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Broadway announced new regulations requiring full COVID-19 vaccination for kids 5 and older on January 10, in the wake of the surging omicron strain sweeping across the country. A poster on Times Square advertises West Side Story…

New York-based songwriter and artist Kevin Devine announced his new album titled Nothing's Real, So Nothing's Wrong, as well as its first single "Albatross." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7L4HRJs4lI Kevin Devine's new single,…

Update: New York City Winter Jazzfest has moved all virtual for this year's event, and will be broadcasting January 14 - 22 featuring 30+ different groups and 150 musicians performing from cities all over the world including New York City,…

Celebrating Martin Luther King Day on January 17, the Harlem Gospel Choir will perform a matinee concert at Sony Hall. The Harlem Gospel Choir perform contemporary gospel with a touch of jazz and blues, and have become synonymous…

Last winter, with the ongoing pandemic still raging, South African-born and American-raised guitarist Ari Joshua took a trip to the East Coast, specifically Burlington, VT, to work with Russ Lawton and Ray Paczkowski on a much-discussed…

The latest release from Third Man Records is Carole King - Home Again, recorded live on the Great Lawn of Central Park on May 26, 1973. This special concert was released in conjunction with Ode Records and Sony Music, and showcases songs…

Cobblestone Live Music & Arts Festival announced it’s 2022 dates. The festival was cancelled in 2020 and 2021 due to Covid-19 but will be back on July 15 and 16 of 2022. This will be the fourth annual rendition of the…

Ronnie Spector, the lead singer of the Ronettes, has died at 78 after a battle with cancer. Ronnie Spector (Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images) Our beloved earth angel, Ronnie, peacefully left this world today. She was with…

At 74 years old, New Hampshire folk musician Bill Staines died on Sunday, December 5, 2021. For more than 45 years, Bill Staines has been the classic folk songwriter, singing his songs at the country’s top festivals, concerts, clubs and…

The Warp/The Weft is a progressive folk/metamorphic rock band based in Hudson Valley, Poughkeepsie. They have been active since 2012 and have used poetry to influence their psychedelia-style music. Their…