The acclaimed home for Global Music, the DROM celebrates their 15th anniversary with a special series of 15 shows in 2022.
DROM is a music venue that celebrates diverse and intersecting cultures with hundreds of performances over the last 15 years from international, national, to New York-based artists. Numerous music fans and thousands of artists have ventured to the venue to experience the live music.
Our goal from the beginning was to bring cultures from different regions into one room. We created a scene with contemporary world music and Jazz sounds
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Together, Sedar IIhan as the owner and director and Mehmet Dede as programming director bring DROM to life as the home for musicians and passionate listeners to live music and performances. Jazz-based artists like Robert Glasper, Snarky Puppy and Gregory Porter have performed at DROM along with a sold out show from pop singer Sammy Rae just before the start of the pandemic.
DROM 15th Anniversary Series – More shows to be announced throughout the year:
Drom 15th Anniversary Series – More shows to be announced throughout the year
Wed, July 14 – Pedrito Martinez presents Echoes of Africa –tickets
Fri, July 22 – NY Gypsy All Stars with special guest Ibrahim Maalouf – tickets
Sat July 30 – Summer for the City at Damrosch Park, globalFEST at Summer for the City, Presented in collaboration with Drom NYC and Barbès Brooklyn – free
Carnegie Hall has announced the release of the debut album from NYO Jazz, We’re Still Here. Comprising young musicians ages 16–19 from across the United States, the album will be available everywhere June 24. The musicians of NYO Jazz will also embark on a tour this summer, including shows at Carnegia Hall and Chautauqua Institution.
Along with this, the album features Artistic Director and Bandleader/Trumpeter Sean Jones and special guest Melissa Aldana on tenor saxophone, plus an appearance by trombonist Wycliffe Gordon.
We’re Still Here presents four new works written for the band since its inception. NYO Jazz’s debut album features a range of classic and contemporary charts that are hallmarks of its live concerts. Along with works exploring themes that include social justice, resilience, and the power of music to spark joy.
“We’re thrilled for NYO Jazz to release its debut album this spring—the first recording by any of our national youth ensembles,”
said Sarah Johnson, Chief Education Officer and Director of Carnegie Hall’s Weill Music Institute.
“It’s a tremendous opportunity for these gifted young players to train, perform, and now record alongside some of today’s leading jazz artists including special guest Melissa Aldana. It was especially meaningful for the musicians to gather for an extended residency last summer as it marked the first time many of them had the opportunity to come together to play in a full ensemble since the start of the pandemic”
“With We’re Still Here, we are proud to showcase the incredible depth of talent and high level of musicianship of these standout jazz musicians from across the country who will help ensure one of America’s quintessential art forms is preserved for generations to come.”
“The big band has always been America’s orchestral format and one of the most wide-ranging ensembles ever devised,” said Jones, NYO Jazz’s Artistic Director and Bandleader. “It can convey nearly any style of music in a sonically stimulating and interactive way. This recording exhibits that diversity by placing classics by Duke Ellington and Neil Hefti alongside pieces that utilize the big band as a vehicle for contemporary American music and represent a wide variety of genres.”
“You close your eyes and think they’re all 20 years older than they are,”
said SeanJones who pays it forward through his passionate leadership of NYO Jazz, carrying on the tradition of mentorship in jazz.
The album will be released by Platoon and available for digital download and on all streaming platforms. Likewise, the album is available for pre-order here.
Carnegie Hall has also announced the schedule for the first-ever US tour by its acclaimed NYO Jazz set to take place on the heels of the release of We’re Still Here. The NYO Jazz US Tour kicks off at Carnegie Hall on July 28 featuring GRAMMY® Award-nominated vocalist Jazzmeia Horn as Special Guest.
NYO Jazz US Tour Dates
July 28 | Carnegie Hall | New York, NY
July 30 | Tri-C Metro Auditorium | Cleveland, OH
August 1 | Chautauqua Amphitheater | Chautauqua, NY
August 2 | The August Wilson African American Cultural Center | Pittsburgh, PA
August 4 | Navy Pier, Lake Stage in Polk Bros Park | Chicago, IL
August 5 | The Max M. and Marjorie S. Fisher Music Center | Detroit, MI
August 7 | Wisconsin Union Theater | Madison, WI
August 9 | John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts | Washington, D.C.
