NYS Music 202​2

Category: Upcoming Shows

  • Anita Baker Announces Live Tour 2023

    Eight-time Grammy Award-winning superstar Anita Baker has announced performance dates for 2023. The Songstress’ tour will tour 15 different cities, and even making a stop at the UBS Arena in Elmont, on Friday May 12th, 2023.

    Anita Baker Preforms Live May 2023

    The tour celebrates Baker’s 40 years as a music icon in the industry since the release of her debut album, The Songstress, which released in 1983. These dates mark the first time she has been on a full tour since 1995 and it is also the first time The Songstress will be performing her classic hits live since winning back the rights to her masters.

    “Looking forward to some crazy, lovely, hang time with my fans, on tour in 2023!! ….Gonna, bring some new music & some special guests, too.” 

    -ABXO
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUSddpvB4X0

    Anitia Baker, originally born in Toledo, OH, and raised in Detroit, MI, is one of the most popular singers of soulful ballads during the height of the quiet storm period in the 1980s. Starting her career in the late 1970s with the funk band Chapter 8, Baker released her first solo album, The Songstress, in 1983.

    In 1986, Baker rose to stardom following the release of her Platinum-selling second album, Rapture, which included the Grammy-winning single “Sweet Love.” Baker has won eight Grammy Awards and has four Platinum albums. Baker is a contralto, with a vocal range that extends her register to at least three octaves. 

    Anita Baker’s The Songstress Tour Dates: 

    Sat Feb 11 – Hollywood, FL – Hard Rock Live* 

    Tue Feb 14 – Atlanta, GA – State Farm Arena 

    Fri Feb 17 – New Orleans, LA – Smoothie King Center 

    Wed May 10 – Newark, NJ – Prudential Center 

    Fri May 12 – Belmont Park, NY – UBS Arena 

    Sun May 14 – Baltimore, MD – CFG Bank Arena 

    Fri Jun 30 – Chicago, IL – United Center 

    Sun Jul 02 – Detroit, MI – Pine Knob Music Theatre 

    Sat Nov 18 – Greensboro, NC – Greensboro Coliseum Complex 

    Wed Nov 22 – Memphis, TN – FedEx Forum 

    Fri Nov 24 – Atlantic City, NJ – Hard Rock Live at Etess Arena* 

    Fri Dec 15 – Houston, TX – Toyota Center 

    Sun Dec 17 – Dallas, TX – American Airlines Center 

    Fri Dec 22 – Los Angeles, CA – Crypto.com Arena 

    Sat Dec 23 – Oakland, CA – Oakland Arena 

    Tickets go on sale starting on Thursday, November 17th at 10 AM. Click the link here for more information and to purchase tickets.

  • King Buffalo 2023 Tour Includes Stop at Empire Underground

    On Friday, February 17, 2023, rock-trio King Buffalo, will be performing at Empire Underground on their just announced tour, along with an appearance by special guests, Swell the Fellas. The group is returning from their tour with Clutch, and more recently with Uncle Acid and the Deadbeats, from their spring tour in North America.

    King Buffalo tour
    King Buffalo

    Members of the Rochester-based group are vocalist and guitarist, Sean McVay, bassist Dan Reynolds, and drummer Scott Donaldson. The band has released a total of four full-length EPs, “Acheron”, “The Burden of Restlessness”, “Dead Star”, “Longing to Be the Mountain” and “Orion”, since their formation in 2013 and most recently had their fifth full-length EP called “Regenerator” released on Sept. 2, 2022.

    King Buffalo tour
    Empire Underground Performance of King Buffalo Poster

    The album “Regenerator” is a pinnacle piece demonstrating a modern psychedelic sound production, while containing elements which stretch the stylistic boundaries of the underground rock genre. The band’s self release in North America and through the Europe-based company, Stickman Records, serves as a leading thematical counterpart to their prior projects, such as the 2016’s “Orion” debut, 2018’s “Longing to Be the Mountain”, as well as other EPs.

