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Spafford has announced the release of its latest album, a compilation of live tracks culled from their recent summer tour. Simply titled Live, Vol. 5, it opens with a monstrous "Pursuit of Trance" and a much extended take of "Windmill,"…

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Dave Kaspar is approaching his ninth year of bringing jazz to locales in Central New York, but in talking to him, it sounds like he has been promoting shows for decades. Kaspar, an independent jazz promoter with #JazzintheBurbs, stands…

BRIC, Brooklyn's leading media and arts organization, was just welcomed by New York City's Cultural Institutions Group (CIG) as a new member of the prestigious coalition. BRIC was one of 5 new organizations honored by Commissioner Laurie…

Devo invaded Long Island on Sunday, October 5, under a near-full moon at the Northwell at Jones Beach Theater, where the band turned a picture-perfect October evening into a pop-cultural sermon; half concert, half art installation, all…

On the latest episode of the Long Island Music & Entertainment Hall of Fame Podcast, host Tom Needham sits down with award-winning director Janol Ture, whose documentary To My Rescue, It Was the S1Ws (A Public Enemy Story) recently won…

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Cat Stevens, also known as Yusuf, has postponed his North American book tour following ongoing delays with visa approvals. “Sadly, my 'Cat on the Road to Findout Book Tour' in the U.S. looks like it won’t go ahead as scheduled in…

Joel Ross’ Good Vibes headlined the final night of Hudson Jazz Festival with a 90 minute set of adventurous jazz that passed the vibe check both literally and figuratively. Ross, a first-class vibraphonist who grew up in Chicago, has…

Bad Bunny kicked off Season 51 of Saturday Night Live on October 4, hosting for a second time, and joined by musical guest Doja Cat. Despite backlash from unilinguist right-wing talking heads, Bad Bunny will perform at Super Bowl…