André Raphel will be the guest conductor at HVP’s Themes & Variations concerto. Raphel is a world-renowned conductor, having held positions at a number of different orchestras. He was Assistant Conductor to Kurt Masur at the New York Philharmonic for two years and Assistant Conductor of The Philadelphia Orchestra for six years. Raphel has also appeared in orchestras all around the world, and has a huge dedication to his craft.
Also appearing in Themes & Variations is sololist Lara St. John. She has been described as “something of a phenomenon” by The Strad and a “high-powered soloist” by the New York Times. She has performed as a soloist worldwide, and owns her label Ancalagon, which she founded in 1999. Her Mozart recording with The Knights won a Juno Award in 2011.
The Juneteenth celebration in Kingston, NY, features The Resistance Revival Chorus. The chorus is a collective of more than 60 womxn, and non-binary singers. They sing songs of resistance, and uplift and center womxn’s voices. Members include touring musicians, film and television actors, Broadway performers, solo recording artists, gospel singers, political activists, and more all with diverse backgrounds and identities.
Tickets to each of these performances are available here.
Hank Williams will be honored 69 years after his death with the 18th annual Hank-O-Rama celebration. This ‘honky tonk tradition’ takes place on May 13th at The Cutting Room in New York City.
The Hank-O is a symbolic rain date for the last show Hank would ever miss. Originally scheduled for its usual date in January, this year’s unique springtime Hank-O-Rama is a rain date itself because of his death on January 1st.
After the New Year’s show was postponed due to last winter’s omicron surge, the remembrance of Hank Williams goes on with the 18th annual Hank-O-Rama celebration. The show features dozens of Hank’s hits and rarities performed live by The Lonesome Prairie Dogs.
The group features Lenny Kaye (guitar) and host Alex Battles. In addition, featuring guest stars Tammy Faye Starlite, Cliff Westfall, Sean Kershaw, and others from the Brooklyn & NYC country music firmament. Songs including “Cold, Cold Heart,” “Hey, Good Lookin’,” “Your Cheatin’ Heart,” and many others will be played in Hank’s celebration.
During the spring of 1952, Williams flew to New York with steel guitarist Don Helms, where he made two appearances with other Grand Ole Opry members on The Kate Smith Show. He sang “Cold, Cold, Heart”, “Hey Good Lookin’”, “Glory Bound Train” and “I Saw the Light” with other cast members, and a duet, “I Can’t Help It (if I’m Still in Love with You)” with Anita Carter.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtolv9kM1qk
The singer made his early recordings for Sterling (based in New York) that produced the regionally popular song “Honky Tonkin.” Hank was only 29 when he was found dead in the back seat of his Cadillac on the morning of Jan. 1st, 1953, in WV. He was en route to a New Year’s Day gig in Canton, Ohio.
Ticket Information
Doors open at 6 and music starts at 7, tickets range from $20-25. To buy tickets, click the link here. For more information, click the link here.
The 2022 Artpark Summer Concert lineup was announced with a full range of artists coming to the Lewiston, NY, venue. Artpark was established in 1974 and is a summer outdoor music venue ranked one of the top 100 Amphitheaters Worldwide by Pollstar, with 150+ events attended by 150,000+ visitors.
Artpark Amphitheater Concerts
Modest Mouse- May 27
Modest Mouse is an American rock band formed in 1992. The band achieved mainstream success with their fourth album, Good News for People Who Love Bad News with the singles “Float On” and “Ocean Breathes Salty.”
Goose- June 8
Goose is an American jam band from Norwalk, Connecticut. The band consists of Peter Anspach, Jeff Arevalo, Ben Atkind, Rick Mitarotonda, and Trevor Weekz. They have sold out multiple tours and released many groundbreaking albums.
Patti Labelle- June 21
Patti Labelle is a two-time Grammy award-winning blues and pop artist, who has sold over 50 million records. She has many hit songs including “Lady Marmalade,” “On My Own,” and “New Attitude.”
Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats- June 28
Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats are one of the most recognizable new forces in contemporary rock. They have opened for The Rolling Stones, appeared on Saturday Night Live, CMT Crossroads, and at NPR’s Tiny Desk.
Flogging Molly & The Interrupters- July 2
Flogging Molly is an Irish-American seven-piece Celtic punk band formed in 1997. The Interrupters is an American punk rock band, consisting of vocalist Aimee Interrupter, drummer Jesse Bivona, bassist Justin Bivona, and guitarist Kevin Bivona.
Barenaked Ladies- July 5
The Barenaked Ladies are a Grammy-award-winning Canadian rock band formed in 1988, with 17 albums and over 15 million sold.
Tedeschi Truck Band- July 12
The Tedeschi Truck Band is a 12-piece American Blues band led by married couple Susan Tedeschi and Derek Trucks. Their debut album, Revelator, won the 2012 Grammy Award for Best Blues Album.
Bleachers- July 27
Bleachers is an American indie pop act and the stage name of Grammy-award-winning producer Jack Antonoff. Their pop music is heavily influenced by the late ’80s early ’90s.
Earth, Wind, and Fire- July 31
Described as one of the most innovative and the most commercially successful acts in history, Earth, Wind, and Fire is a multi-genre band who have sold more than 90 million albums around the world.
Rock band NEEDTOBREATHE have gathered one platinum single, four gold singles, and a gold album since they formed in 1998, and hundreds of millions of streams.
Bon Iver- June 7
Bon Iver is an American indie-folk band founded in 2006 by singer-songwriter Justin Vernon, who has been nominated for multiple Grammys and won Best Artist.
The War On Drugs- June 11
The War on Drugs is an American rock band consisting of Adam Granduciel, David Hartley, Robbie Bennett, Charlie Hall, Jon Natchez, Anthony LaMarca, and Eliza Hardy Jones.
“Weird Al” Yankovic- July 29
“Weird Al” Yankovic is the biggest-selling comedy recording artist of all time, with five Grammys, and his 2014 release Mandatory Fun was the first comedy album in history to debut at #1 on Billboard’s Top 200.
Artpark is also hosting Art Camps for three weeks in July 2022. Classes run from 9 A.M. to 4 P.M. and students can learn ceramics, drawing and painting, soft sculpture, galaxy pant pours, and felted insects.
Tickets to the 2022 Artpark summer concerts are available here.
Founders Entertainment have announced the lineup for the Governors Ball After Dark shows this June. The shows take place at intimate venues across NYC in the late night hours after the festival at Citi Field ends.
On Thursday, June 9th, the night before the start of Gov Ball, fans have a choice of three excellent shows at longstanding small venues in Brooklyn and Manhattan. Tove Lo headlines Irving Plaza, Beabadoobee is at Warsaw, and Ultra Q play Mercury Lounge.
On Friday, Soccer Mommy returns to NYC after their incredibly successful 2021 tour for a headlining show at Bowery Ballroom and Benee plays further uptown at Irving Plaza.
Saturday night is stacked six shows but standout performances include Kaytranada (DJ Set) at Elsewhere and a mysterious “Gov Ball Hall of Fame w/ Bucket Listers” performance at the Fotografiska photography museum in Gramercy. The full schedule and ticket links can be found below.
There is a Citi cardmember presale happening right now for Governors Ball After Dark shows, with a general on-sale this Friday, May 6th at 10AM ET. More information and ticket links can be found here.
Stay tuned for the daily schedule announcements in the coming weeks.
