NYS Music 2023

Author: NYS Music Staff

  • Pantera and Lamb of God to play Syracuse and Darien Center back-to-back

    Pantera, one of the most successful and influential bands in heavy metal history, have announced their long awaited return to the stage. They will be touring North America this summer with Lamb of God as special guests, with back to back shows this August in Darien Center and Syracuse.

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    Pantera got its start in Arlington, TX with its best-known lineup, consisting of founding members drummer Vinnie Paul and guitarist Dimebag Darrell, along with bassist Rex Brown and vocalist Philip Anselmo. Pantera is credited with the development and popularization of the groove metal subgenre.  To date, the group has sold 20 million records worldwide and has received four GRAMMY nominations.

    One of the most anticipated tours of 2023, this celebration tour includes original members Philip Anselmo and Rex Brown joined by Zakk Wylde (guitar) and Charlie Benante (drums).  In December 2022, they kicked off the highly anticipated return in Mexico City to incredible reviews.

    The 20-city tour kicks off on Tuesday, July 28 in Burgettstown, PA, at The Pavilion at Star Lake and includes a stop at Darien Lake Amphitheater in Darien Center on Wednesday, August 9. A day later the tour rolls east to Syracuse at St. Joseph’s Health Amphitheater at Lakeview.

    Fans can also see Pantera at their recently announced support dates during Metallica’s North America Stadium tour dates in 2023 & 2024 and headlining major rock festivals in 2023 including Rockfest, Inkcarceration, and more.

    Tickets go on sale starting Friday, January 27th starting at 10 AM Local Time on LiveNation.com.

    Pantera with Lamb of God 2023 Tour Dates

    Fri May 20 – Daytona, FL – Welcome to Rockville*

    Thu Jul 13 – Cadott, WI – Rockfest*

    Sat Jul 15 – Mansfield, OH – Inkcarceration*

    Fri Jul 28 – Burgettstown, PA – The Pavilion at Star Lake

    Sat Jul 29 – Noblesville, IN – Ruoff Music Center

    Mon Jul 31 – Milwaukee, WI – American Family Insurance Amphitheater#

    Wed Aug 02 – Camden, NJ – Freedom Mortgage Pavilion

    Fri Aug 04 – East Rutherford, NJ – MetLife Stadium^

    Sat Aug 05 – Hershey, PA – Hersheypark Stadium

    Sun Aug 06 – Scranton, PA – The Pavilion at Montage Mountain

    Tue Aug 08 – Syracuse, NY – St. Joseph’s Health Amphitheater at Lakeview

    Wed Aug 09 – Darien Center, NY – Darien Lake Amphitheater

    Fri Aug 11 – Montreal, QC – Olympique Stadium^

    Sat Aug 12 – Toronto, ON – Budweiser Stage

    Tue Aug 15 – Rogers, AR – Walmart AMP

    Thu Aug 17 – Woodlands, TX – The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion

    Fri Aug 18 – Arlington, TX – AT&T Stadium^

    Sun Aug 20 – Austin, TX – Germania Insurance Amphitheater

    Wed Aug 23 – Denver, CO – Ball Arena

    Fri Aug 25 – Inglewood, CA – SoFi Stadium^

    Sat Aug 26 – Chula Vista, CA – North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre

    Tue Aug 29 – Salt Lake City, UT – USANA Amphitheatre

    Thu Aug 31 – Albuquerque, NM – Isleta Amphitheater

    Fri Sep 01 – Glendale, AZ – State Farm Stadium^

    Sun Sep 03 – Pryor, OK – Rocklahoma*

    Thu Sep 07 – Bangor, ME – Maine Savings Amphitheater

    Fri Sep 08 – Gilford, NH – Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion

    Sat Sep 10 – Alton, VA – Blue Ridge Rock Festival*  

    Tue Sep 12 – Alpharetta, GA – Ameris Bank Amphitheatre

    Thu Sep 14 – Virginia Beach, VA – Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater at Virginia Beach

