Category: Music

Joey Eppard is a true musical triple threat. An accomplished vocalist, a brilliant songwriter and an innovative master of his own finger style approach to guitar playing. He is the driving force behind the Hudson Valley based rock band, “3,” as well as a renowned solo performer, often leaving his audiences shocked that so much sound can emanate from a single human being. During his career, he has performed throughout the United States, Europe and Japan, garnering a reputation for intense and passionate live performances that often leave his guitar with nary a string.

Joey has toured and performed with the likes of Dream Theater, Porcupine Tree, Coheed and Cambria, Opeth, Atreyu, Within Temptation, Between the Buried and Me, Cynic, Scorpions, Heart, George Clinton & P-Funk, Little Feat, Aztec Two-Step, Todd Rungren, Orleans and many more! Joey is also a member of the band DRUGS with members of P-Funk, and an original member of Travis Stever’s Fire Duece. In recent times Joey has been singing lead in a Steely Dan tribute with the legendary Jerry Marotta (Peter Gabriel etc) and many other fine musicians. Joey also does a number of other tribute projects (Beatles, Traffic) with the grammy winning producer and engineer Scott Petito.

Joey burst on the Woodstock scene in the early 90s as a talented kid who turned a lot of heads. In a few short years he was playing the Main Stage at Woodstock ’94 under the management of the infamous Michael Lang. In 1998 “3” signed its first major label deal with Universal. As fate would have it their first record would not be released however, until 1999 on Planet Noise Records. After several more “3” releases with the Kinston based Label (Summer Camp Nightmare, Half Life & Wake Pig) as well as a solo effort (Been to the Future), Joey and “3” went on to sign with Metalblade Records who promptly rereleased Wake Pig. The boys followed up that release with their most well-known album, The End Is Begun. The band toured often and developed a reputation as one of the best live bands out there. They continued with Metalblade releasing Revisions and then their most critically acclaimed album, 2011’s The Ghost You Gave to Me.

“3” went on a bit of a hiatus in 2014 when Joey’s family faced a triple whammy of health-related challenges. It began with his mother’s Alzheimer’s diagnosis, followed shortly thereafter by his young son Julian’s Autism diagnosis. The combination of two devastating blows to two of the most important people in Joey’s life was crushing to say the least. It was only a few months later when his wife Melissa was diagnosed with breast cancer, capping a difficult stretch that would limit the band’s output over the next few years. Music would have to take a back seat and Joey’s sole focus became doing all he could to save his family. Thankfully Melissa’s surgeries, treatments and recovery were a hard-fought success that brought the Eppards a newfound appreciation for the preciousness of life.

With his wife and son thriving, Joey began reconnecting with his musical talents, writing, and performing more often again. Despite the band’s lack of activity, fan Facebook group: Alien Angels continued to grow online, and the band was surprised to discover it had over 20,000 monthly listeners on Spotify. Things began to fall into place and a 3-reunion show was planned for The Bearsville Theater in Woodstock, NY. It turned out to be the most successful headlining show of their career. People flew in from all corners of the country to be there. The energy and passion the crowd displayed was absolutely amazing.

In March of 2020, as the Covid Pandemic swept across the country many people were forced out of their usual routines and this was certainly the case for Joey. At the suggestion of his talented wife Melissa, they began planning “Staying In with Joey Eppard,” the first in a series of livestream concerts that continue monthly to this day. The concert was a great success and a much needed reprieve from the loneliness and disconnect many were feeling in the first weeks of the lockdown. The energy of that first performance gave rise to a renewed musical determination and Joey launched a Patreon to help keep his focus on music where it belongs. His supporters are privy to the early versions of his new material and can even help influence the direction projects move in. With many new songs written and awaiting mix down, Joey looks forward to completing his next masterpiece in the very near future.

www.joeyeppard.com

https://joeyeppard.bandcamp.com

Midwestern space cowboy playing romantic rock ‘n roll for the cosmic-hearted. Born in rural Michigan, Gregory played everything from folk and country to heavy metal. For the last 15 years he has been forging his music through New York’s fire, first in NYC, now residing in the Hudson Valley. His music is heavy in classic riff rock and pop love songs that cut to core of the heart.

gregorystovetop.com

https://gregorystovetop.bandcamp.com/album/the-good-stuff

Denitia is a singer-songwriter who exemplifies American cultural enlightenment.

Born and raised outside Houston, Denitia’s southern heritage forms a canvas for her evolving musical portrait. As a child, she performed in church choirs, and taught herself to play piano and guitar from her family’s trailer in the woods. She carried those experiences with her as she made her way around the country, moving to Nashville for college, and Brooklyn thereafter.

Now based in New York’s Hudson Valley, Denitia’s portfolio of work reveals melodic stories spanning states, cities, and times. In her latest release, she takes listeners on a drive through the lanes of love and longing over the course of American grandeur. Fusing elements of country, folk and rock, Denitia establishes a newfound American utopia, ongoing and indefinite, uplifted by wistful vocals and the chimes of a tambourine.

With her songs as mantras, Denitia aims to reimagine what it means to be home.

www.denitia.com

https://open.spotify.com/artist/6Dfjb3S1itIcLl2toYSiRp?si=yxSKfLZ9TIip4zrpYaH2KA

This four piece set has been best-of-friends since grade school in the 70s & 80s – much of our time together then centered around the tape deck and what was playing in it while we otherwise rode our BMX bikes, motos and generally punked out. We mostly existed on the fringe of the social sphere by virtue of our shared interests, which included kick-ass punk and rock bands ranging from The Clash, Bad Brains, Ramones, Fugazi, and The Replacements to The Jam, Blonde, The Police, The Cure and The English Beat…(more/others?). Meanwhile, Red Zone started several bands on his own while the rest of us spun-off into other life shenanigans through our 20s and 30s – all while still meeting up to surf-the-dirt on occasion and share and enjoy new-found music.

Then, one day out on a mountain bike ride (shred ‘in hard of course!) we thought why don’t we meld our collective passions and create a band – shazam… Dirt Surfers! Since then, Kidd Skidd, Slick-E-Boom and Endo have managed to keep Red Zone intrigued in fits and starts – and now seven years later, we continue to be driven by the same energy that brought us together 30 years ago – living for the love of music, dirt surfing and generally pushing the comfort level on life to not only enrich ourselves, but hopefully those that we come in contact with along the way – or even better… along the trail! Here’s to all you Dirt-ers out there!

https://dirtsurfers.net/the-band/

https://dirtsurfers.bandcamp.com/album/set-for-stun

Chaz Kiss and her noise-makers are three alternative rock musicians creating big waves in the Upstate New York DIY music community. Influences range from Fiona Apple to Jeff Buckley with hints of The Fray. Chaz’s expertise lies in her intricate lyricism and poignant production quality, as she writes, records, and produces the tracks herself. Many of her songs include slam-poetry breakdowns, emotional melodies, with driving piano force. Throughout the pandemic, the internet became a helpful tool in promoting her tracks. She started live-streaming her original songs every night for 3-6 hours depending. With steady consistency, she developed a dedicated online fanbase across the world with the help from streaming sites such as Twitch, Volume, and Spoon. The continued support from her audience makes Chaz Kiss’ fanbase feel like a tight-knit community of supportive friends.

http://www.reverbnation.com/rpk/Chazkiss

https://open.spotify.com/artist/0LlGkWsKSj90rdkwMvWh3Y?si=itdYAt_DR4uxkrMXPpGlJQ

With an acoustic soul & funk feel, callie’s music reflects deeply on their experiences as a Queer Black woman existing in a white supremacist capitalist patriarchal society while experiencing the every day feels of love, hope, joy & loss.

calliemackenzie.com

We Barely Lace took our name from a dream wherein a priestess resided in a realm existing between worlds, lending guidance and protection to mythic beings passing through. Formed from an extended partnership between Annie Roland and Carrie Chapman, Barely Lace offers a repertoire influenced by classical, world music, art rock and folk. We perform esoteric originals, traditional European ballads and contemporary covers. Haunting melodies entwine with harmony against chords and rhythm in a style we call ‘acoustic trance’.

https://barelylace.bandcamp.com/

Brooklyn, 2012, a city of blended traditions and fresh faces, and no better place for such intermingled personalities as the world renowned Iona bar in Williamsburg. At this Scottish pub for all fancies, a traditional Scottish session was started, and it wasn’t long until Andrew Forbes, psychedelic piper from Nova Scotia, and Max Carmichael, multi-instrumentalist from New Jersey, met at the session for the weekly Monday night jam. Nearly every week, like going to church, they blended their virtuosic talents, exploring the frontiers of trad music in exciting and innovative ways. Ten years later, with several recordings and thousands of hours playing time in the balance, the two have rejoined to bring their intoxicating sound to the communities of the Hudson River Valley.

thepiperforbes.com

www.ionasession.bandcamp.com

Andrea Maddox is a singer/songwriter who grew up in Tennessee, playing and singing country and bluegrass. She has performed at the All Star Country Jamboree in New Orleans, The Beverly and BSP in Kingston, NY and performs regularly throughout the NY Hudson Valley. She brings her own original sultry southern-rock style to her songs of sex, love and longing, all performed with a twisted heart and a wink in her eye.