NYS Music 2024

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  • Charli XCX and Troye Sivan Announce Sweat Tour, Coming to MSG

    Longtime music collaborators and pop and electronic pioneers Troye Sivan and Charli XCX are teaming up for their highly-anticipated 2024 co-headline arena tour “Sweat” with special guest Shygirl, turning iconic US and Canadian venues into raves. They are stopping at MSG on Monday, Sept. 23, 2024.

    Troye Sivan and Charli XCX

    Charli XCX & Troye Sivan present: Sweat is a celebration of their successes and a testament to their commitment to inclusivity and diversity within the music industry. Fans can expect an electrifying show filled with exhilarating performances, stunning visuals, and infectious beats. 

    Avant-pop and electronic superstar Charli XCX has become an iconic figure in the arts, having helped expand the landscape of popular music over the last decade. Throughout her trailblazing career, the multi-hyphenate creative has earned critical acclaim for her innovative style and entrepreneurial spirit. Her lasting impact was cemented last year when she was honored with the Visionary Award at the annual Ivor Novellos in London and the Powerhouse Award at Billboard’s Women In Music ceremony in Los Angeles in March. She is gearing up for her anticipated sixth solo album, BRAT, set to feature 15 tracks, including the hit single “Von dutch” – the brash and synth-heavy first taste of the record.

    Troye Sivan and Charli XCX
    Charli XCX. Credit – Harley Weir.

    She threw a momentous Boiler Room in New York’s Brooklyn in February to launch the BRAT campaign with A. G. Cook, George Daniel, Finn Keane, and Doss. ‘Boiler Room & Charli XCX Presents: PARTYGIRL’ broke the record for the most ever RSVPs to a Boiler Room event, with over 40k people registering to attend.

    Troye Sivan is a GRAMMY-nominated Australian singer, songwriter, and actor who has firmly established himself as a global icon in pop, fashion, and LGBTQIA+ representation. At just 28. he has over 26 billion streams and ten million adjusted albums sold worldwide. Raised in Perth, Australia, Sivan set the world on fire with a pair of EPs – 2014’s TRXYE and 2015’s Wild. With his debut album Blue Neighbourhood, sophomore album Bloom, the 2020 EP In A Dream, and most recently his third studio album, Something To Give Each Other, Sivan has cemented himself in the music industry. His recent hit single “Rush” earned global accolades and praise, including two GRAMMY nominations. His career has been further celebrated as the recipient of six ARIA Awards, a Billboard Music Award, three MTV Europe Music Awards, and two GLAAD Media Award wins.

    Troye Sivan and Charli XCX
    Troye Sivan. Photo By Stuart Winecoff

    Troye Sivan and Charli XCX are no strangers to collaboration, having previously worked on smash hits such as “1999” and “2099.” Their undeniable chemistry and shared passion for music have solidified their partnership as one of the most dynamic duos in pop music.

    Advance presale registration is available now through April 25. The artist presale begins on Thursday, April 25 at 10 AM. Registration does not guarantee tickets and supplies are limited. The general on-sale starts on Friday, April 26 at 10 AM.

    CHARLI XCX & TROYE SIVAN PRESENT: SWEAT TOUR DATES: 

    Sat Sep 14, 2024 – Detroit, MI – Little Caesars Arena  

    Mon Sep 16, 2024 – Laval, QC – Place Bell  

    Wed Sep 18, 2024 – Toronto, ON – Scotiabank Arena  

    Fri Sep 20, 2024 – Columbus, OH – Nationwide Arena  

    Mon Sep 23, 2024 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden  

    Wed Sep 25, 2024 – Philadelphia, PA – Wells Fargo Center  

    Thu Sep 26, 2024 – Baltimore, MD – CFG Bank Arena  

    Sat Sep 28, 2024 – Boston, MA – TD Garden  

    Mon Sep 30, 2024 – Chicago, IL – United Center  

    Wed Oct 02, 2024 – Nashville, TN – Bridgestone Arena  

    Thu Oct 03, 2024 – Atlanta, GA – State Farm Arena  

    Sat Oct 05, 2024 – Miami, FL – Kaseya Center  

    Sun Oct 06, 2024 – Orlando, FL – Kia Center  

    Wed Oct 09, 2024 – Dallas, TX – American Airlines Center  

    Fri Oct 11, 2024 – Denver, CO – Ball Arena  

    Sun Oct 13, 2024 – Phoenix, AZ – Footprint Center  

    Tue Oct 15, 2024 – Los Angeles, CA – Kia Forum  

    Fri Oct 18, 2024 – San Diego, CA – Viejas Arena  

    Sun Oct 20, 2024 – San Francisco, CA – Chase Center  

    Tue Oct 22, 2024 – Portland, OR – Moda Center  

    Wed Oct 23, 2024 – Seattle, WA – Climate Pledge Arena  

  • Blues Legends Unite: Buddy Guy’s Electrifying Farewell Tour at Westbury Music Fair

