Peter, Paul, and Mary were an iconic 60’s folk group formed in New York City. The trio was composed of Peter Yarrow, Mary Travers, and most notably Noel Paul Stookey. Amidst the revival of American folk music, they were incredibly popular in the era that they performed.
Noel Paul Stookey in studio, Photo by Sally Far
The group was initially formed in 1961 after each individual member was cast for their talents. They went on to perform in The Bitter End in Manhattan and quickly gained notoriety and attention. So much so, the group caught the attention of Warner Brothers. After recording, the group released their first self-titled debut album through the media giant and went on to lead successful careers.
Each of us is searching for our own authenticity and the more honest we are, the less we have to hide. My attempt to infuse folk music with what might be considered unusual chord structures has always focused on fulfilling what I see as the promise of a lyric’s emotional content.
Noel Paul Stookey
Six decades later, and at 84 years of age, Stookey is still recording solo albums. The icon’s upcoming release, FAZZ:NOW&THEN, is a twenty-track collection that seeks to infuse traditional American folk with jazzier and more colorful chords. Stookey speaks on the album.
The album will be available on Stookey’s website for a limited time from February, 22nd 2022 to March 22nd, 2022. For that limited period of time, pre-release purchasers will receive autographed copies of the new CD. They will also receive a link to access a private repository of unreleased Noel Paul Stookey songs and performances. After which, the album will be available on streaming services. For more information visit noelpaulstookey.com.
Today marks the anniversary of the start of The Grateful Dead’s fourth and final residency at the Capitol Theater in Port Chester. Affectionately known as “The Cap,” this small theater certainly helped build the legacy of The Dead in New York and beyond. The first show here in 1971 may well be a leading cause of this. Not only does it offer a host of songs from the recently released and acclaimed American Beauty album, it also features a wealth of brand new songs that made their live debut this evening and would become concert regulars in the years to come. Throw in one of the most “beautiful” pieces of collective improvisation that the band has ever played and you’ve got a show for the ages right here.
This legendary run at The Cap starts off with a new song that’s soon to become a Grateful Dead staple, a rip-roaring “Bertha.” It’s only the third one ever played after two live performances in December of 1970 and the first time it’s ever opened a show. It seems a little quicker than its customary tempo, with Jerry Garcia and Bob Weir nailing the harmonized vocals. After a presumable audience request for “Casey Jones,” Jerry Garcia notes the next song “isn’t driving a train, but it’s almost as good” before the Dead launch into “Truckin’.” This American Beauty tune has a little more experience under its belt in the live setting and an extremely crisp and cohesive version ensues, with a short bluesy jam spearheaded by Garcia on the tail end. Batting in the third spot this evening is Pigpen, who steps up to the plate, harmonica in tow, and maintains the early blues vibe with a classic rendition of “It Hurts Me Too.”
After some more post-song extended tuning, a tradition Weir notes is “older than music itself,” Garcia jumps back on the mic and leads the band through another new number. This time it’s “Loser,” the first one ever performed live. It’s a well honed version that’s again a little faster than its successors but played beautifully (a sign of things to come) with a hair-raising guitar solo thrown in by Garcia. A chatty Bob Weir then begs for indulgence from the audience for another brand new song to follow that winds up being “Greatest Story Ever Told.” It’s a quick take that fizzles out shortly but instead of more post-song tuning, the Dead keep it going and immediately segue into a cover of Chuck Berry’s “Johnny B. Goode.”
