Twiddle & friends return to Burlington’s scenic Waterfront Park for the second annual Tumble Down! 2-Day passes on sale now. To see what the buzz is all about, check out last year’s TUMBLE DOWN recap video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Z87E198lgE. See you at the Waterfront frends! “We wanted to do something big in[…]
Read More »In what will surely cause a ripple effect across the Upstate New York and Northeast music scene, longtime North Country act Lucid will take a touring hiatus in the coming months. “We’re certainly not breaking up — that’s something we want to make clear,” said Lowell Wurster, vocalist/percussionist for Lucid. “Everyone is[…]
Read More »Music fans hoping to attend Backwoods Pondfest Music Festival 2015 have some good news headed their way. Festival organizers have released the first wave of the musical lineup, with Particle, Spiritual Rez and more on the list. A total of more than 10 musical acts were announced as part of the[…]
Read More »It’s almost halfway through the show, Lowell Wurster & Jamie Armstrong from Lucid join Eastbound Jesus on the stage. They start to play and almost immediately you feel the boots of the crowd stomping into the floorboards – the harmonica and sax accompaniment from Plattsburgh’s homeboys are a perfect blend[…]
Read More »BY GREG SARAFAN • OCTOBER 24, 2014 Lucid takes the stage on Halloween at Smoke Signals in Lake Placid, New York. Lucid’s enlivening powerful performances energize concertgoers from open to encore, making this Halloween show one not to be missed. In addition to the diverse sound that creates a Lucid party, a[…]
Read More »Backwoods Pondfest returns to the Twin Ponds Campsite in Peru, New York for its eighth consecutive year on the weekend of August 8th and 9th. The festival includes over twenty bands from throughout the country, featured on two different stages. Some artists on this year’s bill include: Jurassic 5’s Chali 2na &[…]
Read More »Written by Garret K. Woodward Photo by Chelsea Wright at CWright Photography Dead-ends don’t exist — only obstacles do. Having creative aspirations can seem like a dead-end to those watching from the side of the road of life. But, for the wild ones, moving with a reckless abandon[…]
Read More »CHRIS “HOLLYWOOD” ENGLISH TAKES THRONE AS LUCID’S NEW DRUMMER Lucid Continues Ten-Year Journey With A New Member UPSTATE NY – March 6th, 2014 – Christopher J. “Hollywood” English is deeply rooted in music as he comes from a family full of musicians. By the time Chris was five, he was already[…]
Read More »Josh Potter’s Album Review: “Home Is Where We Wanna Grow” – Metroland To my knowledge, there’s no such thing as a “North Country sound,” save for the gaggle of Adirondack traditionalists preserving that region’s folk catalog, or perhaps the country-infused “Northern rock” of Greenwich’s Eastbound Jesus. Yet, events like last[…]
Read More »AUGUST 14, 2013 BY SUSAN RICE AND JIM GILBERT, Upstate Live Music Guide The city of Peru hosted one of the best kept secrets of Upstate New York on August 2nd and 3rd at the Twin Ponds Campsite with the music festival Backwoods Pondfest. The intimate music festival was set at the tip of the[…]
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