Eastbound Jesus & Guthrie/Bell Productions have announced the lineup for the 2022 installment of the Eastbound Throwdown, planned for September 9-10 on Irwin Farm in Salem, NY.
Friday’s Lineup includes host-band Eastbound Jesus, The Mallett Brothers Band, Folkfaces, Muddy Ruckus, and Ginger Roots. Saturday features Cabinet, Saints & Liars, Deadgrass & Friends, The Honey Smugglers, Steadman’s Landing, Wild Leek River, Dan Johnson, The Button Men, Turf ‘n’ Turf and two more sets from Eastbound Jesus.
Weekend Passes (include camping) have been on sale since April 1st and are already more than half sold out. Last year’s festival sold out well in advance and organizers anticipate the same this year. Tickets are available here.
Eastbound Throwdown 2022 is an all-ages event with children 15 and under free to enter. Anyone under 18 must be accompanied by an adult.
Each Sunday evening from 7-9pm you’ll find EQXposure on WEQX, featuring two hours of local music from up and coming artists. Tune into WEQX.com this Sunday night to hear new music from, Karl Bertrand, Mike del Vecchio, Black Tongue Reverend and many more!
WEQX has long been the preeminent independent station in the Capital Region of New York, broadcasting from Southern VT to an ever-expanding listening audience. NYS Music brings you a preview of artists to discover each week, just a taste of the talent waiting to be discovered by fans like you.
Karl Bertand – “Natalia”
Karl Bertrand is a songwriter, guitarist, and producer living in Glens Falls, NY. He’s performed on festival stages as a member of rock band Let’s Be Leonard, and has released a handful of records that are accessible on all streaming platforms. Karl is continuously recording and releasing new material and performing his original songs around the Upstate New York area.
Black Tongue Reverend – “Northern Burden”
Black Tongue Reverend is a heavy psych blues rock band from Northern New York featuring Eric Tulip (bass & vocals), Mike Errichetto (guitar) and Geoff Gorman (drums). Their debut album is Northern Burden.
Mike del Vecchio – “Meet (esophagus)”
From his April 2022 release My Bionic Life, with all music and lyrics written, performed, recorded by Mike Del Vecchio, comes “Meet (esophagus)”.
Music is Art, based in Buffalo, will host it’s newest event, The 716 Music Expo, at Babeville on Saturday, April 23.
Music is Art is an organization dedicated to creating opportunities that fuel the unifying power of music in Western New York. The 501c3 organization was founded in 2003 by Goo Goo Dolls bassist and Buffalo resident Robby Takac.
Taking over Babeville on Saturday, April 23, the 716 Music Expo is for WNY musicians and music lovers alike. The day-long event features a trade show with music industry vendors, eight workshops presented in conjunction with Buffalo Music Club, and an evening performance featuring some of Buffalo’s best soul, R&B, and hip hop artists.
The trade show will run from 1pm-5pm and feature venues, recording studios, merchandise providers, college music programs, production companies and more. Workshops will run from 2pm-6pm with two amazing options at the top of each hour. The evening performance will feature Kenyada Nikile, Farrow, and Buffalo hip hop artists Rick Hyde, Heem, and LoveBoat Luciano – collectively known as Black Soprano Family (BSF).
For this, our inaugural event, we hope to mirror what goes on in the big music cities and offer something for every local musician, at every level. If you play music in WNY, you need to be here.
Tracy Fletcher, Music is Art’s Executive Director
Music is Art is proud to enrich our community with access to music and encourages people to find their musical voice, think about how music touches their lives, and most importantly think about the fact that music is art.
Tickets are on sale now and range from $10 – $50. For a complete list of vendors, workshops and performers, or to purchase tickets please visit www.musicisart.org/expo.
Phil Lesh and Friends will find themselves among the apple orchards of Beak and Skiff in Lafayette on July 8, their lone stop in New York this summer on a just announced 2022 Summer Tour.
Lesh, a founding member of the Grateful Dead, will be rotating his lineup of friends during his East Coast shows, which includes an appearance at Levitate Music Festival in Marshville, Massachusetts on July 9.
On July 8, Lesh will be joined by guitarists Stu Allen and Grahame Lesh, along with multi-instrumentalists Jason Crosby and Amy Helm, and drummer Cody Dickinson. The same lineup will play Thompson’s Point in Portland, Maine on July 10.
