Mohawk Valley

The Syracuse Area Music Awards, affectionately known as the SAMMYS, wrapped up its 25th edition Friday, March 3, at the Palace Theater in Syracuse with a brief performance from freshly inducted Hall of Famers moe. Ahead of Saturday…

The Just Plain Folks Music Organization, an independent grassroots community formed in 1985 and consisting of more than 51,000 music industry professionals, announced its nominees for the 2017 Just Plain Folks Music Awards. Verona's Fritz's…

Imagine taking a journey on unfamiliar roads, and your GPS isn’t working. You’re left to trust your instincts, fairly confident that you’ll reach your destination, even if you don’t quite know what lies ahead of you. That’s a bit like…

It was only appropriate that a group named Holy Ghost Tent Revival, from Asheville, North Carolina, played at a converted church, and converted listeners into new fans. Named after a roadside advertisement in their home state, they kicked…

Dave Alvin and his brother Phil have been checking things out ever since they snuck into legendary clubs and theaters as under-aged teenagers to see and hear the artists that provided them with a musical education. In doing so, it is…

In 1956, Billie Holiday wrote her autobiography, Lady Sings the Blues. Sixty years later, Holiday would be pleased to know that ladies still sing the blues most impressively, as four female band leaders wowed the crowd at the 24th Annual …

On January 29, Chenango Blues Festivalorganizers were presented with the "Keeping the Blues Alive" Award during this year's International Blues Challenge. The award is in recognition of their twenty four years of all-volunteer festivals…

Ommegang Brewery played host to jam heavyweights Twiddle and String Cheese Incident on Friday, July 8. Despite the rain, the crowd enjoyed fresh beers and the ideal setting for live music in Central New York. Twiddlebegan their set with a…

The last weekend in July is one constant that New York's Irish and Celtic music fans have had circled on their calendars each of the past 13 years. The Great American Irish Festival lineup for the festival's 2016 edition will have every bit…

The year was 2012 and it was my first Utica Music and Arts Festival. Asked to cover the festival by a friend who knew I enjoyed taking photos of bands, I dove right into the deep end of the pool of venues on Varick Street not quite knowing…