Festival also offers food and drinks from a variety of food trucks and craft breweries, helicopter rides to experience a bird’s eye view of the festival, and family-friendly activities everyone can enjoy. For more information and ticket information for the festival click here.

    Check out the Chris Robinson Brotherhood’s performance of “Rare Birds” live from The Shed this past weekend below.