Attention Parrotheads! Jimmy Buffett is coming to New York this summer, with a show on Tuesday, August 4 at Bethel Woods. He’ll also make a stop at the all too familiar Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater this summer, on Tuesday August 9th, 2022.
Heading into his 50th anniversary of his singer-songwriter career and turning 75 this year, Jimmy Buffett has much to celebrate in 2022. Jimmy Buffett and the Coral Reefer Band continue to hit the road performing with the ‘Life on the Flip Side’ Tour which this year has created deeper meanings.
We’re thrilled to welcome back Jimmy Buffett and the Coral Reefer Band. Jimmy is one of the most requested acts from the Bethel Woods audience and we are as excited as ever to have him perform at the historic site of the original 1969 Woodstock festival. You don’t want to miss this one!
Eric Frances, Chief Executive Officer of Bethel Woods
Latest release from Jimmy Buffett’s 2020 debuted #2 on the Billboard with album ‘Life on the Flip Side’ and another album ‘Songs You Don’t Know By Heart’ which showcased lesser played songs with an acoustic sound.
We can’t wait to have the Parrot Heads flock to Jones Beach for what will be the party of the year – do not miss out!
General Manager Adam Citron
With over 40 tours under his belt from his first tour back in 1976, ‘Pink Crustacean’ Buffett has landed the phrase with his concerts “The Big 8” for his hit songs Margaritaville, Come Monday, Fins, Volcano and many more.
Jimmy Buffett detoured off the music path to become an author and write three number-one best sellers: the short-stories collection, Tales From Margaritaville, the novel, Where is Joe Merchant?, and biography, A Pirate Looks at Fifty.
Tickets for Jimmy Buffett and The Coral Reefer Band go on sale Friday, February 18th at 9am EST.
The Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival will return to a live format this July 13-17 in Oak Hill, NY. With over 40 bands, six stages, dozens of performances, hands-on workshops, dancing, camping, jamming, kids activities, ethnic/festive foods, excellent vendors and top luthiers, fans will be guaranteed a memorable weekend of bluegrass music.
Thousands of fans from over 30 states and across the world attend this festival every year, to let loose in the Catskill Mountains. This festival features a multitude of genres consisting of traditional and contemporary bluegrass, jam bands, old-time, swing and cajun.
Advance Full Festival Tickets are now available for $275, including camping from 7am Wednesday, July 13 through 5pm Sunday, July 17. Considering this is a family friendly event, kids 12 and under are free with a ticketed adult. Additionally, Advance Day Passes are available for $85 for Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, with entry beginning at 8am and ending at about 1:30am. For the connivence of all fans, the festival is ensuring free day parking and shuttle busses. Lastly, Senior day passes (62+) will be available at the gate, with ID, for $80.
This year there will be two new camping options: RV Electrical Hookups in Generatorville and the High Meadow Glamping Village. Only those with full festival tickets can camp on the grounds and must follow safety and health guidelines. To learn more information about the bands, lodging, tickets and activities visit Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival site.
2022 Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival Artists and Days of Performance
On February 12th, The Delaware Valley Arts Alliance will be presenting a performance of “2x2x4” at Krause Recital Hall. The experimental dance and music collaboration brings together dancer Charles Dennis and musician Sal Cataldi, otherwise known as Spaghetti Eastern Music.
Sal Cataldi
During “2x2x4”, the duo will captivate audiences with their use of wooden 2×4’s, carefully building, destroying and creating landscapes for Dennis to dance through. This year’s performance will coincide with the exhibition “For the Love of Wood”, a group show with Eric Baylin and Bo Stevens.
Dennis, an interdisciplinary artist with many talents, has been an active participant in downtown NY dance and performance for many years. He has also cofounded Performance Space 122, one of the country’s most active presenters of new dance, along with creating and performing in several of its performances.
Charles Dennis
Cataldi, a Saugerties and NYC based multi-instrumentalist, is responsible for the creation of Spaghetti Eastern Music. This solo project takes musical notes from krautrock and jazz, which results in a sound that only Cataldi is capable of making. His live score for “2x2x4” has recently been released on Bad Egg Records.
This event is produced in cooperation with the NY State Council on the Arts and is a centerpiece of the Delaware Valley Arts Alliance’s annual Salon Series. This year’s series focuses on the concept of creative construction and will be presented in person, as well as live streamed on the DVAA Facebook page.