    Fri Sep 15 – Bristow, VA – Jiffy Lube Live

    Sat Sep 23 – Louisville, KY – Louder Than Life*

    Sat Oct 07 – Sacramento, CA – Aftershock*

    Fri Nov 03 – St. Louis, MO – The Dome at America’s Center^

    Fri Nov 10 – Detroit, MI – Ford Field^

    2024 Dates

    Fri Aug 02 – Foxborough, MA – Gillette Stadium^

    Fri Aug 09 – Chicago, IL – Soldier Field^

    Fri Aug 16 – Minneapolis, MN – U.S. Bank Stadium^

    Fri Aug 23 – Edmonton, AB – Commonwealth Stadium^

    Fri Aug 30 – Seattle, WA – Lumen Field^

    *Festival Date | #Support Act TBD | ^Pantera Support for Metallica Dates|

  • LIMEHOF welcomes The Mary Lamont Band and A Band Called Sam this January

    The Long Island Music and Entertainment Hall of Fame (LIMEHOF) has recently opened, and this January, they bring in artists who continue the strong Long Island tradition of great music. On Sunday, January 22 from 3-4pm The Mary Lamont Band will perform at LIMEHOF, while on Sunday, January 29 from 3-4pm, A Band Called Sam will take the stage.

    In the past two months has hosted a variety of live performances from music groups and local bands. Among the artists that have performed at LIMEHOF so far include Zebra’s Randy Jackson, Pete Mancini, Rorie Kelly, Stanton Anderson Acoustic Trio, the Smithtown High School East Chamber Choir, Quarter Horse, Jack’s Waterfall American Roots, Richie Cannata, Mark Newman and Kerry Kearney.

    photo via Long Island Music and Entertainment Hall of Fame

    Called the “Queen of Long Island Country” by Newsday, Mary Lamont was three times voted Band of the Year by the NY Metro CMA, twice voted Singer/Songwriter of the Year by the NJ CMA, and is the first American country act to tour Mainland China.  Raised in rural Ontario, Mary has been featured in ASCAP’s prestigious Playback Magazine, is featured in ASCAP.com’s Audio Portraits, and has opened for Delbert McClinton and Marshall Tucker as well as Charlie Daniels Band at NYCB Theatre at Westbury. Mary also had the honor of singing with Les Paul’s Trio at the famous Iridium Club in New York City.

    Mary’s latest CD “Not Far from Here” features original tunes as well as a country song given to Mary to record by Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Dennis Dunaway, original bassist of the Alice Cooper group and writer of such AC hits as “School’s Out”.

    Mary is also a radio DJ at WUSB 90.1 Stony Brook University, where she hosts “Down Home Country” on alternate Sundays, 12:00-1:00pm.

    The Spirit Of The Late Legendary Long Island Hall Of Fame inductee Sam “Bluzman” Taylor continues to live on courtesy of his long time backing band A Band Called Sam, featuring Mario Staino (drums), Gary Sellers (guitar), Gary Grob (bass), Danny Kean (keyboards) and carrying the last name tradition is Sam’s oldest daughter top tier vocalist Sandra Taylor and her son L*A*W (Lawrence Taylor Worrell) known for his prolific work with Parliament-Funkadelic & Amy Winehouse.

    True to Sam’s blueprint unorothodox vision, A Band Called Sam combines the best of progressive high energy Blues, Funk-Soul & Rock but can easily lead way to elements of Jazz, Country & even Hip-Hop thanks to Sam’s profound guitar work being sampled by rap artists like EPMD, Jay-Z, Public Enemy & many others. You can always expect A Band Called Sam to make the crowd wanna dance, jump, scream and yell through the pulse of their tight knit musicianship and wave which is one of many reasons why their album “Legacy” was #1 on various Blues & Soul charts around the world.

    The Long Island Music and Entertainment Hall of Fame is open Wednesdays-Sundays from 12 noon through 5pm. Admission prices are: Adult $19.50, Seniors (65+) and Veterans $17.00, Students (w/ID) $15.00. Children under 12 are free. Tickets and now gift cards can be purchased online at the LIMEHOF.org website and at the door.