Doors are at 5pm with the show starting at 6:30pm. Tickets are $75 in advance and $80 day of show.
Metal legend Alice Cooper will embark on a “Detroit Muscle” tour this fall, with stops in Buffalo, Binghamton, and Albany in September.
Alice Cooper pioneered a grandly theatrical brand of hard rock that was designed to shock. Drawing equally from horror movies, vaudeville, and garage rock, the group created a stage show that featured electric chairs, guillotines, fake blood and boa constrictors. He continues to tour regularly, performing shows worldwide with the dark and horror-themed theatrics that he’s best known for.
With a schedule that has included six months year in and year out on the road, Alice Cooper brings his own brand of rock psycho-drama to fans both old and new, enjoying it as much as the audience does. Known as the architect of shock-rock, Cooper has rattled the cages and undermined the authority of generations of guardians of the status quo, continuing to surprise fans and exude danger at every turn, like a great horror movie, even in an era where CNN can present real life shocking images.
As he finally heads back out on the concert trail in 2021, Alice insists he’s still motivated to continue touring and recording albums, as well as making time for other projects, including most recently, Alice’s widely praised 2018 performance as King Herod in NBC-TV’s live production of “Jesus Chris Superstar” on Easter Sunday.
Released in February, 2021, his latest album Detroit Stories, (produced by Bob Ezrin) is inspired by the garage rock music of Detroit in the late Sixties, including several classic covers of Detroit hits from that era, recorded in Detroit with all Detroit musicians.
As if that wasn’t enough, “Nights With Alice Cooper,” Alice’s nightly radio show, continues to air in nearly 100 cities in the USA, Canada, Australia, and the UK. The five hour long show features his favorite classic rock songs along with his insider anecdotes about many of the artists.
Tickets go on sale Friday, April 15 at 10AM at ticketmaster.com.
Alice Cooper ‘Detroit Muscle’ 2022 U.S. Tour Dates
Sept. 07 — Bethlehem, Pa. @ Wind Creek Event Center Sept. 09 — Alton, Va. @ Blue Ridge Rock Festival Sept. 11 — Windsor, Ontario @ The Colosseum @ Caesar’s Sept. 13 — Buffalo, N.Y. @ Shea’s Buffalo Sept. 14 — Binghamton, N.Y. @ Visions Arena Sept. 16 — Albany, N.Y. @ The Palace Theater Sept. 17 — Atlantic City, N.J. @ Tropicana Casino & Resort Sept. 18 — Wallingford, Ct. @ Toyota Oakdale Theatre Sept. 20 — Muncie, Ind. @ Emens Auditorium Sept. 21 — Grand Rapids, Mich. @ DeVos Hall Sept. 22 — Hammond, Ind. @ The Venue @ Horseshoe Casino Sept. 24 — Louisville, Ky. @ Louder than Life Festival Sept. 25 — Chattanooga, Tenn. @ Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Auditorium Sept. 27 — Memphis, Tenn. @ Orpheum Theater Sept. 28 — St.Louis, Mo. @ Stifel Theatre Sept. 30 — Cedar Rapids, Iowa @ Paramount Theater Oct. 01 — Springfield, Ill. @ Bank of Springfield Center Oct. 04 — Loveland, Colo. @ Budweiser Event Center Oct. 06 — Prescott Valley, Ariz. @ Findlay Toyota Center Oct. 08 — Las Vegas, Nev. @ TBA
Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds have announced a show on July 17, 2022 in Canandaigua at Constellation Brands-Marvin Sands Performing Arts Center (CMAC).
The longtime friends and collaborators will be on the road this summer with Dave Matthews Band, but have set aside the evening of Sunday, July 17 for an intimate, acoustic evening.
Members of The Warehouse may request tickets through Monday, April 18th at noon ET. Visit warehouse.davematthewsband.com/ to join the Warehouse. The general public sale for tickets through Ticketmaster begins at 10AM ET on Friday, April 22nd. For complete presale details visit citientertainment.com.
This summer, bluegrass meets comedy with the Silly Billy Strings tour. Nashville’s newest GRAMMY award winner will perform four short sets on each stop of the tour, with comedians in between for their own sets.
Presented by Silly String, The Silly Billy Strings Tour will kick off at Nashville’s Brooklyn Bowl, before embarking on a tour of socially distanced venues thoughout the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic regions.
Joining Billy for the shows are veteran comedians Bill Maher, Bill Burr and Bill Engvall. Maher, the host of Real Time with Bill Maher said of the tour “I don’t know much about bluegrass, but what I do know is that there is only weed in my baggie.”
When asked for comment, Bill Burr simply shouted “Billy Motherfuckin’ Strings!” Meanwhile, Bill Engvall of Blue Color Comedy Tour fame, said “I am so happy to be on this tour, Billy has been a great friend ever since he changed the lyrics to “While I’m waiting, here’s your sign.”
Billy will also pay special tribute to the late, great Bill Hicks, with a special performance of “Wild Bill Jones.” Tickets are on sale starting April 31 at Ticketron outlets nationwide.
Later this year, Ween will head out on the road with a tour sponsored by the Brownest Brand around, UPS. The “Are You Down with the Brown?” Tour will see Ween heading from show to show in a fleet of iconic UPS delivery vans, which will be painted powder blue during the tour.
“We partnered with UPS in part for their professionalism and their overall commitment to deliver your packages, even if the weather is cold and wet,” said an enthusiastic Gene Ween.
UPS will serve as the delivery vehicle of choice when you need someone to carry that velvet sack full of pretty colored marbles to your Voodoo Lady. The tour will also guarantee that delivery of all roses will be free.
UPS drivers are excited about the collaboration. “We’re in the mood to move and do our thang,” said Big Jilm. ““People keep telling us to SLOW DOWN BOY, but we’re got packages to deliver!”
“I’ve been with Brown since the 90’s” said Fat Lenny, a UPS regional manager. “Frank over here, he and I will be your Johnny on the Spot this jawn.”
A special bonus feature of the UPS/Ween tour is in person delivery of packages by a member of Ween. This offer is only available for those living on Buckingham Green, Alcan Road, Up On the Hill or Joppa Road, and residents of Chocolate Town, Basom and Israel.
Ween “Are you Down with Brown?” Tour Dates will be announced on April 31st, 2022.
Two artists in the wide-reaching jam scene will come together at Lark Hall on Wednesday, March 23 when Jennifer Hartswick (Trey Anastasio Band) and Nick Cassarino (The Nth Power) take the stage. This live duo have a rich sound, having worked together as early as 2018 on Hartswick’s solo album Nexus.
Jennifer and Nicholas have been playing, writing, laughing, and storytelling for almost two decades. Born and raised in Vermont, their bond is ever present in this intimate acoustic duo. Hartswick and Cassarino have each made names for themselves, touring tirelessly. Their passion, dedication and sophistication are evident in their joyous, soulful performances, providing audiences with a truly special musical experience
Hartswick is one of the most exciting performers in music today, pulling double duty on trumpet and vocals, exuding confidence and joy, bringing her own refreshing spirit to the stage every time she performs. Jennifer’s music is honest, soulful and comes with a maturity far beyond her years.
Hartswick is an original member of the Trey Anastasio Band and has recorded/shared the stage with Herbie Hancock, Phish, Christian McBride, Tom Petty, Aaron Neville, Carlos Santana, The Rolling Stones, Big Gigantic, Dave Matthews, Meghan Trainor and countless others.
Jennifer’s live performances are renowned as spontaneous, joyful and contagious. Her natural charisma and sincerity shines through, and each performance is a celebration of musical collaboration. And whether she is wailing on the trumpet or singing an intimate vocal solo, her performance is all part of a single seamless instrument, one that is played not only with astounding technical proficiency, but also with sensitivity, conviction and heart.
Nicholas Cassarino was born into a musical family in Vermont, singing publicly as early as age five, and at age 11 began playing guitar. In Vermont, he met Hartswick, who would later introduce him to the likes of Nikki Glaspie, Christian McBride, and the entire jam/festival scene.
In 2008, Nick moved from Burlington to NYC, joining a 10-piece hip-hop collective, Lifted Crew, and toured with rap icons Slick Rick the Ruler and Big Daddy Kane. He also worked extensively at gospel churches in the city and began furthering his solo career. Watch the duo perform “Drowning” live from Telefunken Studios.
Tickets for this performance from Jennifer Hartswick and Nick Cassarino are available here.