    Drummer Scott Donaldson, discussed with NYS Music about King Buffalo and their most recently released album, Regenerator.

    Heather Occhino: How did your band come together and what made you decide to be drummer?

    Scott Donaldson: We formed from 2 bands from the Rochester area. As my band was breaking, so was Sean’s and Dan’s. I approached them about doing some stuff together and we had a natural chemistry, and have been rolling since then.

    HO: How do you manage all the aspects of being in a band and still find time to make music?

    SD: Being a musician and managing the day to day is a full time job. Fortunately, I’m able to handle the business side of things. When it comes to making music, we all jam together and form new some ideas. At this point, Sean will take the recordings and rearrange the ideas to form a more cohesive structure. Then we work through those ideas together until the song is complete.

    HO: How you would you describe your music?

    SD: We’re basically a new age classic rock band. We can be grouped into sub genres like psychedelic rock, stoner, metal, prog and so forth but we don’t really tie ourselves to any specific category.

    HO: How were prior tour performances both in and outside of the U.S? Have you seen a growth in your listening base since then?

    SD: We have seen significant growth since the pandemic in both Europe and North America. It’s nice to have some recognition since next year will be ten years as a band, but there is plenty more still to accomplish.

    HO: Are there any artists who influence your sound or inspire you creatively?

    SD: I think each of us are inspired daily by numerous influences. It’s impossible to pick any because anything can have a placebo that you might not even realize.

    Tickets for the performance at Empire Underground can be bought here.

    King Buffalo North America Tour Dates:

    11/8 – Boise, ID @ The Olympic

    11/9 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Urban Lounge

    11/11 – Denver, CO @ Gothic Theatre

    11/12 – Fort Collins, CO @ Aggie Theatre

    11/14 – Omaha, NE @ Slowdown Front Room

    11/15 – Minneapolis, MN @ Fine Line

    11/16 – Madison, WI @ High Noon

    11/17 – Chicago, IL @ Sleeping Village

    11/18 – Chicago, IL @ Sleeping Village

    11/19 – Grand Rapids, MI @ The Stache

    12/10 – Boston, MA @ Brighton Music Hall

    1/3 – Cleveland @ Grog Shop

    1/14 – Indianapolis, IN @ Hi-fi

    1/15 – St. Louis, MO @ Off Broadway

    1/17 – Iowa City, IA @ Gabe’s

    1/18 – Milwaukee, WI @ Colectivo

    1/19 – Ann Arbor, MI @ Blind Pig

    1/20 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Cafe Club

    1/21 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Cafe Club

    2/16 – Brattleboro, VT @ Stone Church

    2/17 – Albany, NY @ Empire Underground

    2/18 – Lancaster, PA @ Tellus 360

    2/19 – Richmond, VA @ Richmond Music Hall

    2/21 – Charlotte, NC @ Snug Harbor

    2/23 – Orlando, FL @ Will’s Pub

    2/24 – Miami, FL @ Gramps

    2/25 – Tampa, FL @ Crowbar

    2/26 – St. Augustine, FL @ Cafe 11

    2/28 – Athens, GA @ Hendershots

    3/1 – Ashville, NC @ Asheville Music Hall

    3/3 – Huntington, WV @ The Load

    2023 European Tour Dates:

    5/19 – 5/21 – Desertfest Berlin

    6/8 – 6/10 – Freak Valley Festival

    Official Music Video for King Buffalo’s “Mammoth”

  • Great Salt City Blues Concert 6 Set for December

    The Great Salt City Blues Concert, an annual Syracuse event, will return to the Palace Theatre for its sixth rendition on the day after Christmas at 7:30 p.m.

