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  • All-Women F.I.R.E. Festival in Oswego Announced

    On Oct. 16, the all-women F.I.R.E. festival will take place at the Oswego Music Hall from 1-5 P.M., featuring a wide variety of artists, musicians, and businesses.

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    The F.I.R.E. festival was created by Jess Novak, who performs alongside the Jess Novak band. She has performed over all over the country, recorded multiple albums, and is an award-winning journalist. The festival was created because of the frustration caused by all-men lineups at festivals.

    As a musician, I’ve been on so many festivals where women are under-represented or when they are included, are only singers. While there’s nothing wrong with amazing female vocalists, I wanted to be sure we presented more than that. I want original music writers and players. I want female-run businesses and brilliant artists to decorate the walls. I want to transform the space in an effort to show that Central New York is bursting with female talent. I also want to provide young ladies with something I wish I had when I was a kid-proof that we can do and create whatever we dream.

    Jess Novak

    The event is part of the Oswego Music Hall guest curator series where people from the community pitch event ideas to utilize the space. Novak planned the event at a downtown location back in March 2020 but COVID stopped it from happening. She wasn’t sure she wanted to do it again, but women kept coming to her asking her if she was going to plan it, and that inspired her to make it happen.

    The lineup for the festival is all women, including the vendors and businesses. Musicians include local performers Ella Drotar, Ashley Cox and Novak along with many others, and world-renowned violinist, Lydia Violet.

    Novak, who is also seven months pregnant, will be celebrating a new book and the release of a new album. Copies of the book, “Dare to Begin” will be available for sale for the first time at a public show. All ages, and people, are welcome to the F.I.R.E. festival, and admittance is $8.

  • Music at Noon Lineup Revealed by Troy Savings Bank Music Hall

    The Troy Savings Bank Music Hall have announced the return of popular lunchtime series, Music at Noon. Back for the 2022-23 season, Music at Noon has taken place on the second Tuesday of each month from October to May, since 1988.

    The free concert series has presented exceptional musicians with a diverse mix of musical styles. Sponsored by the New York State Council on the Art and the Fagan Associates,the kickoff to the season will feature guitar and vocal pops from Hui Cox and Laura Roth on October 11 and run until May 9, with various genres gracing Troy Savings Bank Music Hall. Other Music at Noon performers will include Acoustic guitarist Thomasina Winslow, Classical Pianist Akina Yura, country/bluegrass quartet The Buebillies, among many other diverse performers.

    While Music at Noon performances are free to attend, Teachers with buses and large groups should call ahead to reserve seats. There will also be a limited number of handicapped accessible spaces available.  Groups with special seating requests can contact the box office. More information about Music at Noon or Troy Music Hall’s upcoming programs can be found on their website.

    Music at Noon Lineup

    October 11th – Hui Cox & Laura Roth, Guitar and Vocal Pops

    November 8 – Thomasina Winslow, Acoustic Blues

    December 13 – Carl Gutkowski & James Fitzwilliam, Classical Flute & Piano

    January 10 – The Bluebillies, Country/ Bluegrass Quartet

    February 14 – Bleecker Consort, Renaissance & Medieval Music

    March 14 – Natalia Shevchuk, Urkanian Pianist

    April 11 – Akina Yura, Classical Piano

    May 9, Findlay Cockrell, Piano

  • Felice County Fair Coming To Arrowood Farms

    The Felice Brothers are throwing a party and you’re invited.  On Saturday, October 1, The Felice Brothers will host “The Felice County Fair” at Arrowood Farms in Accord, NY.

    The all day music event, curated by the Felice Brothers, will be headlined by Conor Oberst (Bright Eyes) and will feature supporting sets from The Felice Brothers, Hooray For the Riff Raff, Evan Stephens Hall (Pinegrove), Haley Heynderickx, Al Olender, and William Lawrence.  

    The event advertises a day of “unique and collaborative performances” and will also feature local food vendors and craft beer from the brewery.  Gates open at noon with music starting at 1pm.  

    Tickets start at $80 and can be purchased here.

    And be sure to check out our coverage of Follow The Arrow, Marco Benevento’s one day festival at Arrowood Farms this past June.

  • Hudson West Folk Festival Announces 2022 Program

    The 2022 Hudson West Folk Festival, an annual Jersey City event, will run on Saturday, October 15. Taking place at the Nimbus Arts Center in the city’s downtown, the festival will span from noon to 10pm.

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    Image from last year’s Hudson West Folk Festival. (photo found on festival website)

    The event will feature music ranging across americana, folk, bluegrass, hip-hop/funk/soul, jazz and Ukrainian folk music. Artists on the bill include Ebony Hillbillies, Leslie Mendelson, J Pope and the HearNow, Jaimee Harris, Cole Quest and the City Pickers, Ari Hest, Ukrainian Village Voices, and KJ Denhert.

    In addition to performances, the festival will involve free music workshops on improvisational singing, guidance in musical style, and Ukrainian folk songs.

