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Meet Your NYS Music Staff: Writer James Corbett

NYS Music Staff Oct 4, 2013

James Corbett joined in early 2013. As a student at Syracuse University, he began reviewing shows at The Westcott Theater. He is also an alto saxophone player and loves funk and jazz music. He performs with his band, The Monk, which was…

Show Reviews

Kid Rock and ZZ Top Deliver Good Ol’ Rock-n-Roll at SPAC

NYS Music Staff Oct 3, 2013

With summer in the rear view mirror and autumn quickly approaching, the Saratoga Performing Arts Center’s concert season was winding down. Apparently, thousands of Kid Rock, ZZ Top, and Uncle Kracker fans didn’t get the memo. The mostly…

Show Reviews

Michael Franti and Spearhead Bring Peace, Love and Music to Clifton Park

NYS Music Staff Sep 30, 2013

On the same day a naval shipyard in our nation’s capital was ravaged by senseless violence, Michael Franti and Spearhead came to Upstate Concert Hall in Clifton Park on September, 16th to deliver their ongoing message of love, peace,…

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Meet Your NYS Music Staff: Photographer Andy Hill

NYS Music Staff Sep 27, 2013

Andy Hill has been a working photographer for over 10 years. His arenas of photography have included commercial, architectural, catalog and most recently political photography. Being an avid music lover for much longer, following the likes…

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Meet Your NYS Music Staff: Taper/Writer Lenny Stubbe

NYS Music Staff Sep 20, 2013

Lenny Stubbe is a Deadhead, Phish Head, moe.ron, live music collector and taper from Buffalo, NY who first saw the light in 1993. After a couple years of collecting high gen cassettes, he decided to go digital and make his own tapes. Still…

News

Michael Franti and Spearhead Coming to Upstate Concert Hall, Monday September 16th

NYS Music Staff Sep 10, 2013

Through his music, Michael Franti delivers a message of hope, justice, and peace. That message will ring loud and clear Monday, September 16th as Michael Franti and Spearhead bring their unique blend of hip hop, reggae, jazz, and funk to…

Album Reviews

“User Correction” by Jeff Bujak is an Electronic Innovation

NYS Music Staff Sep 6, 2013

User Correction by Jeff Bujak finds itself at the corner of fun and innovative. Like a well rounded student, his composing is intelligent and party worthy. On the album Jeff explores the world of electronica through the looking glass of a…

Profiles

Meet your NYS Music Staff: Writer Quinn Donnell

NYS Music Staff Aug 16, 2013

Quinn Donnell started writing for in the fall of 2012 as a freshman at Syracuse University. Originally from Northwest Indiana, Quinn’s adjacency to the Chicago music scene allowed him to establish an appreciation for live music by exploring…

Interviews

Candlebox 20th Anniversary Tour Stops in Oswego this Sunday

NYS Music Staff Aug 15, 2013

The Seattle music scene in the autumn of 1990 was still the Pacific-Northwest’s best-kept secret. At the time, it was better known for Starbucks than for music and it would be another year before Nirvana’s Nevermind thrust the rainy town…

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Meet Your NYS Music Staff: Writer Tabitha Clancy

NYS Music Staff Aug 9, 2013

Tabitha Clancy sometimes obsesses over one song and sometimes she obsesses over a band (she listened only to Pearl Jam for about a two year stint). Sometimes it’s a lyric, or a simple measure of musical content that will grab her. She…

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