  • The Wallflowers Tour Drives by The Egg and Bardavon in May

    The Wallflowers 2023 tour has been announced and the 90s MTV darlings will wind through New York with stops in Albany at The Egg on Wednesday, May 3 and in Poughkeepsie at Bardavon on Friday, May 12.

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    For the past 30 years, the Jakob Dylan-led Wallflowers has stood as one of rock’s most dynamic and purposeful bands, a unit dedicated to and continually honing a sound that meshes timeless songwriting and storytelling with a hard-hitting and decidedly modern musical attack. That signature style has been present through the decades, baked into the grooves of smash hits like 1996’s Bringing Down the Horse as well as more recent and exploratory fare like 2012’s Glad All Over. 

    Even so, in recent years, Dylan – the Wallflowers’ founding singer, songwriter and guitarist – has repeatedly stepped outside of his band, first with a pair of more acoustic and rootsy records, 2008’s Seeing Things and 2010’s Women + Country, and then with the 2018 film Echo in the Canyon and the accompanying soundtrack, which saw him collaborate with a host of artists classic and contemporary, from Neil Young and Eric Clapton to Beck and Fiona Apple. 

    Dylan’s vision has always been the core of the Wallflower’s music. How he chooses to express that vision, however, is what makes a song a Wallflowers song. “I usually just let the songs tell me what kind of arrangements they need,” he says. “And if they’re asking for full-band electric arrangements, then that’s what the Wallflowers provide. And I knew I wanted to make a full-band electric record this time out.” 

    So that’s always been my vision with the Wallflowers – to be a great rock ‘n’ roll band. And I’ve worked on it for 30 years now and I still have a lot to say. It’s something I started a long time ago, and it’s far from finished.

    Jakob Dylan

    And made one he has, with one special guest on board – Shelby Lynne, who lends her voice to three of the album’s tracks. “I hadn’t met Shelby before, but like most people, I’ve been a fan of hers for quite some time,” Dylan says. “She has one of those voices that’s very uncommon, very unique, very rare.” 

    But there was more to their duet than just a mutual appreciation. “You can have your favorite singer come in, but it doesn’t mean you’ll have any connection – there has to be more than that,” Dylan continues. “And as soon as I heard Shelby sing, I knew we had something.” 

    Dylan acknowledges that the tracks on the new Exit Wounds reflect the tumultuous times in which they were written. “The climate affects how you feel, which affects how you’re writing songs, even if you’re not writing specifically about current events.” He turns to the late John Prine to illustrate his point. “If we still had John Prine, I don’t think he’d be writing songs specifically about current affairs, but he’d probably be writing songs about characters affected by current affairs. I think that’s mostly what I do.” 

    When it came to realizing these new songs on record, Dylan assembled a backing band of musical associates – “people that I’ve wanted to play with or that I have played with through the years” – and headed into the studio under the watchful eye of producer Butch Walker. 

    That joyful experience extended to Dylan’s interplay with his fellow musicians. “This was not the type of thing where it’s a rotating cast and you call a different drummer for each song, or you pull out the Rolodex and ring the local sessions guys,” Dylan says. “The record was made as a band – the five Wallflowers.” 

    And to Dylan, a band, even one with a constantly shifting lineup, is a sacred thing. “I’ve always been a believer in collaboration,” he says, “and no matter who I’m playing with I’ve always tried to include them very heavily. Otherwise, why would they be around? Because I do think bands, whether it’s a long standing group or just five people who are working together for that one stretch of time, make better rock ‘n’ roll records than solo artists.” 

