Tag: Upcoming shows

Easy Star All-Stars Release New Bowie-Inspired LP “Ziggy Stardub”

Renowned NYC-based reggae band Easy Star All-Stars have just released their new album Ziggy Stardub, a reggae reimagining of David Bowie’s The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars.

Their newest track “Rock ‘N’ Roll Suicide” features vocals by the iconic multi-award-winning musician, songwriter, and producer Macy Gray. Offering a fresh spin, the band has created a laid-back atmosphere within the song through a bounding drum beat and swaggering horns.

Michael Goldwasser, producer, arranger, and multi-instrumentalist of Easy Star says, “The main key was finding an emotive and groundbreaking vocalist, and we did just that with Macy Gray, who is truly inimitable in every song that she sings, including this one.” The track is paired with a stop motion video, taking viewers through the journey of two cats during an evening in a paper town.

After a run of sonically mesmerizing singles, the band releases their highly anticipated album Ziggy Stardub on the 21^st.The project is a reggae reimagining of David Bowie’s The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, and features guest performances by Maxi Priest, Steel Pulse, Fishbone, Alex Lifeson (Rush), Vernon Reid (Living Colour), The Skints, Mortimer, The Expanders, Samory I, and many others.

Blending musical versatility, instrumental prowess, beautiful vocal harmonies, and a premier rhythm section, Easy Star All-Stars have established themselves as one of the top international reggae acts on the scene for over two decades. The band will also be performing at the Sea.Hear.Now music festival in New Jersey this September.

To watch the video for “Rock ‘N’ Roll Suicide,” click the link here.

To listen to Ziggy Stardub, click the link here.

For more by Easy Star All-Stars, click the link here.

April 22, 2023
Keyanna Hutchinson announces “Plugged and Unplugged” at the Greenwich House Music School

The gifted Keyanna Hutchinson announced her Uncharted concert, Plugged and Unplugged, at the Greenwich House Music School. The show will begin at 8pm on Thursday, April 13.

Keyanna Hutchinson is a Brooklyn-born versatile musician. The multi-talented artist uses her Caribbean lineage, love for music, conservatory training, experience with rock, jazz, R&B and experimental composition tours as inspiration. While known for her mastery of the guitar, Hutchinson is also a multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and producer.

Hutchinson reveals that the efforts of Terri Lynne Carrington, Lizz Wright, and Brandon Ross of Harriet Tubman have motivated her throughout this journey. Her mentors inspired her to craft a sound that pays homage and to propagate the roots of black and indigenous sound. She also is a recent awardee of the prestigious Next Jazz Legacy fellowship through New Music USA.

Plugged and Unplugged will feature Hutchison’s many talents for a new project that will eventually be released as a debut album. The album will fuse her love of live performance with recent explorations into electronic composition and remix culture. In its ninth year at Greenwich House Music School, the Uncharted residency and concert series provides a resource for New York-based musicians to develop original material, foster new collaborations, and premiere first-look projects in an intimate concert setting.

Greenwich House Music School was founded in 1902 and currently offers innovative programs in arts and education, older adult services, behavioral, mental health, and workforce development. The music school strives to help communities by taking thoughtful risks, piloting new models and approaches, and implementing effective solutions. More information about the Greenwich House Music School can be accessed here.

Tickets are available for purchase here.

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April 5, 2023
The World Music Institute Presents Dancing the Gods Festival at Ailey Citigroup Theater

The World Music Institute has announced their 12th annual Dancing the Gods festival. For the first time, the celebration will occur at Ailey Citigroup Theater.

From April 14-15 audience members will be treated to spectacular performances from India’s two leading dancers Sreelakshmy Govardhanan and Praveen Kumar. Programs will kick off with a slide presentation titled Epics, Poetry and Indian Dance from festival curator, dance expert and storyteller Rajika Puri.