    Legendary blues guitarist Buddy Guy graced the stage of Westbury Music Fair on April 14, as part of his highly anticipated “Damn Right Farewell Tour.” The evening was a celebration of a storied career that has spanned decades, marked by electrifying performances and soulful melodies that have captivated audiences around the world.

    Buddy Guy and Bobby Rush

    The tour, which kicked off in February 2023, encountered a brief hiatus in September of the same year due to what was described as a “standard medical issue.” However, Guy returned stronger than ever, picking up the tour in April 2024 to the delight of fans eagerly awaiting his return.

    Opening the evening was the incomparable Bobby Rush, whose set warmed up the crowd and set the stage for an unforgettable night. Rush’s performance featured an array of blues classics, including “Let Me In Your House,” “Chicken Heads,” “Garbage Man,” and “Got Me Accused,” showcasing his remarkable talent and stage presence.

    Bobby Rush

    As excitement mounted, Buddy Guy stepped onto the stage, met with a resounding wave of applause and cheers from the audience. Despite the specter of retirement on the horizon, Guy’s fervor and dedication to the blues remain unwavering as he delved into a setlist brimming with cherished hits and enduring classics.

    From the heartfelt melody of “Damn Right I Got the Blues” to the famous guitar riff of “Hoochie Coochie Man,” Buddy Guy’s performance showcased his exceptional skill in blues guitar. Every note he played seemed to carry the same intense emotion and depth that has characterized his remarkable career.

    Buddy Guy

    Buddy’s band rocked the stage with skill and unity. Drummer Tom Hambridge set the beat, while guitarist Ric Hall added soulful solos. Keyboardist Dan Souvigny added depth, and bassist Orlando Wright kept the groove steady. Together, they made Buddy Guy’s performance shine, showing how well they worked together.

    During the encore, the stage was graced by the presence of both Bobby Rush and Buddy Guy’s son, Greg Guy. Together, they delivered a powerful rendition of Willie Dixon’s “The Same Thing,” creating a moment that resonated with the audience and highlighted the familial bond shared between Buddy Guy and his son. The addition of Bobby Rush added an extra layer of excitement and camaraderie to the performance.

    Buddy Guy and Bobby Rush

    Following this captivating collaboration, the night reached its climax with Bobby Rush and Buddy Guy teaming up on stage for a soulful rendition of “Got My Mojo Working.” Their chemistry was electric as they traded licks and shared the spotlight, leaving the audience energized and wanting more.

    At Westbury Music Fair, Buddy Guy showed why he’s seen as one of the best guitarists ever. Every chord and lyric reminded everyone why he’s a legend, leaving a lasting impression on everyone who saw him play.

    Setlist: Damn Right, I’ve Got the Blues, Hoochie Coochie Man/She’s Nineteen Years Old, I Just Want to Make Love to You, Rock Me Baby, Fever, Five Long Years, Love Her With a Feeling, Feels Like Rain, Sunshine of Your Love, Mary Had a Little Lamb, Boom Boom, Down the Road, How Blue Can You Get, The Same Thing, Got My Mo-Jo Working, Outro Jam

  • Michael Seyer Celebrates 6 Years of Bad Bonez with Intimate Show at Elsewhere Zone One

    Michael Seyer has brought back his most popular album, Bad Bonez, for its sixth anniversary, playing the entire album live. Seyer even had to write live renditions for some songs on the album which had never been performed before. Elsewhere Zone One provided the perfect setting for this show as an intimate crowd of a couple of hundred fans gathered Sunday, April 14, for a concert filled with soft vocals and fan interaction. It was an experience you can rarely find with an artist of Seyer’s size.