    The Wallflowers 2023 Tour Dates

    APR 13 THU CLUB LA – Destin, FL
    APR 14 FRI Ponte Vedra Concert Hall – Ponte Vedra, FL
    APR 15 SAT Tortuga Music Festival 2023 – Fort Lauderdale, FL
    APR 17 MON Charleston Music Hall – Charleston, SC
    APR 18 TUE Neighborhood Theatre – Charlotte, NC
    APR 19 WED The Ramkat – Winston-salem, NC
    APR 21 FRI Robert Kirk Walker Theatre – Chattanooga, TN
    APR 23 SUN Clyde Theatre – Fort Wayne, IN
    APR 25 TUE The Fillmore Detroit – Detroit, MI
    APR 26 WED The Palladium at the Center for the Performing Arts – Carmel, IN
    APR 29 SAT Appell Center for the Performing Arts – York, PA
    APR 30 SUN Paramount Theater – Charlottesville, VA
    MAY 1 MON Birchmere – Alexandria, VA
    MAY 3 WED Hart Theatre at the Egg – Albany, NY
    MAY 6 SAT The Flying Monkey Movie House & Performance Center – Plymouth, NH
    MAY 7 SUN Greenwich Odeum – East Greenwich, RI
    MAY 9 TUE The Ridgefield Playhouse – Ridgefield, CT
    MAY 11 THU Stone Pony = Asbury Park, NJ
    MAY 12 FRI BARDAVON – Poughkeepsie, NY

    Tickets go on sale Friday, January 20 at 10am. Tickets will be available online at theegg.org and bardavon.org

  • Gojira and Mastodon Co-Headline Tour Stops in Syracuse and Coney Island in August

    Teaming up for what promises to be an unforgettable jaunt of epic proportions, French heavy metal luminaries Gojira will join forces with iconic heavy rock band Mastodon for a massive co-headline tour across North America in 2023. “The Mega-Monsters Tour” finds these two juggernauts taking over arenas and amphitheaters throughout the Spring and Summer, alternating closing sets each night. They’ll be in at Coney Island Amphitheater on August 12 and Syracuse at the OnCenter the next day, August 13.

    The tour kicks off at the Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Portland, OR on April 18th and includes stops at legendary venues such as the Forum in Los Angeles, CA on April 21st.  The first leg concludes at Santander Arena in Reading, PA on May 11th and resumes with a second leg that runs August 9th through September 2nd.

    Special guest Lorna Shore serves as direct support on all dates. General on-sale will launch January 20th at 10:00am local time with VIP ticket packages available at gojira-music.com and mastodonrocks.com. 

    Mastodon hit the road in support of their critically acclaimed ninth studio album, HUSHED AND GRIM. Meanwhile, Gojira are out supporting their seventh full-length album, Fortitude, which garnered a GRAMMY® Award nomination in the category of “Best Metal Performance” for “Amazonia.” These two titans previously canvased North America together in 2014, and this reunion represents yet another major milestone in their respective careers.

    Gojira Mastodon

    GOJIRA & MASTODON “THE MEGA-MONSTERS TOUR” WITH SPECIAL GUESTS LORNA SHORE

    LEG 1

    4/18 Portland, OR Veterans Memorial Coliseum
    4/20 Concord, CA Concord Pavilion
    4/21 Los Angeles, CA The Forum
    4/22 Phoenix, AZ Arizona Financial Theatre
    4/23 Las Vegas, NV Virgin
    4/26 Dallas, TX The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory
    4/28 Houston, TX 713 Music Hall
    4/29 Austin, TX Moody Center
    4/30 Oklahoma City, OK Zoo Amphitheatre
    5/2 Nashville, TN Municipal Auditorium
    5/4 Boca Raton, FL Sunset Cove Amphitheater
    5/5 St. Augustine, FL St. Augustine Amphitheatre
    5/6 Atlanta, GA Ameris Bank Amphitheatre
    5/7 Asheville, NC Harrah’s Cherokee Center
    5/9 Richmond, VA Virginia Credit Union Live
    5/10 Baltimore, MD Pier Six Pavilion
    5/11 Reading, PA Santander Arena

