On Thursday, April 4, with a spectacular fusion of raw energy, lyrical prowess, and dynamic emotion, Kevin Gates took the stage of Irving Plaza for his “The Ceremony Tour,” leaving the New York City audience amazed. The tour stop was filled with heartfelt yet raw emotion, furthermore solidifying Gates and his status as a rap heavyweight, as he commanded the stage with the same unapologetic attitude that has defined his career.
After a series of DJ playlists to warm up the crowd, the opener of the night was DJ Chose, who has collaborated with Kevin Gates on some of his greatest hits and has a few of his own. DJ Chose lauded his accolades and made sure the crowd had the right energy before Kevin’s arrival. After DJ Chose, Kevin Gates’s DJ executed a final round of musical wind up with some industry favorites ensuring the crowd was ready for Kevin Gates to take the stage.
After an astounding ovation upon taking the stage, Kevin Gates opened with “Speed Dial” to which the crowd recited word for word. Kevin went on to perform songs “In God I Trust,” “Free At Last,” “Arm and Hammer” and more. A southern classic that got everyone up off their feet was when Kevin Gates performed “TWMD” which went viral during New Orleans Mardi Gras last year. As the song came on, the entire arena erupted into a frenzy as his fans belted the lyrics, completely losing themselves in the song.
Notably, Gates’ crowd control and poise was evident, as he purposefully took moments to talk with his supporters over the mic. Moving at a brisk but necessary pace, he took a minute to evangelize his fans. Speaking about his time incarcerated and having to miss his daughter’s birthday, Gates focused on having the work ethic and drive to make his situation right, as he encouraged his fans to keep their head held high even in the darkest of times. Bringing the show to a close with popular tracks such as “Me Too,” “2 Phones,” and “Breakfast”, Kevin went out with a bang amongst a flurry of smoke from CO2 cannons, as he mysteriously disappeared behind the set. Tickets for the rest of the “The Ceremony” tour are available here.
Kevin Gates Setlist: Speed Dial, Facts, Push It, Yonce Freestyle, Arm and Hammer, TWMD, Wassup With It, In God I Trust, Scars, Imagine That, Free At Last, It Won’t Happen, Healing, Birds Calling, Power, Great Man, Fatal Attraction, Breakfast, Luv Bug, Posed To Be In Love, Heal You, Lil Yea, Me Too, One Thing, All Thee Above, Bad For Me, Time for That, 2 Phones, and Broken Men.
Calling all Swifties! Plunge into a 17-year journey with Taylor Swift and the launch of Channel 13 (Taylor’s Version), SiriusXM is putting on the red carpet for the pop queen, available from April 7 to May 6.
Fans can enjoy Taylor’s complete discography on this special channel, offering more than just her hit songs. Channel 13 will be the place to go for everything Swift, from her upcoming album The Tortured Poets Society to her greatest hits.
Fans of Taylor Swift will have the chance to share their heartfelt stories and connections with Taylor. Together, they’ll create the ultimate Swiftie community on Channel 13.
“The versatility of Taylor’s music and the phenomenal impact she’s had in her career across so many musical genres will be on full display on Channel 13 (Taylor’s Version). We’re all experiencing a legend at work and are so thrilled to work with Taylor to present a one-of-a-kind channel that connects her fans with her extraordinary body of work.”
President and Chief Content Officer of SiriusXM Scott Greenstein
The icing on the cake? Taylor Swift’s most recent album will make its exclusive debut on the channel on April 19 and be played nonstop all weekend long. For more information, click here.
Channel 13 (Taylor’s Version) is your golden ticket to the Taylor Swift experience, whether you’re driving or using the SiriusXM app to jam out. Click here to sign up and experience all that SiriusXM has to offer.
Grammy-Winning Artists BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet will celebrate a half century of cajun music as they bring the bayou to Saratoga Springs’ Universal Preservation Hall on Thursday, April 18.
BeauSoleil is known to bring audiences to their feet, being born from the rich Acadian ancestry of members, created and driven by bandleader Michael Doucet’s spellbinding fiddle playing and soulful vocals, offering inspiring two-stepping, waltzing, and standing ovations wherever they go.
BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet can be credited with taking Cajun music from its regional roots in Louisiana to popularity worldwide. Their most recent album, and the 25th in their 45-year career, was titled From Bamako to Carencro, alluding to the cultural and migratory connection between Bamako, in Mali, West Africa, and Louisiana (symbolized in name by the Lafayette, LA suburb of Carencro), a connection that draws a sonic bloodline back to BeauSoleil’s roots.
Since becoming the first Cajun band to win a Grammy with L’amour Ou La Folie (their Traditional Folk Album–1998) and then a second Grammy in 2010, “Live at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival,” BeauSoleil has garnered many accolades, including 12 Grammy nominations.
Universal Preservation Hall hosts the multiple Grammy Award-winning group’s 50th anniversary tour 7:30 p.m. in the Great Hall Thursday, April 18 as part of the Passport Series-Music Haven at Proctors Collaborative.
Local Saratoga-based southern restaurant Hatties will serve free jambalaya samples alongside the bar in UPH’s lobby directly before the show for ticket holders.
Tickets are available through the Box Office at Proctors in-person, via phone at (518) 346-6204 Monday-Saturday 10 a.m.-6 p.m. or online visit atuph.org.
Larry Campbell & Teresa Williams officially released their brand new album entitled All This Time on April 5. This is the duo’s fourth album, and follows their 2023 release Live at Levon’s!.
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The 10 track LP was produced by Larry Campbell and Ray Clifford and was recorded and mixed by three-time grammy award winning sound engineer Justin Guip at Milan Hill Studios. The album features Larry Campbell (vocals, guitar, mandolin, pedal steel guitar, bass), Teresa Williams (vocals, guitar), Justin Guip (drums, percussion), Brandon Morrison (vocals, bass) and Brian Mitchell (accordion, organ). The album most notably features Bill Payne of Little Feat on piano and organ, and Levon Helm from The Band on drums for “That’s All It Took.”
Photo by Gregg Roth
Larry and Teresa’s musical and romantic partnership are one and the same. They first met in a Manhattan rehearsal studio in 1986, where according to Williams’, “it was love at first note.” It was this love, now 38 years later that would inspire most, if not all of the songs on All This Time. Campbell states that this release “feels more intuitive to me than the earlier records, less experimental, evidence that we’ve grown more aware of who we are and what we have to offer.” These “love letters” shared between Campbell and Williams are the foundation for this “intensely romantic album.”
The first single, and opening track on All This Time was originally released in January. “Desert Island Dreams” is a rocking country song with an ear-worm guitar hook and catchy chorus. Williams’ vocal power is on full display and her harmonies with Campbell further exemplify their chemistry with one another. The song eventually transitions into a high energy, country guitar solo that tastefully showcases Campbell’s fluidity and talent.
“The Way You Make Me Feel” is a bouncing love song with Campbell’s country guitar lines and vocals at the forefront. The blues-influenced single touches on the excitement related to newfound feelings of love. Campbell sings “So if you see me roll up to your door doin’ cartwheels, I can’t help it that’s the way you make me feel.” A recurring theme throughout the album, Campbell and Williams’ sing of the willingness to do anything for each other.
Photo by Gregg Roth
The third and final single “Ride with Me” is a catchy country inspired pop song and lyrically focuses on surrendering to the moment. Williams sings that even though she’s unsure of what the future holds, she knows she wants her “baby” there for the ride.
All This Time is a celebration of their love. Williams’ smooth and incredibly professional vocal delivery mixed with Campbell’s song writing and multi-instrumental expertise are the secret ingredients to this incredibly well-rounded release.
Larry Campbell & Teresa Williams are currently on tour across the entire United States with stops in Virginia, Tennessee, Georgia, Arkansas and more. All of their New York tour dates are listed below.
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Larry Campbell & Teresa Williams 2024 New York Tour Dates:
04/11 – The Falcon – Marlboro, NY
05/18 – The Capitol Theatre (w/ Tommy Emmanuel) – Port Chester, NY
06/07 – Caffe Lena – Saratoga Springs, NY
06/08 – Caffe Lena – Saratoga Springs, NY
06/11 – City Winery – New York, NY
06/16 – Stephen Talkhouse – Amagansett, NY
07/20 – Arrowood Farms (Larry & Teresa’s July Jam) – Accord, NY
Legendary rock band HEART have announced the extension of their highly-anticipated Royal Flush Tour after a five-year hiatus with 30 additional dates across North America this fall. The group will stop at Madison Square Garden (MSG) on Monday, October 21.
