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Albany was certainly the place to be Friday, February 1. The Palace Theater hosted Umphrey's McGee for another always-astounding performance, and the Pearl Street Pub threw a legendary after-show. Once the UM show concluded at The Palace,…

The Who has announced a 2019 Tour including three New York dates.  Key Bank Center in Buffalo, Madison Square Garden in  New York City and Jones Beach Theater in Wantagh.  The Movin' On Tour spans across 29 cities and is in support of the…

Meat Puppets’ original lineup, Curt and Cris Kirkwood and returning drummer Derrick Bostrom, will be releasing a new album, Dusty Notes on March 8.  This will be their first album together since 1995.  The band has also announced that they…

SWMRS, California based punk-rock band has announced a nationwide headlining tour with support from The Regrettes and Beach Goons, including  two stops in New York State. SWMRS draw on influences ranging from The Ramones to The Beach Boys…

Founded in 2006, CAPITAL Zen is known for their innovative riffs and challenging compositions. Having a wide array of inspiration, the band has always provided soul rocking, thought provoking and body grooving jams for their fans.  The new…

About three quarters through the Fall/Winter 2018 tour, power-rock trio lespecial brought their unique style of genre bending jams to Putnam Place and joined me for a conversation about who they are, where they’ve been, and what’s coming up…

Plattsburgh Blues and Jazz is extremely excited to welcome 5-time Maple Blues Winning Canadian icon, singer-songwriter and her entire 6 piece band, Angel Forrest, to Retro Live on Friday, Dec 21. With a career spanning more than 30 years,…

Trey Anastasio has announced a new side project, Ghosts of the Forest.  Featuring familiar faces, including Jon Fishman (Phish), Tony Markellis (Trey Anastasio Band), Ray Paczkowski (Trey Anastatio Band)  joined by Jennifer Hartswick and…

Mihali Savoulidis, the lead singer and guitarist from Vermont jam-band Twiddle made a stop on his solo tour at Putnam Place earlier this month. Playing to a sold out crowd, the energy in the room was abuzz with excitement and…

2019 marks the 33rd annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony. A prestigious honor for recording artists and bands that have "influence and significance to the development and perpetuation of rock and roll."  The seven inductees…