Since 1985, The World Music Institute has been recognized as one of the most stellar presenters of world music and dance within the United States. The non-profit organization strives to present the best in traditional and contemporary music with a myriad of cultural dances. Their mission is to educate people on the world’s rich cultural traditions, promoting awareness and appreciation and encouraging cross-cultural dialog and exchange. The program is partially supported by public funds from the New York State Council, Office of the Governor, New York State Legislature, and New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.

Sreelakshmy Govardhanan is a remarkable woman with numerous talents. She is a renowned creative dancer, choreographer and teacher of Kuchipudi and the founder and Artistic Director of a center for learning, performance and research known as the Avantika Space. Additionally Govardhanan is a trained psychologist who fuses her professional perspective with her art. She uses this to educate young minds through workshops, classes, seminars and lecture demonstrations.

In the Dancing the Gods festival, Govardhanan will explore the Nritta, Nrutya and Natya elements of Kuchipudi through a repertoire set in the format of Margam. Kuchipudi is a dance originating from the theatrical and dance traditions of Andhra Pradesh. It was named after the village called Kuchelapuram. Traditionally the dance is presented by troupes of male actor-dancers who celebrate festivals dedicated to Lord Vishnu. The dance has now transformed into a solo form, which is today popular around the world.

Praveen Kumar was born into a family of artists and showed a passion for dance at a very young age. He learned to appreciate the aesthetic depths of Bharatanatyam after studying with the esteemed guru of Bangalore, the late Smt. Narmada. Currently, Kumar studies with Guru Prof. C.V.Chandrasekhar runs the Chithkala School of Dance in Bangalore. In his solo performance for the festival, he will explore a man’s journey as a companion, admirer, and a friend through various facets of life. Musicians will provide South Indian traditional music for this prodigious production.

Rajika Puri has performed all over Latin America, Europe, Malaysia, the US and India, and in New York at the Asia Society and Ailey Theaters. Prior to Puri’s devotion to western theater, she danced internationally in solo recitals of Bharatanatyam and Odissi for several years. Her success in the Lincoln Center Theater’s “The Transposed Heads”inspired her to develop a form of dance storytelling called ‘Sutradhari Natyam’. The performance is accomplished through songs in Indian languages and English narration with excerpts from dances, spoken rhythms and chants. In ‘Eleni of Sparta’ or ‘Helen of Troy’, Puri sang in ancient Greek.

Tickets and more information about Dancing the Gods festival can be found here.

April 3, 2023
The Lumineers Tour Stops include Performances at Catbird Festival, Jones Beach and Darien Lake this Summer

The Lumineers, an alternative folk band, announced their summer 2023 tour dates, including performances at three New York venues. Their first New York performance will take place in Wantagh at Jones Beach Theater on Aug. 18, followed by a performance at the Catbird Festival in Bethel on Aug. 19. The Lumineers’ last New York performance will be at the Darien Lake Amphitheater on Aug. 22.

The two-time Grammy-winning band’s tour is in support of their 2022 fourth album, Brightside. The album reached the top 10 in both the U.S. and Canada, with its title track reaching the number one spot on Billboard’s Alternative National Airplay and Adult Alternative Airplay charts. This feat marked the sixth time the band topped the latter chart in less than 10 years.

The first edition of The Lumineers Brightside tour last year sold more than 750,000 tickets across five continents. The album was recorded throughout the winter and spring of 2021 at Baron’s Sun Mountain Studios in Boiceville, NY. Produced by longtime collaborator Simone Felice and engineered and mixed by David Baron, who also provided input on producing, the nine-song collection sees The Lumineers’ co-founders/co-songwriters Wesley Schultz and Jeremiah Fraites performing virtually all of the instrumentation.

Current members of The Lumineers: Wesley Schultz (mic) and Jeremiah Fraites. Credit: Instagram

Schultz and Fraites are from New Jersey and played at various venues throughout New York in the 2000s. In 2010, they relocated to Denver and met former band members Neyla Pekarek, Maxwell Hughes, and Ben Wahamaki. Their self-titled debut album was released in the spring of 2012. Shortly after, their debut single, “Ho Hey” was released. Before the release of their debut album and single, “Ho Hey” was featured in a December 2011 episode of The CW’s Hart of Dixie.