The Royal Flush Tour 2024 will visit North America and Europe, with brand-new stops in San Francisco, Kansas City, Houston, New York and more before concluding in Las Vegas on Dec. 15. HEART returns to the road starting April 20 at Bon Secours Wellness Arena in Greenville, SC.
HEART is also touring Europe this June and July, before returning to the States to join forces with Def Leppard and Journey. The bands tour for three epic stadium shows in Cleveland, Toronto and Boston this summer.
HEART performs their catalog of global chart-topping classic hits including âMagic Manâ, âBarracudaâ, âCrazy on Youâ and âThese Dreamsâ. HEART’s current lineup features Nancy Wilson, Ann Wilson, Ryan Wariner, Ryan Waters, Paul Moak, Tony Lucido and Sean Lane. HEART sees three shows in New York including at Madison Square Garden, Albany, and Buffalo.
2024 Royal Flush Tour Dates
Sept 26 – San Francisco, CA – Chase Center
Sept 28 – Los Angeles, CA – Crypto.com Arena
Sept 29 – Phoenix, AZ – Footprint Center
Oct 2 – Lubbock, TX – United Supermarkets Arena
Oct 4 – Kansas City, MO – T-Mobile Center
Oct 5 – St. Louis, MO – Enterprise Center*
Oct 8 – Houston, TX – Toyota Center
Oct 10 – Austin, TX – Moody Center
Oct 12 – North Little Rock, AR – Simmons Bank Arena
Oct 14 – Nashville, TN – Bridgestone Arena
Oct 16 – Greensboro, NC – Greensboro Coliseum
Oct 17 – North Charleston, SC – North Charleston Coliseum
Oct 19 – Charlottesville, VA – John Paul Jones Arena
Oct 21 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden
Nov 13 – Birmingham, AL – Legacy Arena at BJCC*
Nov 14 – Memphis, TN – FedExForum*
Nov 16 – Wichita, KS – Intrust Bank Arena*
Nov 19 – Des Moines, IA – Wells Fargo Arena*
Nov 21 – Moline, IL – Vibrant Arena at The MARK*
Nov 22 – Green Bay, WI – Resch Center*
Nov 24 – Winnipeg, MB – Canada Life Centre**
Nov 27 – Saskatoon, SK – Sasktel Centre**
Nov 29 – Edmonton, AB – Rogers Place**
Nov 30 – Calgary, AB – Scotiabank Saddledome**
Dec 3 – Vancouver, BC – Pacific Coliseum
Dec 5 – Spokane, WA – Spokane Arena
Dec 7 – Boise, ID – Extra Mile Arena
Dec 9 – Sacramento, CA – Golden1 Center
Dec 12 – Bakersfield, CA – Mechanics Bank Arena (special guest TBA)
Dec 13 – San Diego, CA – Pechanga Arena
Dec 15 – Las Vegas, NV – Fontainebleau Las Vegas (An Evening With)
Aug 2 – Toronto, ON – Rogers Centre (with Def Leppard & Journey)
Aug 5 – Boston, MA – Fenway Park (with Def Leppard & Journey)
Aug 7 – Quebec City, QC – Videotron Centre
Aug 8 – Montreal, QC – Bell Centre
Aug 10 – Albany, NY – MVP Arena
Aug 11 – Buffalo, NY – KeyBank Center
Aug 13 – Cincinnati, OH – Heritage Bank Center
Aug 15 – Milwaukee, WI – Fiserv Forum
Aug 16 – Hinckley, MN – Grand Casino Hinckley Amphitheater (Non-AEG event)
Aug 18 – Lincoln, NE – Pinnacle Bank Arena
Aug 21 – Grand Rapids, MI – Van Andel Arena
Aug 23 – Charleston, WV – Charleston Coliseum
Aug 24 – Knoxville, TN – Thompson Boling Arena at Food City Center
Aug 27 – Norfolk, VA – Scope Arena
Aug 28 – Allentown, PA – The Great Allentown Fair (Non-AEG event)
Sept 17 – Portland, OR – Moda Center
Sept 20 – West Valley City, UT – Maverik Center
Sept 22 – Morrison, CO – Red Rocks Amphitheatre (An Evening With – SOLD OUT)
Tickets for new dates go on sale to the general public Friday, April 5 at 10am local time through the bandâs official website, www.heart-music.com. All other dates are on sale now.
Iconic British producer Chris Lake is bringing his Black Book Records brand to New York City for a special open-air show at the historic industrial waterfront venue Brooklyn Army Terminal.
The label boss and one of the most respected artists in the house music scene will headline the mid-summer spectacle on July 19 and 20, 2024. Chris Lake has released countless hits, including “Turn off the Lights,” “Beggin’’” and “In The Yuma.” He initially launched Black Book in 2016 to share his music but quickly started putting out tunes by fellow stars in the genre, including Walker & Royce, Eli Brown, and Cloonee.
The historic Brooklyn Army Terminal offers a unique experience and unobstructed waterfront views of the Manhattan and New Jersey skylines. The military base turned manufacturing campus in the Sunset Park neighborhood features a large outdoor area and a “raw” warehouse space that form a premier setting for music events. Brooklyn Army Terminal is located at 140 58th Street in Brooklyn, NY 11220.
The showcase will host Lake in a dynamic setting and fashion, unlike anything fans have seen from him before. Black Book Records showcases consistently sold-out shows at the most heralded venues within the dance music community and has included many admired guests carrying the label’s reputation of industry-leading sounds and curation, with the Brooklyn Army Terminal set to join this list.
Special guests and support for this edition in Brooklyn include Chris Lorenzo, Green Velvet, Harry Romero, Book Club Radio’s Jojo Lorenzo, Andruss, Cole Knight, and more. Expect an immaculate mix of casual warehouse vibes and a summertime soiree at this unmissable takeover. Fans can sign up for pre-sale tickets here, which will go on sale beginning April 16 at 12 p.m. EST. All ticket options will be available on April 17 at 12 p.m. EST. Chris Lake: Black Book on the Pier is a 21+ event.
Buffalo jam stalwarts Organ Fairchild have released the first track off their upcoming album, Songs We Didn’t Write, featuring creative re-arrangements of some favorite music by other artists.
The first single is a breezy instrumental romp through Bob Marley’s “Them Belly Full,” and was released on April 5. The full album will be out on June 7, on 180-gram vinyl, CD and digital formats.
Recorded, mixed and co-produced by Justin Guip (Hot Tuna, Levon Helm) and mastered by Alan Evans (Soulive) – the pair behind Leisure Suit – Songs We Didn’t Write includes instrumental reworkings by Organ Fairchild of Grateful Dead’s “Lost Sailor,” Otis Redding’s “Hard to Handle” with very special guest Jorma Kaukonen, a Harry Styles song, and many more.
It was actually my son who suggested a full album of cover songs! Why not? We love rearranging material in our organ trio format, and our shows always include some choice covers – we had a ball making this!
Organ Fairchild guitarist Dave Ruch
Songs We Didn’t Write will be released on June 7, with album preorders shipping on May 31. Pre-Order here
Songs We Didn’t Write Tracklist Them Belly Full (Bob Marley) Lost Sailor (Grateful Dead) Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen) Canyon Moon (Harry Styles!) Hard to Handle feat. Jorma Kaukonen (Otis Redding) Eleanor Rigby (The Beatles) Lazy River Road (Grateful Dead) I Wish feat. The Brass Machine (Stevie Wonder) Redemption Song (Bob Marley)
Uncle Ebenezer played an incredible set of Phish jams including an unforgettable “Tweezer” featuring a saxophone player. Walrus opened up the night with their psychedelic interpretation of The Beatles, most notably a fully mind melting “Lucy in The Sky with Diamonds”.
The Williams Center is a phenomenal venue in Rutherford, NJ. It is an old theatre renovated into a truly happening venue featuring hidden gems like a record store with some incredible selections.
Uncle Ebenezer opened up the night with my personal favorite Phish song “Golgi Apparatus”. This got the crowd going and ready to dance to “Gotta Jibboo” which followed. The set was filled with Phan favorites like “No Me in No Men’s Land”, “Fluffhead”, “The Lizards”, and even included vocal heavy songs like “My Mind’s Got a Mind of It’s Own” and “Tela”. The epic “Tweezer” with a sax player was truly legendary.
They ended their set with a funky, spacey “2001”. The encore include “Cavern”, “Lonesome Cowboy Bill”, and the return of the sax for an explosive “Tweezer Reprise.”
Setlist: Golgi Apparatus, Gotta Jibboo, Stash, My Mind’s Got a Mind of Its Own, Tweezer, The Lizards, Tela, No Men in No Man’s Land, Split Open and Melt, Fluffhead, 2001
Long Island natives – Steve Vai and Joe Satriani (a.k.a. Satch) – legendary shredders still at the top of their game, joined cosmic forces on the iconic Beacon Theatre stage this past Saturday night (April 6) in a show for the ages. The concert, which was the 11th stop on their 38-date ‘Satch/Vai Tour’ which embarked on March 22 in Orlando, Florida, shook the historic venue nestled on Manhattan’s Upper West Side to its foundation as the long-time friends of more than five decades authored a master class in guitar instrumental compositions.
Steve Vai | Photo Credit: Michael Dinger Photography / Pit Perspectives
Like many of you out there, music became one of my greatest passions as a teenage boy in the throes of puberty. It was the mid-1980s, and bursting onto the scene was Steve Vai with his 1984 debut studio LP Flex-Able. This was an album that I listened to religiously on my Walkman (remember those?) while mowing neighborhood lawns for some spending money – money that I spent on buying more rock music, including the single “Yankee Rose” – an MTV hit recorded by David Lee Roth (DLR) for his first full-length solo LP (Eat ‘Em and Smile, 1986) – featuring the prominent electric guitar of its co-writer, none other than Steve Vai. Around this same time, the movie Crossroads hit theaters. This was an impactful film for my musical exploration, that in the climactic guitar duel, saw Vai play the part of Jack Butler (the villain who sold his soul to the devil for his fiendish guitar skills) against Ralph Macchio’s Eugene Marton (fighting to save his mentor’s soul). Fun fact. Although Macchio was able to paly guitar, both audio parts in the duel were played by Vai, showcasing his immense versatility as an axe-man.
Before Saturday night’s show, I had witnessed Steve Vai play live one other time. I was two weeks shy of my 16th birthday when I attended my second ever concert – DLR’s ‘Skyscraper Tour’ at the Hartford Civic Center (now known as XL Center) on April 8, 1988. Although I do not remember the experience particularly well, maybe because it was the first time I ever smoked weed, I still have the ticket stub to prove it! Vai would go on to part ways with DLR the following year.
Known by fellow guitarist for his intense practice regimen and music theory aptitude, Vai took the stage shortly after 8:00 pm where he unleashed “Avalancha” and “Little Pretty,” both from his tenth studio album (Inviolate, 2022), along with “Building the Church,” a number recorded back in 2005 for the album Real Illusions: Reflections.
Before erupting into “Tender Surrender” from his 1985 EP Alien Love Secrets, Vai introduced his talented touring band of Phillip Bynoe (bass), Jeremy Colson (drums) and Dante Frisielle (guitar/keys), followed by a warm greeting to the nearly 3,000 souls in attendance:
Oh, my goodness! What is going on here tonight in New York City? You look beautiful. It’s so nice to be out on this tour with Joe and it’s so nice to be here in New York City, my home. Well, my home for the first 19 years of my life, [and] I still love this city. Thanks so much for coming to the show, enjoy!
Succeeding “Lights Are On” (Modern Primitive, 2016) came my favorite part of Vai’s set, two more songs collected from Inviolate which saw the master immediately tear into a fiery “Zeus in Chains” and then break out his three-necked Hydra guitar (which he designed in conjunction with Ibanez) for the aptly titled “Teeth of the Hydra.”
Watch Steve Vai perform fan favorite and closing number of his set, “For the Love of God,” lifted from his second studio album (Passion and Warfare, 1990) below:
Satch, the professor and elder statesman to Vai by 4 years, was up next to perform the second co-headlining set and melt the collective faces of the sold-out Beacon Theatre with his instrumental rock mastery of the electric guitar. Similar to Steve Vai’s Flex-Able, I also discovered Satriani around the same time, when he dropped 1987’s Surfing With The Alien, his second studio album and one of the first compact discs I ever owned.
He led off his 90-minute set with “The Extremist,” the title track from his fourth studio album released in 1992, which showcased not only his guitar prowess, but also plays a mean harp too! With his second song of the night, the title track from Surfing With The Alien, I was transported back in time, to my childhood bedroom, as if I were listening to the studio take of this amazing song on headphones, but even better!
Joe Satriani | Photo Credit: Michael Dinger Photography / Pit Perspectives
Preceding the only snafu of the night, Satch tore through a career-spanning trio of numbers from his prolific discography comprised of “Satch Boogie” (Surfing With the Alien), “Sahara” (The Elephants of Mars, 2022), and “Nineteen Eighty” (Shapeshifting, 2020). However, before launching into “Big Bad Moon” (Flying in a Blue Dream, 1989), Satch’s guitar cable broke. As the band carried on without him via an impromptu “theme song,” a team of three techs did their best to resolve the issue, including swapping out his pedal board. Despite their valiant efforts, the song had to be scratched from the set as Satch jibed, “Forget about that other song, we’ll just do [the title track] “Flying Blue Dream” and get on with it.”
As Satch’s 13-song set headed for home, he gifted additional tracks from The Elephants of Mars (“Blue Foot Groovy”), Surfing With the Alien (“Always With Me, Always With You” and “Ice 9”), and 2004’s Is There Love in Space? (“If I Could Fly”). Next, following the introductions of his band – Rai Thistlethwayte (keys), Bryan Beller (bass), and Kenny Aronoff (drums), Satch addressed his loyal followers:
So, not too far from here, but a very, very long time ago, a little kid came to my front door. He had a stringless guitar in one hand, and a pack of strings in the other and was looking for lessons. There was something about him, I thought, this is gonna be fun. I like the look in his eyes. It looks like he’s got that passion and desire, even at 12 years old. I’m telling you the truth, at 12 years old, he had it. We quickly became comrades, with one goal, which was to just keep playing electric guitar as long as we could. And thanks to you, we were able to live that dream, and we’ve stayed best friends ever since. So please help bring out to the stage Mr. Steve Vai.
Joe Satriani & Steve Vai | Photo Credit: Michael Dinger Photography / Pit PerspectivesSteve Vai | Photo Credit: Michael Dinger Photography / Pit Perspectives
His pupil then returned to the stage for an epic encore jam comprised of “The Sea Of Emotion, Pt. 1” – a collaboration between the two buddies, recently released on March 29, that sees the two icons seamlessly trading solo sections – “You Really Got Me” by The Kinks and Metallica’s “Enter Sandman,” the latter two numbers rendered from their axes with a personal flair, of course.
Watch Joe Satriani perform the soaring and uplifting “Always with Me, Always with You” (Surfing With the Alien) here:
After the Satch/Vai Tour wraps on May 12 in Santa Rosa, California, Vai and Tool drummer Danny Carey will be joining the newborn supergroup Beat, additionally comprised of King Crimson’s guitarist/singer Adrian Belew and bassist Tony Levins. The foursome will be setting out on a special fall tour kicking off September 12 in San Jose, CA, culminating November 8 in Las Vegas, Nevada, paying homage along the way to the progressive English rock band’s trio of iconic studio albums from the ‘80s – Discipline, Beat, and Three of a Perfect Pair. If you are like me and cannot get enough of Steve Vai, he is featured on the May 2024 edition cover of Guitar World magazine (already in print on newsstands), along with an in-depth article celebrating the 25th anniversary of Flex-Able.
Up next for Satch is “The Best Of All Worlds 2024 Tour” with Sammy Hagar, Michael Anthony and Jason Bonham. The tour, which will feature music from every phase of Hagar’s career (including Van Halen, Chickenfoot, and The Circle), runs from July 13 in West Palm Beach, Florida to August 31 in St. Louis, Missouri.
Steve Vai Setlist: Avalancha > Building the Church > Little Pretty > Tender Surrender > Lights Are On > Zeus in Chains > Teeth of the Hydra > For the Love of God
Joe Satriani Setlist: The Extremist > Surfing With the Alien > Satch Boogie > Sahara > Nineteen Eighty > Flying in a Blue Dream > Blue Foot Groovy > Always With Me, Always With You > If I Could Fly > Ice 9 > Encore: The Sea Of Emotion, Pt. 1 (with Steve Vai) > You Really Got Me (The Kinks cover, with Steve Vai) > Enter Sandman (Metallica cover, with Steve Vai)
UPCOMING TOUR DATES
April 10 – Collingswood, NJ @ Scottish Rite Auditorium
April 11 – Washington, DC @ Warner Theatre DC
April 13 – Northfield, OH @ MGM Northfield Park
April 14 – Rochester, NY @ Kodak Center Theater
April 16 – Detroit, MI @ Fisher Theatre
April 18 – Chicago, IL @ Chicago Theatre
April 19 – Cincinnati, OH @ Andrew J. Brady Icon Music Center
April 20 – Fort Wayne, IN @ Embassy Theatre
April 21 – Indianapolis, IN @ Murat Theatre (Old National Centre)
April 23 – Milwaukee, WI @ Riverside Theater
April 24 – Minneapolis, MN @ State Theatre
April 25 – Des Moines, IA @ Des Moines Civic Center
April 26 – Springfield, MO @ Gillioz Theatre
April 28 – La Vista, NE @ The Astro
April 29 – Salina, KS @ Stiefel Theatre
April 30 – St. Louis, MO @ The Factory – St. Louis
May 1 – Kansas City, MO @ Uptown Theater
May 3 – Austin, TX @ ACL Live at The Moody Theater
May 4 – Dallas, TX @ Music Hall at Fair Park
May 5 – Houston, TX @ 713 Music Hall
May 7 – Denver, CO @ Paramount Theatre – Denver
May 8 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Delta Hall at Eccles Theater
May 10 – Valley Center, CA @ Harrah’s Resort Southern California – The Events Center
May 11 – Wheatland, CA @ Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
May 12 – Santa Rosa, CA @ Luther Burbank Center for the Arts
The Irondequoit Concert Band has announced the world premiere performance of “Where the Land and Waters Meet,” a captivating new fanfare for concert band by award-winning composer Stephen Shewan. The premiere performance is at the band’s 50th Anniversary concert on Sunday, April 21, 2024, at 3:00 p.m. in the Irondequoit High School Auditorium.
Commissioned by the band in honor of their golden anniversary, “Where the Land and Waters Meet” is a dynamic and evocative piece inspired by the Irondequoit landscape and the Seneca Nation. Incorporating the traditional Seneca Canoe Song, “Kayowajineh,” Shewan has crafted a musical journey that explores the intersection of land and water, showcasing Irondequoit’s vibrant spirit and rich natural beauty.
The Irondequoit Concert Band is a community concert band that provides high-quality musical performances for audiences in Irondequoit and beyond. This group of talented musicians from diverse backgrounds showcases a wide range of musical styles and repertoire under the direction of David Schantz. Annually, the band performs a winter and spring concert, and an outdoor summer concert series at locations throughout Irondequoit.
Stephen Shewan is a retired music educator from Western New York and a renowned composer of music for ensembles of all types. He is known for modern, evocative pieces that are fun to play and listen to. His music has been performed across North America and Europe, winning numerous awards.
The April 21 concert will feature the talented musicians of the band, under the direction of David Schantz, and their favorite hits through the years such as “Highlights from Les Miserablés” arranged by Warren Barker, a unique composition by former conductor J. Russell Thomas, “A Piece for Didjeridu and Band” and more.
Admission is free for this event. The Irondequoit High School Auditorium is fully wheelchair accessible. For more information or to donate, please visit Irondequoit Concert Band’s website.