    Held following the holiday every year, the concert series intends to feature ten shows by the end of its run.

    great salt city blues

    The show will be held in honor of several renowned blues artists: singer Etta James, who the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has called “the matriarch of blues,” blues guitarist Elmore James, who has been named “The King Of The Slide Guitar,” guitarist and Blues Hall of Fame member Sleepy John Estes, and singer Junior Parker, another Blues Hall of Fame member.

    great salt city blues

    With the night featuring cover performances of their music, participating musicians include the following: Tas Cru, Morris Tarbell, Colin Aberdeen, Ava Andrews, Dave Liddy, Jes Sheldon, Jeff Stockham, Rod Zajak, Ronnie Leigh, Rob Spagnoletti, Jake Capozzolo, Garnett Grimm, Steven T. Wilson, Raedwald Howland-Bolton, Don Williams, Larry Kyle, Lee Tiffault, Mike Davis, and Matt Lomeo.

    The doors for the Great Salt City Blues Concert #6 at The Palace Theater, located at 2384 James Street, will open at 6 p.m. and information regarding tickets and more can be found here.

  • Toshi Reagon to Continue Residency at Symphony Space With Two More Events

    Toshi Reagon, an Atlanta-born singer, composer, musician, and curator has two more performances on the table for her three-show residency at NYC’s Symphony Space.

    The first show of the run featured a performance by Be Steadwell, a Queer pop composer, filmmaker, and storyteller who composes her songs on stage using looping and vocal layering. Reagon, who has collaborated with Steadwell for the past ten years, joined her on select numbers.

    toshi reagon residency

    Up next on Thursday, November 10 is You’re Having Too Much Fun… So We’re Gonna Have to Kill You, a “work in progress” which presents a modern story using disco-era music. Singers of the show include Reagon, Steadwell, Afi Bijou, and Josette Newsam among others, with performing musicians including bassist Fred Cash, drummer Matt Graff, keyboardist Kim Jordan, and Adam Widoff.

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    ‘Sacred Revolution’ will close out Symphony Space’s residency for Toshi Reagon.

    Topping off the residency on Saturday, November 19 is Sacred Revolution, a Reagon-curated song cycle featuring J. Bob Alotta, a filmmaker and media activist, Leah Penniman an educator, author, food sovereignty activist, and Co-Founder of Soul Fire Farm, multi-medium artist Carl Hancock Rux, performer and choreographer Maleek Washington; and The W.O.W. Project, a Chinatown initiative led by women and people of transgender and queer background. Singers of the shower include Reagon, jazz artist Lizz Wright, and Sudanese musician Alsarah.

    Information regarding tickets and more can be found here.

  • Tank & The Bangas Announce Norah Jones, Big Freedia and more guests for Blue Note Residency

    Tank and the Bangas will kick off their six-night residency at New York’s iconic Jazz club Blue Note New York on November 11, and bring with them special guests, starting with GRAMMY winning singer and pianist Norah Jones. This will mark the first show Norah has done with Tank & the Bangas since 2017, aside from their performance on her podcast.

    In addition to Jones, other special guests announced include Keyon Harrold, Big Freedia, Kat Edmonson, Brandee Younger, Isaiah Sharkey as well as surprise sit-ins. Tank and the Bangas will also spend two nights covering The Music of Green Balloon and The Music of Red Balloon.

    Coming from New Orleans, Tank and the Bangas are surrounded by plenty of grand musical traditions. And the five-piece group has a rare knack for combining various musical styles- fiery soul, deft hip-hop, deep-groove R&B and subtle jazz- into one dazzling, cohesive whole that evokes the scope of New Orleans music while retaining a distinctive feel all its own. “It’s music that can’t really be put in a box,” says singer and poet Tarriona “Tank” Ball. 