    Seyer has a strong following in New York City and has played shows across Brooklyn, Manhattan, and Buffalo almost every year since 2018, excluding 2020 for obvious reasons. In 2021, Michael Seyer accompanied Men I Trust on their Untourable Album Tour across the US. At their two sold-out shows at Brooklyn Steel, the audience instantly recognized he had something special. His soft dream pop vocals and RnB-inspired instrumentation matched well with the sound of Men I Trust.

    Seyer, now on his own headliner tour, brought out fellow California-based artist Sundiver Ca to open. You may know Sundiver Ca from their synth-forward hit song “Soundtrack for Your Backseat,” but songs like “Wet Dreams” and “Oh Honey” conjured acts like King Krule with reverb-heavy guitar that culminated in belting vocals.

    Seyer entered the stage and opened his set with a rendition of “Zelda’s Lullaby” from the video game The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time on an ocarina of his own, with additional backing from the full band. The audience was clearly familiar with Seyer’s discography and personality, given the number of people singing along to every song and bantering with him. In the middle of the set, Seyer teased new music to balance out the older repertoire, only to break out a tongue-in-cheek cover of Nickelback’s “How You Remind Me.”

    Most of the audience may have been toddlers when Nickelback’s Silver Side Up was released, but the audience immediately got the joke and belted out gravely supporting vocals. For another song, Seyer asked a fan to hold up a lyric sheet (as you do when playing a 6-year-old album in full) only to notice mid-song that he had given him the wrong sheet and instead repeated the first verse to laughs from the audience.

    Now, Seyer’s tour continues up the East Coast, through Canada, and then back through the Midwest to finish with four California shows. It has been three years since the 2021 release of his last album, A Good Fool, so we hope he will be back in New York soon with new music. Seyer has shown the world that he is a talent both as a musician and lyricist, so we are excited to see where his career goes.

    Michael Seyer – Elsewhere Zone One, Brooklyn – April 14, 2024

    Setlist: Zelda’s Lullaby, Bad Bonez, Ring Around the Rosie, Show Me How You Feel, I Feel Best When I’m Alone, Weekend at Santa Cruz, Kill All Your Darlings, Untitled Bonez, Waiting for You, Lucky Love, Father, An Awful Lonely Summer, Motions, Sonata for a Bad Ghost

  • Jericho Sailors Release Debut Single ‘Silver Miner’

    Dan Gerken, a staple of the Albany music scene, has debuted his most recent project from Jericho Sailors with the single “Silver Miner.”

    Jericho Sailors dan gerken

    Known for his work as the guitarist and singer for Timbre Coup, Gerken has moved on to a new position with Jericho Sailors, contributing his skills to bass, piano, guitars, and lyrics in addition to vocals. Jericho Sailors, accompanied by drummer Dave Berger, creates a sound that is both modern and symbolic of classic Western twang with rock and blues aspects.

    With the release of their first single, “Silver Miner,” on March 29, Jericho Sailors are off to a promising start. Setting the tone for an amazing album full of equally captivating material, “Silver Miner” is a blend of blues and blues rock with Western influences.

    dan gerken

    In a recent statement, Dan Gerken said, “We have a whole album of material, and I want to build up a little then release what I consider to be some of my best writing.” This feeling is reflected in the lyrics of “Silver Miner,” where listeners are struck by themes of reflection and longing:

    “Last couple miles on empty,
    I see the setting sun and it tempts me,
    return to the land of the plenty,
    Hold your own, know your soul,
    come and join the many.”

    The distinctive “Dark Country” vibes and boogie shuffles of Jericho Sailors takes listeners to the heart of the American West and leaves them wanting more. For that reason, Jericho Sailors is well worth a listen. 

  • Elysium Furnace Works Continues 2024 Season with Chourmo in May

    Elysium Furnace Works is proud to present Chourmo – a trio of leaders consisting of guitarist David Torn, alto saxophonist Tim Berne, and drummer Tom Rainey – at the VBI Theatre of Cunneen-Hackett Arts Center, located at 12 Vassar St. in Poughkeepsie on Friday, May 17.

    Elysium Furnace Works

    Elysium Furnace Works is a cooperative project co-led by Mike Faloon and James Keepnews. EFW seeks to present the work of vanguard artists in settings as dedicated and uncompromising as the art itself, focusing primarily on live music performances in and around New York’s vibrant Hudson Valley.