Weir maintains his presence on lead vocals for the cautionary tale of “Mama Tried” that follows before handing the baton back to Pigpen for his signature cover of Otis Redding’s “Hard To Handle.” This yields another significant blues-inspired jam with drummers Bill Kreutzmann and Mickey Hart helping set the pace. What follows this may be one of the most awe inspiring and notable sequences of Grateful Dead music in their storied history. It’s a “Wharf Rat” sandwich with two mesmerizing slices of “Dark Star” serving as the bread. “Dark Star” starts off extremely patient and melodic before Garcia comes in with the opening verse. After petering out into full ambience, Garcia seems to hit the opening note of “St. Stephen,” which often followed “Dark Star” in this era, but instead the Dead collectively turn on a dime and unleash another newcomer with the heartfelt and poignant first ever “Wharf Rat.” As it comes to end, the second serving of “Dark Star” emerges. But before it truly begins, the Dead continue to noodle around and steer the music into a joyous, euphoric piece of improv that’s simply known as the “Beautiful Jam.” This serves as the vessel that carries the music back into “Dark Star,” which completes this awe inspiring section of music that’s included on the Dead’s five-disc So Many Roads the celebrates the band’s entire career.
Many years later, bassist Phil Lesh seems to be brought almost to tears after listening to this heralded piece of music from The Cap thanks to Dead historian David Gans.
Somehow this doesn’t even complete the first set this evening. The Dead throw in a “Me And My Uncle” to close it out and earn themselves a well-deserved set break. The band emerges from this clearly in high spirits, giving some recommendations for the house light settings before starting the second set with an energized “Casey Jones” aka “that train driving” song. This sets the stage for yet another live Dead debut at The Cap that would go on to be an integral part of their history: “Playing In The Band.” It stays pretty close to the vest and doesn’t produce a drawn out, show-defining psychedelic jam like future ones will, but all the signs of a live show staple for years to come are there.
Photo by Peter Corrigan
Weir stays on lead vocals for the cover of “Me And Bobby McGee” that comes next before Garcia takes over for another number from American Beauty with a vintage rendition of “Candyman” that even includes harpsichord-like fills from Pigpen along with some more soulful vocal harmonies.
Pig then gets to take lead one last time and rips through another blues cover, this time it’s Jimmy Reed’s “Big Boss Man.” Then the last Beauty song of the evening emerges in “Sugar Magnolia.” It’s another fairly short yet explosive take that sees Garcia using the wah-effect on electric guitar to its full capabilities. This gets a warm reception from the Cap crowd, surpassed only by the one that the beginning notes of the “Saint Stephen” that follows receives. With the “William Tell Bridge” shelved as of 1969, instead Kreutzmann and Hart lead the percussive-heavy charge into “Not Fade Away” as the second set’s closing sequence begins to unfold.
The Dead offer up one final sandwich to The Cap with a “Goin’ Down The Road Feeling Bad,” replete with Weir’s wailing vocals, that feeds right back into “Not Fade Away.” And to cap things off (no pun intended), the music then immediately flows into a show closing “Uncle John’s Band” that’s played to perfection. Although there would be another five shows still to come in Port Chester, this one serves as the end of an era of sorts, with drummer Mickey Hart leaving the band the following day for his three-year self-imposed hiatus.
Grateful Dead Capitol Theater – Port Chester, NY 2/18/71
Set 1: Bertha, Truckin’, It Hurts Me Too, Loser, Greatest Story Ever Told > Johnny B. Goode, Mama Tried, Hard To Handle, Dark Star > Wharf Rat > Dark Star > Me And My Uncle
Set 2: Casey Jones, Playing In The Band, Me And Bobby McGee, Candyman, Big Boss Man, Sugar Magnolia, Saint Stephen > Not Fade Away >Goin’ Down The Road Feeling Bad > Not Fade Away > Uncle John’s Band
The Pine Boys are an electric combination of alternative rock, funk and hip-hop from Albany releasing their new album Vacationland today, February 18th.
These artists provide such a unique musical interpretation with a blend of character-driven storytelling and memorable guitar riffs. The group was founded by multi-instrumentalists, Brett Maney and Andrew Cerone, in 2016. When they started playing live in 2019, they added their longtime friend Sam Lasky on the instrument, the keytar, since they have been together, they have released 6 albums and played all over Upstate NY, anywhere from basements to bars.
