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Hip Hop/Rap

Blue Note Jazz Club welcomes GZA and Talib Kweli for two nights in August

NYS Music Staff Jul 26, 2021

Manhattan's Blue Note Jazz Club is bringing together GZA and Talib Kweli for four performances over August 24 and 25. The Genius, aka the GZA, will bring his live band, featuring guest MC Talib Kweli, performing classics that have…

Upcoming Shows

Badfish: A Tribute to Sublime arrives at Paper Mill Island on August 13

NYS Music Staff Jul 25, 2021

Creative Concerts is excited to help bring live music back to Baldwinsville this summer, presenting Badfish: A Tribute to Sublime on Friday, August 13th at Paper Mill Island. Badfish: A Tribute to Sublime - The phenomenon…

Show Reviews

Cory Henry and The Funk Apostles Play Grassroots

NYS Music Staff Jul 23, 2021

The Historic Grassroots stage in Trumansburg, NY hosted Syracuse outfit Sophistafunk and Grammy Award winner Cory Henry and The Funk Apostles on Saturday, July 17. The rainy weather pushed the performance to the site's grandstands…

Blues/Jazz

Spaghetti Eastern Music Collaborates with Charles Dennis Dance at Avant-Garde Arama in Woodstock

NYS Music Staff Jul 19, 2021

Spaghetti Eastern Music, the musical alias of Saugerties-based multi-instrumentalist and NYS Music contributor Sal Cataldi, has been commissioned to provide a live solo guitar score to a performance of the dance piece “2 x 2 x 4” at …

Album Reviews

Hearing Aide: John Mayer Releases ‘Sob Rock’, Kicks off 2022 Tour in Albany

NYS Music Staff Jul 17, 2021

John Mayer just released his new solo record Sob Rock, produced by Don Was and released on Columbia Records and Tapes. Mayer also announced a 2022 Sob Rock Tour starting at the Times Union Center in Albany, NY on February 17. This…

Show Reviews

Lettuce Funks up Lake George with Sam Kininger, Crushes Artpark in Lewiston

NYS Music Staff Jul 13, 2021

Lettuce finished two nights in the Adirondacks as part of their “bring back the love” Summer 2021 and converted Charles R Wood Park to "Lake George Duke," in honor of funk keyboardist George Duke. Lettuce founding member Sam Kininger…

Jam/Progressive

Twiddle’s Frendsgiving returns to the Capitol Theatre November 2021

NYS Music Staff Jul 1, 2021

Vermont-based jam quartet Twiddle has announced its annual “Frendsgiving” celebration for 2021. This year’s shows will occur on Friday November 26th, and Saturday November 27th at The Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, NY. Friday…

Music Festivals

Blues Fest Returns at State Fairgrounds; Robert Randolph talks to NYS Music

NYS Music Staff Jun 28, 2021

The 2021 New York State Blues Fest, a free concert at the State Fairgrounds in Syracuse over Thursday June 24 till Saturday June 26 in Chevy Court. Downtown Syracuse's Clinton Square hosted Dumpstaphunk at the last Blues Fest held in June…

Needs Category

moe. to play Apple Valley August 7-8 with Marco Benevento

NYS Music Staff Jun 26, 2021

Creative Concerts has announced that moe. will perform at Apple Valley Park in LaFayette, NY on Saturday, August 7th and Sunday, August 8th. Unlike other upcoming shows at Apple Valley, these two moe. shows are general admission…

Show Reviews

Bruce Hornsby Brings The Noisemakers to Lafayette, Bandmates talk performing in New York State

NYS Music Staff Jun 18, 2021

Bruce Hornsby and the Noisemakers played as part of the Beak and Skiff Orchards 2021 concert series down Apple Valley Road in LaFayette, NY on June 16, 2021. “I've got a daughter in law in LaFayette, Louisiana,” he told the crowd. The…

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