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Pete Mason is a teacher and writer living in Albany, NY. "The Grateful Book of Letters" is his third children's book with illustrator Ryan Kerrigan, with whom he has also published "The Alphabet Book, for Little Phans: From Antelope to Zero" and "A Well Traveled Dog." Other books include "PhanArt: The Art of the Fans of Phish," a compilation of art made by Phish fans, and "PhanFood," a cookbook of recipes by and for Phish fans co-authored with Taraleigh Weathers. He promotes PhanArt shows and runs PhanArt.net, highlighting concert posters, official prints and fan creations while supporting The Mockingbird Foundation and Groovesafe. He is Publisher of NYS Music.

Twitter: @PhanArt Email: Pete@NYSMusic.com

Flashback

Long Live Rock the Casbah: The Who, The Clash Rock Rich Stadium

Pete Mason Sep 27, 2020

London punks, both young and old, invaded Orchard Park, NY on September 26, 1982. The Who and The Clash, as well as New York Dolls frontman David Johansen, performed before a sold out crowd at Rich Stadium, home of the Buffalo Bills. …

Alternative/Indie

The Sea The Sea, Sarah King, The Rough Shapes and more featured on this week’s EQXposure

Pete Mason Sep 26, 2020

Each Sunday evening from 7-9pm on 102.7 FM, you’ll find EQXposure on WEQX, featuring two hours of local music from up and coming artists. Tune into WEQX.com this Sunday night to hear music from The Sea The Sea, Sarah King, The Rough Shapes…

Venue Profile

Upstate Concert Hall Relocates to Pearl Street in Albany

Pete Mason Sep 25, 2020 0

For years, Upstate Concert Hall has been incorrectly listed on tour promotion and concert posters as being located in Albany, NY. The venue, has been located in a Clifton Park, NY strip mall since 1996, when it was named Northern Lights,…

Upcoming Shows

Disco Biscuits announce 3-night Halloween Drive-In Run in Syracuse

Pete Mason Sep 23, 2020

Apple butter toast is nice, but how about apples and Biscuits this Halloween? Lafayette Apple Festival Grounds, in conjunction with Creative Concerts, are bringing the Disco Biscuits to Syracuse for a 3-night Drive-In run over Halloween…

New York Singles

Turkuaz “Ophidiophobia” melds Brooklyn funk and Talking Heads

Pete Mason Sep 23, 2020

Brooklyn nine-piece funk lords Turkuaz explore the space between beauty and poison with their new single "Ophidiophobia," featuring Jerry Harrison and Adrian Belew of the Talking Heads. They'll debut the tune live this weekend during…

Photo Gallery

In Focus: Pink Talking Fish gets Dazed and Confused at Jericho Drive-In

Pete Mason Sep 22, 2020

On a chilly September night, the first where autumn made its presence known, Jericho Drive-In in Glenmont, NY hosted a socially distant crowd of a few hundred for a double feature - Pink Talking Fish and Richard Linklater's Dazed and…

Audio

Belle-Skinner, TIP, Architrave and more featured on this week’s EQXposure

Pete Mason Sep 19, 2020

New York Singles

Kolby Oakley finds inspiration from a “Front Row Woman”

Pete Mason Sep 17, 2020

Upstate New York-born and Nashville-based Kolby Oakley has released his latest single “Front Row Woman.” Growing up in a musical household, it was in Oakley's blood to seek out a stage of his own to command. Both Oakley's mother and…

New York Singles

Donny Frauenhofer releases melodic jazz single “A Spirit”

Pete Mason Sep 14, 2020

"A Spirit," a melodic jazz single by Buffalo's Donny Frauenhofer is the latest quarantine composition from the Intrepid Travelers frontman. Frauenhofer plays piano on "A Spirit," and also handled production, mixing and mastering. Colin…

Flashback

20 Years Later: Phish jams “Drowned” for soaked fans at Darien Lake

Pete Mason Sep 14, 2020

Twenty years ago, on September 14, 2000, Phish performed to a rain-soaked crowd at Darien Lake Performing Arts Center. The last stop in New York on their Fall 2000 tour, this show would later be released as Live Phish, Vol. 3 in Septmeber,…

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