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Chris Ristau, Director of The Park Theater Foundation in Glens Falls, Discusses…
Glens Falls’ The Park Theater Foundation has announced the launch of their first education initiative, Music &…
An Interview with Baritone Saxophonist Gary Smulyan
Baritone saxophonist Gary Smulyan from Bethpage, New York is a gifted multi-instrumentalist whose music career…
An Interview with Reese Fulmer and the Carraige House Band
Unity is a great thing in music. Having one person with all the spotlight supported by shadow people makes for…
The Gibson Brothers Inspire with Darkest Hour
The Gibson Brothers have had wonderful success in the world of bluegrass, and there's no stopping them now.
An Interview with David Harrington of Kronos Quartet, performing at UPH on Jan. 29
Kronos Quartet, a San Francisco treat who have been reinventing the string quartet since 1973, will arrive at…
Elliott Murphy’s Amazing European Journey Enlightens Us with Prose and Song
He's the Best Dylan since 1968
An Interview with Ani DiFranco
Ani Difranco, a legend in the indie music scene since the early 90s, hails from Buffalo and got her start playing…
Mary Lamont Queen Of Long Island Country Music
China was fantastic, the whole musical tour was like our one “Hard Day’s Night”!
Sam Woolf, American Idol at the Crossroads
I just kind of had to muster up the courage and just be like, I gotta do this
Mad Meg Wants To Know “Who Deserves Balloons and Medals?”
NYS Music interviews Mad Meg. a punk crooner noir band made up of Eastern European musicians who live and perform…
Joe Barna: The Man in Front of the Troy Jazz Scene
Capital District drummer/composer Joe Barna hails from Troy and has become the face of the Collar City Jazz scene…
State Champs Return Home to Albany, talk Authenticity, Capital District Roots and…
Albany’s State Champs spent their Thanksgiving in Las Vegas, holding a family dinner with their crew. The day off…
Capital Region Timekeepers with Al Kash
In the early 80’s, I was an underaged aspiring musician, desperately trying to break out of my high school music…
Conductor David Alan Miller Discusses ASO Holiday Performances in Albany and Troy
Two fan favorite festive orchestral performances arrive in the Capital Region in the coming weeks. The Albany…
Musician Martin Bisi Releases New LP, Feral Myths
In anticipation of musician Martin Bisi's upcoming album, Feral Myths, New York State Music sat down with the famed…
An Interview with Taconic Foothills Singer/Songwriter Deb Cavanaugh
I met Deb when she was performing in the duo Cavanaugh and Kavanaugh at the RPI Community and Cultural Center. It…
Karina Rykman talks Seth Myers, Marco Benevento, Upstate NY and December Tour
Karina Rykman is a name that is often brought up in conversations discussing everything from "who is next '' to…
Blake Sandberg of ALIENS: a Post-Punk and a 9-11 Story of Survival
and then 911 happened. And I had an art opening a couple of days before that
Meet the Next Generation of Western New York Bands who Rocked Out Fredonia’s…
SUNY Fredonia's student body is an active partaker in the local music scene, as demonstrated from the…
Billy Bragg talks the Passing of Queen Elizabeth II and Playing in Troy for the…
Billy Bragg, the English singer, songwriter and left-wing activist, blends folk, punk and protest music with…