Phish is doing something unprecedented at Madison Square Garden. They’re in the midst of a 13 show residency that is more than your average run of shows. This isn’t just a residency: it’s a historic Rock ‘n’ Roll experience that is falling under the radar as Phish often does. But what they’re doing deserves attention […]
Top 5 Reasons to Attend Electric Zoo
Festival season for 2017 has begun and is in full swing! There are more and more festivals popping up every year, but a solid returning fest worth mentioning is taking place over Labor Day weekend in NYC. Electric Zoo is in its ninth year and takes place on Randall’s Island in the East River. It’s […]
Meet Your NYSMusic Staff: Writer Chad Vergine
Born and raised in Schenectady, NY, Chad Vergine has a deep passion for music. Growing up in the MTV music video area and being exposed to so many different musical genres, helped mold Chad into eventually playing live music and making a living as a DJ. These events in his life also made it easy for […]
Meet Your NYSMusic Staff: Chris and Kelly Besaw
Chris Besaw is an IT professional by trade but a photographer, artist and intense music fan at heart. He has been involved in the music scene for as long as he can remember and went to his first concert at the age of five, seeing Loverboy, of “Everybody’s Working for the Weekend” fame. By the time […]
Meet Your NYSMusic Staff: Writer Mike Kohli
Born into a musical family, it was only logical for Mike to venture into music writing as an adult. Raised on a steady diet of Hee Haw, Lawrence Welk and Irish music, Mike’s first live music experiences happened on the back Bilco stairway of his grandparents house across the street, watching his Uncle Den and […]
Meet Your NYSMusic Staff: Writer Ally Dean
Ally Dean deeply believes in the magic of unicorns and fairies. She also believes music’s confluence of sound soothes and satisfies the soul in ways no other remedy could muster. Born and bred in Rochester and moving to Syracuse to attend the State University Of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry (go stumpies!), Ally […]
Meet Your NYSMusic Staff: Photographer Stephen Olker
Stephen Olker is a social worker by day, photographer by night. Currently living in Jersey City, NJ, he spends a fair amount of time in the empire state. Musically, his roots are deeply cemented in the Phish scene, having been to more than 200 shows since 1997. Beyond following 4 guys from Vermont, you can […]
It’s an Upstate Halloween Throwdown at Putnam Den with Formula 5, Lucid and Mister F
Halloween in Saratoga means the Putnam Den will be rockin’, this year with three of Upstate New York’s biggest names: Mister F, Lucid and Formula 5. All three bands have performed throughout New York and Putnam Den is one spot they call home. Formula 5’s Joe Davis: “I’ve really been looking forward to this show for […]
Meet Your NYSMusic Staff: Photographer Jim Houle
Jim Houle was raised in Oneida, New York, a small town along I-90, between Syracuse and Utica. Being very active as a child had him competing in several contact and recreational sports like baseball, football, skateboarding, snowboarding, and BMX biking. Learning that sports and pretty much everything in life has rhythm, Jim wanted to expand […]
Meet Your NYSMusic Staff: Photographer Jenn Curtis
Jenn Curtis is relatively new to the concert photography scene with a little more than a year and a half of experience and has worked extremely hard to create a professional reputation and portfolio in that time. As a photographer and writer for NYSMusic, Jenn focuses on a variety of genres from Rock and Metal […]