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Zora Neale Hurston and the Harlem Renaissance
Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo" is a book that I will never forget. The heart-wrenching narrative…
Flashback: Lollapalooza at Saratoga Performing Arts Center August 4th, 1992
It was the best of times. The early 1990s was a great time to come of age. The Reagan era creaked to an…
Flashback: Phish pitches Camp Oswego, July 17-18, 1999
In the summer of 1999, amid an extensive tour, Phish held a two-day festival in the small town of Volney, NY at the…
Flashback: Crosby, Stills and Nash open for the Grateful Dead at Rich Stadium,…
It was hot and muggy in Western New York on July 16, 1990. Crosby, Stills and Nash were opening up for the…
Flashback: David Bowie “Sound+Vision” Tour at SPAC – July 7,…
Saratoga Springs welcomes dozens of bands each summer, with the biggest names making it to the stage of Saratoga…
Flashback: The Who warm up for Reunion Tour at Glens Falls Civic Center –…
The Who had bid farewell to fans in 1982 after nearly 20 years together as a band, and after seven years had…
Grateful Dead May 9, 1977 show at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium stands toe to toe…
Fresh on the heels of the much loved Barton Hall show, the Grateful Dead followed up that evening with a show at…
The Grateful Dead Show That Time (Almost) Forgot: March 17, 1970
For a band with such a rich and vast musical archive like the one belonging to The Grateful Dead, when a search…
Dead and Company Confirm Revisiting 1977 Cornell Barton Hall Concert
Far above Cayuga's Waters stands Barton Hall, a fieldhouse on Cornell University's campus where the Grateful Dead…
20 Years Later: Phish perform on Saturday Night Live
On December 14, 2002, Phish made their first - and to date - only appearance as the musical guest on NBC's…
The Who Play The Carrier Dome on their First Farewell Tour – December 10,…
40 years ago tonight, on Friday, December 10, 1982, legendary rockers The Who brought their first farewell tour to…
Duke Ellington Visits Buffalo During Wartime – November 27, 1943
On Saturday, November 27, 1943, Duke Ellington and his Orchestra performed in Buffalo at the Trico Products…
Flashback: Peter Frampton Comes Alive At SUNY Plattsburgh in 1975 Performance
Since the very beginning of Rock and Roll way back in the 1950s, every decade seems to have an iconic album that…
Watch The Grateful Dead Haunt Radio City for Three Sets: October 31, 1980
In September and October 1980, the Grateful Dead did a brief concert tour of shows with three sets each, one…
The Dead Unveil New Material In Rochester: September 27, 1976
While the year 1977 typically, and justifiably, gets a lot of the attention in Grateful Dead lore, the previous…
A New Era Of Dead Emerges At MSG: September 19, 1990
The Grateful Dead wound up playing more than 50 shows at MSG by the time their touring career ended, but the…
A Look Back at Farm Aid 2007: A Homegrown Festival on Randalls Island
On this day in 2007, the first ever Farm Aid was held in New York State, with the annual benefit concert for…
On this day in 1966, the Philadelphia Orchestra Begin Annual SPAC Residency
On August 4, 1966, the world-renowned Philadelphia Orchestra took up residence at Saratoga Springs Performing Arts…
20 Years Later: The First Bonnaroo
Today we look back at perhaps the most memorable and influential music festival of the 21st century, the first…
Flashback: Monsters of Rock Tour Arrives in Orchard Park – June 19, 1988
The 1980s were the heydey of hair metal and hard rock, and as the genre found its audience, the Monsters of Rock…