With well loved music festivals being forced to fold their cards and encountering unfortunate mishaps in an ever-growing and highly competitive field, it’s both refreshing and reassuring that Stephentown, NY’s Disc Jam can boast a laid back atmosphere and tightly-woven, yet growing community and still come out on top. A jam-packed, 4-day musical jaunt with […]
Funk/Soul/R&B
Trombone Shorty brings N’Awlins to The Egg
Trombone Shorty and Orleans Avenue brought the New Orleans flavor to The Egg in Albany on Wednesday, June 14 to the delight of a sold out audience. Troy Andrews AKA Trombone Shorty and friends made jaws drop by their range in abilities and genres in which they proved to be fluent. The once brass prodigy […]
Photo Gallery: George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic at Funk ‘n Waffles Music Hall
George Clinton came to Rochester Friday, June 9, and helped the venue’s opening night live up to it’s name. Funk ‘n Waffles extended their reach from Syracuse with the acquisition of the old Water Street Music Hall. The venue features a main room and also a smaller room with a stage for smaller acts, which […]
Spafford Unleash Fall 2017 Tour Dates, VIP Fan Experience
Electric funk therapists, otherwise known as Spafford, unleashed huge plans ahead for their upcoming Fall 2017 tour. The quartet’s national headlining tour will span 34 dates total, including their debut headlining performance at the famed Brooklyn Bowl in Brooklyn. Fans can expect to hear maximum amounts of music from the Phoenix, Arizona natives, who plan […]
The NYS Music Guide to the 2017 Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival
Starting June 23, and up until July 1, Rochester will once again become one of the hottest destinations for live jazz, and music in general. Once a year, for a nine-day stretch, the Xerox Rochester International Jazz Fest brings this medium-sized city wall-to-wall big city talent from across the globe. Headliners at the glorious Eastman Theatre, the Club […]
Woodhenge Music, Art and Sustainability Festival Announced
Off the grid sustainable community, Woodhenge, has announced its first Woodhenge Music, Art, and Sustainability Festival. Located in Adams Center near the Adirondacks, the community will host the festival on June 23-25. The three day event features a diverse mix of music genres including rock, jam, jazz, reggae, bluegrass, electronic, and funk, and features over 20 artist including […]
Albany’s Alive at 5 Series Features Diverse Array of Artists
This summer’s hottest free concert series will feature a diverse range of music including performances by Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe, Average White Band, Naughty By Nature, the Outlaws, the Funky Meters, Lindsay Ell, Marian Hill, and King Yellowman and the Sagittarius Band. Support for the headliners will be provided by regional favorites Let’s Be Leonard, […]
Mountain of Youth: The 5th Annual Susquehanna Breakdown Recap
“And they’re off!” On Friday, May 19 the gates lifted in Scranton, Pennsylvania and campers raced to grab the flattest and grassiest space on the The Pavilion Lawn at Montage Mountain. They were not there for the 142nd Preakness Stakes, which traditionally takes place in Maryland every third Saturday in May, but instead were celebrating a […]
Listen to the Exclusive Premiere of Wurliday’s Debut EP ‘Bedtime Blazer’
NYS Music is proud to present the exclusive premiere of Wurliday’s new EP Bedtime Blazer! Co-written by frontman Justin Henricks (Beau Sasser’s Escape Plan, The Chronicles) and Arielle O’Keefe (Girl Blue), the EP was recorded and produced at Alan Evans’ (Soulive) Iron Wax Studios in Millers Falls, MA. Bedtime Blazer is the first look into this group’s sound, giving […]
Lord Electro Means Business
Albany’s funktronica act, Lord Electro, will get down to business this summer as they continue their tour in support of their debut studio album, Business. The band will also release its first live album recorded at the legendary Nectar’s in Burlington, Vermont. Lord Electro continues its “Business” Tour in support of its debut album of the […]