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By 1992, there was no secret about the affinity the Grateful Dead had for Albany's Knickerbocker Arena. This would be the third year in a row they made sure to make a tour stop here. But after two previous three-night runs, including the…

High in the hills in scenic West Virginia, Mountain Music Festival threw a party that seemed a world away from everyday life. Friday saw jamband staples Pigeons Playing Ping Pong, Lettuce and TAUK play the mainstage to enthusiastic crowds.…

NYS Music is proud to announce the latest updates to Stream and Support, from across New York! In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, venues across New York State and the country closed their doors and canceled live performances. Since…

Preference in music is the very definition of subjectivity, definitively so in fact. Whereas reviewing a live show is more of a this is what happened and what it felt like to be there kind of thing, album reviews, on the other hand, tend…

Pigeons Playing Ping Pong, the Baltimore-based funk quartet, just announced their Fall 2021 tour. There are fourteen stops planned, the first two of which are at the historic Capitol Theater in Port Chester, NY. From there, they will…

Wynton Marsalis, the artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center, recently released a recording of "Blues Symphony (Symphony No. 2)" for The Philadelphia Orchestra, conducted by Cristian Macelaru. This is the second symphony from Marsalis,…

Bad Business Club is prepping for a groovy Summer by releasing a new single, "Flip Me Over." It's the first single from their upcoming album, Naked Neighbor, out June 11, 2021. The Brooklyn collective’s daytime disco stomper marks the…

Central New York-based band Harmonic Dirt is back with their newest album, Rhode Island Street, released earlier this year. Husband and wife team Mike Gridley and Susan Coleman first established Harmonic Dirt back in 2016. Both…

The electronic music with an angular post-punk edge band called Pons has just come out with their new single. The single, Leland (Club Mix), comes along with a music video on youtube with a spooky and intense overtone. Pons was…

Z2 Comics announced that the graphic novel, Among the Living which was inspired by Anthrax, and the titans of thrash metal's landmark 1987 album of the same name, to be released in stores on July 6. In an effort to support the comic book…