The Lumineers are continuing their partnership with environmental nonprofit REVERB to reduce the environmental footprint of this year’s tour. The band will help fund a REVERB-vetted climate project that aims to reduce greenhouse gas pollution. Fans are encouraged to join the band’s efforts at every show in the REVERB Action Village.

Artist presale for The Lumineers’ summer tour begins Monday, March 6 at 12 p.m. General on-sale begins Friday, March 10, at 10 a.m. More information is available here.

Watch the Brightside music video:

March 3, 2023
Flushing Town Hall Announces “Women’s History Trilogy” Concert Series

This March, Flushing Town Hall announced the return of its Women’s History Trilogy as a celebration for Women’s History Month. The production is a three-part series which entails outstanding vocalists paying tribute to legendary music singers and songwriters.

The trilogy begins March 3, at 7pm featuring Golden Girls. The melodic vocalist Zoe Lyons Nieves will perform more than 40 years of popular songs made by living legends. Audience members will hear music from fan favorites such as Dionne Warwick, Shirley Bassey, Barbra Streisand, Carole King, Petula Clark, Katy Perry, Alicia Keys, and Lady Gaga.

Zoe Lyons Nieves is Boston born but has resided in New York City for over 25 years. The award-winning singer, songwriter, and producer has received a Boston Music Award, hit the charts of Billboard, and was signed to Sony under Epic Records. Her voice has been featured in several television and radio jingles, including with Disney, Showtime, Chevrolet, and Poland Springs. Nieves is a frequent performer at Mohegan Sun in addition to numerous special events throughout the country. You might’ve witnessed her performing at the NFL Commissioner’s Superbowl Ball, Fox Broadcasting Company’s Upfront parties, and the opening night parties for On the Town and Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet Of 1812.

March is for powerhouse female vocalists, and we look forward to celebrating their talents on our stage. Audiences will enjoy a range of popular music hits and are sure to hear some of their personal favorites
-Ellen Kodadek, Flushing Town Hall’s Executive & Artistic Director.

The second part of the trilogy begins March 17 at 7PM with Paris is for Lovers French Songs Made Famous by Women. The production will feature several romantic French songs by Edith Piaf, Jacques Prévert, Yves de Montand, and Michael Fugain. Additionally, Gabriele Tranchina will be joined on stage by her husband and music director Joe Vincent Tranchina.

Gabriele Tranchina is a German-born Parisian chanteuse, with Brazilian stylings, who now lives in New York City. She’s performed throughout the Tri State area with her ensemble and on annual tours to major European cities. It’s evident that Tranchina values her reputation as a well-respected, popular jazz and world vocalist. Her most recent album is Of Sailing Ships and the Stars in Your Eyes.

The concluding performance of the trilogy will be on March 31 at 7PM with I’m Every Woman. The final show will serve as a tribute to famous female pop singers who have passed. The outstanding vocalist, Emilie Surtees, will take the stage with her band and background singers to perform masterpieces from Amy Winehouse, Whitney Houston, Olivia Newtown John, and Aretha Franklin.

Emilie Surtees’s roots in New York City exposed her to a diverse music culture that is present in her music and performances. You can witness Surtee’s diversity in her written and co-produced tunes on her Reflections of You CD.

In-person tickets for each Women’s History Trilogy performance are $15 or $12 for Members, Seniors, and Students with ID. Flushing Town Hall is located at 137-35 Northern Blvd., in Flushing, Queens. For more information on the venue’s full schedule of 2023 Winter/Spring events, click here.

March 3, 2023
Cyote Returns With Contemplative Single “none the wise”

Hudson Valley-based multimedia artist Cyote has just released her single “none the wise,” a gentle and driving ode to isolation. Accompanying the track is a self-produced music video, offering viewers a peek inside McElroy’s creative process and moments of vulnerability.