    Chourmo will ignite a fire, intricate abstraction, and passionate forward motion at the venue. David Torn (also, aka “splattercell”) is a composer, texturalist, guitarist, and producer of international stature, renowned for his unique musical voice which seems to span and un-define a range of idioms and styles. His characterful and compositionally textural work has had a material impact and influence on both film scoring — through his scores, and his creative contributions to scores by Carter Burwell, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Cliff Martinez, Howard Shore, Mark Isham, and others. He has assisted artists like David Bowie, k.d. lang, Tim Berne, John Legend, Madonna, Tori Amos, Bill Bruford, and more.

    David Torn.

    Tim Berne is an American alto saxophonist and record label owner born in Syracuse. His passion for jazz started when he heard the album Dogon A.D. by Julius Hemphill. In 1974, he went to New York to find Hemphill, who gave him saxophone lessons and advice on how to manage his career. Berne started the record label Empire in 1979.

    For Empire, he recorded four albums with avant-garde jazz musicians such as John Carter, Alex Cline, Nels Cline, Olu Dara, Vinny Golia, Paul Motian, and Ed Schuller. His next two albums appeared on Soul Note in the early 1980s. He then got a contract with Columbia and recorded with Robertson, Hank Roberts, Bill Frisell, and others. After two albums with Columbia, he signed with JMT, a label known for avant-garde jazz. Over the years he recorded with many bands including Miniature, Caos Totale, Bloodcount, Paraphrase, Hard Cell, Science Friction, Buffalo Collison, Snakeoil, and more.

    The final member of Chourmo is drummer Tom Rainey who has performed and or recorded with numerous artists including Mose Allison, Tim Berne, Anthony Braxton, Kris Davis, Ingrid Laubrock, Joe Lovano, and countless others.

    Tickets are $20 in advance and $30 at the door — advance tickets are on sale now.

    Tim Berne.

    Elysium Furnace Works 2024 Concerts

    June 22: Jamaaladeen Tacuma / James Brandon Lewis: “On Your Shoulders”, VBI @ CHAC — A historic congregation of the legendary harmolodic bass pioneer from Ornette Coleman’s innovative electric ensemble Prime Time Tacuma with the DownBeat Magazine Rising Star on tenor saxophone. Lewis is a multi-generational celebration honoring past trailblazers and offering, in Mr. Tacuma’s words, “a special thank you to all the mentors and elders in music sharing their knowledge and creativity with the next generation.”

    July 19: Matthew Shipp Trio, St. Andrew’s & St. Luke’s Church, Beacon NY — The renowned, era-defining pianist and composer Shipp returns to this sacred space in Beacon, joined by the world-class rhythm section of Michael Bisio on bass and Newman Taylor Baker on drums, as they celebrate their aptly-titled new recording for ESP-Disk’, New Concepts in Piano Trio Jazz.

    September 21: Peter Evans, VBI @ CHAC — The fearsomely gifted trumpeter Evans astonishes audiences with the sheer multiplicity of sounds and textures he can coax from his horn and the staggering inspiration that shapes his fathomless exploration in this rare Hudson Valley solo appearance.

    October 19: Yuko Otomo, VBI @ CHAC — In her first solo Hudson Valley appearance, the exceptional poet and writer Otomo brings her revelatory work steeped in humane soul and universal epiphany, accompanied by musicians TBA.

    November 16: AM / FM, VBI @ CHAC — This power duo of guitarist Ava Mendoza and violinist Gabby Fluke-Mogul synthesize a heady brew of avant jazz, blues, and noise – radically upending experimental music(s) past, present, and future.

    December 7: Harriet Tubman (Ross / Gibbs / Lewis), VBI @ CHAC — Elysium Furnace Works closes out its monumental season with the fiery intensity of the long-running eclectic and electric collective Harriet Tubman, comprising the insanely talented and accomplished trio of guitarist Brandon Ross, bassist Melvin Gibbs and drummer JT Lewis.

  • Maverick Concerts in Woodstock Announce 2024 Season Schedule

    Maverick Concerts, a chamber music festival, has announced their 2024 season schedule which entails a long summer of fun-filled events. The festival takes place entirely in their historic campus near Woodstock.

