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I think it’s safe to say that at this point, anyone around the general CNY area has heard about the folk-Americana/ jazzy swinging newgrass duo, The Rusty Doves.  The pair has played countless types of shows around the Utica area from…

Dan Smalls Presents brings a wonderful night of music to The State Theatre in Ithaca on November 2, 2012 with NY Banjo -A Five-String Summit featuring Bela Fleck, with Tony Trischka, Eric Weissberg (Dueling Banjos), Richie Stearns, Peter…

Attention music fans!  This is not a test of the Emergency Broadcast System.  This is the real deal coming at you.  Saturday, November 3rd at 8:00 p.m., a rolling wave of powerhouse party rock is scheduled to hit the Kirkland Art Center…

SOLARiS is announcing the first leg of their Fall/Winter tour dates. The dance parties start when the band returns to their old stomping grounds in  Binghamton to headline a Halloween bash with shake shake shake, The Quantum, & Happy…

Occasionally the planets align in a favorable manner and bring some truly incredible show moments to Utica, NY.  Saturday, October 13th was a prime example of this effect.  The band moe. was in town on a two day run at the Saranac Brewery…

It’s hard to imagine a reason why thirty musicians from all corners of the world and all genres of music would be performing on a stage in Syracuse.  But if you can imagine the Dalai Lama being the combining force that brought them all to…

Another chance arose last week for me to scratch a band off my ‘Must see before I croak’ list.  It’s always an extra treat when that happens in our own backyard and most especially with this show.  I absolutely love Dropkick Murphys but…

Taking it back again to Thursday night of the Utica Music and Arts Festival for my final review of fest time;  a rundown of a local Utica, NY instrumental jazz jam fusion trio, Mazza, Allanson, and Lockwood at The Green Onion Pub. I like…

One thing I do not miss is an outdoor Moho Collective set.  I think it’s safe to say that nearly everyone I ran into all weekend knew this was one of my must see bands. I do a great deal of prattling on about Moho’s charms,  and I intended…