Capacity for this event is limited so advanced registration will be required. Proof of vaccination or a negative COVID test is needed for attendance, as well as masks. Registration and more information can be found here.
Club d’Elf will release their third studio full-length album, You Never Know, on April 1. They’ll team up with John Medeski that night at Levon Helm Studios in Woodstock to celebrate the release of You Never Know, and perform with the band the next night at DROM in the East Village on April 2.
You Never Know is a double album with 10 tracks with the sound of musicians in full improvisational flight. For Mike Rivard, head Elf and sole constant member over the collective’s 24 year run, the meaning of You Never Know runs deeper than just the chase of an alchemic group-mind.
A few years back, while tracking spiritual insight in the deep-Amazon, Rivard began experiencing terrifying heart palpitations, breathing difficulties and paralyzing anxiety. Initially, he assumed the symptoms were part of his awakening process, but it quickly became clear something else was at work. Back home in Boston, Rivard was diagnosed with a pulmonary embolism, likely caused by a blood clot which developed during one of his long flights to Peru. A lifelong devotee of Eastern and holistic medicine, Rivard found himself mired in the sterility and sluggishness of the American healthcare system, struggling with PTSD and cloaked in a severe depression. His life skidded to a halt.
A lot of people find out about having a pulmonary embolism by dying. After the trauma in the jungle as I slipped further and further into the darkness, one of the scariest parts was how things I loved lost all meaning, the pleasure just drained away. It was this sense of sliding into an alternate universe of shadow.
Mike Rivard
As the depression parted, Rivard (playing bass and sintir) gathered fellow Club d’Elf collaborators Dean Johnston (drums), DJ Mister Rourke (turntables), Paul Schultheis and John Medeski (vintage analog keyboards), Casablanca-native Brahim Fribgane (oud, vocals and percussion) and guitarists Duke Levine, David Fiuczynski and Kevin Barry, and began recording the album to analog tape with minimal overdubs.
Half of the album consists of originals inspired by Rivard’s experience and the sounds that saved him, and half covers of influences which have shaped the band’s musical universe: Miles Davis, Frank Zappa, Joe Zawinul, Nass El Ghiwane, as well as gnawa, a North African trance music known for causing time to melt as players and listeners enter into a liminal space of eternity and possibility, and Sufi folk songs.
It’s kind of like driving a tour bus and stopping at various interesting destinations, pulling the bus over and letting everyone off, and then it’s up to them, the musicians, to find their way into the experience, to create the music together, in the moment. Every voice is heard, is equally important, and can drive the music into places that I never would have envisioned of on my own. That’s what really excites me—when I let go of the reins and the collective energy of the ensemble reaches a sort of hive mind state, and the spirits guide us.
Mike Rivard
In the studio, Rivard ceded the spotlight to the collective, allowing for free-play and improvisational dexterity. Through it all rides the trance, pulsing, calming, poking open the mystic truths which may just offer us all the hope of brighter days ahead. A Sufi traditional “Dervish Dance” features pools of deep bass and psychedelic crackle beneath Fribgane’s oud soloing, and is the first single from the album, the video of which can be seen below.
Club d’Elf have tour dates this April with keyboardist John Medeski, in support of You Never Know, set for release on April 1 via Face Pelt Records. After two stops in New York State, the band makes stops in Maine, Rhode Island, New Hampshire and Massachusetts, with a finale at Soundcheck Studios in Pembroke, Massachusetts on April 15.
Club d’Elf Spring 2022 Tour Dates
4/1 – Woodstock, NY – Levon Helm Studios 4/2 – New York, NY – Drom 4/8 – Portland, ME – Bayside Bowl 4/9 – Providence, RI – Columbus Theater 4/10 – Portsmouth, NH – The Music Hall 4/14 – Northampton, MA – Bombyx 4/15 – Pembroke, MA – Soundcheck Studios
Tony and Grammy award-winning creator of the Broadway musical Hadestown, Anaïs Mitchell will head back on stage with folklore music group Bonny Light Horseman, on February 20th at Old Dutch Church in Kingston.
