NYS Music 202​0

Category: Plattsburgh

  • Joe Louis Walker is set to Perform Live Drive-In Concert in Plattsburgh

    There’s good news for blues and jazz fans who have been urging to get to a live show. Grammy nominated artist, Joe Louis Walker, will be performing a live drive-in concert in Plattsburgh on July 25 at 7:30 p.m.

    Joe Louis Walker Plattsburgh

    The show is part of the series, “Curbside at Harborside,” which is an effort to provide pandemic-friendly live concerts, while still being able to have a good time. To maintain social distancing, guests can bring lawn chairs to sit outside their cars or they can listen through FM radio.

    Walker is a well-known blues artist and Blues Hall of Fame inductee. He is also the winner of the Blues Music Awards four times.

    The blues artist has performed alongside famous icons like, Jimi Hendrix, B.B. King and Muddy Waters. He has over 20 albums under his belt, his latest one being, “Blues Comin’ On,” that came out this year.

    Joe Louis Walker is “a legendary boundary-pushing icon of modern blues,” said NPR.

    Parking for Joe Louis Walker in Plattsburgh opens at 6:30 p.m., with it being 20 dollars per car in cash. Takeout meals will be provided from The Naked Turtle for tailgating.

  • This darkness has got to give: Music venues during COVID-19 across New York State

    As we enter June, the fourth month where live music performances are postponed until it is deemed safe to have mass gatherings due to COVID-19, we take a look at the music venues across the state that are closed for now, but in the coming months will hopefully reopen.

    Working with 13 photographers to document more than 60 venues in 20 cities across New York State, we present this monthly series that will look at the current conditions of these beloved venues. As they reopen, we will provide photo documentation recording the changes over time in all corners of the state.

    Great thanks to all photographers and venues who take part in this series.

    Buffalo – photos by Zachary Todtenhagen

    Capital District – photos by Zach Culver

    Brooklyn – photos by Joseph Buscarello

    Hudson Valley – photos by Mickey Deneher

    Long Island – photos by Andrew Camera

    Plattsburgh – photos by Jerry Cadieux

    Manhattan – photos by Jamie Huenefeld

    Syracuse – photos by Josh Davis

    Utica – photos courtesy of The Stanley Theatre

    Ithaca – photos by Casey Martin

    Long Island – photos by Rob Tellerman

    Brooklyn and Manhattan – photos by Steve Malinski

    Port Chester – photo by Chad Anderson

  • Tumbledown cancels 2020 event

    In a statement on Facebook, organizers of the two-day event held within the Lake Champlain Maritime Festival, have announced that the 2020 Tumbledown edition is cancelled, due to the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak.

    It comes with great sadness that as a result of COVID-19, Tumble Down 2020 is cancelled. This was our Sweet Number 5 and we were so excited to drop an amazing lineup this year. We promise that we are working on something very special that we will be announcing very soon. There isn’t much that hurts us more than canceling our favorite event of the year, in our home town with all of you, but unfortunately we have no choice.

    Refunds will be issued automatically to everyone at point of purchase. However there may be some delays, so please be patient. Please contact box@highergroundmusic.com if you have questions or concerns.

    We love you, stay safe and healthy and we will get through this together – 
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    Tumbledown 2020 has been a staple of Burlington summers since 2016, with Vermont’s own Twiddle headlining both days of the festival. The event grew into the Lake Champlain Maritime Festival in 2017 with shows bookending Tumbledown for a four-day event that drew thousands to the Lake Champlain waterfront from around the Northeast. Check out our coverage from 2019 here.

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