NYS Music 2024

Author: Remy Commisso

  • Trey Anastasio Performs With Boston Pops At Tanglewood on June 29

    Rock legend Trey Anastasio will perform with the Boston Pops at the Tanglewood concert series on Saturday, June 29 at 7 p.m.

    Tanglewood Anastasio

    Anastasio is guitarist and singer-songwriter who co-founded Phish in 1983 at The University of Vermont. In 1998, he branched out with a solo project that would eventually become Trey Anastasio Band, starting out as a trio and having as many as 10 different musicians in 2002.

    Along with his tours with these bands, Anastasio has also performed live as a solo act. In 2009, he performed in Carnegie Hall with the New York Philharmonic and has performed with a number of orchestras across the country, owing credit to his background in orchestration and composition. In 2020, he presented ‘The Beacon Jams‘ as a way to connect and perform with fans during the COVID pandemic, spanning eight weeks. He has released 18 solo albums and is touring at various venues across the U.S, including Tanglewood. 

    The Boston Pops conductor for the performance, Edwin Outwater, is an esteemed conductor and is currently the Music Director of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. He has been conducting since 2001 all across the country.

    Each summer, Tanglewood welcomes highly established artists like Anastasio and Outwater to perform at the Koussevitzky Music Shed. The venue is located in the Berkshire hills in western Massachusetts. 

    To purchase tickets for Anastasio’s and the Pop’s performance you can visit the website here.

  • Brooklyn Bridge Park Celebrates 100th anniversary of ‘Rhapsody In Blue’ With Free Concert

    Classical Pianist, Lara Downes has curated a free concert, Rhapsody for This Land: The American Odyssey in Music at the Brooklyn Bridge Park on July 27 at 6 p.m.

    Rhapsody for This Land is an innovative new take on George Gershwin’s Rhapsody In Blue. The new piece was composed by a young Puerto Rican artist, Edmar Colón. The concert will celebrate the 100th anniversary of Gershwin’s most famous piece.

    Listeners don’t need to leave their home to experience the concert as WNYC, New York’s public radio, will broadcast the concert as part of their own 100th anniversary celebration. The event brings many different artists and organizations together to provide free entertainment to the city.

    Headcount is a nonpartisan organization that will be at the concert, getting New Yorkers registered to vote. Rhapsody for This Land is only possible with The Robert W. Wilson Charitable Trust, a foundation that supports the arts. Brooklyn Bridge Park, WNYC and St. Ann’s Warehouse are all collaboratively hosting the event. St. Ann’s Warehouse is an avant-garde Brooklyn venue that presents plays, dance and music performances and visual arts. 

    The celebration involves many decorated musicians including Downes who is not only a pianist, but is the host of NPR’s Amplify with Lara Downes as well as another nationally syndicated radio program, Classical Americana. Her 2023 album, Love at Last, reached #1 on the Billboard Classical Chart.

    Brooklyn Bridge Park

    Grammy award winning artists like Rosanne Cash, Christian McBride, Arturo O’Farrill and string trio, Time for Three, will perform the compositions. Aram Demirjian will conduct the ensemble of young NYC musicians, Orchestra Elena.

    The concert will also feature music from other legendary artists like Leonard Bernstein, Duke Ellington, Nina Simone.

    To listen to the concert, you can visit the WNYC website here.

  • Grammy Winner Jon Batiste Performing at Tanglewood

    Esteemed singer, songwriter and multi-talented artist Jon Batiste, will perform at the Tanglewood concert series on June 28. 

    After earning both a B.A and a M.F.A from Juilliard school, Batiste got his start on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert as a bandleader and musical director. His extensive discography ranges from his 2004 jazz album, Times in New Orleans, to his 2023 concept album, World Music Now. Jazz legends such as John Coltrane and Miles Davis are a heavy influence on Batiste’s music, as well as the soul and funk of Stevie Wonder and James Brown.

    Jon Batiste Tanglewood

    Notably, Batiste produced the music for Disney Pixar’s film Soul which won an academy award for Best Original Score and a Golden Globe for Best Original Score. The We Are album won five Grammys including Album of The Year in 2021. In 2022, Times Magazine named him top 100 most influential people.

    The 2023 Netflix film, American Symphony, explores Batiste’s career. It follows his personal life, his involvement in activism and organizing and of course, his musical successes. 

