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David Byrne released his latest single, “What Is The Reason For It,” featuring Paramore’s Hayley Williams as part of his newly dropped album, Who Is The Sky? In Byrne’s first album since his 2018 American Utopia, which was later adapted…

Ani DiFranco treated her hometown to a beautiful Labor Day show, celebrating her new album Unprecedented Sh*t at Terminal B on August 31. Lifelong fans and all the movers and shakers of Buffalo were excited for her return to Buffalo to…

Buffalo’s KeyBank Center was buzzing with anticipation on Monday, September 1 as fans filed in for the long-awaited return of Deftones. The California heavyweights have built a reputation for delivering one of the most dynamic live…

The Westcott Street Cultural Fair returns for its 33rd annual fair on Sunday, September 28 on Syracuse’s Westcott Street. The fair kicks off at noon with a traditional parade along the 500 block and surrounding side streets, with 6…

Macy Gray will celebrate the 25th anniversary of her groundbreaking debut album, On How Life Is, on a world tour with four stops in New York. Gray will perform in Homer, Manhattan, Bethel, and Buffalo this November. On How Life Is…

Artists Aleksandra Scepanovic and Jennifer Miller will present Site-Seen’s second art exhibition, “Of Hull and Hush,” on the Rondout Creek Waterfront this October. Site-Seen is a developing initiative dedicated to transforming…

Queens College Kupferberg Center for the Arts has just announced the lineup for its 2025-2026 season, completely stacked with everything from Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Famers to dance concerts, Gospel choirs, family shows, and everything in…

Spaghetti Eastern Music makes a return with a fresh single "The Hard Blues," released on September 3, and is in preparation of their debut show at Bethel Woods at the Horizon Stage on September 10. Through Spaghetti Eastern Music,…

The Lake George Arts Project has announced the return of the Jazz at the Lake festival in Lake George. It will happen September 12-14 at Shepard Park. Going into the event's 41st year, the occasion is undoubtedly one of the Northeast's…

Today, Lana Del Rey is seen as an icon of West Coast elegance and mystery, waxing poetic about her California home in tracks such as “Did you know that there’s a tunnel under Ocean Blvd” and the aptly named “California” and “West Coast.”…