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NYS Music jumped at the punch to sit down with vocalist Erica Bryan, drummer Sam Horan, and bassist Tom Sullivan of West End Blend for a live podcast at Disc Jam Music Festival. West End Blend of Hartford, Connecticut has quickly made noise…

NYS Music was blessed to sit down for a candid conversation with Nikki Glaspie, spokesperson and drummer for The Nth Power, live at Disc Jam Music Festival in Stephentown, NY. Nikki first gained national attention drumming for Beyonce for…

On February 20th, world-famous guitar legend, Joe Satriani brought internationally renowned concert tour G3 to the Auditorium Theater in Rochester, NY. Accompanied by axe-wizards John Petrucci (Dream Theater) and Phil Collen (Def Leppard),…

Rochester-based space-rock fusion virtuosos, Haewa have announced their winter 2018 tour. Haewa will be roaring into many notable cities in New York, reaching out from Saranac Lake, to Jamestown, Plattsburgh and beyond. The tour will begin…

Hilarity ensued as concertgoers strapped on their swanky vintage prom attire to attend “Prom Night” by Pumpkin Patch Presents at Funk ‘n Waffles Music Hall in Rochester, NY. Pumpkin Patch Presents, the newest event promotion company to…

Event booking and promotions company Hey Dude After Hours has just announced the lineup to their three day folk festival, "Folk City" at Photo City Comedy and Improv in Rochester. The event will run on Friday Feb. 16, Saturday Feb. 17, and…

It should come at no surprise that there is a staggering amount of music roaring into New York the weekend of New Years Eve. One noteworthy music venue illustrating this trend is Anthology in Rochester, bringing concertgoers a three-night…

Just last month, after a seven-year run in Chicago, Illinois, indie folkmaster Chaz Hearne returned home to Rochester to continue his music career in his hometown. Hearne is a folk musician that enjoys the roots but is not shy to cross…

"I love playing music. I love playing the fiddle...I love to sing. I never thought too much about it. I never wondered why I play music. I’ve just always done it. There was never anything else I was gonna do instead. There has never been a…

Binghamton NY's native four-piece Driftwood needs no introduction. However, they sure deserve one! Driftwood's precise mix of folk, country, singer/songwriter, punk, pop, and rock has earned a grassroots following, mowing through the…