NYS Music 202​1

Category: News Desk

  • Cassandra Kubinski Announces Show at Caffe Lena in Celebration of #1MillionHearts EP

    Cassandra Kubinski announced show at Caffe Lena in celebration of her recently dropped #1MillionHearts EP. The celebration will take place on October 31, 2021 at 7PM at Caffe Lena in Saratoga Springs. 

    Cassandra Kubinski is an up and coming singer/songwriter who has hit the billboards multiple times. She has had music on TV, from Lifetime to ESPN to ABC and  has collaborated with big names like the Goo Goo Dolls (including their collaborative release of her Autism anthem Not So Different), Chris Botti, 10,000 Maniacs, DJ Taz Rashid, and even her personal music hero, Billy Joel. You may have heard her songs that have supported  important causes, such as “Not So Different” for Autism and “You Get Me” for pet rescue. She was also  the composer and bandleader of Emmy-winning new media TV Show “The Never Settle Show” hosted by Mario Armstrong, and she serves as the Global Co-Chair of Membership for international non-profit Women in Music.

    Her #1MillionHearts EP was officially  released to all digital platforms on October 1, 2021. The Caffe Lena show follows up Kubinski’s NYC Release Show at The Cutting Room which took place on October 3, 2021 and the global virtual launch concert featuring multi platinum artists Ryan Cabrera, Jeff Timmons (98 Degrees), and Brad Fischetti (LFO) which took place on October 1, 2021. 

    Saratoga Springs holds a special place in Kubinski’s heart though which is why she’s going back there for a show at Caffe Lena. Kubinski’s previous Capital Region appearances includes multiple shows at Caffe Lena before she  became a full time Saratoga Springs resident in 2020, the Saratoga Springs Preservation Foundation Virtual Holiday Homes Tour, airplay on WEXT and WEQS, and both artist workshops and performances at Wildwood School in Schenectady.

    “I’m excited to bring my band back to Saratoga. #1MillionHearts is all about connection, community, and finding freedom after a time of darkness or constriction,” Said Kubinski. “I think many of us can relate to that in society and in ourselves at this time. We’re excited to give the audience an incredible, elevating show, and to support arts education and the upstate community as well.”

    Tickets for both in-person seats and online viewing options are available here.

    For more information on Cassandra Kubinski and her upcoming shows visit her website.

  • A Very Darren Crissmas Tour Makes Stops in Rochester, Beacon Theatre

    The festivities are almost upon us, and Darren Criss reminds us with his first-ever holiday album, A Very Darren Crissmas, from Decca Records. The Emmy, Golden Globe, and Screen Actors Guild award-winner and singer-songwriter invited special guests like by Adam Lambert, Evan Rachel Wood, and Lainey Wilson. Listen to the album here.

    A very Darren Crissmas

    You better watch out, as in just two months you’ll have the opportunity to hear Darren live on his A Very Darren Crissmas Tour. He’ll be coming to Indianapolis, on December 3rd at the Murat Theatre then he’ll be on his merry way to Beacon Theatre on December 20. Tickets will be on sale at 10 a.m. on October 15th with artist pre-sales October 12th and 13th.

    To help perfect this album Ron Fair aided in producing this album as an established multi-Grammy® nominee and producer of numerous GRAMMY-winning hits. “A Very Darren Crissmas” will be a 12 song set of wildly eclectic collection of tunes. Recorded at Nashville’s Faircraft Studios, Darren brings a bit of country to his sound along with chart topping country icon Lainey Wilson on Drunk on Christmas. Other A-list musicians include Pop star Adam Lambert joins in on (Everybody’s Waitin’ For) The Man With the Bag, bringing a touch of jazz to the festivities. Not to mention multihyphenate Evan Rachel Wood on the classic “Somewhere in My Memory,” and on the album’s sole original,. Darren illustrates his elasticity as an artist blending his sound with jazz and country. 

    The result is a new entry into the holiday-music canon, both delightfully unpredictable and touched with a timeless sense of Christmas magic.

    In an effort to keep everyone’s best interest in regards to health and safety, concert-goers must provide proof of full vaccination and/or negative COVID-19 test at least 72 hours prior to the show date and time.

