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Pete Mason is a teacher and writer living in Albany, NY. "Counting Down the Number Line" is his fourth children's book with illustrator Ryan Kerrigan.

He promotes PhanArt shows and runs PhanArt.net, highlighting music-inspired fan creations while supporting The Mockingbird Foundation and Groovesafe. He is Publisher of NYS Music.

Twitter: @PhanArt Email: Pete@NYSMusic.com

Jam/Progressive

Twiddle announces Double Down at Champlain Valley Expo in August

Pete Mason Jun 12, 2021

Scaling back an annual weekend of music and art in Burlington, VT, Higher Ground will present Double Down, with Twiddle performing at the Midway Lawn at Champlain Valley Expo on Friday, August 6 and Saturday, August 7. The annual…

News Desk

HeadCount ‘Vote With Pride’ Initiative Announces #TransPeopleVote Program

Pete Mason Jun 9, 2021

HeadCount and their Vote With Pride initiative has launched a new program #TransPeopleVote, to prevent continued disenfranchisement of transgender and non-binary voters around the country. Since 2004, HeadCount has registered over one…

Video

Lin-Manuel Miranda and Jimmy Fallon anticipate Broadway’s return with ‘Hamilton’…

Pete Mason Jun 9, 2021

On Tuesday's The Tonight Show, Lin-Manuel Miranda joined Jimmy Fallon for a musical tribute to all the Broadway shows they've missed in the last 16 months, and were joined by stage veterans during their song. Filmed before a fully…

Albany

Empire Live and Empire Underground to open on Pearl Street in Albany

Pete Mason Jun 9, 2021

Albany will have two new music venues on North Pearl Street very soon. Empire Live an Empire Underground will open this fall as the first downtown premier club in Albany in 30 years. Formed from a partnership between Stan…

Needs Category

King Crimson to Hold Court at 4 Shows in New York this Summer

Pete Mason Jun 8, 2021

King Crimson will return to the stage this summer, with their influential prog-rock ready in tow. They'll make four stops across New York State, including Buffalo, Saratoga Springs, Canandaigua and Queens. Featuring bandleader…

Folk/Americana

White and Blues: Music on the Farm takes place June 27 in Peru

Pete Mason Jun 8, 2021 0

On June 27th in Peru, NY, just south of Plattsburgh, Plattsburgh Blues and Jazz (PB&J) will present White and Blues: Music on the Farm at White Rainbow Farm. White and Blues will featuring Giovanina Bucci, Lucid (trio) and the…

Photo Gallery

In Focus: Twiddle, Aqueous and Dopapod drench fans in jams at Apple Valley

Pete Mason Jun 3, 2021

Twiddle headlined 4 nights at Apple Valley in Lafayette, NY over Memorial Day weekend, and welcomed Dopapod and Aqueous for two nights each. It was a rainy run of shows just south of Syracuse, but the weather didn't damper spirits one bit.…

Electronic

City Bisco returns this July while Camp Bisco takes a year off

Pete Mason Jun 2, 2021

This week the Disco Biscuits announced that their annual festival, Camp Bisco, which has been held almost-annually since 1999, will take a year off. In its place, City Bisco will return to its original home, The Pavilion at The Mann Center…

Photo Gallery

In Focus: JRAD plays through the rain for 3 nights at Westville Music Bowl

Pete Mason Jun 1, 2021

Over three rainy nights at Westville Music Bowl in New Haven, CT, Joe Russo's Almost Dead (JRAD) brought music back to life and satiated sold-out crowds with their improvisational takes on the music of the Grateful Dead. Revisit the shows…

Broadway/Musicals

Samuel E. Wright, Tony Nominee and Founder of Hudson Valley Conservatory, dies at 72

Pete Mason May 29, 2021

Samuel E Wright, found of the Hudson Valley Conservatory, voice of Sebastian the crab in 1989's The Little Mermaid, and Tony Award nominated actor has died at age 72. A longtime resident of Walden, NY, Wright passed away peacefully after a…

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