When the artwork for Whiskey Treaty Roadshow’s single “I Kept Rising” came back from the studio with its first letter missing, what it said was “Whiskey Treaty Roadshow Kept Rising.” Greg Daniel Smith called it landing like a prophecy, and after the Massachusetts quartet had navigated six years between studio albums and a founding member’s departure, it is easy to understand why. The band brings that record, Kept Rising, to The Falcon in Marlboro on October 22 for a split bill with one of upstate New York’s fastest-rising acts: Reese Fulmer & The Carriage House Band.
About the Show
Whiskey Treaty Roadshow operates on a philosophy that member David Tanklefsky put plainly: “We’re a pretty unapologetically big tent in that we want people to feel welcome, we want the music to be diverse.” The four members (Tory Hanna, Chris Merenda, Greg Daniel Smith, and Tanklefsky) rotate vocals and instruments through a given set, with guitar, banjo, mandolin, saxophone, and trumpet all making appearances over the course of a night. The band won Best Roots Act at the New England Music Awards in 2022 and has performed nearly 500 shows since forming in 2014. Their debut, Band Together (2020), featured Steve Gorman of The Black Crowes and Pat Sansone of Wilco; Kept Rising, out June 12, 2026, is their first studio record in six years, recorded at 1357 Recording Studio in Greenfield and produced by Smith. Reviewers called it a record with “big hooks, memorable melodies and a whole lot of energy.”
Reese Fulmer writes with what critics have described as “a poet’s sensibility rich with great storytelling and a healthy dose of irony.” He came up managing Caffè Lena in Saratoga Springs before stepping out front as a performer, and has since been named Americana Artist of the Year at the Thomas Edison Music Awards in 2023, 2024, and again in 2026. Critics have compared The Carriage House Band’s sound to Wilco, with traces of John Prine and Frank Zappa: “smart, emotionally tuned arrangements and a stage presence that balances earnestness with unpredictability.” The band works in multiple configurations; their album In The Sunlight drew praise for recordings that sound “as polished and refined as they do raw, fully capturing the band’s essence.”
Venue & Logistics
The Falcon sits on Route 9W in Marlboro, in the Hudson Valley — a 150-capacity room that Fulmer’s own calendar calls “one of the coolest venues in the lower Hudson Valley.” In a room that size, every song traded and every instrument swap registers. Dining runs 5:30 to 9 p.m.; music begins at 7:30 p.m. Bar seating is available on a first-come basis; no reservations are required for this show.
Tickets
No ticket price was available from sources at the time of publication. Buy tickets via liveatthefalcon.com.