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News Desk

John Coltrane’s Centennial Met with Celebrations, Box Sets, Archival Releases, Tributes,…

NYS Music Staff Sep 18, 2026

More than fifty-eight years after his passing, John Coltrane remains one of the most vital and influential figures in modern culture. His music is probing, spiritual, endlessly exploratory, and continues to reach new listeners,…

Flashback

Yankee Doodle Dandy – The Dutch & Flemish Roots of an Early American Song

NYS Music Staff Sep 9, 2026

Yankee Doodle went to townA-riding on a pony,Stuck a feather in his capAnd called it macaroni. Macaroni Craze During the third quarter of the eighteenth century, Londoners saw the bizarre spectacle of the so-called “macaroni craze.”…

Artist Profile

Upcoming Debatably Stable Album Rewrites Screamo Script

NYS Music Staff Sep 5, 2026

The so-called sophomore slump is a depressingly common phenomenon in the music industry. Since screamo’s birth in the ’90s, countless bands have struggled to make it past their first full-length, with some of the genre’s most…

Broadway/Musicals

Playhouse Stage Announces Ambitious 39th Season at Cohoes Music Hall

NYS Music Staff Aug 25, 2026

Playhouse Stage Company has announced six productions that will make up its 39th Season of professional musical theatre at Cohoes Music Hall, under the season banner Spirits & Second Chances: Stories That Stay With Us. The lineup…

Upcoming Shows

Mike D 5D Tour Coming to Knockdown Center in September

NYS Music Staff Aug 25, 2026

Mike D 5D, featuring Beastie Boy Mike D and his sons Skyler and Davis Diamond, will be heading out on tour this fall, with a stop in Queens at Knockdown Center on September 9. Eddie Ruscha, Will Graefe and Milo Ruscha round out the lineup…

News Desk

Pendragon Theatre $11 Million Project in Saranac Lake Creates a Cultural and Community Anchor

NYS Music Staff Aug 9, 2026

Governor Kathy Hochul announced this week that the Pendragon Theatre in Saranac Lake will receive an additional $750,000 state investment to close the final funding gap for the venue. August 03, 2026- Saranac Lake, NY- Governor Hochul…

Festival News

NYC Metalfest Arrives in Greenpoint on July 31

NYS Music Staff Jul 19, 2026

In Greenpoint on July 31, NYC Metalfest will take place at the Polish-Slavic Center, with seven metal bands taking the stage to provide fans with an unforgettable musical spectacle. This unique event will bring metal lovers together for an…

Venue Profile

Old Hudson Valley Churches Now Community Venues

NYS Music Staff Jul 18, 2026

Due to shrinking congregations and finances, many abandoned church buildings in New York’s Hudson Valley have been reused for other purposes. Some are now apartments or condominiums, fraternity houses, museums, historical societies,…

Jam/Progressive

TalkPeck SoundSystem Brings Triple-Tribute to Brooklyn Bowl July 23

NYS Music Staff Jul 18, 2026

TalkPeck SoundSystem will perform at Brooklyn Bowl on Thursday, July 23, bringing together a wide-ranging lineup of musicians from the jam, funk and live music world for a tribute to Talking Heads, Vulfpeck and LCD Soundsystem. The…

Punk

The Residents Bring ‘Eskimo’ to the Stage for the First Time This Fall in Buffalo and…

NYS Music Staff Jul 16, 2026

After an unexpected postponement last year, The Residents are once again preparing to bring one of the most elusive works in experimental music history to the stage. This fall, the anonymous avant-garde collective will launch the…

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