Bonny Light Horseman is a trio group consisting of singer and songwriter, Anaïs Mitchell; Eric D. Johnson who is best known for his project Fruit Bats and stints with The Shins, and Josh Kaufman an instrumentalist and producer known for his work with Hiss Golden Messenger, Bob Weir, The National. This trio centers their focus on blending traditional folklore music with more contemporary melodies. Their two time Grammy nominated album Bonny Light Horseman, is suitable for a vast audience.
When the three met and decided to sketch musical ideas together, they formed an instant artistic bond. While they experimented for the upcoming 2018 Eaux Claires festival at the time, the trio seized the opportunity to form a band.
“The conversation about starting the group and figuring out the type of music we’d play happened very quickly. It’s like a love story: a really big fire, and the shared ideas of what we wanted the music to feel like. We wanted openness and for it to feel emotional and personal.”
Josh Kaufman
During their live performance later this month, the trio will perform songs from Bonny Light Horseman. Subsequently, Mitchell will take to the stage to share her new 10 track solo album named after herself, in addition to some more fan favorites. This album represents her resilience to music after producing her previous solo album almost a decade ago, to focus on other music related commitments on Broadway and within her band. NPR, supports Mitchell as “one of the greatest songwriters of her generation.”
Anaïs Mitchell is a personal album from real life events, in which she exposes a variety of emotions of hers, not daring to hold back using metaphors, but is rather blunt about her feelings. Ultimately, this album is intimate, real and relatable.
For Anaïs Mitchell’s & Bonny Light Horseman’s upcoming performance, general admission seats are $34 and for Gold Circle seats, within the first 5 rows, tickets are $48. To buy tickets for February’s show visit ticketmaster.
The Who, one of the greatest rock bands in music history, will embark on a 2022 North American Tour this spring and fall. The two final tour stops in May will be at Madison Square Garden and Bethel Woods, while the October leg of the tour brings Townshend and Daltry to UBS Arena in Belmont.
The music of The Who spans generations, with Roger Daltrey’s soaring vocal prowess building off the sparks of Pete Townshend’s songwriting. These two remaining members of the original lineup join together in a shared legacy while time is passing, one found in the pages of their recent autobiographies -Townshend’s Who I Am (2012) and Daltrey’s Thanks A Lot Mr. Kibblewhite; My Story (2018) – and among their regular touring schedule.
Some shows on The Who’s 2022 tour were originally planned for 2019 but delayed due to a vocal ailment Daltrey was suffering from, while some others on the tour are a substitute for those canceled in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Commenting on The Who Hits Back! 2022 tour, Roger Daltrey said:
Pete and I said we’d be back, but we didn’t think we’d have to wait for two years for the privilege. This is making the chance to perform feel even more special this time around. So many livelihoods have been impacted due to Covid, so we are thrilled to get everyone back together – the band, the crew and the fans. We’re gearing up for a great show that hits back in the only way The Who know how. By giving it everything we got.
Roger Daltrey
The Who Hits Back! Tour features a pure and easy lineup including guitarist and backup singer Simon Townshend (Pete’s brother), keyboardist Loren Gold, second keyboardist Emily Marshall, bassist Jon Button, drummer Zak Starkey and backing vocals by Billy Nicholls. Lead violinist Katie Jacoby and lead cellist Audrey Snyder will be getting in tune with orchestra conductor Keith Levenson, delivering many of The Who’s classics, as well as songs from their most recent album, WHO.
Regarding the inclusion of local orchestras and strings for each show, Townshend spoke to Rolling Stone, saying:
It gives me a chance to make sure what I play, what I do, where I look, how I behave on the stage, is more connected with the people around me, and with the audience, and with, to get prosaic about it, an inner sense. In other words, I don’t lose myself the way I did when I used to jump around, have a big adrenaline rush, and then come off the stage and someone would say, ‘Great show,’ or someone would say, ‘Terrible show,’ and I wouldn’t really know what I had done, to be honest, since I was like someone running a marathon. So the orchestra gives me space.
Pete Townshend
The Who’s show at Bethel Woods also marks their return to the site of the original Woodstock Festival, where the group performed a memorable set that began at 5 AM on Sunday, August 17, 1969.
American Express® Card Members can purchase tickets in select markets before the general public beginning today, Monday, February 7 at 10 am through Thursday, February 10 at 10 pm. The Who’s fan club presale starts Wednesday, February 9 at 10 am and runs through Thursday, February 10 at 10 pm.
