Category: The Northeast

Dave Matthews Band Making Their way to New York

Dave Matthews Band announced a new summer tour that will see the Grammy-winning rock group make several stops in the New York tri-state area. The tour – set to begin on June 16 and end on September 22 – will begin in the Northeast, and travel throughout the Southwest, Southeast, and the Midwest.

Photo by Steve Malinski @ Madison Square Garden.

Additionally, DMB will be making a return to St. Joseph’s Health Amphitheater at Lakeview, where they last performed in 2018 to a near full-house, and in 2016 to a sold-out venue. A performance from DMB will be one of many live shows at St. Joseph’s Amphitheater, which will see its fair share of concerts this year, with Live Nation announcing 20-25 slated performances to be held at the Syracuse arena.

Tickets to see DMB live will be on sale through Live Nation and Ticketmaster on February 21. A list of Dave Matthews Band, as well as St. Joseph’s Amphitheater concert dates can be found below.

Dave Matthews Band Summer Tour Dates

June 16 – Uncasville, CT – Mohegan Sun Arena

June17 – Uncasville, CT – Mohegan Sun Arena

July 8 – Holmdel, NJ – PNC Bank Arts Center

July 10 – Saratoga Springs, NY – Saratoga Performing Arts Center

July 11 – Saratoga Springs, NY – Saratoga Performing Arts Center

July 21 – Wantagh, NY – Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater

July 22 – Syracuse, NY – St. Joseph’s Health Amphitheater at Lakeview

St. Joseph’s Health Amphitheater at Lakeview has a stout 2020 lineup starting May 31, with Zach Brown Band, and continuing with: Sugarland, Thomas Rhett, Steeley Dan, The Doobie Brothers, Matchbox Twenty, Nickelback with Stone Temple Pilots, Hall & Oates, Foreigner, Brad Paisley and Jason Aldean. To see a full schedule, please see their WEBSITE.

January 31, 2020
In Focus: Bella’s Bartok and West End Blend at The Hollow

A packed Hollow Bar & Kitchen welcomed Bella’s Bartok and West End Blend back to the Capital Region for an intense night of dancing and revelry. The two bands, from western Mass and Connecticut, respectively, have built up sizable followings around the state and when converging together in Albany on Friday, a welcoming crowd got down with them from the first note to the last. West End Blend’s funk did more than warm up the crowd, and set the tone for the night with “Smile.” Bella’s Bartok followed shortly after with a set full of klezmer-infused, high energy numbers, with inflated eye balls bouncing around the crowd and a daring band member who crowd surfed to the bar (for a shot) and back to the stage with the support of their fans.

Following these two glorious sets of music to shake the week off, the bands spoke to NYS Music about why New York is such an important part of their careers and how they have grown as a result of touring across the state.

Drummer Sam Horan of West End Blend: “I feel like playing around the New York scene, that’s not New York City, it’s just been really good to us, and we’ve seen a lot of progress and steady progression which keeps us fueled to come back. This show, specifically, was a surprise because our last show was, it was good, but tonight really felt like a turning point for the market. We have a really great audience in Saranac Lake, and we throw our festival ‘The Blender’ in Saranac Lake, and that’s its own thing, but for Albany tonight it really felt like a turning point for us, with an early opening set, and it was a full room. It was a really good, reassuring thing for us to see a full room, starting pretty early, so that’s kind of the thing the New York scene has just been really good to us, and that’s what keeps us coming back.”

Likewise, Asher Putnam, lead singer of Bella’s Bartok shared: “We’ve been playing upstate New York and the Hudson River Valley since 2009-2010 when we were just a street band, and we’ve always enjoyed ourselves. We’re out of western Massachusetts, the Great Barrington area, so it’s a hop, skip, and a jump, and it’s really nice to see people coming up to the show who’ve been seeing us for 7-8 years, singing along to the old songs and hearing the new tunes. From Saranac Lake to Albany, and sometimes to NYC even, the Capital Region and Upstate is where we find our people.”

Catch West End Blend on Saturday February 8 at The Waterhole in Saranac Lake, and Bella’s Bartok the night before at The Waterhole on Friday, February 7. Bella’s then returns to the state on Saturday, March 7 at the Knitting Factory in Brooklyn, and then again on Thursday, March 19 at Funk ‘n Waffles in Syracuse.

Check out the photo gallery below!

January 27, 2020
Baked Shrimp Announces Winter 2020 Tour

Baked Shrimp hit the road for their 2020 Northeast tour. This will be their longest tour yet in the band’s three-year history as they play 19 shows in the Upstate NY and New England region, including six shows in New York.

The Long Island trio opens the tour on January 16 in Syracuse, NY at Funk ‘n Waffles where they will be joined by Bead N Bone. On January 19, they will perform at The Low Beat in Albany with the “high energy psychedelic groove circus” Glass Pony. Ithaca’s Dapper Dan will perform them in their hometown on January 31 at The Range before Baked Shrimp moves onto New Paltz where they will play on February 1 at Snug’s Harbor with Toaster Basket. They will then hit Oneonta with Some.Of.Us ft/Lace on February 6 at The Black Oak Tavern. The band closes out the tour in Greenlawn at Beau’s Bar on February 22.

Tickets are on sale now and can be purchased here. See a full list of tour dates below.

Baked Shrimp Winter Tour 2020:
Jan.16 – Funk ‘n Waffles Syracuse – Syracuse, NY w/ Bead N Bone
Jan.17 – Windsor Station Restaurant & Barroom – Windsor, VT
Jan.18 – Orlando’s Bar And Lounge – Burlington, VT
Jan.19 – The Low Beat – Albany, NY w/ Glass Pony
Jan.21 – Tavern at the End of the World – Boston, MA
Jan.22 – News Cafe – Providence, RI w/ Northeast Traffic
Jan.23 – Bleachers Bar – Bristol, CT w/ Moon Matrix of the Lizard People
Jan.24 – Soundcheck Studios Pembroke – Pembroke, MA w/ MacGuffin
Jan.25 – Jewel Music Venue Manchester NH – Manchester, NH w/ Sophistafunk, DELA and Stead Rock Easy, and Lee Ross
Jan.31 – The Range – Ithaca, NY w/ Dapper Dan
Feb.01 – Snug’s Harbor – New Paltz, NY w/ ToasterBasket
Feb.06 – Black Oak Tavern – Oneonta, NY w/ Some.Of.Us ft. Lace
Feb.07 – Bar None – Uniontown, PA
Feb.13 – Zeno’s Pub – State College, PA w/ West Beaver Arts Collective
Feb.14 – DIVE Bar – Washington D.C.
Feb.15 – Stage on Herr at Harrisburg Midtown Arts Center – Harrisburg, PA
Feb.16 – Sprout Music Collective – West Chester, PA w/ Euphonious
Feb.22 – Beau’s Bar – Greenlawn, NY

January 15, 2020
Eggy Plays Acoustic and Electric Set at FTC Stage One

It was a little bit intimate, a little bit all-out-jam in Fairfield last Saturday night. Eggy made their return to Fairfield Theatre Company (FTC) Stage One with two sets full of holiday spirit.

Eggy at FTC Stage One – Photo by: Chris Sidoruk

2019 was a big year for Eggy. They released their debut album Watercolor Days in March, and in September they announced becoming a part of the Madison House team. Time will only tell what 2020 has in store, but I can tell you they will be opening for Spafford at Brooklyn Bowl on February 7 and 8. So get there early!

January 4, 2020