The Pine Boys Live
Many of their songs are part of an interconnected universe set in the fictional town of “Vacationland,” this is the groups hometown and place of origin. This is also the mindset that you need to have when you see them live. Seeing a live Pine show should serve as a time to take a vacation from your normal reality and temporarily venture into their world.
The Pine Boys “Vacationland”
Their top song on Spotify, “Electric Minnow,” provide a mixture of funky guitar riffs along with a catchy rhythm throughout the song. By blending a hip hop style of lyrics with indie sounds, the band creates a unique blend of music.
Other songs like “Fat Al” are melancholy but have a funny twist. Throughout listening to the song, the guitar has a shadowy feeling yet satisfying because of how beautiful it is played. “If Walls Could Talk,” “Enter the Sauce,” and “Duneman” have made their top 5 despite being all on different albums. Each provides different genre mash which they include throughout their peruana of “Vacationland.”
The new single, “That’s Not Love!”, from Richie Quake is nakedly melancholic and at the same time, somehow, pure vibes. Just like the hook-up he sings about. It can make you feel good but only if you don’t look any deeper.
“That’s Not Love!” is about drowning in shallow emotions,” said Richie Quake. “The idea that when you live a surface level life for enough time, you start to forget what real depth looks like and feels like.”
Photo Credit: Mark Bijasa
Richie Quake is an independent based in Brooklyn and his new single continues to showcase his penchant for blending together the best parts of different genres—here pop, rock, and modern R&B—to create a single that’s a foot-tapping earworm. Richie Quake’s lilting croons are interwoven with floating production as he sings about superficial relationships, lamenting the emptiness they inevitably leave behind.
The soft drums and smoothness of his voice are interrupted by an aggressive, electric guitar riff before the final bridge that suggest someone who is, if not, outright angry, then fed up. He cuts an unquestionably solemn figure. One who’s plagued by the distinctly contemporary phenomenon of having your emotional love unrequited with a partner who is still, very much, interested in your physical love. Despite the late-night, drunken calls from the song’s subject he still feels unloved. A feeling that he’s been familiar with for too long.
“Being removed from love for so long, it becomes a blur from the past with no defining characteristics,” explained Richie Quake. “I don’t know what love is anymore, but love is not constant numbness, it’s not getting high in your room alone, it’s not a downward spiral, and it’s not a drunk hook-up on a Friday night.”
“That’s Not Love!” is Richie Quake’s latest music since his EP “Voyager” released in the summer of 2021. He is scheduled to go on tour in April of 2022.
Richie Quake US Tour Dates
April 19 – Toronto, CAN – Velvet Underground
April 21 – New York, NY – Bowery Ballroom
April 23 – Washington D.C. – Union Stage
April 26 – Vancouver – Vogue Theatre
April 28 – Los Angeles, CA – Echoplex
April 30 – San Francisco, CA – Great American Music Hall
Spanish rapper, songwriter, and producer Rels B. is going on tour and is stopping at the Gramercy Theatre in NYC on May 12.
Rels B. aka Daniel Vidal began working and producing his music and others when he was young. When he turned 20, he started to sing on his mixes. His first EP Change or Die gained traction on YouTube and SoundCloud, and his debut album left him with many charting singles.
His styles include a wide range of international influences, from reggaeton to Latin soul and Spanish folk to rock and roll. He writes lyrics based off of personal experience, so it makes his songs easier to relate to. Some of his hit songs are “Made in Taiwan,” “Tienes El Don,” “Mary Jane,” and “A Mi.”
Tour Image for the FLAKK Tour by Rels B.
Recently, his new single “Orgullo” rang up 11 million views during its first couple months, bringing his single video streaming totals to more than 350 million views.
Rels B. is going on tour, and is making a stop at Gramercy Theatre May 12, and tickets to his tour can be found here.