Thursday, June 9th Tove Lo @ Irving Plaza (Tickets) beabadoobee @ Warsaw (Tickets) Ultra Q @ Mercury Lounge (Tickets)
Friday, June 10th Benee @ Irving Plaza (Tickets) Soccer Mommy @ Bowery Ballroom (Tickets)
Saturday, June 11th Kaytranda (DJ Set) @ Elsewhere (Tickets) The Teskey Brothers @ Irving Plaza (Tickets) Surf Curse @ Bowery Ballroom (Tickets) Plastic Picnic @ Mercury Lounge (Tickets) Gov Ball Hall of Fame w/ Bucket Listers @ Fotografiska Ping Pong Dance Party w/ Bucket Listers @ SPIN
Monday, June 13th Almost Monday @ Mercury Lounge (Tickets)
Before Covid-19 closed down NYC in March 2020, Sam Pritchard had spent nearly 30 years running a successful bike messenger company. But when the pandemic shuttered every business that might need his service, Pritchard decided to close up shop. But he didn’t leave the streets; he just took to them with a new name and a new passion.
photo by Laylah Amatullah Barrayn for The New York Times
Sam Pritchard pivoted and became Sammy Buttons – New York’s funkiest, keyboard-wielding pop-up jam session/dance party host. Together with a wide array of guesting singers, drummers, horn and guitar players, The Sammy Buttons Experience has been spreading the gift of groove heavy funk music to this shutdown weary city of 8 million for over two years, and often seven days a week. Sam and his rotating cast of collaborators have been serving it up on street corners, in parks and transit stations – attracting large, happy crowds from Wall Street to Harlem. And he’s been making a pretty good living at it too, one he says is far better than many musicians playing in NYC ‘s clubs.
I have known Sam since the early 1990s, when his messenger company began serving my Manhattan-based PR firm. I knew his Covid career reinvention was an interesting one, something I had the chance to relate in a story I wrote for the New York Times. But it was not Covid alone that drove him to music. Like many of us, Sam had been a lifelong player in his off-hours, someone who always dreamed of playing music fulltime, just like his idols Sly Stone and Stevie Wonder. He finally took to the street with his music, not only because Covid interrupted his business, but because of a promise made to one of his closest musician friends, the late bass player Tony Russell. Russell was someone with whom he played with briefly on the streets who passed tragically at the beginning of the pandemic. You can find out more about this and Sam’s life story by reading the New York Times profile here.
There’s a saying in the world of PR that “publicity begats publicity.” And that has certainly been the case for Sammy Buttons.
As a result of his newfound fame, Sammy has received some great opportunities to be a part of events that take place indoors. He and his most frequent collaborator, saxman Bernell Jones II, enjoyed a two-week residency performing at the luxurious Soundview Inn in Greenport in February, one they will reprise this coming summer. This past month, Sammy was invited to begin hosting periodic Sunday Jam sessions at Sid Gold’s Request Room, the popular piano and karaoke bar co-founded by Loser’s Lounge piano man Joe McGinty. Sam’s legend will soon spread to Australia when a segment shot this past month airs on SBS Television, that country’s equivalent of PBS.
On March 3rd, New York’s new street music star made his national TV debut on the much-watched Rachael Ray Show. Though host Ray was out on a Covid quarantine and not in the studio during the taping, she and her 2 million viewers across America got to hear Sammy’s story and experience his uniquely uplifting music and personality. Check it out here.
To keep up on the latest, follow The Sammy Buttons Experience on Instagram.
Lil Nas X, two-time GRAMMY winner, will be touring his debut self-titled album MONTERO, this year. The acclaimed artist will be performing two back-to-back nights at Radio City Music Hall, on September 20th and 21st.
(Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
The 23-year-old rapper from Atlanta quickly rose to popularity in 2019, after the release and successful marketing campaign of his country-rap song “Old Town Road.” Critics were quick to judge the song, however, arguing that the song was not country enough to deserve its #16 spot on Billboards Hot Country Songs Chart, and it was quickly moved to the Hot Rap Songs Chart the following week. This controversy shot Lil Nas X to notoriety and the song eventually shot to number one on the Billboard Hot 100.
This quick fame would even land him a featured remix of the song with country-pop star Billy Ray Cyrus, which would become the longest-running #1 single in Billboard Hot 100 history after 19 weeks atop the chart.
Lil Nas X Long Live Montero North American Tour Dates:
Tue Sep 06 – Detroit, MI – The Fillmore
Sat Sep 10 – Chicago, IL – Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom
Thu Sep 15 – Toronto, ON – HISTORY
Sun Sep 18 – Boston, MA – MGM Music Hall at Fenway
Tue Sep 20 – New York, NY – Radio City Music Hall
Wed Sep 21 – New York, NY – Radio City Music Hall
Thu Sep 22 – Philadelphia, PA – The Met
Sun Sep 25 – Washington, DC – The Anthem
Tue Sep 27 – Atlanta, GA – Coca-Cola Roxy
Sat Oct 01 – Nashville, TN – Nashville Municipal Auditorium
Mon Oct 03 – Orlando, FL – Hard Rock Live
Tue Oct 04 – Miami, FL – James L Knight Center
Tue Oct 18 – Los Angeles, CA – YouTube Theater
Fri Oct 21 – Phoenix, AZ – Arizona Federal Theatre
Sun Oct 23 – San Francisco, CA – Bill Graham Civic Auditorium
Jazz pianist Judy Carmichael will perform at the Cortland Repertory Theatre May 7, and bring the “Swing” to Spring. “Swing Time” will be a celebratory night of swing era music, along with the Great American Songbook.
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Carmichael, also known as “Stride”, is a grammy nominated pianist/vocalist who is proficient at playing stride and swing music. She has endless performances, from popular venues, to private recitals, to appearances on the radio or television.
Her impact on music is not only within the states, but around the world. In fact, under the United States Information Agency, Carmichael has toured in India, Portugal, Brazil and Singapore. Furthermore, her talents have spread from the most exquisite venues like Carnegie Hall to Peggy Guggenheim Museum in Venice. However, music is not Carmichael’s only strong suit; she has also performed comic skits.
Carmichael has a great understanding and knowledge of jazz, which is the root of her music. She values it so proudly, and has studied jazz from the beginning of its era to this very day. Carmichael adds a “fresh, dynamic interpretation of her own”, according to Washington Post.
Her hard work does not go unrecognized, considering Carmichael is one of the few jazz pianists honored as a Steinway Artist. Additionally, she participated as a panelist at National Endowment for the Arts and was included in a number of jazz anthologies. Carmichael is also listed in Who’s Who in the East, Who’s Who in Finance and Industry in America, Who’s Who in American Woman, American Women in Jazz, Who’s Who in the World, as well as the Encyclopedia of Jazz.
The Cortland Repertory Theatre administration has announced that vaccination cards are not required for attendance and although face masks are encouraged, it is not mandatory for this event. However, either of these policies may be subject to change, in accordance with the CDC.
This one night event will be located at 24 Port Watson Street, in Cortland. Tickets are $30.00 and are currently available.
Genny Fest Music Festival & Food-Truck Frenzy will return to the SUNY Geneseo campus on May 6. This year’s performances includes Toronto-based alternative/indie band FXRRVST (pronounced “forest”) with SUNY Geneseo alumna Allison Leah opening.
SUNY Geneseo mascot Genny at the first Genny Fest in 2018.
Headliner FXRRVST was nominated, in 2017, for Best Indie Act at the Toronto Independent Music Awards. The storytelling duo recently release their project Dear Friend (Pt. 1 & 2) on WGSU, SUNY Geneseo’s college radio station. The self-described a eco-friendly band has a “commitment to sustainability and environmentalism”.
Allison Leah is an independent singer-songwriter from Nashville, by way of New York. Leah recently released her latest single “sorry for myself”. She also released a full length EP, Fly Home, in 2018. She returns to the SUNY Geneseo campus after having gradated in 2018. WGSU as the first US radio station to air her music when it played the song “A Love Song” in 2017.
Genny Fest will feature performances from SUNY Geneseo dance groups. The festival will also have six food trucks that will be serving food throughout the event.
“The WGSU staff has been working hard putting Genny Fest together and we can’t wait for everyone to enjoy the event,” said Sarah DeVito, WGSU marketing director. “It should be a fun-filled day for all!”
The annual music festival is a joint production between SUNY Geneseo and the campus’ college radio station WGSU. This year marks the return of Genny Fest after a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Genny Fest will take place at SUNY Geneseo’s MacVittie College Union Plaza from 4–7 p.m. on May 6. The rain location will be at College Union Ballroom should their be inclement weather.