    The Ukrainian Village Voices will be leading a workshop at this year’s event. (photo found on festival website)

    There will also be food and drink provided on site, as the festival is partnering with Welcome Home Jersey City to bring Afghan and Pakistani dishes from refugee chefs.

    Tickets can be bought for $35 in advance and $40 at the door on Saturday. Info regarding ticket purchases and more for the 2022 event can be found on the Hudson West Folk Festival website.

  • MetaMoon Festival 2022 Announces Lineup at Barclays Center in November

    MetaMoon Musical Festival is for Saturday, November 26 at Barclays Center, bringing in various musicians where AAPI and Asian artistic culture is front and center during the festival. A host of Brooklyn-based Asian American and Pacific Islander-founded brands including Lunar, Popadelics, Kitsby, Regroup, Frontman and Moshi will be featured, along with more bands to be announced.

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    Advertisement: MetaMoon Musical Festival in Brooklyn, NY on Nov. 26

    Along with previously announced artists to be included in the line-up, three artists are to join the music crew: former K-Pop group, f(x), member Amber Liu, Chinese urban & soul singer Tia Ray, and Hong Kong-based pop-punk musician Tyson Yoshi. Artists to join the line-up are boy band EXO’s Lay Zhang, 9m88, Karencici, OZI, Sury Su and festival host, MC Jin.

    MetaMoon Music Festival Ad (https://www.barclayscenter.com/events/detail/metamoon-music-festival-2022)

    Brand partnerships, with this year being from Gold House, will bring food establishments that are participating with the MetaMoon Food Crawl to the music festival. The brand collaboration is to be helping support AAPI-owned businesses. Restaurants to be promoted include Nom Wah Nolita, 886, Ho Foods, Yumplings.

    EXO band’s Lay Zhang’s official music video for song, “莲 LIT”

  • The American String Quartet Comes to Cooperstown

    The Cooperstown Summer Music Festival at Cooperstown’s Christ Episcopal Church will present the American String Quartet for this fall’s performance on Sunday, October 2. The quartet will be joined by cellist Phillippe Muller and flutist and founder of the festival, Linda Chesis. 

    To set off the evening, the quartet will perform works from Haydn and Aaron Jay Kernis. The quartet has performed across all 50 states in the US and in concert halls across the world. Known for their specialty in examinations of composer’s complete cycles, audiences can look forward to the second half of the show, where the American String Quartet will be joined by Phillippe Muller to play Schubert’s cello quintet. Violinist Daniel Avshalomov said that every time the American String Quartet performs the cello quintet piece in rehearsals, they uncover more nuances in its meaning. 

    American String Quartet

    “Those who have heard this piece need no introduction,” Avshalomov. “But those who hear it for the first time will look back on the absolute inability of language to express even a shadow of this majestic work.” 

    The Cooperstown Summer Music Festival was started in 1999 by Linda Chesis. The festival specializes in chamber music, and has brought in performances from Julliard and St. Lawrence, Stefon Harris, Bill Charlap and Simone Dinnerstein, to name just a few. 

    Tickets for the show are $30 for adults and $15 for students and children. Tickets must be purchased in advance and can be bought at the music festivals site. The show will go from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.

  • The Orchestra Now To Perform At Jazz At Lincoln Center

    The Orchestra Now (TŌN), an esteemed Bard College ensemble, will perform at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Rose Theater on Sunday, October 16.

    The concert will be guest conducted by JoAnn Falletta, the Music Director of the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra (BPO), who is making her fourth appearance with TŌN.

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    Joanne Falletta conducting TŌN during a previous performance.

    The five act concert will open with Fandangos, a Roberto Sierra piece inspired by Spanish dance. Next on the list are Ernest Chausson’s Poème and Maurice Ravel’s Tzigane, which will feature guest violin performances from Nikki Chooi, former Metropolitan Opera Orchestra concertmaster and current concertmaster of the BPO.

    Also on the program are Albert Roussel’s Bacchus and Ariane Suite No. 2 and Paul Hindemith’s “Metamorphosis” of Themes by Carl Maria von Weber.

    TŌN is a graduate-level training orchestra comprising 62 musicians from 13 different countries. Students are sourced from conservatories such as Yale School of Music, Shanghai Conservatory of Music, Royal Academy of Music, and the New England Conservatory of Music. Bard College president Leon Botstein, who is also a conductor, educator, and music historian founded the orchestra in 2015.

    After Lincoln Center, The Orchestra Now will next perform at Carnegie Hall on November 3.

    Information regarding tickets and more for the event can be found here.

  • Robert Glasper begins Fourth Residency at Blue Note Jazz Club NYC on October 4

    Only four musicians have held residency for over a month at NYC’s legendary Blue Note Jazz Club: Dizzy Gillespie, Chick Corea, Chris Botti and, for the past four years, Robert Glasper. Robert Glasper will play 52 shows at the Blue Note across 26 nights, from October 4 to November 6, in what he calls “Robtober.” 