Professor Louie’s Century will present Blues legends like Joe Louis Walker, Guy Davis, Professor Louie & The Crowmatix, and more. Music will be accompanied by a photographic retrospective Keeping the Blues Alive by JosephA. Rosen. Hudson Valley Blues Society has partnered with these amazing artists to put on a show that will be the first of its kind.
Professor Louie and The CrowMatix
Joe Louis Walker is a Blues Hall of Fame member and four-time Blues Music Award winner. Throughout his life, he has toured all around the world, preforming at mist renowned music festivals throughout the United States, Canada, Glastonbury, Notodden and Montreux. Along with this, he has toured for festivals in Japan, Australia, Taiwan, Ireland, Turkey, European festivals including The North Sea Jazz Festival, and Brazil.
Guy Davis has spent his musical life carrying his message of the blues around the world. He even holds the title of, “An Ambassador of the Blues,” because of his extensive travels from the Equator to the Arctic Circle. His work as an actor, author, and music teacher earmark him as a renaissance man of the blues. Davis often talks about how music and acting have similarities by saying, “…I don’t like people to see the challenging work and the sweat that goes in what I do. I want them to hear me and be uplifted.”
Professor Louie and The CrowMatix emerged from the music industry as the torchbearer of the true spirit of American Roots Music. As a live performer, prolific recording artist and versatile multi-instrumentalist, Professor Louie has the award-winning recording Producer and Engineer, capturing the talents of some of the world’s most highly acclaimed musicians.
The Concert will take place on March 26th, 2022, at 8:00 PM. All adult guests must be fully vaccinated or show proof of a negative COVID-19 test to enter the theatre. Tickets will range from $25 to $40 dollars. To purchase tickets or for more information visit paramounthudsonvalley.com.
While the Allman Betts Band tour has been postponed amid a hiatus, there is now a co-headlining tour with The Devon Allman Project and Samantha Fish Band in its place, with stops in Utica, Albany, Buffalo, Chester, New York City and Westhampton Beach.
Devon Allman.
The Devon Allman Project is a six-piece world-class band that has previously toured almost 20 countries. The band is led by Devon Allman, son of The Allman Brothers guitarist Gregg Allman. The band is known for gracefully blending genres and jam in the same way that the Allman family is known for.
photo by Brian Cornish
Samantha Fish is one of the most inventive artists in the blues scene, with her being placed in Guitar World Magazine’s list of “Top 10 Best Blues Guitarists in the World.”
Speaking of the tour, Devon Allman had this to say:
I can’t wait to get back out and spread some music around with my friends. I’ve known Samantha forever now and she’s such a phenomenal talent, her voice and guitar playing are smokin’ and her new band are world class…we’re gonna have some fun out there
The Devon Allman Project tour with Samantha Fish will be heading to multiple NY cities, and tickets can be found here.
THE DEVON ALLMAN PROJECT + THE SAMANTHA FISH BAND ON TOUR
Mar 3 @ The Kent Stage | Kent, OH Mar 4 @ Riverfront Live | Cincinnati, OH Mar 5 @ Robins Theatre | Warren, OH Mar 6 @ Kemba Live | Columbus, OH Mar 8 @ Jergel’s | Warrendale, PA Mar 9 @ Town Ballroom | Buffalo, NY Mar 10 @ Stanley Theater | Utica, NY Mar 11 @ HMAC | Harrisburg, PA Mar 12 @ Palladium | New York, NY Mar 13 @ Sugar Loaf Performing Arts Center | Chester, NY Mar 16 @ Musikfest Cafe | Bethleham, PA Mar 17 @ Palace Theater | Manchester, NH Mar 18 @ Loos Center for the Arts | Woodstock, CT Mar 19 @ Cabot Theater | Beverly, MA Mar 20 @ Westhampton Beach PAC | Westhampton Beach, NY Mar 23 @ Academy of Music | Northampton, MA Mar 24 @ The Egg | Albany, NY Mar 25 @ Mayo Performing Arts Center | Morristown, NJ Mar 26 @ The Beacon Theatre | Hopewell, VA
THE DEVON ALLMAN PROJECT
Apr 1 @ Hawaii Theatre Center | Honolulu, HI Apr 2 @ Castle Theater | Maui, HA
In honor of Black History Month, Bardavon Presents in Poughkeepsie has announced several events. Two of these events are announced as a way to educate and promote conversation surrounding race for kids and teens K-12, with other events celebrating Black history also scheduled.