    He’ll perform his wide discography in Koussevitzky Music Shed, a venue that will host other iconic artists all summer. Tanglewood is a concert series located in the Berkshire hills of Western Massachusetts. Throughout the summer will also feature many performances from its summer resident, the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

    For more information or to purchase tickets to Jon Batiste, visit the Tanglewood website here.

  • Karina Rykman To Kick Off Fall Solo Tour in Woodstock

    Eclectic indie artist, Karina Rykman announced new dates on her 2024 tour, including Bearsville Theater in Woodstock on Sept 14.

    Karina Rykman Bearsville

    Rykman is an artist from NYC who recently released her debut album Joyride in August of 2023. She graduated from NYU and during her senior year, she joined pianist Marco Benevento’s band. Rykman’s talent on the bass even landed her a gig on America’s Got Talent. Her solo career started when she formed her own band with Adam November on guitar, loopers and effects and Chris Corsico on drums.

    The band has played alongside acts like Khruangbin, Guster, and The Disco Biscuits and have performed at a number of coveted festivals like Bonnaroo, Peach Music Festival, and Sweetwater 420 Fest. 

    Joyride mixes the styles of 2010’s rock and Rykman’s unique sound to create a distinct debut album. The songs are co-produced by former Phish member, Trey Anastasio who also plays guitar on five of the tracks.

    Bearsville is an intimate theater with a rich history of musical legends such as Bob Dylan, Janis Joplin and Johnny Cash. It was built to be “acoustically perfect” and today, artists come from around the globe to play at the iconic venue.

    The general ticket sale starts on June 21 at 10 a.m. To buy tickets you can visit Rykman’s website here.

    KARINA RYKMAN – TOUR 2024

    JULY

    1 – Grand Rapids, MI – Frederik Meijer Gardens *

    2 – Detroit, MI – Masonic Temple *

    5 – Chicago, IL – Rose on the River Festival †

    7 – Marshfield, MA – Levitate Music and Arts Festival †

    13 – Atlantic City, NJ – The Peach at the Beach †

    19 – Snowshoe, WV – 4848 Festival †

    20 – Patchogue, NY – Great South Bay Music Festival †

    AUGUST

    9 – Bond, CO – Beanstalk Music Festival †

    10 – Telluride, CO – Telluride Jazz Festival †

    14 – Basalt, CO – Basalt Summer Music Series

    17 – Mason, NH – The Range ^

    SEPTEMBER

    14 – Woodstock, NY – Bearsville Theater

    20 – Raleigh, NC – The Pour House Music Hall

    21 – Charleston, SC – The Charleston Pour House

    22 – Redmond, OR – Cascade Equinox Festival †

    26 – Atlanta, GA – Aisle 5

    27 – Asheville, NC – Eulogy

    28 – Nashville, TN – Cannery Hall (Row One Stage)

    OCTOBER

    5 – Memphis, TN – Mempho Music Festival †

    NOVEMBER

    7 – San Diego, CA – Winstons

    8 – Los Angeles, CA – The Moroccan Lounge

    9 –San Francisco, CA – The Independent

    13 – Chico, CA – Lost on Main

    15 – Portland, OR – Mississippi Studios

    16 – Seattle, WA – High Dive

    5 – Burlington, VT – Nectar’s

    6 – Burlington, VT – Nectar’s

  • Maker Park Radio Celebrate 7th year With Staten Island Festival

    In celebration of its seven-year anniversary, Maker Park Radio will host an Outdoor music festival in Staten Island. 

    Maker Park is not only a radio but it’s also a collaborative community space for Staten Island. Volunteers run MPR and listeners and sponsors fully support the radio. In 2017, Kristin Wallace founded the radio to provide a space for local artists to share their talents. The non-profit broadcasts from Makerspace NYC. 

    maker park radio

    Along with broadcasting, the DJs at MRP produce live music events in Maker Park and around Staten Island. The Radio station is free, and listeners can find the station on Facebook, YouTube, or the website. 

    Local band, A Place To Bury Strangers, will headline the anniversary show at makers park. Other bands performing are Lip Critic, Pons, King Like Mom, Modern Day Machines and Grandma Drinks.

    A Place to Bury Strangers started in 2002 in NYC. They are a shoegaze rock band made up of Oliver Ackermann on vocals and guitar, Sandra Fedowitz on drums and John Fedowitz on bass. They currently are on their summer U.S.A tour and are known for loud performances.

    Magician, Albert Cadabra and local tattoo artist, Magie Serpica will also be in attendance at the festival.

    You can purchase the $15 tickets on eventbrite. For more information you can visit the Makers Park Radio website here.

