“An Unforgettable Night” - Prog Rock Sept. 28 in Teaneck and Sept. 30 in Kennett Square

 Great live music from Joe Deninzon & Stratospheerius and We Came From Space 

Aiden Alexander of MyChesco Newspaper, Chester County, PA is already calling it "an Unforgettable Night of Progressive Rock.” And it will be for fans the weekend of September 28 in Teaneck, NJ and September 30 in Kennett Square, PA with the co-bill of Joe Deninzon & Stratospheerius and We Came From Space.

Downloadable Poster for Sept. 28 Debonair Music Hall

Joe Deninzon & Stratospheerius are celebrating their new live box set, “Behind the Curtain (Live at ProgStock),” which hit the top 10 on Relix/JamBand radio Charts.  The group, which has 5 albums out, is signed to Melodic Revolution Records.  Joe is the new violinist with legendary rockers Kansas, now on tour celebrating their 50th anniversary. He has played violin for the Who, Bruce Springsteen, 50Cent, Sheryl Crow,  and as the concertmaster for Renaissance.

Joe’s bandmates in Stratospheerius are Jason Gianni-drums (The Ultimate Queen Celebration, Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Rock of Ages, Neal Morse Band), Michelangelo Quirinale-guitar (Thrilldriver), Paul Ranieri-bass (Mark Wood, Riot Act), and new keyboardist Bill Hubauer (We Came From Space, Neal Morse Band).  

Stratospheerius.com

The story of “We Came From Space” started at lunch.  High school friends Bill Hubauer (Neal Morse Band) and Dave Buzard were catching up and talking music. We Came From Space was born that day. The friends decided to create an album that they would want to listen to when they were kids.  They considered their influences: Yes, Genesis, Gamma, Jim Carroll Band, (among many, many others), and began adding their own textures. Two years later the debut album, “How to be Human” was released. 2018 brought the revamped rhythm section of Tim Malone (drums) and Dave Hawk (Bass and vocals) and the breakthrough album “While You Were Away”. All members contributed to the writing and arranging of that release and the 2023’s “Overlords.” The band blends engaging musicianship with sardonic but hopeful lyrics. This year We Came From Space hit the road, playing high profile dates with Crack The Sky and The Winery Dogs. The takeaway: Sometimes lunch is the most important meal of the day! 

www.wecamefromspace.net

We Came From Space, "Overlords" album trailer
  

On September 28, at 7 PM, the tour comes to Debonair Music Hall,1409 Queen Anne Rd., in Teaneck, New Jersey.  The venue phone is 201-833-0011. Tickets are $10 in advance and $15 at the door.

The venue ticket page is www.venuepilot.co/events/77265/orders/new?fbclid=IwAR0AOhEacInUqmfu9ceCpLqKNlMETzCah2hXy3XRUd-N8dhfJRVJNKNm9Ew

Downloadable Poster for Sept 30, Kennett Flash

On September 30, Joe Deninzon & Stratospheerius and We Came From Space will be performing outdoors at Kennett Flash on Saturday, September 30 at 7 PM. This is an all-ages show. (In case of rain, the concert will move indoors to Kennett Flash).

Kennett Flash is at 102 Sycamore Alley, Kennett Square, PA 19348.

Tickets are $20. plus $3.50 for service charges. Theres a $5. B.Y.O.B. charge. Event and ticket buy page  www.kennettflash.org/event/a-night-of-prog-rock-with-stratospheerius-we-came-from-space-rooftop/kennett-flash/kennett-square-pennsylvania/

 

Joe Deninzon & Stratospheerius "One Foot in the Next World"

May 31 Composers Now & the Iridium Present Joe Deninzon & Stratospheerius & Friends Live

 

Joe Deninzon & Stratospheerius are celebrating the release of their long awaited new double live CD/Blu-ray box set, “Behind the Curtain (Live at ProgStock)” with their first headline show at the Iridium on Wednesday, May 31, 2023.

 ticket link: Joe Deninzon & Stratospheerius, May 31, 2023 (theiridium.com)

Bill Hubauer, who has been playing keyboards for the group’s next studio album, will be sitting in with the band. 

Guitarist/singer/songwiter Randy McStine is opening the show with a solo set. 

Composers Now are co-sponsoring this concert and celebration of the release of Joe Deninzon & Stratospheerius’ upcoming CD/ Blu-ray, “Behind the Curtain (Live at ProgStock)” due out May 19 on Melodic Revolution Records.  “(Live at ProgStock)” features live performances of Stratospheerius at ProgStock’s 2019 and 2021 music festival, which is the top progressive rock event of the year in the Northeast. The band performs songs that will be on their 2024 release, “Impostor” as well as songs from his previous 5 albums. The new live record includes covers of King Crimson’s “Frame by Frame, muse’s "Hysteria,” and Chick Corea’s “Spain” with guests pianist/flutist Rachel Flowers and guitarist Alex Skolnick (Testament) who was a member of the band in their earlier incarnations.  

 

Joe Deninzon & Stratospheerius

Joe Deninzon & Stratospheerius’ most recent album, “Guilty of Innocence” reached #4 on the Jamband/Relix charts in North America, and broke the European Top 200 Indy releases at 72.  The group, which has 5 albums out, are signed to Melodic Revolution Records.  

Joe and his bandmembers (Jason Gianni-drums (The Ultimate Queen Celebration, Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Rock of Ages, Neal Morse Band), Michaelangelo Quirinale-guitar (Thrilldriver), and Paul Ranieri-bass (Mark Wood, Riot Act), have streamed over 3 million times on Spotify and other streaming services. 

www.Stratospheerius.com 

Bill Hubauer  

A multi-instrumentalist hailing from Western Pennsylvania, Bill is most well known for his work with The Neal Morse Band (NMB) and in particular, for his keyboard, writing, and vocal contributions for their two landmark albums “The Similitude of a Dream”, and “The Great Adventure”.   More recently Bill’s Prog/Pop band We Came From Space is starting to get a lot of attention with their release “Overlords”.     

Facebook.com/billhubauer and Twitter.com/@bhubaue

 

Randy McStine

Randy McStine is a multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, songwriter and producer whose diverse career as a solo artist and side-man has led to collaborations with members of King Crimson, Joe Satriani, UFO, Tears For Fears, Miles Davis, King’s X and many more. Randy’s solo work embraces genres such as Rock, Progressive, Blues, Singer-Songwriter, Folk, Pop, and Ambient music. In 2020, he formed McStine & Minnemann with acclaimed drummer and composer, Marco Minnemann. The duo has recorded and released two albums, and made their live debut in 2022. Randy is currently working on new solo music, while serving as a touring member of Porcupine Tree, who returned in 2022 with a new album and world tour after a 12-year hiatus.

 www.randymcstine.bandcamp.com

 

 

New Live Music "Game of Chicken" Live at ProgStock by Joe Deninzon & Stratospheerius

“Game of Chicken” is the new single and video, it was recorded live during Joe Deninzon & Stratospheerius’ performance at Progstock Festival, October 13, 2019 at Union County Performing Arts Center. Rahway, NJ.

The “game of chicken” is a game in which two drivers drive towards each other on a collision course: one must swerve, or both may die in the crash, but if one driver swerves and the other does not, the one who swerved will be called a “chicken,” or a coward.

Joe Deninzon says: “I thought about how dysfunctional our society is, how we continue to kick the can down the road for future generations to clean up our mess, how we scream over each other in our online media echo chambers and refuse to listen to differing opinions. Our planet is on the verge of destruction and we are too busy trying to destroy each other instead of coming together to try to solve our problems.” This is the first single from our upcoming CD/DVD, “Behind the Curtain: Live at Progstock” due out in May 2022 on Melodic Revolution Records. Much more to come…

Mixed and mastered by Matt Vanacoro

Produced by Joe Deninzon

The Band
Joe Deninzon-lead vocals/electric violin 
Michelangelo Quirinale-guitar 
Paul Ranieri-bass 
Jason Gianni-drums 

Music and lyrics by Joe Deninzon
“filmed by Matt Urba,”
Backdrop footage by David P. Levin
Recorded at Progstock Festival
Photo by Brian Tirpak 
Single Art layout by Nick Katona, Zene Háza, Florida

Thank you to Thomas Palmieri and Ann Rinaldi
Ⓒ2021 Fiddlefunk Music. All rights reserved.

 

   

   

Marshall Crenshaw Historical Release Out August 27

The Wild, Exciting Sounds of Marshall Crenshaw:

  Live In The 20^th and 21^st Century 

Sunset Blvd. Records is proud to release The Wild, Exciting Sounds of Marshall Crenshaw: Live In The 20th and 21st Century, a two-disc live retrospective of the acclaimed songwriter/performer’s work from the early 1980s to date.  The album is due out August 27, 2021.

Whether you’ve been a Crenshaw fan for 40 years or know little beyond “Someday, Someway,” this 2 CD set is a revelation. Disc one, recorded in 1982 and 1983, is filled with performances from radio shows in New York, Boston and New Jersey, and focuses largely on songs from his self-titled debut album and the follow-up, Field Day.

“It was such a cool band, with Chris Donato, me and Robert, and our brother John hitting the orchestra bells and the tambourine and whatever else he had up there; it sounds like kids having fun.”

Disc two, which Marshall curated himself, is a sampler of his work from the last 25 years, featuring live versions of songs that appeared on many different albums and EPs.  On six tracks Marshall Crenshaw is ably backed by The Bottle Rockets, featuring the off-the-chain guitar stylings of John Horton, and Brian Hennemen (and M.C. himself).

The package comes complete with detailed liner notes, written by Marshall, and many never- before-seen photos from over the years and decades.

 

Track Listing
1.       Monday Morning Rock
2.   Try
3.   Brand New Lover
4.   There She Goes
5.   Something’s Gonna Happen
6.   Here I Am
7.   Whenever You’re On My Mind
8.   Mary Anne
9.   A Big Hunk O’Love
10. Rockin’ Around in NYC
11. I’ll Do Anything
12. Our Town
13. Cynical Girl
14. Got A Lot O’ Livin’ To Do
15. Someday, Someway
16. What Time Is It?
17. Passing Through
18. Something’s Gonna Happen
19. Walkin’ Around
20. Kit Kat Clock
21. Live And Learn
22. What Do You Dream Of?
23. I Don’t See You Laughing Now
24. Calling Out For Love (At Crying Time)
25. Television Light
26. Valerie

 

ProgStock Presents Virtual Series This August 1, 8, 22, 29 on StageIt.com

ProgStock Festival, the American Northeast’s Only International Progressive Rock Festival, is proud to bring you the ProgStock Presents Virtual Series.

The pandemic has closed music venues and brought in-person live music performances to a screeching halt. We don’t know how long we will have to wait before it will be truly safe to stage a festival, but we will be back! Meanwhile, we will be bringing music right to you with some great shows from artists performing live in their homes or home studios. The series will be presented every Saturday night, 5PM – 11PM US Eastern, starting on August 1, 2020. Confirmed dates are also August 8, 15, 22, and 29.

Direct Ticket Link for ProgStock Presents: https://www.stageit.com/ProgStock

ProgStock Festival on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ProgStock

The individual performances on StageIt are separate shows. Audience members will purchase a ticket to each performance individually, not the whole night as a block. Some shows will be 45 minutes and others will be 90, so we may have as few as three shows or as many as six on each Saturday night.

StageIt is all about experiencing music in the moment, duplicating the live music experience as closely as possible. You have to be there to see it, just like you would in a venue, so shows are only available on their site during the performance window. Some of our artists may choose to capture their shows and make them available later on some other service and the ProgStock Festival crew may even capture some of the shows – with artist permission, of course – but the shows will not be available on StageIt outside the show window.

Artists on the roster for August include: Rachel Flowers, Julie Slick, Jean Pageau of Mystery, Frogbelly & Symphony, Bob Richardson (Cell15), Jane Getter & Adam Holzman, Mile Marker Zero, Melanie Mau & Martin Schnella, Potter’s Daughter, Joe Deninzon, Harry Waters & Larry McNally (McNally Waters) and Mark ‘Truey’ Trueack & Sean Timms (Unitopia), with more to be announced...  Stay tuned for performance schedule.

Jane Getter Premonition: