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To know Doyle Bramhall II is to know rock and blues royalty. Bramhall has collaborated with Eric Clapton, who claims he is one of the most gifted guitarists he's ever encountered. Bramhall has also performed with Charlie Sexton and the…

moe. went on indefinite hiatus in July of this year following bassist Rob Derhak's cancer diagnosis. Derhak underwent treatments for nasopharyngeal cancer throughout the summer and is now fit to take the stage again. The band announced…

Syracuse's Jess Novak Band will release its new album, Fireworks & Fairytales, Friday November 10 and to celebrate, the band is throwing a CD release party at Turning Stone Casino Resort's Turquoise Tiger Lounge in Verona Friday…

Funk 'n Waffles Downtown on Clinton Street in Syracuse is running a Tuesday series of blues shows featuring Jimmy Wolf on guitar, Emanuel Washington (Sophistafunk, Skunk City) on drums and Billy Harrison (Jess Novak Band) on bass. The first…

A Prohibition Era law designed to put the clamps on New York City nightlife has support for a repeal, according to Brooklyn councilman Rafael Espinal. Espinal introduced a bill that will be taken under consideration Tuesday to repeal the…

The Mohawk Valley Blues Society has teamed up with the Kirkland Art Center in Clinton to present the return of the Jeremy Wallace Trio Saturday, Oct. 28 at 6:30 p.m. Wallace's sound has been described as edgy and uses his own life…

Fats Domino, whose boogie-woogie style of piano playing influenced generations of rock n' roll musicians, died Tuesday in Louisiana. He was 89. Born Antoine Domino, Jr. in New Orleans in 1928, the pianist and singer was second only to…

When your nation's leader gives a tearful press conference lamenting that they are less of a country without you in it. When your country's flagship news magazine spends the majority of its broadcast speaking of your legacy. When a national…

Charismatic frontman and Canadian national treasure, Gord Downie of the Tragically Hip passed away Tuesday night at the age of 53. Downie was diagnosed with glioblastoma, an aggressive form of brain cancer, in December 2015. It was…

Eminem put President Trump and his supporters on blast in a video that aired during Tuesday night's BET Hip Hop Awards. The freestyle rap titled "The Storm" has Eminem lashing out at Trump as a "racist grandpa" and for being a hypocrite.…