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It makes perfect sense that the irrepressible Ronnie James Dio would be the one to tell his life story in a book completed and released 11 years after his death!  If there’s one thing this book demonstrates, it’s that the tiny but mighty…

It was the Summer of 1973, the ‘Hippie movement’ of the 1960’s still existed, but only in isolated pockets, tucked way in the dusty cobwebbed corners of the counterculture. Groups like the Grateful Dead, Allman Brothers Band, and The Band…

On Saturday, July 24th, The Sun Ra Arkestra returned to Capital One City Parks Foundation SummerStage for their fifth stint at the concert series. Still led by Sun Ra himself at the time, the band headlined the festival’s first ever…

On July 23rd, The Palace Theater in Albany played host to A Midsummer Slay. This drag show was originally to be hosted by Lady Bunny, but a sudden illness meant that none other than Mrs. Kasha Davis (RuPaul's Drag Race Season 7) would need…

Manhattan's Blue Note Jazz Club is bringing together GZA and Talib Kweli for four performances over August 24 and 25. The Genius, aka the GZA, will bring his live band, featuring guest MC Talib Kweli, performing classics that have…

The life of Jerry Garcia will be celebrated on August 8 at Westville Music Bowl with "Daze Between," presented by Rex Foundation. Musicians including Warren Haynes and Grace Potter (alone and together), Lettuce (celebrating JGB) and…

Chenango Blues Festival announced the 2021 lineup including Jimmie Vaughan who will be headlining. The festival will be taking place on August 20 and 21 in Norwich, New York. This will be the 28th annual installment of the…

The center of the jazz center universe shifts around throughout the year. New York. New Orleans. And for few days every summer, Newport. The Newport Jazz Fest returns in 2021 from 7/30-8/1 at Fort Adams State Park and the Fort will swing…

This summer, Waterhole Music Lounge in Saranac Lake brings back their annual summer series, Party on the Patio, which includes free live music every Thursday night. The shows will be outside the venue on the patio, just in time to watch…

Creative Concerts is excited to help bring live music back to Baldwinsville this summer, presenting Badfish: A Tribute to Sublime on Friday, August 13th at Paper Mill Island. Badfish: A Tribute to Sublime - The phenomenon known as…