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The Mockingbird Foundation has partnered with the Vermont Student Assistance Corp. (VSAC) to launch The Mockingbird Foundation Music Scholarship. Funded entirely by Phish fans, this scholarship will help Vermont students seeking to pursue…

The Long Island Music and Entertainment Hall of Fame wrapped up its second annual Music Documentary Film Festival on Sunday with an awards ceremony honoring films and filmmakers from Long Island and around the world. The three-day…

Moment in Time, a new album from Blues artist Mark Tolstrup and Texas vocalist Jill Tolstrup just released. Along with the album's release was an announcement for a tour across New York. The album serves as a collaboration…

Phantogram brought dance hits and deep cuts to Brooklyn's Elsewhere for a sold-out DJ set of electronica, hip hop, and pop classics on Saturday, September 26. Supported by Laila Amira, the music duo had the crowd dancing and singing along…

Heavy metal band Slipknot have announced a Summer 2027 tour, called the “(sic)est Stadium Tour.” This worldwide tour includes a show at Citi Field in Queens on Jul. 18, 2027. Slipknot have built up a devoted following since their…

Syracuse-born singer-songwriter Mick Fury released Irish State of Mind on August 26, his new album of contemporary Irish pub songs. Recorded in late 2025 and completed in Nashville in 2026, Fury turns a newfound connection to Ireland into…

Saturday night at Turning Stone Resort Casino was built for country fans who like their music with a little extra distortion. Brantley Gilbert brought his Real American Tour to The Event Center in Verona on September 26, leaving the crowd…

Graham Nash and his youthful backup played the Troy Savings Bank Music Hall Saturday, Sept. 26 and replayed the soundtrack of Baby Boomers’ lives, to the delight of the mostly aging audience. Nash, rarely one to hold back on his…

Our look back at the Grateful Dead's tour history in New York makes a stop in the heart of Central New York, with a trip back to September 28, 1976 and a show so good it deserved placement on a Dick's Pick release. The latter half of…

The Reptilian Conspiracy Theory posits that there is an intergalactic group of lizards who, by assuming human form and amassing financial, political and cultural power, secretly control Earth. Most serious interpretations of the theory…