    A Very Darren Crissmas Tour Dates

    FRIDAY, DECEMBER 3: MURAT THEATRE – INDIANAPOLIS, IN TICKETS

    SATURDAY, DECEMBER 4: MICHIGAN THEATER – ANN ARBOR, MI TICKETS

    MONDAY, DECEMBER 6: CYRUS NORTHROP MEMORIAL – MINNEAPOLIS, MN TICKETS

    TUESDAY , DECEMBER 7: RIVERSIDE THEATER – MILWAUKEE, WI TICKETS

    THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9: CHICAGO THEATRE – CHICAGO, IL TICKETS

    FRIDAY, DECEMBER 10: THE LOUISVILLE PALACE THEATER – LOUISVILLE, KY TICKETS

    SATURDAY, DECEMBER 11: THE GOODYEAR THEATER – AKRON, OH TICKETS

    MONDAY, DECEMBER 13: CAPITAL ONE HALL – TYSONS, VA TICKETS

    TUESDAY, DECEMBER 14: THE MET PHILADELPHIA – PHILADELPHIA, PA TICKETS

    THURSDAY, DECEMBER 16: ORPHEUM THEATRE – BOSTON, MA TICKETS

    FRIDAY, DECEMBER 17: AUDITORIUM THEATRE – ROCHESTER, NY TICKETS

    SATURDAY, DECEMBER 18: MASSEY HALL – TORONTO, ON TICKETS

    MONDAY, DECEMBER 20: BEACON THEATRE – NEW YORK, NY TICKETS

    WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 22: THE HERSHEY THEATRE – HERSHEY, PA TICKETS

  • Owner of Exclusive Wu Tang Clan Album Revealed

    The anonymous owners of the one-of-a-kind Wu Tang Clan album have been revealed. Once Upon a Time in Shaolin — formerly owned by disgraced hedge fund manager and pharmaceutical executive, Martin Shkreli, before being convicted of securities fraud — was seized in 2018 and recently sold by the U.S. government as a part of a $7.4 million forfeiture judgement. 

    After Shkreli was forced to sell the album, the original buyers were kept hidden from the public, with the sale being handled by NYC based lawyer, Peter Coolidge, who revealed that he has been one of the very few to listen to the project.

    It didn’t disappoint at all. It was pretty reminiscent of the ‘90s stuff. The first album was really good. All the first solo albums were good, like, Return to the 36 Chambers, Liquid Swords, Ironman, Only Built 4 Cuban Linx, whatever,” he said. “And then they did some albums after that, that were perhaps not their best work. But this is like, up there with the best stuff.

    Now, the new owners of the suis generis album have been revealed to be NFT investment collective, PleasrDAO. The group revealed itself as the anonymous entity that purchased the album from the federal government in July for a reported $4 million.

    While Shkreli clashed with Wu Tang Clan almost immediately after purchasing the album, the new owners — who specialize in digitized art — may have more consumer-friendly plans in mind. While the album comes with a ton of contractual limitations (It can’t be commercially released until 2103; it can’t be remixed or recorded; and it can’t be played in front of large audiences, streamed, or even broadcast online), PleasrDAO Chief Pleasing Officer, Jamis Johnson, revealed to Rolling Stone plans to “bring the album back to the people.” With plans to curate listening parties throughout the world that will allow the general public a chance to hear the

      They bonded together to form a collective more powerful than any individual had on their own. Fuck these middlemen for taking all the money that should be going to the artists perfectly aligns with the ethos of crypto.

    Despite the limitations imposed on the album, PleasrDAO believe they have the same interests of the Clan, who began to encourage the album being made available on a wider scale as their dissatisfaction with Shkreli grew. 

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbY74KvIYEw

  • Soul Train Announce Plans to Host Awards Show At The Apollo Theater

    Soul Train has announced plans to host their annual Awards Show at The Apollo Theater in Harlem. The awards show will take place on November 28 at 8 PM EST on BET and BET Her.

    This year marks the 50th Anniversary of Soul Train from when it aired in 1971 and the 33rd year of the Soul Train Awards so this year’s awards show will be in commemoration of both of these milestones. The show aired for 35 years and was created by Don Cornelius. It brought African American culture to a nationwide audience. 

