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Festival News

Firefly Festival announces 2021 Lineup

NYS Music Staff May 13, 2021

Firefly festival is back. The unparalleled East Coast music festival, nestled in Delaware’s picturesque Woodlands, has announced its return over September 23-26, 2021. The 2021 Firefly Festival, in conjunction with AEG Presents, will…

Interviews

Soule Monde speaks on New Album ‘Mimi Digs It’

NYS Music Staff May 7, 2021

Russ Lawton and Ray Paczkowski ended 2020 with an eight week residency in New York City as part of the wonderful cast for Trey Anastasio’s Beacon Jams. Outside of TAB, the duo operate as the highly funky Afrobeat-influenced group Soule…

Rock

Allman Betts Band to perform at Apple Valley Park in Lafayette

NYS Music Staff May 6, 2021

Creative Concerts has announced yet another show at Apple Valley Park in Lafayette, NY, with Southern rock on tap on June 19, 2021 with The Allman Betts Band performing and special guest, St. Louis based duo River Kittens opening the show.…

Jam/Progressive

GarciaLive Vol. 16 features Jerry Garcia Band Debut at MSG

NYS Music Staff May 6, 2021

For Volume 16 of GarciaLive, the archival series looks back at the debut of Jerry Garcia Band at Madison Square Garden (MSG) on November 15, 1991. GarciaLive Volume 16 finds the world's most recorded musician in the world's most…

Show Reviews

Talking Funk with Oteil Burbridge in Miami

NYS Music Staff May 2, 2021

Live music is making its way back into our weekend plans. The Oteil Burbridge band featuring Pete Lavezzoli on drums, Tom Guarna on Guitar, and special guest Jason Crosby on keyboards performed for two nights at the North Beach Bandshell…

Rock

Blackberry Smoke to Perform at Apple Valley Park in Lafayette this June

NYS Music Staff Apr 28, 2021

Central New York's Creative Concerts have announced that Blackberry Smoke will perform at Apple Valley Park in Lafayette, NY on Tuesday, June 29. Tickets go on sale to the general public this Friday, April 30 at 10am at applevalleypark.com…

Album Reviews

Mick Jagger and Dave Grohl are “Eazy Sleazy” in surprise collaboration

NYS Music Staff Apr 13, 2021

Spring of 2021 marks a first time release from the unexpected duo of Mick Jagger and Dave Grohl. Like anyone waiting around at home for the world's next move, Mick Jagger had the idea for a new song while sitting in limbo. The single "Easy…

Interviews

Steve Gadd: From Monroe County to Around the World

NYS Music Staff Apr 8, 2021

When you talk about the colorful landscape of all the distinct soulful musical genres, it's safe to say Steve Gadd has explored all of them behind his drum kit. The comfortable corridor of his Upstate New York roots groove comes from…

Album Reviews

Hearing Aide: Steve Gadd Band at Blue Note Tokyo

NYS Music Staff Apr 6, 2021

On April 1, Rochester native, drummer and producer Dr. Steve Gadd released Steve Gadd Band at Blue Note Tokyo, from a tour of Japan in December 2019. That same year The Steve Gadd Band's self-titled album won a GRAMMY for Best Contemporary…

Audio

Commemorate the eventual Resignation of Gov. Cuomo with our Curated Playlist

NYS Music Staff Apr 1, 2021

With calls for his resignation coming from over 150 state leaders, include New York's Congressional delegation in Washington, D.C., Gov. Cuomo seems to be on the verge of impeachment, or forced into resigning in the coming months. …

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