Author

Jim Gilbert

Jim 'JT' Gilbert has been a photographer on and off for over 25 years. After concentrating on landscapes and portraits, Jim turned his focus to music photography. In doing so, Jim has become known throughout New York State as one of the top professional concert photographers on the scene. Music photography made a lot of sense as he has been an avid concert goer for his whole life. He has photographed over 200 bands including legends such as BB King, Charlie Daniels, Robert Plant, and RUSH; his work covers all genres of music. He has been able to be on-stage to shoot many world-renowned acts and continues to love photographing up-and-coming acts that come through Upstate New York. In the Spring of 2014, Jim merged his efforts at Upstate Metal with UpstateLIVE and became the magazine's Managing Editor. Today he is co-owner, publisher, and webmaster/designer of NYS Music and is always working on growing nysmusic.com in all aspects, including unique visitors, content, staff and geographic footprint.

Email: Jim@nysmusic.com

Features

Lookin Back on Lockn’ 2017

Jim Gilbert
For “veteran” festival attendees we still feel the magic around festival season. The weeks leading up; the excitement, the planning. It doesn’t get old you just learn a little more each year and hopefully pass that wisdom on to those coming…
Albany

Greensky Bluegrass Takes Flight at the Egg

Jim Gilbert
Greensky Bluegrass returned to The Egg in Albany, NY on January 24 for their first East Coast show of 2018. The Michigan band was joined by Billy Strings, who opened the show with a selection from his 2017 album, Turmoil & Tinfoil. This…
Manhattan

Sitting down with Matisyahu

Jim Gilbert
Walking into the green room of the Bearsville Theater after the evening's performance, I couldn't tell who was more in a haze, myself or the room I was about to enter. A small group formed, celebrating the night's incredible performance…

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