The first of these events is Virtual Step Afrika! The event is a 5-part series designed to educate the youth on stepping and its history. Stepping is a form of dancing that originated in African American colleges in the early 20th century. Steppers use their bodies as an instrument and often follow polyrhythmic time signatures. By doing so, the dance form created a way for people to musically express themselves through their bodies. Schools and teachers can register for Virtual Step Afrika! from now until Friday, February 18th.
Step Afrika!
Bardavon Presents will also host Virtual Rhapsody in Black. The event is a one-man show written and performed by LeLand Gantt and developed at NYC’s Actors Studio by Estelle Parsons. The show follows Gantt’s personal journey to understand and eventually transcend racism in America. Teachers It seeks to stimulate deep and uncomfortable, yet necessary conversations about race. A free stream of the performance will be available starting Monday, February 7th til Friday, February 18th.
Rhapsody in Black
On Friday, February 25th, a dual screening of Spike Lee’s Do The Right Thing, will be shown at both the Bardavon and Ulster Performing Arts Center. The classic 1989 film featuring Spike Lee, Martin Lawrence, Samuel L. Jackson, and Giancarlo Esposito, explores the racial tension in a Brooklyn neighborhood between African Americans and Italian-Americans. The movie has received unanimous positive reception in the way that it explores its themes, so much so that it has been admitted to the National Film Registry. Tickets for the screening start at just $6.
Do the Right Thing
On February 18th at 8 PM, BardavonPresents will host a free stream on their YouTube page. This stream will be a part of their HVP: Behind the Music series. The episode will focus on the Hudson Valley Philharmonic’s March 5th concert, which shines a spotlight on female composers. Notably, Composer Nkeiru Okoye will discuss her piece “Songs of Harriet Tubman,” dedicated to the abolitionist woman who helped free an estimated 70 slaves. The steam will also explore the broader title theme, Underground Figures. More information is available here.
Irish singer-songwriter Gareth Dunlop recently dropped ‘Look Back Smiling’, a new single and accompanying video, off his upcoming album, Animal, due out on March 18th. The first part of his US Tour comes to Levon Helm Studios in Woodstock on May 6th and 7th, followed by shows in New York City and Cortland.
Taking advantage of his time during the global pandemic, Gareth Dunlop was set to record the long-waited second album Animal with Sycamore Studios. Collaborating with friends and fellow Northern Irish musicians Foy Vance and Lee Rogers to help produce new music. Vance, Rogers, and Dunlop are heading out on tour this year together with an additional duty from Gareth Dunlop as a member of Vance’s live band.
Recognized as an accomplished talent after the BBC’s in 2010, has led Gareth Dunlop into the next decade with success. Releasing several singles, EPs showing his highly soulful voice, and several of his songs being used in hit TV series Nashville and movie Best of me.
When I was young I couldn’t wait to grow up, and now that I’m older I’d give anything to go back and be a kid again.
-Gareth Dunlop
Picking up a guitar at the age of 14 began the journey of a young kid with inspirations from icons The Beatles, Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, and Tom Waits.
The diverse set of songs on the new album Animal is shown with first single ‘Look Back Smiling’ that evokes the ’80s yet justify a timeless atmospheric “Sorrow.” Gareth is set to hit the road with Foy Vance who is currently signed under Ed Sheeran’s Gingerbread Man Records.
US TOUR DATES WITH FOY VANCE
May 6 @ Levon Helm Studios – Woodstock, NY
May 7 @ Levon Helm Studios – Woodstock, NY
May 8 @ Theatre of Living Arts – Philadelphia, PA
May 10 @ Birchmere – Alexandria, VA
May 11 @ Webster Hall – New York, NY
May 13 @ Royale – Boston, MA
May 14 @ Center for the Arts – Homer, NY
May 17 @ Memorial Hall – Cincinnati, OH
May 18 @ James K. Polk Theater, Tennessee Performing Arts Center – Nashville, TN
May 20 @ The Cedar Cultural Center – Minneapolis, MN