FLAKK’S TOUR DATES:
Wed May 11 – Chicago, IL– House of Blues
Thu May 12 – New York, NY – Gramercy Theatre
Thu May 19 – Atlanta, GA – Buckhead
Sat May 21 – Miami, FL – Fillmore
Sun May 22 – Silver Spring, MD – Fillmore
Fri May 27 – Los Angeles, CA – The Regent
Sat May 28 – Dallas, TX – The Echo Lounge & Music Hall
Marco Benevento has shared his newest single “Winter Rose,” one that will make you want to get up and dance and is a breath of fresh air, something listeners can tune into while commuting, dancing, or just relaxing. This song is not age or gender specific, but rather provides a joyful essence for everyone. This single has five minutes of psychedelic soul that brings about a beacon of hope, celebration, Summer and more.
Winter Rose is not the only music MArco Benevento will provide for his listeners this year. He is currently finishing a studio album that will be ready for release this summer. Considering his latest single is a reminder of better times, the upcoming album may have the same vibe.
In the meantime, Benevento and his band members, bassist Karina Rykman and drummer Dave “DB” Butler, are set for tour, beginning this month. They will first stop in Philadelphia’s Ardmore Music Hall and end in Quincy, California’s High Sierra Music Festival in July.
Winter Rose is co-written by lyricist and poet Al Howard, who also played a role in Benevento’s single, “At The End Or The Beginning.” As of today, Winter Rose is now available through a variety of streaming platforms which can be found here.
Marco Benevento Tour Dates
February 25 – Ardmore, PA – Ardmore Music Hall February 26 – Washington, DC – Union Stage April 7 – Cambridge, MA – The Sinclair April 8 – Burlington, VT – Higher Ground April 9 – Fairfield, CT – Stage One June 26 – Rothbury, MI – Electric Forest Festival July 1 – Scranton, PA – Peach Music Festival July 3 – Quincy, CA – High Sierra Music Festival
Saranac Lake’s Winter Carnival 2022 is in the books, an event that drew thousands of tourists to the heart of the Adirondacks over February 4-13. Celebrating 125 years since the first Winter Carnival, the event was dialed back compared to past years, but the crowds indicated the event was coming back strong after 2021.
With the annual parade on Saturday, February 12, onlookers and locals took part in the annual spectacle, before heading to The Waterhole for The Big Takeover’s post-parade show. With 10 days of shows, The Waterhole was the place to make a pit stop at during any journey to Saranac Lake, regardless of the season.
West End Blend, no strangers to The Waterhole – having released Live at The Waterhole in 2018 – took the stage following a raucous set from Rochesters The Sideways. When it comes to the Hartford-based West End Blend, you’ll find yourself at a show wondering “Where does the band go wrong?” They hit on every note, take every chance and deliver on opportunities to drive the audience to a frenzy. There are no wrong turns here, simply a fantastic funk band, immersed in a united delivery of a stellar show, every time.
Tonight was no different, with original songs peppered throughout their two sets, with songs by Prince and Paul Simon driving the Totally 80’s theme to new levels. You can catch West End Blend this winter in Portland, ME on February 26, and at The Snow Barn in West Dover, VT on March 19. More info can be found here.
West End Blend – The Waterhole, Saranac Lake – February 12, 2022
Set 1: Dangerous, Controversy, Voodoo, Workout, Mama Said, Sirache, Too Heavy, I’m Time, Reprise, Call Me Al Set 2: 1999, Say Hey, Kane Guru, Day Dreamer, Still About it, WIAA, Attitude, Hard Luck, Sunrise, Burning Down, Smile, Scene Encore: All You Got->Purple Rain
On Monday, February 14, multi platinum Grammy award winning band Imagine Dragons brought their Mercury World Tour to Long Island’s brand new UBS Arena, marking the band’s inaugural performance at the venue.
