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From February 19–21, On Air Fest 2025 was in Brooklyn honoring Debbie Millman. As the Audio Vanguard Award winner with her well-known podcast "Design Matters," Debbie Millman inspired many creators. While she also established herself as a…

February made us shiver with ever show it delivered, and here comes March to close out this winter with more hot Rochester concerts coming your way. Go see some live music this month! Here's a handful of recommendations to whet your…

On February 28, German DJ and bandleader Jan Blomqvist made his way over to the Brooklyn Steel in Williamsburg for the New York stop on his worldwide MUTE tour. The show marks his second U.S. stop in this international tour, following…

NYS Music’s 10-year anniversary is swiftly approaching, and with that, the most coveted musical competition of the year - NYS Music March Madness 2025, Presented by Upstate Canna! Since 2015, this program has given platforms to…

Amid a 15-show tour that started in the Northeast and concludes in the mid-west with three shows in Chicago, Elvis Costello and his long-time musical compatriot Steve Nieve brought their duo tour to Ithaca’s State theatre. After a…

Brooklyn-based artist, poet, and producer Reed Turchi announced his new album, World On Fire, along with a new single, Get Back Train. The album is set to be released on May 30th, and he will host a single-release show on Thursday, March…

On February 24th, the New York City Opera Orchestra presented Music of Survival: Works by Weinberg, Korngold, and Rovner at Carnegie Hall. This powerful program, conducted by Maestro Constantine Orbelian and featuring cellist Kristina…

Impact Concerts bring Kingston newest live performance venue, Assembly.  Photo by Anthony Mulcahy From event promoters Drew Frankel and Peter Himberger, Assembly takes on the former site of St. Joseph’s Catholic School to a newly…

Eleanora Fagan was born on April 7, 1915 in Philadelphia. As a child, she started going by Billie Holiday, Billie from Billie Dove and Holiday from her dad. She began listening to records by Louis Armstrong and Bessie Smith. Her mother…

Bonnaroo has unveiled its inaugural lineup for this year’s “The Infinity Stage,” a brand-new, one-of-a-kind venue boasting spatial sound, synchronized lights, and an unprecedented three-dome, open-air design to create the world’s largest,…