    The award show showcases Soul Train’s impact on the genre of music and dance. The Soul Train Awards will feature performances from some of the most talented musicians in the industry. The awards show has aired on BET since 2009 being taped in Las Vegas in recent years.The annual awards ceremony is being held for the first time at the Apollo Theater in New York City. The awards show will honor the 2021’s best in soul, hip-hop and R&B.  

    “The Apollo is thrilled to partner with BET to host the ‘Soul Train Awards,’ bringing together three iconic brands that represent Black culture and excellence under one roof,” Kamilah Forbes, Apollo executive producer, said in a press release. 

    Catch the awards on November 28 at 8 PM EST on BET and BET Her for more information visit the ABC News article on the event.

  • Raquel Acevedo Klein Announces American Composers Orchestra at DiMenna Center on October 23

    American Composers Orchestra will be hosting a live in-person and streaming multimedia event, New Canons, featuring Raquel Acevedo Klein’s interactive composition. After her debut of her newest work, Polyphonic Interlace at Little Island, Raquel is ready to dazzle us again at New Canons. The performance is scheduled virtually and in-person at multiple locations for Saturday, October 23 at 2:15pm.

    American Composers Orchestra

    The hybrid in-person and virtual concert composers focus on incorporating latency as part of their music. That is the delay between live and transmitted sound will be an integral part of each piece. American Composers Orchestra and Groupmuse Foundation has collected composers that are interested in experimenting with technology and latency in their music with their interactive works.

    We welcome one another into a collective landscape in which all sounds become music.The symphonious, surround-sound composition  Raquel Acevedo Polyphonic Interlace will actually invite attendees to play the piece’s musical tracks from their smartphones creating a sea of voices from several directions. Latency Canons from Ray Lustig incorporates multiple string quartets and an orchestra yet each performer will be dispersed across the room while they play in unison. Trevor New’s Cohere will use technology to manipulate latency for remote musicians . Pauline Oliveros‘ Environmental Dialogue procures an interactive element where attendees are invited to respond to sounds. All Possible Music from Chris Kallmyer may be just what you think it is where it will be a work that describes all of the music imaginable by.

    American Composers Orchestra will perform at the DiMenna Center conducted by Peter Askim. The Bergamot Quartet will perform at the Murray Hill Groupmuse location. Ligeti Quartet and Alexandra Quartet play from the United Kingdom with seven selected soloists who will participate remotely from locations around the world.

    There will be a myriad of venues where you may choose to experience this performance at a public gathering space, as an intimate concert in a private home, or as a fully digital event.

    Concert Hall tickets at New Canons at DiMenna Center and Private Home tickets – New Canons in Murray Hill (Event address will be provided upon reservation) are $25 each, with a Virtual Event reservation $5, with a $20 suggested donation, streamed via Virtual New Canons (Streaming link provided 24 hours before event.) Doors open at 2:00pm and music will begin promptly at 2:15pm.

  • Donny Frauenhofer Trio (DF3) to Celebrate Debut Album Release at Sportsmens Tavern

    Buffalo’s Donny Frauenhofer Trio will celebrate the culmination of a decade of work as they take the next step as a live band, releasing their debut album on Friday, October 22. The night before, the trio will perform at Sportsmen’s Tavern.

    Donny Frauenhofer Trio, also known as DF3, consists of Isaiah Griffin on drums, Colin Brydalski on bass, and Frauenhofer on keys. Coined as “The Weirdest Music You’ve Never Heard,” Donny’s trio is creatively driven by spontaneity. The group travels through time signatures, styles, and key signatures with ease, making Frauenhofer’s complicated compositions sound like a walk in the park. The group plays a daring brand of original music with unique arrangements of popular tunes tastefully sprinkled in. 

    Donny Frauenhofer Trio Debut Album

    With an album full of originals, two notable covers get a jazz treatment, with DF3 approaching Pink Floyd’s “Another Brick in the Wall” and Fall Out Boy’s “Sugar We’re Goin Down” as though they are entirely new compositions,

    The album has taken 10 years to get here, although the trio didn’t start until about 2016, playing consistently starting in 2018. There is also the factor of capturing the music, learning the language of music and studying all the aspects of playing and performing it. 10 years ago, Frauenhofer did not see the dream of being signed on a label and just making music as possible or as probable as many of his peers. He saw where things were heading with the music business and how to monetize it, so he set out to learn as much as possible about recording, engineering, mixing, mastering, and producing as much as I could.

    Frauenhofer didn’t want to release an album until he felt he was somewhat capable of doing the quality he wanted for himself. 10 years of digging into jazz and trying to find his own sound, that is when many compositions took root. He would often tell friends “I had this sound in my head I couldn’t describe,” and a lot of artists he was a fan of were in that realm, but Frauenhofer had a particular vibe, an air or atmosphere that he wanted to capture.

    Regarding the jazz scene in Buffalo, Frauenhofer notes the great deal of talent in the scene, with a small but passionate audience that is continuing to grow.

    My goal is to get more of my generation involved. A lot of this album reflects that – using contemporary styles from my generation and putting that in a jazz setting, or vice-versa. Electronic music styles and hip-hop in particular can really get young crowds excited and be a great window into more traditional styles of jazz

    Donny Frauenhofer, on the Buffalo Jazz scene

    The album release show will take place on Thursday, October 21st at Sportsmens Tavern in Buffalo. The show kicks off at 7pm with the band playing two sets of music, with physical copies of Uppin’ the Ante available at the show. Guest musicians will also be performing with the trio.

    The release of this upcoming album marks the distinctive transformation of #DF3 from a local live act to a burgeoning national touring force. Uppin’ the Ante will be available on all streaming platforms on Friday, October 22nd. Along with this exciting release, the band will soon be announcing tour dates for the remainder of 2021. 

    Donny Frauenhofer Trio perform on Thursday, October 21 at 7:00 PM Sportsmens Tavern. Tickets are $12 and available here, with additional info available via the Facebook event.

  • Jann Klose Celebrates his Citizenship with “Becoming American — A Celebration!” on October 26

    A few days after he takes the Naturalization Oath and becomes an American citizen, Jann Klose will perform at Rockwood Music Hall, alongside singer-songwriter Kris Gruen on Tuesday, October 26 at 7pm.

    jann klose

    Jann Klose is an award-winning pop singer-songwriter, born in Mannheim, Germany and raised in Nairobi, Kenya, Johannesburg, South Africa and Hamburg, Germany. Jann first arrived in the United States as an AFS exchange student in Cleveland, Ohio. His single “Love You the Most” is part of the soundtrack for the movie “Married Young” (Amazon) and has been streamed over 3 million times. Jann is an ambassador for Desmond Tutu’s TutuDesk campaign and Brick by Brick Uganda. Klose has performed as an actor and singer in touring companies of Broadway musicals, including “Jesus Christ Superstar,” “Jekyll and Hyde,” and “The Who’s Tommy” as well as made for TV movies, voice overs and commercials. 

    Becoming American – A Celebration! celebrates Jann Klose and his love of American culture, Jann will be sworn in at City Hall on October 22, and later that week, Klose and his 5-piece band will perform his first concert as an American citizen at Rockwood Music Hall, Stage 2. Also featured on the bill is Americana singer-songwriter Kris Gruen.

    Jann Klose proclaiming his American Citizenship on October 22.  Here the Astoria, Queens-based Pop/Singer-songwriter is waving like the famous flag at the Jacob Javits Federal Building in New York City where immigrants take part in their Oath Ceremonies every Friday.

    The show will feature brand new songs, including “Sugar My,” “Flesh & Blood,” “All The Way Down,” and “Surrender” all co-written with hit songwriter Alex Forbes (Taylor Dayne, Nile Rodgers, South African artist Elvis Blue). Jann’s seventh studio album is slated for an early 2022 release. Favorites from Jann’s prior releases will also be represented in the set, including songs from his most recent album, In Tandem, released on South Africa’s legendary Gallo Records/Sheer Sound, featuring duets with a wide range of stars from three continents, including singers Karen Zoid (coach on The Voice SA) and Annie Haslam of Renaissance. Jann’s two recent singles,

    Tickets are available here.

