Crowd favorites Umphrey’s McGee and moe. will return to headline the 2020 edition of Summer Camp, each band playing all three days of the weekend-long festival. Ween, Joe Russo’s Almost Dead, Billy Strings, Rezz, STS9 and Tipper are among the bands announced to play. Joining them will be The Wood Brothers, Pigeons Playing Ping Pong, Lettuce, Twiddle, The New Deal, Spafford, Andy Frasco & The U.N, SunSquabi, Keller Williams, Kyle Hollingsworth Band and Dirty Heads.
Three-day Passes, VIP Upgrades, Thursday Pre-Party Passes, and RV campsites sales are on now. Summer Camp will be May 22-24, 2020 (Memorial Day Weekend) at Three Sisters Park in Chillicothe, IL.
Brooklyn Bowl opens the doors to its new location in Nashville, Tennessee this spring. The grand opening on March, 14 features a performance by Bowlive with Soulive and George Porter Jr. More than 30 shows were announced for this spring, including acts like Twiddle, Toots and The Maytals, and Carseat Headrest. Tickets are on sale now.
The 1,200 capacity live music venue will also be home to four bars and nineteen bowling alleys over it’s two stories. The owners maintain that it will retain the same aesthetic as the original Brooklyn Bowl.
Galactic space travelers Treasure Plate have traversed time and space to send a message in the form of a rock opera of epic proportions. The self-professed blue collar cybernetic spacemen from somewhere in the 4000th millennium forewarn of a future filled with the dangers of space travel, encounters with hostile alien life, and harrowing narrow escapes on their album Engine Core Phenomenal.
The audio recording conveys the cosmic story, alternating between songs and narrative segments that push the story line forward. The band is comprised of a mix of sci-fi fans and a theater major, and the full effect of the story is best felt during their performances in full costume with special effects.
Whether it’s live or recorded, the story of space travelers under siege is a great escape from our run-of-the-mill modern day problems. But then again, some things never change, like the yearning to explore the outside world in order to discover ourselves. As they sing in the final verse of the album, “It’s who you are, it’s how we grow / It’s now where we’re gonna go.”
Treasure Plate is Brian McCormick on guitar, Ryan Kinal on bass, Luke Cornwell on keyboards, and Joshua Lownberger on drums. They brought a host of friends into the studio for backup on several tracks. Engine Core Phenomenal was recorded and mastered by Jesse Sprinkle at Bluebrick Studios.
Key Tracks: The Wrong Way, End of the World, Stargazers
With their 2018 EP, Rochester rockers The Stedwells announced they were coming of age with the title I’m Too Tall For My Time Machine These Days. It begged the question, what happens now that they’re all grown up? What comes next for the trio after “Body Shots” and “Pipe Dreams”? The answer came this fall in the form of their new EP Hideout.
When you’re too tall for your time machine, you’re finally mature enough to play in the big leagues. This time they’ve gone with not just one, but two Grammy-winning engineers – Stephen Roessner (Recording Engineer) and Dave Collins (Mastering Engineer). They also had assistance from award-winning Mixer Joseph Chudyk.
Even without the glossy sheen applied by the dream team of audio engineers, brothers Ryan and Brendan Warren and their friend Alex Durr work together like a well-oiled machine. The new songs play to their strengths. Anchored by a rocking beat, they dig into high energy riffs reminiscent of The Black Keys, The Strokes, and even Arctic Monkeys (minus the cheeky lyrics). Over the top of the instrumentation, lead vocalist Ryan serves lyrics with catchy pop hooks that will have you singing along in no time.
Celtic Bluegrass pioneers We Banjo 3 will commence their 2020 Rise & Shine tour in New York State. Night one takes place January 11 at The Stanley in Utica. The following day they’ll be at the Landmark Theater in Port Washington. They circle back to New York later in the month to play Caffe Lena in Saratoga Springs on January 23. Ticket information is available on We Banjo 3’s website.
We Banjo 3 is comprised of two sets of brothers – Enda & Fergal Scahill and Martin & David Howley – two of which still reside in Galaway, Ireland, and two of which have relocated to Nashville, Tennessee. Their sixth release, Roots to Rise Live, debuted at the beginning of August at number one on Billboard’s Bluegrass Albums Chart spending four weeks in the peak position. Their 2018 album Haven re-entered the charts at the number five position in August as well, making them the first Irish band to hold two top-five chart positions simultaneously.
