OUT ‘n’ ABOUT

By Rachel Rocks

April definitely showered me with music! Music was everywhere this month, anytime I wanted to hear it! It’s so awesome to see so many venues having some form of music.

My month started and ended at the same spot, the River House with DMC Duo. DMC Duo just won a CPMA Award for the best Duo of 2022! It was the third year they were nominated, and it was awesome to see them finally win! DMC Duo has multiple shows most weekends and they play all over the place! I always love when our schedules align and I get a chance to sit back and listen to them. I’m super excited for their EP, hopefully getting released sooner than later.

Speaking of the CPMA’s, the April Issue was printed on the same days as the 4th Annual CPMAs, so it seems like it was forever ago, but definitely worth mentioning! The Central PA Music Hall of Fame celebrated their 4th Annual CPMA’s at the Hershey Theatre. This year they decided to kick things off with a Pre-Party at the Midstate Distillery booth in the Hershey Market. Matt and I decided to go check it out and it was awesome to see everyone already networking and meeting each other. Matt got a chance to

Visit the Doyle Hotel and enjoy the great food from our kitchen, cheer on your team in the sports bar, book your next event in our ballroom or stay over in one of our recently renovated rooms!

Upcoming Shows!

May 4th - North Mountain Ramblers Solo

May 5th - The Jacks Duo

May 6th - The Cretins & Blind Accuracy

May 7th - Zach Nyce

May 11th - Matt Jameson

May 12th - Brandon Barnhart

May 13th - Nashville Recording Artist:

May 14th - Mojo Hand talk to Phil and got a couple dates lined up at Flinchy’s, plus he was able to meet some people that he only saw or heard about on Facebook, so it was awesome to put a face to the name, and actually get a chance to talk to people. We met Cory Rosen of The Story. Cory is doing some great podcasts with local musicians that are both entertaining and even educational. Cory won the CPMA for the best podcast of 2022.

Then it was time for the Ceremony itself! So many people jammed into one building! I never did hear the final count of ticket sales, but the Hershey Theatre was packed! It was almost too packed it was hard to move around and talk to people. But the event itself was flawless. There were 43 CPMA awards handed out, and then of course the actual 2023 Hall of Fame Inductees: Breaking Benjamin, The Buoys, The Legends, The Maxwell Project, The Quintones, and Steve Rudolph. This year the Lifetime Achievement Award was awarded to the Clair Brothers. It’s always awesome seeing all of the local musicians getting the recognition they definitely deserve, but also awesome to hear the stories of the inductees, some of which are still rockin’ today! You can check out all of the winners at www.cpmhof.com.

After the awards show it was time to head to the After Party at the Englewood! What a full day of fun celebrating the Central PA Music Scene! There was so much dancing and networking and just an overall great time of letting loose and enjoying being together for such an awesome event! Next year I have to remember to take off work the day AFTER the CPMAs for sure! Congrats to

May 17th - Open Mic Night with Jonathan Frazier

May 18th - Joe Cooney Solo

May 19th - Lydia Zavala

May 20th - Love Rocket After Dark (Acoustic Duo)

May 21st - From NYC: Marie Marziotti

May 25th - Nick Andrew Staver

May 26th-28th Come see us @ Free Spirit Campground Music Fest!

June 1st - Chuck Brittion

June 2nd - Rob Mordan

June 3rd - Time Brothers facebook.com/doylehotel

Free Spirit Campground Music Fest Tickets here!

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Brandon and the entire CPMHOF team. You really put together one heck of a show!

The next night I headed down to The Underground for The Cretins and Hot & Dangerous. I was shocked when I got there to see the amazing upgrades they did to the sound and lights! The Cretins were already rockin’ the Underground when we got there. I was actually surprised at how many Ramones songs I knew. I saw some friends I haven’t seen in a while, and we quickly had the dance floor hoppin! I was excited to see Hot & Dangerous play second because I finally had the opportunity to catch a full show. I was a sweaty, hot mess by the end of their show, but had a blast singing and dancing to every song. It was like they got on my favorite playlist, and just went down the line! Erica can sing such a wide range of songs, that girl definitely has some crazy pipes for sure!

Saturday afternoon I was out delivering and got a text that Dr. Nyce was playing at the The Cretins at The Underground Live

Broad St. Market so I swung in there for a little while. I think that might’ve been the first solo Dr. Nyce show I was able to see. It was an emotional day because it started at a funeral for a dear friend, and then out of nowhere Dr. Nyce started playing “All Along the Watchtower”, it just so happens to be a very special song to my family and a song that Dad would play quite frequently, so needless to say I almost lost it, but managed to keep it together! Music is so moving for so many reasons, but truly moves my soul, and gives me a peace like nothing else can. Thanks Zach, aka Dr. Nyce for the entertainment. Shortly after his show we had a family emergency, so music was truly there when I needed it, for sure!

Matt Jameson had another super busy month!

April 9th marked one year since his first solo show! Robin and Migsy at Jigsy’s helped him celebrate with a delicious ice cream cake! Jigsy’s has their patio open on beautiful days, and Saturdays you can catch lots of great music! Matt will be back there May 20th! Check out Jigsy’s ad in this issue for their full schedcontinued on next page...

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ALL ule and all they have to offer! He also celebrated his 100th show at Stoney Creek and he had the place packed with family and friends, to the point where people were being turned away! Some other momentous shows were the Sherwood Inn, that place had reservations made on a Saturday afternoon and people were dancing wherever they could, pretty much because of 81 year old Carol, who got someone up dancing with her for every song! Matt has made so many fans at Sherwood they’ve also followed him to other shows throughout York and some even came the whole way up to The Doyle! The Doyle is always standing room only and that place absolutely LOVES live music, and the whole bar is singing along! Matt had the opportunity to play at Moe’s Bar and Grill! Moe’s was Matt’s home away from home for many years, so when Erika Rutt-Atkens asked him