    LEG 2

    8/9 Cincinnati, OH MegaCorp Pavilion
    8/10 Cleveland, OH Jacob’s Pavilion
    8/11 Pittsburgh, PA Stage AE Outdoors
    8/12 New York, NY Coney Island Amphitheater
    8/13 Syracuse, NY OnCenter
    8/15 Detroit, MI Masonic Temple
    8/17 Toronto, ON RBC Echo Beach
    8/18 Laval, QC Place Bell
    8/19 Portland, ME Cross Insurance Arena
    8/20 Boston, MA MGM Music Hall
    8/23 Milwaukee, WI BMO Pavilion
    8/25 Hammond, IN Horseshoe
    8/26 Omaha, NE Westfair Amphitheater
    8/27 Minneapolis, MN Waite Park Amphitheater
    8/29 St. Louis, MO The Factory
    8/30 Kansas City, MO Azura Amphitheater
    9/1 Salt Lake City, UT USANA Amphitheater
    9/2 Denver, CO Fiddler’s Green Amphitheater

  • Troy Music Hall Welcomes Bruce Hornsby in March 23

    Legendary musician Bruce Hornsby will perform at Troy Savings Bank Music Hall on Thursday, March 23rd.

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    Originally from Williamsburg, VA, Hornsby first rose to national prominence with “The Way It Is”, his 1986 Grammy-winning debut album with The Range. The title track became the most-played song on American radio in 1987 while Tupac Shakur’s timeless song “Changes” builds on “The Way It Is” and set the stage for many subsequent versions of the track.

    In 1991 Hornsby collaborated with Bonnie Raitt, playing on her iconic hit “I Can’t Make You Love Me.” Additionally, Hornsby was a part-time member of the Grateful Dead from September 1990 to March 1992, performing over 100 concerts in America and Europe.

    The 13-time Grammy nominee has also solidified his status as a highly sought-after collaborator. Hornsby’s own 23 albums have sold over 11 million copies worldwide, and he has appeared on over 100 records including releases. His most recent studio album, ‘Flicted, was released this past May.

    Read our review of Bruce Hornsby and the Noisemakers at Beak and Skiff Orchards in Lafayette, NY on June 16, 2021.

    Tickets for Bruce Hornsby in Troy are on sale now at Troy Savings Bank Music Hall and online.

  • Dark Star Orchestra Winter Tour East swings through Albany in March

    Dark Star Orchestra’s Winter Tour East 2023 will be find the Grateful Dead tribute group playing eight shows in 6 cities, among them a pair of shows on Friday, March 10 and Saturday, March 11 at the Palace Theatre in Albany.

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    Performing to critical acclaim for over 20 years and over 3000 shows, Dark Star Orchestra carries on the Grateful Dead live concert experience, building shows off the Dead’s extensive catalog and the talent of these seven fine musicians. On any given night, the band will perform a show based on a set list from the Grateful Dead’s 30 years of extensive touring or use their catalog to program a unique set list for the show. This allows fans both young and old to share in the experience.

    By recreating set lists from the past, and by developing their own sets of Dead songs, Dark Star Orchestra offers a continually evolving artistic outlet within this musical canon. Honoring both the band and the fans, Dark Star Orchestra’s members seek out the unique style and sound of each era while simultaneously offering their own informed improvisations.

    dark star winter tour

    Dark Star Orchestra offers much more than the sound of the Grateful Dead, they truly encapsulate the energy and the experience. It’s about a sense of familiarity. It’s about a feeling that grabs listeners and takes over. It’s about that contagious energy…in short, it’s about the complete experience and consistent quality show that the fan receives when attending a Dark Star Orchestra show.

    For us it’s a chance to recreate some of the magic that was created for us over the years. We offer a sort of a historical perspective at what it might have been like to go to a show in 1985, 1978 or whenever. Even for Deadheads who can say they’ve been to a hundred shows in the 90s, we offer something they never got to see live.

    keyboardist and vocalist Rob Barraco

    Fans and critics haven’t been the only people caught up in the spirit of a Dark Star show. The band has featured guest performances from six original Grateful Dead members Phil Lesh, Bob Weir, Bill Kreutzmann, Donna Jean Godchaux-MacKay, Vince Welnick, Tom Constanten and even toured with longtime Dead soundman, Dan Healy. Other notable guests have included Mike Gordon and Jon Fishman of Phish, Keller Williams, Warren Haynes, Steve Kimock, Peter Rowan, Ramblin’ Jack Elliot and many more.