  • The Carol Theatre in Chestertown Starts Summer Season With Two Country Bands

    The Carol Theater in Chestertown, NY is kicking off their summer season with a double feature show from, The Lazy Suns and The Bluebillies on June 22.

    The Carol Theatre has been entertaining the small Adirondack town of Chestertown since 1931. It has been used as a movie theater in addition to live performances while supporting local businesses in the area.

    New York State bands will perform the first show of the summer on The Carol’s historic stage. Americana band, The Lazy Suns formed in 2010 and have received two Capital District Eddie Award nominations for best Americana Country Rock group. The Lazy Sun’s 2016 original album, Bar Hotel Music, has a western, cowpoke feel, but also uses elements of easy listening 70’s rock. 

    Another country band, The Bluebillies, are genre blenders with their country-gospel album, Train To Paradise. The Bluebillies started in 1984 with husband and wife, Mark and Melody Guarino. Frank Orsini on fiddle and guitarist Greg Bucking complete the band, now performing all over New York State.

    This summer, The Carol will also welcome a Beatles Tribute band, Across The Pond, on July 6 followed by High Peaks Bluegrass on July 20. Another tribute band, The Wheel: The Grateful Dead Experience, will perform on July 27.

    For more information on future shows and to buy tickets, you can visit their website here. 

  • Kool & The Gang and En Vogue To Perform At Tanglewood

    Kool & The Gang and En Vogue are coming to Tanglewood on June 23, performing at Koussevitzky Music Shed at 2:30 p.m.

    Kool & The Gang is an R&B, funk group known for their hits from the 70’s and 80’s. They officially formed in 1969 signing to De-Lit Records and released their first album, Kool & The Gang. “Jungle Boogie” “Get Down On It” and “Ladies Night” are just a few of their many hits from their decades of discography. 

    The band formed in Jersey City as a Jazz ensemble. This included Robert “Kool” Bell on Bass, Ronald Bell on Keyboards, Robert “Spike” Mickens on Trumpet, Dennis “Dee Tee” Thomas on saxophone, Ricky West on keyboards, George Brown on drums, and Charles Smith and Woody Sparrow on guitar. Now, Robert Bell, trumpet player, Michael Ray and Keyboardist, Curtis “Fitz” Williams make up the Grammy Award winning group.

    Soul trio, En Vogue are joining Kool & The Gang on stage performing their hits from the 90’s. They have sold 20 million records worldwide and have won seven MTV Music Video Awards along with three Soul Train Awards. In 1988 Dawn Robinson, Cindy Herron, and Maxine Jones and Terry Ellis made the final cut for the girl group and they were signed to Atlantic Records. Now the group is a trio consisting of Ellis, Rhona Bennett and Cindy Herron. They’ve released seven studio albums, most recently Electric Cafe in 2018.

    Last Year, En Vogue performed at the Fourth of July Tanglewood celebration. This summer music festival is located in the Berkshire hills in Western Massachusetts.

    For More Information and to purchase tickets you can visit the Tanglewood website.

  • Backyard At Hudson Yards Announces Concert Series Lineup

    This year’s Backyard at Hudson Yards presented by Wells Fargo, announced the weekly concert series including artists like Keke Palmer and David Archuleta. 

    Backyard at Hudson Yards is a larger backyard entertainment program in Hudson Yards, NYC. The festival also includes free yoga, pilates and fitness classes hosted by Alo as well as pickleball tournaments. You can also catch free movies and find food and beverages made by Verona, a Mexican street food inspired restaurant. 

    The eight-week summer concert series programmed by the Bowery Presents starts on June 19 with country singer, Chayce Beckham and ends on Aug 7 with actress and singer Keke Palmer. The July 24 artists are yet to be announced.

    After the concerts 21+ guests can enjoy the featured food and drinks made by local restaurants O’Toole’s Way, Mercado Little Spain, Bronx Brewery in addition to Verona.  

    All the concerts are free to attend and you can find more information on the Hudson Yards website.

    Concert Lineup 

    June 19 – Chayce Beckham, with opener Thomas Edwards 

    June 26 – David Archuleta, with opener Jake Brewer

     July 3 – Crash Adams, with opener David Alexander 

    July 10 – Brynn Cartelli, with opener Zia Victoria

    July 17 – Ray Bull, with opener May Rio

    July 31 – Beach Weather, with opener Gigi Perez

     Aug 7 – Keke Palmer, with opener Haben

  • Levitt AMP Utica Announces 2024 Concert Series Lineup

    The Levitt AMP Utica Concert Series in Kopernik Park has announced its summer 2024 lineup, running June 17 through Aug 19.