    Maverick Concerts, a chamber music festival

    Maverick Concerts is thrilled to unveil its 2024 season featuring a summer of exceptional music at its historic concert hall. The hall is nestled in the woods just outside Woodstock. June 29 to September 14, Maverick will present a diverse musical lineup that will delight enthusiasts of all ages and tastes. Maverick Family Saturdays, Maverick Saturday Nights and the Maverick Chamber Music Festival will showcase world-class performances. These performances range in genre across classical, jazz, folk, world, and contemporary.

    The Maverick Chamber Music Festival for 2024 gets off to an exciting start on Sunday afternoon June 30. The following 2 and a half months see the performances of the world’s most renowned individuals and groups for the community to adore closely. Performers like Viet Cuong, Escher String Quartet, Angela Hewitt, Miro Quartet, Fred Hersch and more prepare to wow the community.

    Maverick Concerts, a chamber music festival

    Maverick Concerts 2024 Full Schedule

    SATURDAY, JUNE 29

    Maverick Saturday Nights â€“ Jazz at the Maverick

    Fred Hersch Trio

    SUNDAY, JUNE 30

    Maverick Chamber Music Festival

    Manhattan Chamber Players

    w/David Fung, piano

    SATURDAY, JULY 6

    Maverick Family Saturdays

    Frederick Chiu

    David Gonzalez

    SATURDAY, JULY 6

    Maverick Saturday Nights         

    Tracy Bonham

    SUNDAY, JULY 7    

    Maverick Chamber Music Festival

    Escher String Quartet

    SATURDAY, JULY 13

    Maverick Family Saturdays

    WyndSync

    Viet Cuong

    SATURDAY, JULY 13

    Maverick Saturday Nights/Maverick Chamber Music Festival

    The Four Nations Ensemble

    SUNDAY, JULY 14

    Pre-Concert talk Viet Cuong

    WindSync

    SATURDAY, JULY 20

    Maverick Family Saturdays       

    Tracy Bonham and Melodeon

    SUNDAY, JULY 21

    Maverick Chamber Music Festival

    Miro String Quartet

    SATURDAY, JULY 27

    Maverick Family Saturdays

    Nothing: John Cage and 4’33”

    Nicholas Day, author

    Chris Raschka, illustrator

    SATURDAY, JULY 27

    Maverick Saturday Nights/Maverick Chamber Music Festival

    Angela Hewitt

    SUNDAY, JULY 28

    Maverick Chamber Music Festival

    Pacifica String Quartet

    SATURDAY, AUGUST 3

    Maverick Saturday Nights

    Simon Shaheen Trio

    SUNDAY, AUGUST 4

    Maverick Chamber Music Festival

    Chelsea Guo

    SATURDAY, AUGUST 10

    Maverick Family Saturdays

    Elizabeth Mitchell plays the songs of Peter Schickele,

    SATURDAY, AUGUST 10

    Maverick Saturday Nights

    After Spring Sunset: A Tribute to Peter Schickele

    SUNDAY, AUGUST 11

    Maverick Chamber Music Festival

    Ariel String Quartet

    Anthony de Mare – postlude

    SATURDAY, AUGUST 17

    Maverick Family Saturdays

    Ravensbeard Wildlife Center                  

    SATURDAY, AUGUST 17

    Maverick Saturday Nights

    Steve Gorn & Friends

    SUNDAY, AUGUST 18

    Maverick Chamber Music Festival      

    Isidore String Quartet

    SATURDAY, AUGUST 24

    Maverick Chamber Music Festival      

    Margaret Leng Tan

    SUNDAY, AUGUST 25

    Maverick Chamber Music Festival      

    Reed Tetzloff

    FRIDAY, AUGUST 30   

    Maverick Chamber Music Festival 

    Jenny Lin

    SATURDAY, AUGUST 31

    Maverick Family Saturdays

    Jenny Lin Melody’s Mostly Musical Day

    SATURDAY, AUGUST 31

    Maverick Saturday Nights – Jazz at the Maverick

    Bill Charlap Trio

    SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 1 

    Maverick Chamber Music Festival

    Borromeo String Quartet

    Henry Kramer, piano

    SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 7

    Maverick Saturday Nights – Jazz at the Maverick     

    The Miguel Zenon Quartet

    SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 8 

    Maverick Chamber Music Festival

    Music from Copland House

    SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 14

    Maverick Saturday Nights         

    Happy Traum

    Cindy Cashdollar

    For more information on Maverick Concerts’ events and to purchase tickets to select shows, click here.

