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Following the success of her hit song “Strange,” soul and R&B musician Celeste returns with a new single, “Time Will Tell,” in anticipation of her upcoming album, Woman Of Faces.  With the record releasing on November 14, “Time Will…
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Fury Young, director and founder of FREER Records, is set to release his debut album Escape from LES on November 21, with a listening party on November 20 at NYC's KGB Bar. Escape from LES is an homage to Young's experience as a…
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The storied organ‑guitar‑drums trio of Soulive, known for airtight grooves and improvisational fire have returned to the studio, releasing "Baby Jupiter" ahead of the band's first full-length album, Flowers, since 2011, due out in early…
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To celebrate what would have been John Lennon's 85th birthday on October 9, 2025, Old Crow Medicine Show released their cover of "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)." With this single, OCMS have also announced their upcoming Christmas album OCMS…
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From the controversy over its authorship to the many artists who crafted their own unique versions of it, the long and winding history of the song “Hey Joe” unfolds like a great murder mystery. Now its journey through generations of…
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Ever wonder what it would be like to retrace the footsteps of Bob Dylan during his time in New York? To travel to the venues where he performed, wrote classic tunes, and crashed during his early years in the Big Apple? Now you can…
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No group may have shifted the direction of rock music more radically than The Band did at the close of the ‘60s. With their 1968 debut, Music from Big Pink, the Canadian-American quintet single-handedly put an end to the abstraction…
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After two previous shows at SUNY Stony Brook in Long Island in 1967 and '68, the Grateful Dead returned to the campus gymnasium in 1970 on October 30. It was billed as two separate shows with two separate admissions. This marked the first…
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In 1987, the Carrier Dome in Syracuse hosted the breakthrough “The Joshua Tree” tour from Irish rock band U2. Spanning over 100 shows, the tour’s third and final leg made 5 total stops across New York State in the fall of ‘87, leading to…
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This is Part 4 of a series looking at the history of Phish in Albany. Read Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3 here. With 20 shows in Albany under their belt as of 2024, Phish has made it clear their affinity for the Capital…
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Jack DeJohnette, the influential jazz/fusion/new jazz drummer, died this weekend at Kingston Hospital, surrounded by family and friends. He was 83. Jack Dejohnette-8/9/42-10/26/25 - photo by Rudy Lu Born in Chicago, he was originally…
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D'Angelo, the pioneering figure in neo-soul, known for three albums celebrated as contemporary masterpieces, passed away on Tuesday. He was 51 years old. Photo via Soundcloud The singer, real name Michael Eugene Archer, passed away…
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Legendary Rochester jazz musician Chuck Mangione, best known for "Feels So Good" and the the 1980 Winter Olympics theme "Give It All You Got," has died. The trumpet and flugelhorn master was 84. His family wrote in a statement on…
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