    Tickets to all shows go on sale Friday, January 13 at 10 AM ET via ticketmaster.com. Tickets are also available for purchase at the Palace Theatre Box Office, located at 19 Clinton Ave. Box Office hours are Monday – Friday Noon to 5PM as well as select days and hours for events and on sales.

    Dark Star Orchestra Winter Tour East 2023

    March 9 – Red Bank, NJ – Count Basie Center for the Arts

    March 10 & 11 – Albany, NY – The Palace Theatre

    March 13 – Hartford, CT – Infinity Hall Hartford

    March 15 & 16 – Rutland, VT – Paramount Theatre

    March 17 – Wilkes-Barre, PA – F.M. Kirby Center

    March 18 – Ellicottville, NY – The Rail Rider Jamboree

  • Specialists to hold Album Release show at Brooklyn Made on January 13

    The Specialists, a New York City-based funk collective, will hold an album release party at Brooklyn Made on Friday, Janaury 13 featuring Will Leet and Bentley Robles.

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    Founded by guitarist Will Harden and bassist Mikey Rotunno, Specialists have a sound that is cultivated by Harden’s powerful vocal and compositional style and Rotunno’s masterful production laced with frequent harmonies and hip-hop verses. The duo began with a tradition deemed Funky Friday, releasing new music on consecutive Fridays, leading to a polished, funk-rock listener experience. 

    Specialists’ most recent EP, Glass, is the precedent to their upcoming album, Hole in the Wall. Music fans will appreciate the subtle, jazz-influenced intricacies of their playing and listeners will be taken away into the sonic spectrum, with ease, thanks to their devotion to listener accessibility and pop influence.

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    Hole ln The Wall has come to define the sound that the funk-rock band has always been seeking. With changes to their recording process from the help of legendary recording studio Sabella Studios their sound has taken on a new edge and polish while retaining their signature mix.

    After Specialists’ winter tour in January 2022, the band began writing with influences from the cities they performed in and the artists they met. For example, “Why Do You?” offers a country-rock swing track influenced by the classic sound and culture of Nashville, TN. Touring more frequently, Specialists have catered their songwriting to the reception of their newly gained fans. Having such a dance-oriented crowd on tour, the band wrote “Birdseye” and “Hole in the Wall” just for the occasion. Their latest single, “Glass,” covers more ground as well, pleasing the ears of R&B and pop music fans, creating a well-rounded, attention grabbing and energetic album the band have put their hearts and souls into.

    Joining Specialists will be Will Leet, a Brooklyn-based singer-songwriter, known as the lead guitarist of international touring act, Sammy Rae & The Friends. Will’s music is an eclectic mix of rock, folk, country and baroque pop, with influences ranging from Kacey Musgraves to the Grateful Dead. In September 2022, Leet released his debut full length record, Come Back Roses, a community-sourced, crowdfunded project that was the product of 7 years of songwriting with his co-writer, Chris Burns. When life was put on hold in 2020, Will had nothing left to do but pour every ounce of himself into these songs.

    Also joining Specialists will be an artist hailed as “the future of pop” by Monster Children, Bentley Robles. One of the defining voices of the New York underground, Robles is boisterous, impassioned and unapologetically queer, a Chicano synthpop artist born and raised in Los Angeles and now thriving in Brooklyn. His singles “kim kardashian” and “don’t listen to this song” (a collaboration with Gregory Dillon) also debuted with acclaim by METAL, Pride.com and more.

    Tickets for Specialists with Will Leet and Bentley Robles are available here.

