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Reggae icon Burning Spear will play at Capital One City Parks Foundation Summerstage in Central Park on August 25, their first NYC show in more than 10 years and final announced show of the summer. A music-maker, community icon,…

San Francisco Bay Area drummer/musician Jay Lane gets antsy when he’s not on the road with one of the many bands of which he is a part. So it was not difficult to deduce that Lane, 57, had a tough time adapting to pandemic life, when the…

One of the most integral people in planning this summer's Curveball festival featuring Phish is the president of Watkins Glen International, Michael Printup, who took the time out of his busy schedule to give an interview to NYSMusic. This…

Albany progressive rock quartet Ampevene, celebrating the release of its new album "Ephemagoria," and Brooklyn-bred Cousin Earth threw down the perfect blend of Led Zeppelin-esque energy and a quirkiness in the Frank Zappa vein at Albany's…

The members of Phish returned to Madison Square Garden for an unprecedented 15th time in 2017 on Friday, December 29, 2017, and while the first set showcased a few stumbles along the way, the band showed it's still pushing brand new…

To make it 20 years in any industry is quite a feat, especially when there were absolutely no expectations at the beginning. And the members of Dark Star Orchestra will tell you that making it that far as a cover band is even more…

It was a chilly night at Martyr's in Chicago on November 11, 1997, when a group of like-minded musicians got together to spin their takes on a band beloved by an intrinsic fan base -- one that is both fun loving and importunate at the…

Back in March, Holly Bowling performed an unplugged show at the Whisper Dome in Schenectady, as the venue's incredible acoustics and intimate setting allowed her to ditch amplification and play the piano alone, and it was enough for the…

We’re so tired of our senseless fight The one thing we can all do right Is come together --    Trey Anastasio I’m not even sure where to begin; my mind is spinning out of control trying to wrap itself around the news of yet another massive…

It doesn't seem like the easiest feat to get a small music festival up, running and successful, but that's just what the organizers of the Adirondack Independence Music Festival did this past weekend, September 2-3. In its second year and…