After 12 years of working behind the scenes for artists such as Tori Amos, Thurston Moore, Meshell Ndegecello, Kaki King, and more, Cyote returns to the scene. By using her own musical roots, she proudly shares her newest single titled “none the wish.” The track is a wintery ode to isolation and has a similar vibe to Cat Power or Weyes Blood.

…seductive but not without risk– treading the line between hope and truth.
BUST

“This song is a poem that speaks to the ability each one of us has to disconnect at any moment..‘none the wise’ to the world around you,” says Cyote.

Accompanying the song is a self-produced music video by Cyote herself, which acts almost as a diary. Doing so by inviting viewers to witness McElroy’s creative process with moments of vulnerable and solitude.

Catch Cyote’s live performance this Saturday (February 25th) at Sarah Gray Miller’s new upstate honky tonk Ravish Liquors. The show will begin at 7pm featuring an intimate performance by Cyote, alongside a screening of the music video, with a side of Miller’s famous Frito Chili Pie.

“A creative genius and a mesmerizing performer, Cyote has the soul of an artist and the voice of an angel—albeit a highly seductive angel with a dirty-South drawl and a mischievous twinkle in her eye. She also happens to be incredibly kind, warm, generous, and down-to-earth. If my new bar could be a person, I’d want it to be Carter Lou McElroy. So, I couldn’t believe my good fortune when she agreed to become the house musician at Ravish Liquors.” – Sarah Gray Miller of Ravish Liquors

To listen to “none the wise,” click the link here. For more music by Cyote, click the link here.

February 27, 2023
Daisy The Great Share Indie Pop Video For “I Don’t Wanna Fall”

NY-based indie pop band Daisy the Great have just released the music video for “I Don’t Wanna Fall” from their new album All You Need Is Time. To celebrate the album release, the band will embark on another nationwide tour as headliners. Daisy the Great’s All You Need Is Time Tour begins April 12th at Brighton Music Hall in Allston, MA, making their final destination at Brooklyn’s Music Hall of Williamsburg.

Daisy the Great is an American indie pop band from Brooklyn led by Kelley Nicole Dugan and Mina Walker. The song “Record Player” from their debut album was released in August 2021, with additional verses and production performed by AJR. It went to number 6 on the Billboard Alternative Airplay chart.

The band stated, “The “I Don’t Wanna Fall” music video is a compilation of footage from our most recent tour. It follows us on the road, backstage and on stage at the shows. We chose to pair “I Don’t Wanna Fall” with this very sweet docu-style footage because it felt really heartwarming and also heartbreaking to watch us so happy and in our element, tied up with this song about the temporary nature of good things. It feels important to remember to really live in the joyful moment when you’re in it, because everything comes and goes. The song was initially about a romantic relationship, but it brought new importance to the music to recontextualize it using our relationship with our audience and with live music in general. We love touring and we are very lucky to have our first headline tour EVER coming up this spring!!! We’re so excited to play all over the US. We hope you love the video and can’t wait to see you on the road.”

Both Kelley Nicole Dugan and Mina Walker make folk-inflected indie rock together that spans a multitude of moods, capable of being clever, devastating, simultaneous pop to powerhouse balladry. The pair first met as acting majors at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts where they began co-writing a musical about a fictional band before realizing they could make it happen in real life and set out as Daisy the Great.

“Our music is generally pretty introspective, and we are often interested in the complexities or ironies we see within ourselves,” Dugan says. “That’s something we love about writing—you can say something small and delicate and true that maybe feels scary to say, but once you put it out there, it can turn into a comfort for anyone that might also be feeling that way.”