  • Watch Neon Avenue perform the Music of The Grateful Dead

    Born from the depths of the 2020 Pandemic, Neon Avenue is a group of Capital Region musicians came together to play the music of the Grateful Dead. With the stalling of the music industry, a creative outlet was needed for these 5 individuals. What was first a casual get together playing some dead tunes quickly escalated into a singular goal of putting together a live stream. Something special happened during these early sessions/shows and a “one-and-done” livestream turned into something much more.

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    In less than 2 years as a band, Neon Avenue has made quite a stir in the ever popular (and saturated) Gratefully-inspired tribute scene, growing quickly to become one of the bigger draws in the Upstate NY capital region Dead scene. The band brings a fresh take on the Grateful music that you know and love while placing an emphasis on improvisation, unique setlist construction, deeper cuts into the grateful songbook and a primal energy that they draw from their loyal fans during live performances. With past appearances at the Town of Hoosick Falls concert series, Long Lake’s “Meat.Beer.Music” music festival, as well as scheduled appearances at Lake George Steamboat Company’s “Rock the Dock Music Festival”, “Rockin’ on the River” for the city of Troy, and numerous headlining shows around the Capital region, the word has certainly gotten out about this band. Composed of veteran musicians from numerous local groups like Formula 5, Slipknot! (80’s/90’s Dead tribute), Stone Revival Band, Knot Dead, Jocamo, and more, this combination of players has set out to push the boundaries of the standard Dead tribute.

    The group of Joe Davis (Formula 5), Mike Urbon (Knot Dead), Mike Cassels (Stone Revival Band, Jocamo, Knot Dead), Mike McDonald (Formula 5, Knot Dead) and Doug Klein (Slipknot, Robanic, Knot Dead) were re-inspired playing the music of the Grateful Dead, Jerry Garcia Band, Ratdog, and others. While existing in an endless sea of 1970’s era Grateful Dead tributes, this group strives to separate itself with a dedication to unique arrangements of setlists and song segues, utilizing extended improvisation, playing deeper cuts from all eras of the Dead, JGB, and Ratdog songbook.

  • “The Marvelous Mr. Mizrahi” returns to Café Carlyle, Feb. 14-25

    Isaac Mizrahi will return to Café Carlyle in February with his all-new show, “The Marvelous Mr. Mizrahi,” for a two-week residency, running from Valentines Day through the 25th.

    Accompanied by his band of jazz musicians – led by Ben Waltzer – Mizrahi will perform a range of tunes from Arthur Freed to Grace Jones. The New York Times notes that Isaac Mizrahi “qualifies as a founding father of a genre that fuses performance art, music and stand-up comedy.”

    The Marvelous Mr. Mizrahi
    The Marvelous Mr. Mizrahi

    Isaac Mizrahi has worked extensively in the entertainment industry as a performer, host, writer, designer and producer for over 30 years. Along with his annual residency at Café Carlyle, Isaac has performed at various venues across the country such as Joe’s Pub, The Regency Ballroom, several City Winery locations nationwide and comes to the Carlyle fresh from his run as Amos Hart in the Broadway production of CHICAGO.

    Mizrahi is also the subject and co-creator of Unzipped, a documentary following the making of his Fall 1994 collection which received an award at the Sundance Film Festival. He hosted his own television talk show, “The Isaac Mizrahi Show” for seven years, has written three books, and has made countless appearances in movies and on television. He served as a judge on “Project Runway: All-Stars” for the series’ entire seven-season run. Previous residencies of Mizrahi’s at Café Carlyle were sellouts, receiving widespread critical acclaim.

    Performances will take place at Café Carlyle from February 14-25 (Tuesday-Saturday) at 8:45pm. Weekday pricing begins at $100 per person for General Seating, $150 per person for Premium Seating, and $85 per person for Bar Seating. Weekend pricing begins at $135 per person for General Seating, $185 per person for Premium Seating, and $100 per person for Bar Seating. Reservations can be made online via Tock. Café Carlyle is located in The Carlyle, A Rosewood Hotel (35 East 76th Street, at Madison Avenue).