    Jann Klose Upcoming Shows

    October 26 – Rockwood Music Hall Stage 2, New York, NY
    November 26 – Tilles Center for the Performing Arts, Brookville, NY
    November 27 – Elsewhere w/ Gary Lucas, Brooklyn, NY

  • The 2021 Eddies Music Awards Announces Nominees and Ceremony

    The Capital Region Thomas Edison Music Awards or more commonly known as the Eddies Music Awards announced their 2021 nominees and ceremony date. The awards ceremony will be held at 7PM on Sunday, November 14, 2021 at Universal Preservation Hall in Saratoga Springs.

    This is the second installment of the Eddies Music Awards in 2021. This group of nominees represents works done by musicians in 2020. The first installment represented works done by musicians done in 2019 and were recognized during a live broadcast from UPH this May after two postponements due to the pandemic made them unable to host the awards ceremony in 2020 as planned.  

    This year’s categories will be a little different than in previous years. Sal Prizio, Eddies co-founder and co-producer explained this saying, “About half of the categories we presented in previous years were scuttled when looking at 2020. We took a poll of judges and there was near unanimous agreement that the genre categories such as best folk artist and best hard rock artist didn’t make sense, as so much of the assessment in those categories was based on live performance.” 

    The categories this year are: Arts Publication of the Year, Arts Journalist of the Year, Radio DJ of the Year, Radio Station of the Year, Music Recording Studio of the Year, Label of the Year, Music Video of the Year, Record of the Year, Album of the Year, Songwriter of the Year, Best Presenter of Virtual Live Music Shows, and Best Live Virtual Performance(s) by an Artist – Show or Series – Covers.  

    Tickets for the Eddies Music Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony on October 27, 2021 and the Eddies Music Awards on November 14, 2021  are now on sale here. 

    For more information the 2021 Eddies Music Awards visit their website. 

    Full list of nominations listed bellow: 

    Arts Publication of the Year 

    NYS Music 

    Preview /Times Union 

    Spot 518 

    The Xperience Monthly 

    Ticket/Daily Gazette 

    Arts Journalist of the Year 

    Steve Barnes  

    Jim Gilbert  

    Michael Hallisey  

    Indiana Nash 

    Jim Shahen Jr. 

    Liam Sweeney 

    Radio DJ of the Year 

    Wanda Fisher 

    Art Fredette 

    Andy Gregory 

    Bill McCann 

    Jeff Morad 

    Sonny Speed 

    Chris Wienk 

    Radio Station of the Year 

    RadioRadioX 

    WCDB 90.9 

    WEQX 102.7 

    WEXT 97.7, 106.1 

    WSPN 91.1 

    WVCR 88.3 

    Music Recording Studio of the Year 

    Albany Audio Associates (AAA Recording Studio C) 

    Blue Sky Recording/Mixing Studio 

    Millstone Recording Studio 

    NRS Studios Catskill 

    The Recording Company 

    Starling Studios 

    Label of the Year 

    Albany Records 

    Cacophone Records 

    Equal Vision Records 

    Flipped Out Records 

    Magnetic Eye Records 

    Upstate Records 

    Music Video of the Year 

    “Everyone’s Gone Home” – Joel Brown 

    “Moon” – Novus Cantus 

    “Skin Disease” – Craig Hamilton 

    “Ain’t Going Anywhere” – Buggy Jive 

    “Modernist” – El Modernist 

    “Sellout” – Joe Mansman and The Midnight Revival Band 

    “415” – Sydney Worthley 

    “Alone” – Zan & The Winter Folk 

    Record of the Year 

    “Hold Me” – Julia Alsarraf 

    “Everyone’s Gone Home” – Joel Brown 

    “Moz Disco” – Coupons   

    “Better off Alone” – Moriah Formica 

    “Quentin” – Gordon St. 