    The first wave of special guests for Glasper’s residency include Yasiin Bey, Lalah Hathway, Terrace Martin, Isaiah Shakey, Alex Isley and Pino Palladino. But viewers can expect the unexpected with Glasper, who brought out a number of unannounced celebrities and musicians during his Blue Note run last year — including Dave Chappelle, H.E.R and Chris Rock. 

    Robert glasper Blue Note

    The breadth and influence of Glasper’s work as a jazz pianist cannot be understated. Glasper has worked with artists from Mos Def to Carly Simon; he played on Kendrick Lamar’s iconic album, To Pimp A Butterfly, his jazz reading of Radiohead’s Reckoner was Grammy-nominated, and he curated and wrote parts of the Miles Ahead soundtrack. After spending the summer in residency at Blue Note Jazz Festival Napa Valley, Glasper said he is excited to return to NYC. 

    The “Robtober” program includes Herbie Hancock and Meghan Stabile tributes as well as features from Revive Big Band, a group redefining the jazz big band sound with notes of hip-hop, funk and gospel. Tickets for Robert Glasper’s residency shows can be purchased here. 

    ROBTOBER SPECIAL GUESTS + BAND

    10/4-6: Robert Glasper Tribute to Herbie Hancock 

    Band: Vicente Archer, Justin Faulkner, Walter Smith

    10/7-8: Robert Glasper

    10/11-12: Robert Glasper and Terrace Martin present Dinner Party with special guest Alex Isley

    Band: Terrace Martin, Burniss Travis, Justin Tyson, with DJ Jahi Sundance

    10/13-15: Robert Glasper and Terrace Martin present Dinner Party 

    Band: Terrace Martin, Burniss Travis, Justin Tyson, with DJ Jahi Sundance

    10/20-23: Robert Glasper Ft Chris Dave, Pino Palladino, Isaiah Sharkey, and DJ Jahi Sundance  

    Band: Chris Dave, Pino Palladino, Isaiah Sharkey, with DJ Jahi Sundance

    10/25-28: Robert Glasper x Lalah Hathaway 

    Band: Justin Tyson, Burniss Travis, Isaiah Sharkey, with DJ Jahi Sundance

    10/29-30: Robert Glasper Acoustic

    10/31: Halloween To Be Announced

    11/2: Robert Glasper with Igmar Thomas and the Revive Big Band “Tribute to Meghan Stabile” 

    11/3 + 6 @ SONY HALL:Robert Glasper with Special Guest yasiin bey and Bilal

    Band: Chris Dave, Derrick Hodge, with DJ Jahi Sundance

    11/4-5: Robert Glasper with Special Guest yasiin bey

    Band: Chris Dave, Derrick Hodge, with DJ Jahi Sundance

  • “Billy Joel: Live at Yankee Stadium” coming to theaters worldwide

    In celebration of 50 years of Billy Joel, the renowned concert film “Billy Joel: Live at Yankee Stadium” will be released in theaters worldwide on October 5th and 9th. The legendary 1990 concert is one of the greatest concert films of all time. Originally shot in 16mm film, it has been re-mixed and re-edited in 4k with Dolby ATMOS audio.

    The new version includes “Uptown Girl” along with behind the scenes footage not seen in the original release. The film initially premiered on basic cable’s Disney channel on March 17, 1991. It was also released on VHS later that year and nominated for a long form video Grammy Award.

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    Billy Joel at Sag Harbor Cinema 8.22.22

    Last month Billy and his wife Alexis attended a preview of the film at the renovated Sag Harbor Cinema. Joel stepped up to help save the theater after it was destroyed in a village fire in 2016. The cinema stood there for more than 100 years and was the center of the downtown. It reopened in June of 2021 complete with state of the art projectors and sound systems.

    Also in attendance were band members Dave Rosenthal, Tommy Byrnes, Crystal Taliefero and Mike DelGuidice. It was surreal for me to watch the film with the man himself sitting just a few feet away. The crowd in the 240 seat theater applauded after each song making it feel more like a live concert rather than a movie.

    After the film concluded, there was a Q&A with director Jon Small and producers Steve Cohen and John Jackson. After a few questions from fans, Joel raised his hand to ask… “When do we get something to eat? I’m starving!.” As I left the theater another surreal moment happened when I saw Sir Paul McCartney entering the lobby with his wife Nancy to meet Billy.

    Tickets to the October viewings of “Billy Joel: Live at Yankee Stadium” can be purchased here.

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  • Phish To Ring In the New Year at MSG Again

    Phish has announced their New Year’s plans and, once again, they will be celebrating with a four-show run at Madison Square Garden. Shows are scheduled from Wednesday, December 28 through Saturday, December 31. After last year’s shows were postponed due to a surge of Covid cases, this will be the first New Year’s run for Phish at MSG since 2019. Overall, this will mark the 13th time that the band has celebrated with a show on New Year’s Eve at the Garden.

    A ticket request period for this latest Phish MSG run is currently underway at tickets.phish.com (ending Monday, October 3 at noon ET). Tickets go on sale to the general public beginning Friday, October 7 at noon ET.