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I was a part of UpstateLIVE Music Guide for over 6 years as print editor, lead writer and adviser, my new home is here at NYS Music - New York's Music News Source. It's an exciting, huge step forward! I've worked in and around the music business for over 40 years in CNY as a musician, band manager, agent, promoter, publicist and stage manager. Music has been my love and part-time mistress since my teen years, it's responsible for my greatest joys and biggest heartbreaks. Live music, ain't nothing like it! "Ever get the feeling you've been cheated?!"
The 2013 SAMMY Awards have dropped their info for this year’s event. The SAMMY’s have proven time and again to be the Syracuse music scene’s premier annual event, this year looks to be bigger and better than ever. I love the change of venue…
Syracuse Guitarist Miss E. Releases Killer New CD Yesterday’s Muse
Miss E. is Missy Ragonese, a guitarist/percussionist/ singer/songwriter based in Syracuse. She plies her trade in and around Central NY under several monikers: Miss E., Miss E. Duo, her main band Dovetail Joint and Miss 3, a female power…
Rochester Musicians Reaching Out to Ugandan Orphans Through Music
Jesse Sprinkle (Poor Old Lu, Dead Poetic, Demon Hunter) and Kurt Johnson (The Moho Collective) have initiated an indiegogo campaign to fund a trip to Kampala, Uganda to record the album Paradise, Uganda with The Kampala Street Singers.…
Hearing Aide: “Long Time Coming” by The Heavenly Chillbillies
One of Buffalo’s best-kept secrets (not for long) is the raucous good-time band The Heavenly Chillbillies.
They’ve expanded to a quartet since this recording and certainly their heart lies in live performances, but this freshman release…
Hearing Aide: Last Train Out
Central NY classic rockers Last Train Out have released their first CD. Built on a solid foundation of blues/rock tradition the tracks here sound immediately familiar, yet fresh and true to their roots. This traditional power-trio jumps…
Brit Floyd – The World’s Greatest Pink Floyd Tribute Show
Brit Floyd – The World’s Greatest Pink Floyd Tribute Show rolls into Syracuse on March 22nd at the newly remodeled Landmark Theater. Many fans will recognize members of the band from previous tours under a different moniker, especially…