We Banjo 3 Tour Dates
Sat, 1/11–Utica, NY–The Stanley Theatre Sun, 1/12–Port Washington, NY–Landmark on Mainstreet Tues, 1/14–Sellersville, PA–Sellersville Theater Wed, 1/15–Erie, PA–Walker Recital Hall Fri, 1/17–Cincinnati, OH–Memorial Hall Sat, 1/18–Columbus, OH–Newport Music Hall Sun, 1/19–Grand Rapids, MI–Listening Room Wed, 1/22–Old Saybrook, CT–Katharine Hepburn Cult Art Ctr Thurs, 1/23–Saratoga Springs, NY–Café Lena Fri, 1/24–Portland, ME–Aura Sat, 1/25–Somerville, MA–Somerville Theatre Fri, 2/21–Bellevue, WA—Wintergrass Sat, 2/22–Bellevue, WA–Wintergrass Sun, 2/23–Portland, OR–Aladdin Theater Tues, 2/25–Loveland, CO–Rialto Theater Thurs, 2/27–South Orange, NJ–South Orange PAC Fri, 2/28–State College, PA–The State Theatre Sat, 2/29–Frederick, MD–Weinberg Center for the Arts Sun, 3/1–Richmond, VA–Tin Pan Listening Room Wed, 3/4–Kent, OH–Kent Stage Thurs, 3/5–Ann Arbor, MI–The Ark Fri, 3/6–Ann Arbor, MI–The Ark Sat, 3/7–Lafayette, IN–Long Center for the Performing Arts Sun, 3/8–Chicago, IL–City Winery Wed, 3/11–Mineral Point, WI–The Mineral Point Opera House Thurs, 3/12–Viroqua, WI–Historic Temple Theatre Fri, 3/13–Green Bay, WI–Meyer Theatre Sat, 3/14–Milwaukee, WI–Pabst Theatre Sun, 3/15–Minneapolis, MN–The Cedar Cultural Center Tues, 3/17–Hailey, ID–Liberty Theatre Wed, 3/18–Hailey, ID–Liberty Theatre Fri, 3/20–Kansas City, MO–The Truman Sat, 3/21–St Louis, MO–Delmar Hall
Festival organizers have released the names of the first three headliners for the 2020 Rochester International Jazz Festival. They are Nile Rodgers & Chic; A Celebration of 50 Years, Garth Fagan Dance with Monty Alexander Sextet; and Spyro Gyra. Tickets go on sale Friday, Dec. 6 at 10 a.m. at RochesterJazz.com . Three and nine-day Club Passes are also on sale now.
The 020 Rochester International Jazz Festival will be held June 19 to 27, 2020 in multiple indoor and outdoor venues in downtown Rochester. All headlining shows are held at 8 p.m. at Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre.
Nile Rodgers & Chic take the stage on Friday, June 26. Garth Fagan Dance will celebrate 50 years of dance at the CGI Rochester International Jazz Festival performing with long-time friend, Monty Alexander and his Sextet,on Wednesday, June 24. And returning for the first time since 2003 is contemporary jazz icons Spyro Gyra.
The brotherly duo of Matthew and Nathan Corrigan has been performing under the name Tough Old Bird for the better part of the decade. Their latest release is a concept album that weaves together an array of musical influences and lyrical narratives around the central theme of area waterways.
In an interview earlier this year, Nathan told NYS Music, “I think we’ve had a tendency in the past to think of ourselves as a folk band, and with this album I think it was more important to be open to anything, and not worry about what genre it was or whether it sounded like some abstract idea of how we were supposed to sound.”
Midtown Manhattan’s Irish Arts Center has curated some music shows this season. On November 7, they host a performance by pianist Isabelle O’Connell. Mid-month, they will hold the 7th annual New York Trad Fest. And from December 11-15, they celebrate the holidays with their 13th annual Winter Solstice. Tickets are on sale now.
Isabelle O’Connell: November 7
Dublin-born contemporary pianist Isabelle O’Connell, who has performed engagements at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, and Ireland’s National Concert Hall, takes Irish Arts Center audiences on an intimate journey into her exciting repertoire of 20th and 21st century music, featuring work by eminent Irish composers including Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin, Bill Whelan, Seóirse Bodley, Jane O’Leary, and Siobhán Cleary.
7th Annual New York Trad Fest: November 16
Tony DeMarco brings together masters of Irish, Americana, bluegrass, and Cajun traditions at the annual Trad Fest. Kick off this citywide music festival at Irish Arts Center with Mickey Kelly, Cajun greats Kelli Jones and Joel Savoy, and Irish fiddle legend Eileen Ivers with her musical partner Matty Mancuso.
Winter Solstice: December 11-15
Irish Arts Center’s 13th annual holiday gathering returns to its heart and hearth. Mick Moloney, Athena Tergis, and The Green Fields of America gather a host of special guests in Irish Arts Center’s intimate 51st Street home for six spirited performances of reels, jigs, songs and stories in a musical celebration of Christmas and midwinter traditions from Ireland and around the world.
Grammy-nominated band, The Wood Brothers, have a new full-length on the way. Honey Jar/Thirty Tigers is putting out the studio album, Kingdom In My Mind, on January 24, 2020. They’ve just debuted the first song, “Alabaster.”
Kingdom In My Mind is a follow-up to 2018’s One Drop of Truth, which hit #1 on the Billboard Heatseekers Chart and garnered the band their first GRAMMY Award-nomination for “Best Americana Album.” The material for the forthcoming album started as they were breaking in their new Nashville studio, as they were tracking instrumental jam sessions to get a feel for the facility.
“If we had known we were making a record, we probably would have been too self-conscious to play what we played,” reflects Chris. “At the time, we just thought we were jamming to break in our new studio, so we felt free to explore all these different ways of playing together without worrying about form or structure. It was liberating.” Preorders the album here.
The Wood Brothers are currently finishing out an extensive US tour. They’ll be in NYC on January 30 and 31, Rochester on February 5, and Albany on February 8. Some of the proceeds from ticket sales go to support Thistle Farms, a Nashville-based non-profit organization which helps women to rebuild their lives.
The Wood BrothersTour Dates
11/15 – Madison, WI – Barrymore Theatre ^ (Sold Out) 11/16 – Indianapolis, IN – The Vogue ^ (Sold Out) 11/18 – Old Saybrook, CT – Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center 12/3 – Baton Rouge, LA – Manship Theatre ^^ (Sold Out) 12/4 – Houston, TX – The Heights Theater ^^ 12/5 – Austin, TX – Paramount Theatre ^^ 12/6 – Dallas, TX – The Kessler Theater ^^ (Sold Out) 12/7 – Tulsa, OK – Cain’s Ballroom ^^ 12/9 – Omaha, NE – Slowdown ^^ 12/11 – Aspen, CO – Belly Up Aspen ^^ (Sold Out) 12/12 – Steamboat Springs, CO – Strings Music Festival 12/13 – Boulder, CO – Boulder Theater ^^ 12/14 – Boulder, CO – Boulder Theater ^^ 12/15 – Breckenridge, CO – Riverwalk Center ^^ 1/29 – Baltimore, MD – Ram’s Head Live 1/30 – New York, NY – Webster Hall 1/31 – New York, NY – Webster Hall 2/1 – Philadelphia, PA – The Fillmore 2/3 – Toronto, Canada – Mod Club Theatre 2/5 – Rochester, NY – Kodak Center 2/6 – Burlington, VT – Flynn Center for the Performing Arts 2/7 – New Haven, CT – College Street Music Hall 2/8 – Albany, NY – Palace Theatre 2/9 – State College, PA – The State Theatre 2/11 – McKees Rocks, PA – Roxian Theatre 2/12 – Richmond, VA – The National 2/13 – Chattanooga, TN – Walker Theatre 2/14 – Nashville, TN – The Ryman 2/27 – 3/1 – Punta Cana, DR – Avett Brothers at the Beach (Sold Out) 3/4 – Phoenix, AZ – The Crescent Ballroom 3/5 – Los Angeles, CA – The Regent 3/6 – Santa Barbara, CA – Campbell Hall 3/7 – Oakland, CA – Fox Theater 3/8 – Eureka, CA – Arkley Center for the Performing Arts 3/10 – Eugene, OR – McDonald Theater 3/11 – Kirkland, WA – Kirkland Performance Center 3/12 – Portland, OR – Crystal Ballroom 3/13 – Vancouver, BC – Imperial 4/2 – Knoxville, TN – Bijou Theatre 4/3 – Knoxville, TN – Bijou Theatre 4/4 – Chicago, IL – Riviera Theatre 4/5 – Milwaukee, WI – Pabst Theatre 4/7 – Detroit, MI – Majestic Theatre 4/8 – Columbus, OH – Southern Theatre 4/9 – Asheville, NC – The Orange Peel 4/10 – Asheville, NC – The Orange Peel 4/11 – Asheville, NC – The Orange Peel
A tradition for more than half a century comes to a close this year. Arlo Guthrie announced that this will be his last time performing his traditional Thanksgiving show at Carnegie Hall. Guthrie has been touring for the anniversary of his iconic song “Alice’s Restaurant,” with daughter Sara Lee Guthrie this year. The pair, along with a host of family and friends, will celebrate one last time at Carnegie on November 30, 2019.
Tickets for Arlo Guthrie at Carnegie Hall and remaining 2019 tour are available. Tickets are selling fast, and the final Thanksgiving show is expected to sell out.
The song is based on a series of events that started with his friend’s Ray and Alice, who were renovating an unconsecrated church where they lived. Arthur Penn turned the song into a full-length movie in 1969, set at and around the church and starring Guthrie and many of the people acting as themselves on camera.
Guthrie purchased the church in 1991 and turned it into a thriving community center. There’s been plenty of work to do on the historic building, which has been standing nearly two hundred years. He’s had the church reconsecrated, and there are regular services.
Guthrie has worked to fulfill a dream of having a family band, in honor of his father Woody Guthrie. His children, grandchildren, and extended family have been joining him on stage over the years.