    “Roll Over You” – Sean Rowe 

    “Andy Warhol” – Annie Scherer 

    “A Thousand Years” – The Sea The Sea 

     “415” – Sydney Worthley 

    Album of the Year 

    “Somethin’ Comes Along” – Bright Dog Red 

    “Ain’t Going Anywhere” – Buggy Jive 

    “Back Pocket” – Dominick Campana 

    “Going Places” – Dylan Canterbury 

    “Rougher Stuff” – Dark Honey 

    “Flowers for You” – Sawyer Fredericks 

    “What Happens After” – Laveda 

    “Northeast” – Sara Milonovich & Daisycutter 

    “Stumbling Home” – The Sea The Sea 

    Songwriter of the Year 

    Julia Alsarraf 

    Dan Berggren 

    Buggy Jive 

    Jim Gaudet 

    Girl Blue 

    Michael Jerling 

    Kate McDonnell 

    Kim Cirillio Wickham 

    Best Presenter of Virtual Live Music Shows 

    Caffe Lena – “Stay Home Sessions” 

    Frank Cavone / Mirth Films 

    Freedom Park Quarantune Series 

    Mark Gamsjager / The Lustre Kings weekly Saturday night virtual shows  

    High Peaks Event Productions 

    The Linda: Open for Take-Out Virtual Concert Series 

    Best Live Virtual Performance(s) by an Artist – Show or Series – Covers 

    Rick Bedrosian 

    Mark Gamsjager 

    DJ Trumastr 

  • The Nth Power announce Fall Back in Love Tour, Celebrate New Year’s Eve in Albany

    Acclaimed soul-rock trio, The Nth Power has made some exciting additions to their already announced “Fall Back In Love Tour,” further exploring the Midwest with nine additional dates in November. The Nth Power will also be hitting the Northeast for four nights to ring in the New Year, including two night’s in Albany. The tour will be featuring the newly released studio album Reverence. 

    nth power lark hall

    The full band is filled with musicians you may already know from elsewhere, guitarist and vocalist Nick Cassarino (Jennifer Hartswick Band), bassist Nate Edgar (John Brown’s Body) and drummer and vocalist Nikki Glaspie (Beyonce).

    Their origin story started as an impromptu late-night jam during the 2012 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. The energy that Nth Power taps into is something almost sensual, spiritual, and sexy. They prove that music can be a higher power which might just be relentlessly funky and soulful. While Nth Power does transcend genre audiences hear influences from American rock, soul, funk, rhythm and blues. The latest album, Reverence offers the utmost maturity of the trio’s sound conveying messages of hope, empathy, gratitude, self-forgiveness and, above all, the universal power of love. They tap into an energy that is simultaneously sexy and spiritual, with songs that will inspire audiences to dance, groove, make love or just stand there with goosebumps.

    We’re going as far as you can go on planet Earth as musicians. We want to change the world through music – that’s the goal

    Nikki Glaspie

    Distributed by The Orchard, Reverence features guests like Kofi Burbridgeis who plays on keys and flute throughoutlike, the album itself has been dedicated to the memory of this Grammy-winning keyboardist. You may also hear renowned saxophonist Maceo Parker, vocalists Ivan Neville and Nick Daniels III of Dumpstaphunk, vocalist Cheryl Pepsii Riley and keyboardist Amy Bellamy.

    The Nth Power return to the Northeast to ring in 2022 with a trio of shows in Waterbury, VT,; Albany, and Bridgeport, CT. 

    10.22 – Placerville, CA – Hangtown Festival

    10.23 – Placerville, CA – Hangtown Festival

    10.30 – Live Oak, FL – Suwannee Hulaween

    11.4 – Ferndale, MI – Otus Supply

    11.5 – Berwyn, IL – FitzGerald’s

    11.6 – Cincinnati, OH – Fretboard Brewing Company

    11.7 – Bloomington, IN – Stable Music Hall & Lounge

    11.9 – Dayton, OH – The Brightside

    11.10 – Columbus, OH – Woodlands Tavern

    11.11 – Peoria, IL – Kenny’s Westside Pub

    11.12 – Indianapolis, IN – Mousetrap

    11.13 – Memphis, TN – Railgarten

    12.29 – Waterbury Center, VT – Zenbarn

    12.30 – Albany, NY – Lark Hall

    12.31 – Albany, NY – Lark Hall

    1.1 – Bridgeport, CT – Park City Music Hall

  • Todd Rundgren Returns to Woodstock For Rehearsals

    Todd Rundgren has quietly returned to Woodstock’s Utopia Studios Soundstage to begin rehearsals for his “The Individual, the Star” U.S. tour. The legendary multi-instrumentalist received a reported “quiet hero’s welcome” as he returned to the area ahead of his induction into the Rock ‘N Roll Hall of Fame at the end of October. 