ELMONT, NEW YORK – FEBRUARY 14: Imagine Dragons perform at UBS Arena on February 14, 2022 in Elmont, New York. (Photo by Theo Wargo/Getty Images for Live Nation)
Imagine Dragons’ highly anticipated fifth studio album Mercury – Act 1 was released on September 3, 2021. Teaming up with esteemed producer Rick Rubin and with its title drawing inspiration from the word “mercurial,” Mercury – Act 1is a candid album that abandons metaphorically charged lyrics and instead embraces emotional extremities, holding nothing back. It marks the band’s first album since 2018’s ORIGINS.
ELMONT, NEW YORK – FEBRUARY 14: Dan Reynolds of Imagine Dragons performs at UBS Arena on February 14, 2022 in Elmont, New York. (Photo by Theo Wargo/Getty Images for Live Nation)
The band mesmerized fanswith their impressive catalog of hits including songs like “Believer”, “Thunder” and “Whatever It Takes” as well as tracks of their latest record such as “My Life” and “Wrecked”. The Live Nation promoted tour will continue globally across North America and Europe with 48 stops including Los Angeles, Seattle, Montreal, Switzerland, Germany and more. The Mercury World Tour will also feature support from grandson and MØ on select dates.
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Imagine Dragons Mercury World Tour Dates
Wed Feb 16 – Allentown, PA – PPL Center >
Sat Feb 19 – Pittsburgh, PA – PPG Paints Arena >
Mon Feb 21 – Indianapolis, IN – Gainbridge Fieldhouse >
Wed Feb 23 – St. Louis, MO – Enterprise Center >
Fri Feb 25 – Milwaukee, WI – Fiserv Forum ^
Sun Feb 27 – Minneapolis, MN – Target Center ^
Wed Mar 02 – Boise, ID – ExtraMile Arena ^
Sat Mar 05 – Seattle, WA – Climate Pledge Arena ^
Mon Mar 07 – Seattle, WA – Climate Pledge Arena ^
Wed Mar 09 – Portland, OR – Moda Center ^
Sat Mar 12 – Los Angeles, CA – Crypto.com Arena ^
Mon Mar 14 – Phoenix, AZ – Footprint Center ^
Sun Apr 10 – Victoria, BC – Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre
Wed Apr 13 – Edmonton, AB – Rogers Place
Fri Apr 15 – Calgary, AB Scotiabank Saddledome
Sun Apr 17 – Saskatoon, SK – SaskTel Centre
Tue Apr 19 – Winnipeg, MB – Canada Life Centre
Fri Apr 22 – Ottawa, ON – Canadian Tire Centre
Sun Apr 24 – London, ON – Budweiser Gardens
Tue Apr 26 – Quebec City, QC– Centre Videotron
Thu Apr 28 – Moncton, NB – Avenir Centre
Sun May 01 – Quebec City, QC – Centre Videotron
Tue May 03 – Montreal, QC – Centre Bell
Wed May 04 – Montreal, QC – Centre Bell
Sat May 28 – Prague, Czech Republic – Letnany Airport
Mon May 30 – Prague, Czech Republic – Letnany Airport
Wed Jun 01 – Riga, Latvia – Mezaparks
Fri Jun 03 – Kyiv, Ukraine – Olimpiyskyi National Sports Complex
Sun Jun 05 – Moscow, Russia – Luzhniki Stadium
Tue Jun 07 – St. Petersburg, Russia – Gazprom Arena Stadium
Thu Jun 09 – Bern, Switzerland – Stadion Wankdorf
Sat Jun 11 – Milan, Italy – I-DAYS (Festival)
Tue Jun 14 – Hannover, Germany – Expo Plaza
Thu Jun 16 – Esch-Sur-Alzette, Luxembourg – Rockhal Open Air (Festival)
Sat Jun 18 – Milton Keynes, UK – Stadium MK Milton Keynes
Sun Jun 19 – Landgraaf, Netherlands – Pinkpop (Festival)
Thu Jun 23 – Vienna, Austria – Ernst-Happel Stadion
Sat Jun 25 – Odense, Denmark – Tinderbox Festival (Festival)
Mon Jun 27 – Koengen, Norway – Berrgenhus Fortress
Wed Jun 29 – Gdynia, Poland – Open’er Festival (Festival)
Fri Jul 01 – Stockholm, Sweden – Lollapalooza Stockholm (Festival)
Sat Jul 02 – Werchter, Belgium – Rock Werchter (Festival)
New York-based songwriter and artist Kevin Devine announced a Spring tour that has multiple NY dates with Kayleigh Goldsworthy and his new single “How Can I Help You?”