ALL YOU NEED IS TIME Tour Dates:

April 12 – Allston, MA – Brighton Music Hall

April 14 – Columbus, OH – The Basement

April 15 – Chicago, IL – Beat Kitchen

April 17 – Minneapolis, MN – 7^th St. Entry

April 18 – Denver, CO – Marquis Theater

April 19 – Salt Lake City, UT – Kilby Court

April 21 – Portland, OR – Holocene

April 22 – Seattle, WA – Barboza

April 25 – San Francisco, CA – Café Du Nord

April 28 – Los Angeles, CA – The Echo

April 29 – San Diego, CA – House of Blues San Diego

May 2 – Dallas, TX – Dada Dallas

May 3 – Austin, TX – Antone’s

May 5 – New Orleans, LA – Gasa Gasa

May 6 – Atlanta, GA – Shaky Knees Festival

May 7 – Nashville, TN – The End

May 10 – Philadelphia, PA – The Fillmore Philadelphia

May 11 – Washington, DC – Songbyrd Music House

May 12 – Brooklyn, NY – Music Hall of Williamsburg

For details about the Daisy the Great, the upcoming tour, and ticket availability, please visit the link here.

February 21, 2023
Fever Dolls Release Indie Single “Hate Myself (For Loving You)”

Burlington‘s indie rock duo Fever Dolls have just released “Hate Myself (For Loving You)” on February 17th. The single is an infectious heartache anthem for fans of Kevin Morby and Lord Huron.

Active since 2018, Fever Dolls is comprised of songwriter Evan Allis and singer Renn Mulloy. Formed 2018, Fever Dolls was born out of a desire to forego the self-seriousness of modern rock in favor of big hooks, clever lyrics, and broad musical range. The duo have over 10 million streams on Spotify, over 150,000 views on YouTube, and have Best Music Video Award from Gorilla River Music Video Festival 2019 (Adeline).

“If you were to ask me to name the qualities that unite my favorite bands, I would say, “a great bar band that sounds like it would write an amazing Broadway musical.” Fever Dolls meets and far surpasses that standard”
– Vox

By blending indie rock and Americana influences, “Hate Myself” showcases the lyrical storytelling that Vox’s Emily St. James praised as sounding like “a great bar band that would write an amazing Broadway musical,” and features collaborators Willoughby Morse (Cavetown), Riley Geare (Caroline Rose), and Dan Rome (Noah Kahan).

Evan Allis says that, “Hate Myself” was one of those songs that I kept coming back to when I really struggled with questions about the “sound of the band,” because it seemed to capture what I thought was special about Fever Dolls: anthemic choruses, hypnotic guitar riffs, and close vocal harmonies that sound descended from both classic country and Motown.”

“Lyrically, “Hate Myself (for Loving You)” strikes a balance between self-deprecation and self-delusion. There’s plenty of confessional songwriting that captures the initial disorientation, but not much that speaks to the mixture of emotions that lingers after the hurt has worn off. The narrator of “Hate Myself” is saying “good riddance,” even while acknowledging their own contribution to a toxic relationship. There are a lot of “kiss-off” songs and “please take me back” songs, but “Hate Myself” lives in that murky middle-ground where most people I know reside after a split. It’s our anthem for the anger/acceptance stage of the break-up grief cycle.”

To listen to “Hate Myself (For Loving You),” click the link here.

For more information on Fever Dolls, click the link here.

February 17, 2023
Harriman State Park Featured in Sheridan Rúitín Music Video

Catskills unique Irish folk band Sheridan Rúitín has just released a video filmed on a mountain top for their original song “Rebels of the Night” on January 1^st.

Along with this, the band has also just posted their upcoming tour where you can find all the details for coming shows and events, including 6 shows in NY around February and March. The band is currently busy working on a new song that will come with a music video most likely the first or second week of February as well.

As for the video, “Rebels of the Night” was filmed in the desolate wilderness of Harriman State Park, Rockland County. There are many unique trails and hikes around this part of Upstate NY, the video shows some of the unique views between Bear Mountain and Anthony’s Nose in the Hudson Highlands. To film the video, the crew carried a whole drum set up along with all of the other instruments and hiked up the mountain the weekend before Thanksgiving. Producing amazing footage to match the catchy Irish tune of their new song “Rebels of the Night.”

Sheridan Rúitín at Harriman State Park

In the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, as more pubs and restaurants were shutting their doors, Billy Houlihan became more and more of a regular at his next-door neighbor’s (Sheridan’s) pub. One evening in May of 2020, Billy brought his guitar over to the pub and he and Sheridan sat at the bar, singing rebel songs and drinking beer. Sheridan got quite into the moment while singing “The Kerry Recruit,” leading him to tumble off his barstool ultimately breaking his ankle (Irish: Rúitín) in 2 places. In the words of Sheridan: “Me feckin leg is in bits.”

Sheridan Rúitín now had an official band name and began recording songs and videos to release on YouTube. As pubs and restaurants were slowly opening back up, the family band began playing many gigs and were joined by old musician friends, John Damiano and Michael Zayas. Towards the end of 2021, the group began creating their own arrangements of traditional songs and writing a few originals to eventually become their debut album, “Rebels in the Night.” The album saw much success in pre-orders from all over the world. “Rebels in the Night” was released on March 6, 2022, and Sheridan Rúitín went on tour the whole month in support of their debut album.

The band has since been added to the bills of major Irish festivals in the USA, and is currently working on new music and another album. Sheridan Rúitín takes over the New York suburbia Irish music scene by filling the gap between Celtic rock and traditional Irish folk ballads.

To find more information on Sheridan Rúitín, click the link here to access their home page.

Sheridan Rúitín 2023 Tour Dates

2/25/2023 – Nyack, NY
3/2/2023 – Warwick, NY
3/3/2023 – Dingman’s Ferry, PA
3/4/2023 – Stamford, CT
3/5/2023 – Stony Point, NY
3/10/2023 – Paramus, NJ
3/11/2023 – Stamford, CT
3/12/2023 – New York, NY
3/14/2023 – Portland, ME
3/15/2023 – Boston, MA
3/16/2023 – Providence, RI
3/17/2023 – Nanuet, NY
3/18/2023 – Philadelphia, PA
3/19/2023 – Pearl River, NY

January 22, 2023
3 Cards Trick Trio Releases “Songs” EP

Brand new, NYC-based music label 41st Parallel Records has just made their first release of 2023 with “Songs” by 3 Cards Trick. This instrumental guitar trio is the meeting of three of the most in-demand improvisors on New York’s avant-garde scene: Marco Cappelli (classical guitar), Brandon Seabrook (guitar), and Stomu Takeishi (acoustic bass guitar).

The trio’s music tastes take influence from various sources including covers, soundtracks, early music, and original compositions. Then, after some sampling with a blend of their own tastes, they land in a new unknown sound territory where everything is possible.

The all three members of 3 Cards Trick had first met back in 2015 at The Stone, John Zorn’s storied experimental music venue in New York. Since then, the trio has continued to develop its own, unique musical vision.

Marco Cappelli, also known as 41st Parallel Records, is an Italian-born, Brooklyn-based guitarist and composer. He has carved out an extraordinary artistic path between the worlds of avant classical and improvised music, fluent in both rigorous written music as well the languages of free improvisation. Marco is also member of Marc Ribot’s Caged Funk, Adam Rudolph’s Go: Organic Orchestra, and The Zone with Daniele Del Monaco.

In March 2020, the trio was ready to take off on their first ever European tour but backfired due to the worldwide COVID pandemic and lockdown. Thankfully after some time, the tour finally happened during the Fall of 2021.

Upcoming Tour Dates:

2/7  MARCO CAPPELLI – DownTown Music Gallery 6:30 pm / 13 Monroe St, New York
2/8 ELLIOTT SHARP / MARCO CAPPELLI / JT LEWIS – Shift 8pm / 411 Kent Ave, Brooklyn
2/14  ITALIAN SURF ACADEMY Fake Worlds album release show – The Sultan Room 234 Starr St, Brooklyn
2/18 w/ADAM RUDOLPH’S GO: ORGANIC ORCHESTRA & BROOKLYN RAGA MASSIVE Festival in Sons d’Hiver, Paris, France

Listen to 3 Cards Trick’s “Songs” by clicking the link here.
<a href="https://41stparallelrecords.bandcamp.com/album/songs">SONGS by 3 CARDS TRICK</a>

January 20, 2023