  • The Marley Brothers Unite for ‘The Legacy Tour’ Coming this September to Queens

    The Marley brothers – Ziggy, Stephen, Julian, Ky-Mani, and Damian – have announced “The Legacy Tour” in honor of their father Bob Marley. The tour sees 22 dates, including a stop at Forest Hills Stadium in Queens on September 22.

    Bob Marley’s music endures as a beacon of strength, hope, and unity, attracting a growing global fanbase. For over three decades, his sons have each established themselves as renowned solo artists and have carried on their father’s legacy through their music. Now reunited on The Marley Brothers: The Legacy Tour, they’ll honor their father’s worldwide impact by performing both individual hits and classic Bob Marley songs during a momentous year for the genre.

    The world nears what would have been Bob Marley’s 80th birthday in 2025. There’s no greater homage than experiencing his music live through his sons, who carry on his enduring influence across popular culture. The tour begins September 5 in Vancouver, Canada and comes to a close on October 5 in Miami Florida. The Marley Brothers make a single stop in New York on September 22 in Forest Hills, Queens.

    THE 2024 LEGACY TOUR DATES: 

    9.05 | Vancouver, BC | Festival Lawn at Deer Lake Park

    9.06 | Ridgefield, WA | RV Inn Style Resorts Amphitheater

    9.08 | Auburn, WA | White River Amphitheatre

    9.10 | Concord, CA | Toyota Pavilion at Concord

    9.11 | Chula Vista, CA | North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre

    9.12 |  Phoenix, AZ | Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre

    9.13 | Albuquerque, NM | Isleta Amphitheater

    9.15 | Austin, TX | Germania Insurance Amphitheater

    9.16 | Dallas, TX | Dos Equis Pavilion

    9.18 | Cincinnati, OH | PNC Pavilion at Riverbend Music Center

    9.19 | Clarkston, MI | Pine Knob Music Theatre

    9.22 | Queens, NY | Forest Hills Stadium

    9.23 | Holmdel, NJ | PNC Bank Arts Center

    9.25 | Bridgeport, CT | Hartford HealthCare

    9.26 | Mansfield, MA | Xfinity Center

    9.27 | Bristow, VA | Jiffy Lube Live

    9.29 | Toronto, ON | Budweiser Stage

    9.30 | Laval, QC | Place Bell

    10.02 | Wilmington, NC | Live Oak Bank Pavilion 

    10.03 | Atlanta, GA | Lakewood Amphitheatre

    10.04 | Tampa, FL | MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amp

    10.05 | Miami, FL | FPL Solar Amphitheatre

    Tickets will be available beginning with artist pre-sales on Tuesday, April 16. Additional presales including a Citi presale will run throughout the week. The general on-sale starts on Friday, April 19 at 10 AM. For more information on The Marley Brothers’ Legacy Tour and to purchase tickets, click here.

  • Juice Brings their Unique Sound to the Rec Room

    Juice is on the final leg of their first North American tour and performed at the Rec Room in Buffalo on Saturday, April 13.

    Juice

    Opener Kevin Spears, a member of the local band Free Music Party, started the night. Kevin performed songs from his latest EP, Me and Marge. This was Kevin’s first time being an opener and performing as a solo artist, performing “Meant to Be,” “Left Alone,” “Little Lies,” and “And I Saw It Happen,” among others. Kevin’s music is a fusion of Indie/Alternative R&B, setting the vibe perfectly for Juice.

    Kevin Spears

    Juice formed in 2013 in Boston and draws influences from Rock, Pop, Hip-Hop, and R&B, which gives them such a unique sound. Juice performed from their latest EP called Nothing Like a Dream. Songs performed by Juice at Rec Room included “Cruelest Thing,” “Becoming a Stranger,” “Come Alive,” “Temporary Love,” “Playa Delfino,” and “Hard to Feel.”

    To finish out their tour, Juice will perform two more shows on April 26 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and on April 27 in Amherst, Massachusetts.

  • Infinity Song Gets Blue Note Jazz Club Out of Their Seats on First Night of Four-Day Residency

    Infinity Song filled the Blue Note Jazz Club with joyous soft rock on Monday, April 15, to open their four-day residency. John Boyd, the father of Abraham, Angel, Momo, and Israel Boyd, the four siblings who make up Infinity Song, gave a speech to commemorate the occasion.

    The show was the culmination of 27 years of raising children for the Boyd parents, who are both lifelong musicians themselves, going from busking in Central Park to making music under the Roc Nation banner and seeing mainstream success in the city where they grew up. He ended the speech playing on a classic proverb, saying, “It takes ten villages to raise an artist.”

    The night was a joyous celebration of music, of family, of history. The band immediately set a mood and established their distinct personalities onstage. The eldest brother, Abraham, spent the first three songs belting while striking poses and running in place on the stage, pumping his arms like he was competing in a marathon to cheers from the audience.

    His younger brother and the band’s electric guitarist, Israel, reacted to the cheers by jokingly scolding Abraham for misleading the audience into thinking he was the dancer of the family. This banter culminated in the only way a sibling rivalry can, a dance-off. Each of the four siblings took turns improvising their own dance to on-the-fly beats from the supporting band. For those with siblings, it’s not hard to imagine some similar antics arising if given a stage together.

    Coming out of the dance battle, they went into a revolutionary cover of Stevie Nicks’ “Dreams,” which can be found on their newest album, Metamorphosis. No other artist has done the song so much justice. Being raised by musicians and being interdisciplinary themselves, you would be hard-pressed to find four people with that much raw talent on any stage besides the Blue Note last night.

    “Slow Burn” and “Hater’s Anthem” were their two most popular songs of the night. “Slow Burn” is a personal favorite that makes use of the sisters’ differing vocal textures to great effect. “Hater’s Anthem” harkens back to the 90s with upbeat choral vocals from the whole group and an underlying message about the pitfalls of being a hater while convincing yourself that you are inherently better than others who are putting in the work towards their goals.

    Not only did Infinity Song pack Blue Note on a Monday, but they got the audience dancing, too, as the small club rose from their dinner tables to dance out the end of the show with the band. You can experience Infinity Song in residency at the Blue Note through Thursday, April 18, with shows at 8 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. This was an otherworldly experience: bring your friends, bring your family, because Infinity Song is up next.

  • Country Boy TVBOO Stops in Buffalo for Comedic EDM Show 

    Mississippi phenomenon that is TVBOO had a special show at Buffalo’s Town Ballroom on April 13. His unique bass lines are what make every dubstep lover go crazy, but it’s his comedic flair that takes his performance up several notches. 

    Photo Credit: Maddie McCafferty

    Local support RainMan made his Town Ballroom debut that night. He was joined by the intrepid duo sfam. Their performance was followed by AHEE who is known for his high-energy dubstep and mesmerizing sonic exploration. 

    AHEE, Photo Credit: Maddie McCafferty

    TVBOO then took over the stage with his knee high socks and iconic mullet. This man is a performer through and through knowing exactly when to add his comedic tidbits for laughter and sound bites. 

    Photo Credit: Maddie McCafferty

    This producer’s infamous voice samples and funky beats make his songs so memorable whether or not you have heard of TVBOO. He played countless tunes off of his hit 2022 album Blue Collar Bass including his collaboration with GRiZ, “Bass Music.” 

    Photo Credit: Maddie McCafferty

    The Meme Master

    TVBOO’s funky beats are what everyone loves to groove to but his visuals are some of which people can’t stop talking about. They’ll either leave you confused on what is going on or dying from laughter. He makes memes of himself that are stuck in everyone’s head by the end of the night. Some of which include him riding on a bald eagle or licking his eyebrows to name a few. 

    Photo Credit: Maddie McCafferty

    TVBOO mixes into his sets both new and old tunes. He throws it back with his single, “Skrawberries” where he dedicates it to a girl that came into his life that tasted like strawberries. The artist even replays this song over so the crowd can match the energy needed for a tune that goes this hard. He also played his latest single, “Cha Cha Step” which fans got to hear for the first time live. 

    Photo Credit: Maddie McCafferty

    This was a memorable night for both TVBOO and his fans. It ended with the artist announcing he will be back for a stop on his fall 2024 tour. So if you missed TVBOO this time around make sure not to miss him for his return.  

    If you’re looking for more EDM events in Western NY then you’re in luck! Liquid Stranger performs on April 19 and The Glitch Mob will be playing a 360 show on April 26. Get your tickets here.