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Whose Live Anyway?, which took place at Kingston’s Ulster Performing Arts Center on April 12, 2019, is an atypical event for NYS Music to cover. Hell, the skit comedy show is an atypical event, period. In lieu of a traditional review…

One of UPAC’s bartenders skipped down an abandoned hall, hands aloft, waving side to side, an unadulterated grin glued to his face. An usher, with no one requiring assistance, leaned against a post, nodding appreciatively and smiling…

Remain in Light, the Talking Heads’ fourth studio album, peaked at number 19 on the U.S. Billboard 200 in 1980. Even more impressively, Rolling Stone named it the fourth best album of the decade in 1989. On April 11, Grammy winner Angelique…

The Reciprocal Boogie, the debut album from Massachusetts four-piece The New Motif, is an impressive survey of the band’s eclectic sound. The roots are rock, but different tracks run jazzier or more psychedelic, funkier or more spacey.…

Amy Helm and Cindy Cashdollar, two heroines of Woodstock, NY, wowed a hometown crowd on Friday, February 8 at Levon Helm Studios. The opening act, Freddy & Francine, however, traveled from significantly farther away. An Americana…

Arleigh Kincheloe, aka Sister Sparrow, mesmerized a full house at Levon Helm Studios in Woodstock Saturday night, with the Dirty Birds backing her, as she held the audience entranced, proving one’s presence can dwarf their stature. The…

The musical highlight of the evening undoubtedly came, however, from the Resistance Revival Chorus.

...an intimate hangout among friends and neighbors, where overbearing security and a daunting list of rules were unnecessary; a small patch in the Hudson Valley hills with nonstop music and carefree families.

If you're looking for a straightforward recount of the music at MysterylandUSA, you've come to the wrong place. My trips up Bethel Woods' big hill to the stages generally ended the same: I walked laps around the circuit, stopping in to chat…

ShwizZ's bad side is better than most bands' best sides. Hell, I think their bad side is better than their own good. Listening to the NYC-based band's new double-album release, My Good Side/ My Bad Side for the first time, I couldn't help…