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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…

For more than a decade, homemakers and hookey players have watched Drew Carey give new cars to the best bidders and Caribbean cruises to savvy shoppers. Before reminding The Price Is Right viewers to get their pets spayed or neutered, he…

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…

Amy Helm and Cindy Cashdollar will collaborate at Levon Helm Studios in Woodstock for an evening dubbed The Song & The Story  on Saturday, February 8. The duo will pay homage to Levon and their relationships with the beloved Band…

Sister Sparrow & The Dirty Birds, whose recent album Gold was voted by NYS Music staff as the best overall album of 2018, will flock to Levon Helm Studios in Woodstock for the second time on January 26, 2019. SS&TDB were joined by…

Sister Sparrow & The Dirty Birds, whose recent album Gold was voted by NYS Music staff as the best overall album of 2018, will flock to Levon Helm Studios in Woodstock for the second time, on December 29. Sister Sparrow & The…