    Concerts will happen every Monday starting the 17th of June, welcoming artists from around the world to play in downtown Utica. These free performances are family friendly and sponsored by the Mortimer & Mimi Levitt Foundation, which encourages communities to take advantage of underused public spaces for concerts. Utica is one of 33 cities that have been awarded the Levitt AMP $30,000 grant to fund the concert series. Utica Monday Nite, founded by Lynne Mishalanie, is the fiscal sponsor for the concert series. 

    The series involves young musicians in the community as well. With the Letter internship program, kids can perform after the opener, sometimes as their first paid musical gig.

    While the majority of the artists performing are from the United States, Utica has international guests as well. Kommuna Lux from Ukraine will be playing what they call “Odesa Gangsta Folk” on June 24. They combine Eastern European Melodies combined with Gangster music from the multicultural community of Odesa.

    OKAN, a Cuban born duo from Toronto will perform on July 1. They are also genre benders, infusing their Afro-Cuban roots with jazz and folk.

    Levitt AMP 2024 Lineup

    June 17: Shamarr Allen

    June 24: Kommuna Lux

    July 1: OKAN 

    July 8: Joslyn & the Sweet Compression

    July 15: The Mallett Brothers Band

    July 22: Joe Samba

    July 29: Larry & Joe

    August 5: Laura Rain & the Caesars

    August 12: The Sensational Barnes Brothers

    August 19: Angie K

    For More information on the series you can visit Levitt.org.

  • Apocalyptica Announces U.S. Tour Including a Brooklyn Date.

    Finnish orchestral rock group Apocalyptica, announces “Apocalyptica Plays Metallica Vol. 2 Tour” including a performance in Brooklyn on Feb. 11, 2025.

    Apocalyptica

    The North American tour will make a pitstop at Brooklyn Paramount. Additionally, they will travel to surrounding areas like Boston, Montreal and Philadelphia.

    Apocalyptica formed in 1993 at Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, Finland. At First, the group started as a nod to Metallica with their cello talent. Their first album in 1996 was titled Plays Metallica By Four Cellos. Their niche style of music would eventually send them on tour, gaining international attention. Shortly after they released their debut record, they opened for Metallica themselves.

    “We just loved Metallica and we wanted to play it with the instruments we were able to play, which just happened to be cellos,” band leader Eicca Toppinen explained.

    They went on to not only play Metallica inspired songs, but original music as well like Reflections in 2003, which was made up entirely of originals. Currently, Apocalyptica has three members, Toppinen, Perttu Kivilaakso and Paavo Lötjönen. Since 1996, they’ve released nine more albums including their most recent Plays Metallica Vol. 2 which was released June 7.

    Tickets go on sale on June 14 on citientertainment.com.

    Tour Dates:

    Feb 06 – Washington, DC @ Warner Theatre

    Feb 07 – Philadelphia, PA @ The Fillmore Philadelphia

    Feb 08 – Boston, MA @ Orpheum Theatre

    Feb 11 – New York, NY @ Brooklyn Paramount

    Feb 12 – Montreal, QC @ MTELUS

    Feb 13 – Toronto, ON @ Queen Elizabeth Theatre

    Feb 14 – Cincinnati, OH @ The Andrew J Brady Music Center

    Feb 15 – Chicago, IL @ Athenaeum Center

    Feb 16 – Detroit, MI @ The Fillmore Detroit

    Feb 18 – Minneapolis, MN @ Uptown Theater

    Feb 19 – Winnipeg, MB @ Burton Cummings Theatre

    Feb 20 – Saskatoon, SK @ Coors Event Centre

    Feb 21 – Edmonton, AB @ Midway Music Hall

    Feb 22 – Calgary, AB @ Grey Eagle Event Centre

    Feb 24 – Vancouver, BC @ Queen Elizabeth Theatre

    Feb 26 – Portland, OR @ Crystal Ballroom

    Feb 27 – San Francisco, CA @ Palace of Fine Arts

    Feb 28 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Orpheum Theatre

    Mar 01 – Phoenix, AZ @ The Van Buren

    Mar 03 – Denver, CO @ Paramount Theatre

    Mar 05 – Austin, TX @ ACL Live – Moody Theater

    Mar 06 – Dallas, TX @ The Majestic Theatre

    Mar 08 – Houston, TX @ Bayou Music Center