Kevin Devine, photo by Erik Tanner.
Devine spoke about the new single:
[The single] is a dance song for wallflowers, body music for the brain, a gently caffeinated disco gallop arpeggiating through the last aspirational sliver separating a relationship from its end.
The single is thoughtful and drum-backed as he sings “How can I help you push through yourself to me? / How I can help you tell me what you need?” He speaks about the castles of love, and how he has been entranced in them.
Kevin Devine will be going on tour this Spring with Kayleigh Goldsworthy and will be hitting Buffalo and Brooklyn, tickets can be found here.
Kevin Devine Tour Dates Spring 2022 With Kayleigh Goldsworthy
Wednesday, April 6th – Baltimore, MD – Ottobar Thursday, April 7th – Cleveland, OH – Mahall’s Friday, April 8th – Buffalo, NY – Mohawk Place Saturday, April 9th – Toronto, ON – Velvet Sunday, April 10th – Detroit, MI – Shelter Tuesday, April 12th – Minneapolis, MN – 7th Street Entry Wednesday, April 13th – Chicago, IL – Lincoln Hall Friday, April 15th – Brooklyn, NY – Music Hall of Williamsburg Saturday, April 16th – Boston, MA – Sinclair Friday, April 29th – Philadelphia, PA – FU Church Saturday, April 30th – Columbus, OH – A&R Music Bar Sunday, May 1st – Nashville, TN – Mercury Lounge Tuesday, May 3rd – Dallas, TX – Tulips Wednesday, May 4th – Austin, TX – Antone’s Friday, May 6th – Phoenix, AZ – Crescent Ballroom Saturday, May 7th – Los Angeles, CA – The Roxy Sunday, May 8th – San Diego, CA – Soda Bar Monday, May 9th – San Francisco, CA – Great American Wednesday, May 11th – Portland, OR – Doug Fir Thursday, May 12th – Seattle, WA – Chop Suey Saturday, May 14th – Salt Lake City, UT – Kilby Sunday, May 15th – Denver, CO – Bluebird Tuesday, May 17th – St. Louis, MO – Off-Broadway Thursday, May 19th – Orlando, FL – Soundbar Friday, May 20th – Atlanta, GA – The Masquerade
Ithaca is a town in New York State, and was originally a place in Greece. However, the Ithaca that we’re here to discuss is a music group from London, whose new album, They Fear Us, will be out July 29th.
So now that we all know why we have gathered here today, let’s talk about the first single from that album, which is also the title track for They Fear Us.
The genre tags for this album are a mix of metal and hardcore, with the sub-genres listed as melodic hardcore and emotional hardcore. If you fine readers are aware of hardcore, you’ll know that it is usually based off of slamming riffs, screamed vocals, attitude, and a no holds barred use of power.
As the track begins you’ll hear some intense vocal work, and they have a lot of the hardcore sound. The guitar riff is rooted in that genre as well, and has a cool, bouncy feel going on.
As things progress there is a heavy Killswitch Engage influence, and that holds through the chorus section too, while the vocals remind me more of the cleans from Miss May I; both of those bands are amazing, so hearing their influence here is a reminder of that, and of how much they really inspired other bands.
While the full They Fear Us album won’t be released for another 5 months, we feel that you should go check out the single on Bandcamp today. They may not be breaking much new ground in terms of the genre, but what Ithaca put together is quite good, and we eagerly anticipate their next release.