    Rundgren’s Woodstock Roots

    todd rundgren
    Todd Rundgren with Bearsville Theater owner Lizzie Vann

    Rundgren, also known for his work with the band Utopia, created the soundstage at Bearsville Theater Complex himself. He commissioned the project for an “innovative video studio” back in 1979, and filmed the video for his single “Time Heals” there. The video would go on to be the second video ever broadcast on MTV. Over the years, the studio has served as a home for many music-related businesses, including Radio Woodstock. 

    Rundgren made sure to take breaks from rehearsal during his week-long visit. While in town, Rundgren also attended the Woodstock Film Festival for a screening of the documentary Fanny: The Right To Rock. Rundgren himself appears in the documentary, which was screened at the Bearsville Theater. 

    A Wizard, A True Star

    Rundgren’s current tour celebrates his monumental 1973 album, A Wizard, A True Star. Rundgren found inspiration for the project, and a changing point of view, in experimentation with psychedelic drugs in his mid-20s. “I became more aware,” Rundgren once said of making the album, “Of what music and sounds were like in my internal environment, and how different that was from the music I had been making.” Rundgren described the 19-track LP as a hallucinogenic “flight plan.” 

    Though at the time A Wizard, A True Star isolated much of Rundgren’s audience, it received widespread critical acclaim, and has been recognized in later years for its influence on lo-fi bedroom musicians. Even Frank Ocean sampled synths from the project on his own historic contribution to lo-fi, 2016s Blonde. 

    Rundgren kicked off his The Individual, The Star Tour on October 1st in Boston. He played three dates at the beginning of October in New York, all at the Gramercy Theater in NYC. The tour will continue through the beginning of November, heading West and closing out November 7th in San Francisco. 

    Todd Rundgren, The Individualist, a True Star 2021 Tour

    Oct. 01 – Boston, MA @ Big Night Live

    Oct. 02 – Boston, MA @ Big Night Live

    Oct. 04 – Ridgefield, CT @ Ridgefield Playhouse

    Oct. 05 – Ridgefield, CT @ Ridgefield Playhouse 

    Oct. 07 – New York, NY @ Gramercy Theatre 

    Oct. 08 – New York, NY @ Gramercy Theatre 

    Oct. 09 – New York, NY @ Gramercy Theatre 

    Oct. 11 – Philadelphia, PA @ The Fillmore 

    Oct. 12 – Philadelphia, PA @ The Fillmore 

    Oct. 14 – Huntington, NY @ The Paramount 

    Oct. 17 – Washington DC @ Capital Turnaround 

    Oct. 18 – Washington DC @ Capital Turnaround 

    Oct. 20 – Atlanta, GA @ Tabernacle 

    Oct. 23 – Miami, FL @ The Fillmore 

    Oct. 24 – Clearwater, FL @ Capitol Theatre 

    Oct. 25 – Clearwater, FL @ Capitol Theatre 

    Oct. 29 – Canton, OH @ Canton Palace 

    Oct. 30 – Cincinnati, OH @ The Andrew J Brady ICON Music Center 

    Nov. 01 – Chicago, IL @ House of Blues 

    Nov. 02 – Chicago, IL @ House of Blues 

    Nov. 05 – Grand Rapids, MI @ 20 Monroe Live 

    Nov. 06 – Cleveland, OH @ MGM Northfield Park 

    Nov. 07 – Cleveland, OH @ MGM Northfield Park 

    Nov. 10 – Denver, CO @ Paramount 

    Nov. 12 – Los Angeles, CA @ Belasco 

    Nov. 13 – Los Angeles, CA @ Belasco 

    Nov. 14 – Los Angeles, CA @ Belasco

    Nov. 16 – San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore 

    Nov. 17 – San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore