Clare maloney & the great adventure
“Pure Rock & Roll” - Big Boss Sausage
LISTEN: “Daybreaker” - new album out now.
RECENT PRESS: Relix Magazine - Artist You Need to Know (2023)
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Clare Maloney & The Great Adventure are bringing the era of windows-down, roadtrip rock & roll straight into the playlist generation. Relix magazine named the band an "Artist You Need to Know" in 2023, calling their debut LP 'Daybreaker' “stunning” and praising its “brilliant vocals, rocking band and polished songwriting.” The album title stands as a sly ode to bandleader Clare Maloney's decade-long battle with writer's block, and triumph over it; night gives way to day, just as the multi-instrumentalist and former opera singer broke through to write over 100 songs in 2021, flawlessly blending rock, alt-country, americana, folk, funk, the great american songbook & more.
2023 Highlights //
Direct Support
- Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo at Bergen PAC (Sold Out - Englewood NJ)
- Bailen at 107.1 The Peak Summer Stage (Rye NY)
- The Wailers at Bedford Music Festival (Bedford NY)
Festivals (all main stage)
- Grateful Fest (Nelson Ledges OH), Bears Picnic (Blain PA), Dead of Summer Fest (Manchester VT), Bedford Music Festival (Katonah, NY)
Pre-shows
- Robert Plant & Allison Krauss at Bethel Woods (Emerging Artists Stage - Bethel NY)
- Aimee Mann at Tarrytown Music Hall (Tarrytown, NY)
- Phil Lesh & Friends (x2) at Garcia’s at The Capitol Theatre (Port Chester, NY)
Venues Headlined
- The Levitt Pavilion (Westport, CT) featuring a sit in from Jeff Arevalo of Goose
- World Cafe Life (Philly PA), 118 North (Wayne PA), Beachland Ballroom (Cleveland OH), Rambling House (Columbus OH), Reggie's (Chicago IL) Sportsmen's Tavern (Buffalo NY), Abilene (Rochester NY), The Hollow (Albany NY), Egremont Barn (Egremont MA), Rockwood (Boston MA), The Bitter End (NYC). Park City Music Hall (Bridgeport CT), Towne Crier (Beacon NY).
- Tarrytown Sleepy Hollow Halloween Parade (14,000 in attendance - Tarrytown NY)
contact //
For booking & inquiries: Music@Claremaloney.com
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Press Photo //
Photo credit: Staci Altomari
Full BIO //
Clare Maloney & The Great Adventure are bringing the era of windows-down, roadtrip rock & roll straight into the playlist generation. Relix magazine named the band an "Artist You Need to Know" in 2023, calling their debut LP 'Daybreaker' “stunning” and praising its “brilliant vocals, rocking band and polished songwriting.” The album title stands as a sly ode to bandleader Clare Maloney's decade-long battle with writer's block, and triumph over it; night gives way to day, just as the multi-instrumentalist and former opera singer broke through to write over 100 songs in 2021, flawlessly blending rock, alt-country, americana, folk, funk, the great american songbook & more.
Clare’s powerful and emotive vocal stylings are rooted in her early career as a classical singer, performing at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, and throughout Europe and Asia. Despite success in the opera world, Clare felt the magnetism of the rock & roll music she grew up on, and daringly transitioned from the classical stage to become a first-call session and touring vocalist, sharing the stage with members of The Grateful Dead, Jefferson Starship, Allman Brothers Band, Hall & Oates and the E Street Band along the way. As a writer, Clare's unique and unmistakable voice is shaped by the sounds of her native New York – from Tin Pin Alley to CBGB's to Broadway and Brooklyn.
2023 proved to be a breakout year for the new band. Their "Daybreaker" tour included over 60 shows across the Northeast, New England and the Midwest, including a handful of very special shows supporting Robert Plant & Alison Krauss, Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo, Phil Lesh & Friends, The Wailers and Bailen, and sit-ins from members of Goose. The band features Nate DeBrine, who co-produced Daybreaker, on guitar and vocals, Russ Gottlieb on bass and electric banjo, and Caleb Estey on drums and vocals. Their new EP, “Reckoning” is due out summer 2024.
2022 & Earlier Accolades //
Opened for Donna the Buffalo at Park City Music Hall 2022 - Bridgeport, CT (300 in attendance)
Opened for Scars on 45 for 107.1 The Peak Summer Concert Series 2022 - Rye, NY
Pre-show for Phil Lesh & Friends at The Capitol Theatre 2021 - Port Chester, NY
Pre-show for Twiddle at The Capitol Theatre 2022 - Port Chester, NY
Pleasantville Music Festival Main Stage performer 2022 - Pleasantville, NY (3000+ in attendance)
Saratoga NYE Fest main stage at Putnam Place 2022 - Saratoga, NY (250+ in attendance)
Sold out shows at The Bitter End 2021 & 2022 - New York, NY (100 in attendance)
January, April & July residencies at The Ostrich Room 2023 - Lenox, MA
200+ shows played since band started in summer 2021
Radio play: WXPK 107.1 The Peak (NY), WDST 100.1 Woodstock Radio (NY), WFDU 89.1 Farleigh Dickenson (NJ), WHUS 91.7 UConn (CT), 102.7 WEQX (VT), WVOF 88.5 Fairfield (CT), WSBS 860AM / 94.1 FM Great Barrington (MA), WOND 1400AM / 92.3 FM Atlantic City (NJ), 98.1 WKZE (NY), WBCR (MA)