    Blue Note New York is located at 131 West 3rd St in Manhattan

    Tank & The Bangas norah jones

    Tank and the Bangas Blue Note Residency Lineup

    FRI NOVEMBER 11 – THE MUSIC OF GREEN BALLOON + NORAH JONES – 8 PM & 10:30PM ET

    SAT NOVEMBER 12 – THE MUSIC OF RED BALLOON + SURPRISE GUESTS – 8 PM & 10:30PM ET

    SUN NOVEMBER 13 – KEYON HARROLD – 8 PM & 10:30PM ET

    FRI NOVEMBER 18 – BIG FREEDIA – 8 PM & 10:30PM ET

    SAT NOVEMBER 19 – KAT EDMONSON & BRANDEE YOUNGER – 8 PM & 10:30PM ET

    SUN NOVEMBER 20 – ISAIAH SHARKEY – 8 PM & 10:30PM ET

  • Paramore Announces 2023 Tour with Stop at Madison Square Garden

    The infamous Paramore has announced a huge North America tour for 2023 taking place in 26 cities with support from Bloc Party, Foals, The Linda Lindas and Genesis Owusu. They will be making stops in one of NYC’s most iconic venues such as Madison Square Garden Tuesday, May 30th, 2023. 

    Paramore Announces 2023 Tour Live At Madison Square Garden

    When Paramore revealed they were recording together in January 2022 the response from music fans around the world was immediate and celebratory. Paramore’s hotly anticipated sixth studio album This Is Why will be released via Atlantic Records on February 10, 2023.  

    Paramore have become more popular than ever with a lot of their newest songs blowing up on social medias like Tiktok.  Over the last few years Paramore’s influence and popularity has snowballed, as the age of streaming organically propelled them into a position as one of the world’s biggest, most culturally compelling rock bands.

    For the band, who formed as teenagers in Tennessee, their 20-year trajectory has seen them grow from youthful outsiders to bone-fide pop culture icons. They currently have been permeating the musical landscape by inspiring a new generation of musical talent.Their forthcoming sixth album, This Is Why, is set for release on February 10th. 

    PARAMORE IN NORTH AMERICA TOUR DATES: 

    Tue May 23 – Charlotte, NC – Spectrum Center*×

    Thu May 25 – Atlanta, GA – State Farm Arena*×

    Sat May 27 – Atlantic City, NJ – Adjacent Festival!

    Tue May 30 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden*×

    Fri June 02 – Washington, DC – Capital One Arena*×

    Sun Jun 04 – Cleveland, OH – Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse*×

    Mon Jun 05 – Indianapolis, IN – Gainbridge Fieldhouse*×

    Wed Jun 07 – Detroit, MI – Little Caesars Arena*×

    Thu Jun 08 – Toronto, ON – Scotiabank Arena*×

    Sat Jun 10 – Columbus, OH – Schottenstein Center*×

    Sun Jun 11 – Pittsburgh, PA – PPG Paint Arena*×

    Tue Jun 13 – Orlando, FL – Amway Center*×

    Wed Jun 14 – Hollywood, FL – Hard Rock Live*×

    Thu Jul 06 – New Orleans, LA – Smoothie King Center+°

    Sat Jul 08 – Fort Worth, TX – Dickies Arena+°

    Sun Jul 09 – Austin, TX – Moody Center+°

    Tue Jul 11 – Houston, TX – Toyota Center+°

    Thu Jul 13 – Denver, CO – Ball Arena+°

    Sun Jul 16 – San Diego, CA – Viejas Arena+

    Wed Jul 19 – Los Angeles, CA – Kia Forum+

    Sat Jul 22 – San Francisco, CA – Chase Center+

    Mon Jul 24 – Seattle, WA – Climate Pledge Arena+°

    Tue Jul 25 – Portland, OR – Veterans Memorial Coliseum+°

    Thu Jul 27 – Salt Lake City, UT – Vivint Arena+°

    Sat Jul 29 – Tulsa, OK – BOK Center+°

    Sun Jul 30 – St Louis, MO – Enterprise Center+°

    Wed Aug 02 – St. Paul, MN – Xcel Energy Center+°

    *With Support Bloc Party

    +With Support from Foals

    °With Support from The Linda Lindas

    ×With Support from Genesis Owusu

    !Festival Performance

    Tickets go on sale to the general public starting Friday, November 11th at 10am here.

  • moe. Announces The Return Of Chuck Garvey For New Year’s Eve

    Fans of moe. got a dose of good news about beloved guitarist Chuck Garvey the other night at the band’s show at The Fox Theatre in Boulder, CO. In his customary pre-encore “Al.nouncements,” guitarist Al Schnier read a note from Chuck, who suffered a stroke last November, proclaiming that he would sit-in as a “special guest” for a portion of the band’s NYE performance at the Fillmore Philadelphia for the first time in over a year. As expected, the news was met with much delight.

    The announcement came exactly one year to the day since Chuck Garvey suffered his stroke, and his return appearance with moe. is also significant since the Fillmore Philadelphia was the last venue he performed at on Halloween 2022. The band has yet to announce plans for Chuck to return to the band on a full-time basis.

    Thank you for your well-wishes and your donations, without which my recovery would not have happened. This year has been a really long, difficult one for me, but a rewarding one, in that I learned what a person needs to do to achieve goals.

    ~ Chuck Garvey

    The NYE performance will include an opening set by the New Haven, CT based 4-piece Eggy, and also feature The Horn Section, a 3-piece horn group featuring former members of Turkuaz, who will be performing with moe. throughout the night. The concert will follow moe.’s appearance at the North Beach Music Festival in Miami Beach, and a handful of Rob & Vinnie shows with BlueStar Radiation through the remainder of 2022.

    For ticketing and show info, please visit https://moe.org/tour

    moe. Chuck Garvey

  • Five Must-See Shows in Rochester This November

    The temps are cooling but the jams are just heating up and the longer nights just give us more time to rock out. Time to finish the first full “post-pandemic” year of live music strong. November is already well under way, but we still have some surefire live music picks and shows for you in Rochester.

    November 8 – Sarah Shook and the Disarmers @ Abilene Bar and Lounge

    First up is Sarah Shook, returning to Abilene for the first time since 2018, and after their show there this summer was postponed due to none other than that damn Covid. Touring behind their excellent 2022 release, Nightroamer, this North Carolina-based quintet muscles up honky tonk with a little rock and punk energy, or do they twang out their punk rock with a little honky tonk? Either way, you’re in for a barn-burning badass night of music.

    Show starts at 8pm and tickets are $20/$25 dos.

    November 12 – Lee Fields @ Photo City Music Hall

    Last seen in Rochester mesmerizing the Rochester International Jazz Fest crowd at Harro East in 2013, Lee Fields finally returns this week. One of the best soul singers around, he recorded his first single back in 1969 and put out his latest album just last week, Sentimental Fool, his first for the vaunted Daptone Records label. He is anything but past his prime though, expect high energy on stage and off, grooves to get you moving and a voice that’ll hit you right in the sweet spot.

    Show starts at 8p and tickets are $23.50.

    November 17 – Another Michael, String Machine @ Bug Jar

    A night of too-new-to-be-known indie music awaits. Two bands touring behind their 2022 releases are coming hungry to win your love. Another Michael is a tight Philadelphia-based band delivering hooky songs trending toward the folksier spectrum with breezy guitars and dreamy vocals. String Machine, a seven piece from the other side of Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, brings a fuller sound, what they call maximalist indie rock. They’ll be playing from their latest, Hallelujah Hell Yeah, which is an album of album of joy, vulnerability, and forgiveness. Catch them both at the Bug Jar, with local openers, *ahem* Bugcatcher.

    Show starts at 9pm and tickets are $14-$18.

    November 19 – Amy Helm @ Hart Theater

    Another Covid-postponed show, Amy Helm was supposed to grace the Canalside Stage outside the JCC this summer. Now we get to enjoy her inside the intimate and acoustically-sound Hart Theater. An incredible voice singing her incredible songs, prepare to be melted and moved. The Woodstock native and daughter to the late-great Levon, Helm is an extra special treat to see live, an Americana treasure. Locals Jon Itkin and the Receivers will open the show.

    Show starts at 7p and tickets are $40-$70.

    November 25-28 – Bop Shop’s 40th Anniversary Jazz Festival

    Bop Shop Records has been celebrating their 40th anniversary all year, with the intention of hosting 40 shows in 2022. To see any music in this intimate environment among the stacks is a treat, but owner Tom Kohn has impeccable taste and brings in ridiculously good talent, so every show is pretty much cant-miss. Their busy November closes out with a 40th Anniversary Jazz Festival, four straight nights of high quality jazz to burn off those extra Thanksgiving calories.

    Getting things started on Black Friday is Three Shamans, featuring Phil Haynes, Ken Filiano & Herb Robertson.

    On Saturday, Joe Fiedler’s Open Sesame returns to take your Sesame Street favorites to places you never imagined.

    Sunday night is Joe Fonda & Bass of Operation. Fonda has graced the Bop Shop stage more than any other artist. The reason for that is, he’s really freaking good!

    Closing out the little festival on Monday is Michael Musillami Trio.

    All shows start at 8pm and are $20. There is also a special four-show pass for $55.

  • Binghamton Philharmonic Orchestra to Perform Nature-Themed Concert “Green Places”

    The Binghamton Philharmonic will continue their 2022-23 season on Saturday, November 12 with “Green Places” a production focused on the musical themes of nature. Taking place at the Broome County Theatre, the show will begin at 7:30.

    With direction from Maestro Daniel Hege, the night will feature one of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s Novelettes, Gary Schocker’s eponymous Green Places featuring principal flutist Karen Bogardus, Ralph Vaughan Williams’ The Lark Ascending featuring German violinst and Binghamton Philharmonic concertmaster Uli Speth, and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 4.

    Karen Bogardus.

    Bogardus is also the principal flutist for the Binghamton Philharmonic, Berkshire Opera Festival, Martina Arroyo Foundation Opera and Phoenicia Voice Festival, and has performed with dozens of other NY and northeast-based orchestras.

    November 12th’s nature-themed show is far from Uli Speth’s first gig with the Binghamton Philharmonic.

    Speth, having been concertmaster with the Binghamton Philharmonic since 2005, also holds the same position with the Chappaqua Orchestra and Fenimore Chamber Orchestra. He’s also performed with New York City Opera, American Symphony Orchestra, and the Florida Orchestra, and has played under the direction of conductors such as James Levine, Kurt Masur, Gerard Schwarz, JoAnn Falletta, and Marin Alsop.

    The Binghamton Philharmonic Orchestra, founded in 1955 by Fritz and Marianne Wallenberg and later merging with the BC Pops Orchestra, presents an annual series of classical, pops, and chamber music across Downtown Binghamton and Broome County.

    All children 17 and under can attend the concert for free, information regarding tickets and more can be found here.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQ0NgPiu72c

  • Cortland Repertory Theatre Will Host Tribute Concerts to Barry Manilow and Carole King

    The Cortland Repertory Theatre announced a weekend of memories with two tribute concerts scheduled- one for Barry Manilow and the other for Carole King.

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    Cortland Repertory Theatre

    The concerts are called “One Voice: The Music of Barry Manilow” and “Tapestry Unraveled: The Music of Carole King.” Manilow’s tribute concert will take place on Nov. 11 at 7:30 p.m., and King’s will take place on Nov. 12 at 7:30 p.m. at the Cortland Repertory Theatre.

    Barry Manilow had an astonishing 50 Top 40 hits and Billboard Magazine ranks him as the #1 Adult Contemporary Artist of all time. Broadway National Touring performer Mark Sanders performs a touching and brilliantly done tribute honoring Manilow. He will be performing Manilow’s biggest hits, like “Mandy, I Write Songs” and “Copacabana.”

    Hailed as one of the most successful and talented female pop artists, Carole King has left a huge mark on the music industry. Singer Tina Naponelli captures the essence of King, with a powerful voice and soulful dedication. She will pay homage to King by performing some of her classic songs, including “I
    Feel the Earth Move,” “Chains,” “You’ve Got a Friend,” and many more.

    Both singers will be accompanied by a five-piece live band. Tickets to see the Barry Manilow and Carole King tribute acts are available now at the Cortland Repertory Theatre’s box office or online here.