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Review and Photos by Robert Tellerman On a January Wednesday, Fred Norris played a sold out show with his band at Arlene's Grocery in the lower east side of Manhattan. Fred is best known for his role on The Howard Stern Show where…

The Band’s Levon Helm would turn 80 on May 26, and the late drummer will be remembered with four performances by the Midnight Ramble Band during May. With three shows on May 8, 9 and 15 taking place at the drummer’s Woodstock studio, a…

The former Sherman’s Amusement Park in Caroga Lake, NY will be donated to the non-profit Caroga Arts Council, with intentions to develop the site into a music venue.  Located 10 miles northwest of Gloversville, the Fulton County…

The combo of Burlington's Hayley Jane and the North Country's Annie in the Water kicked off their ambitious "Spread Rumours" tour last week with shows in Saranac Lake, Schenectady and Utica. This collaboration is one done with an…

On July 11, the Central New York Irish Festival will hold its inaugural event at MKJ Farm in Deansboro, New York. This rural setting will provide the setting to continue a favorite family tradition of music, camping, and fun celebrating…

Hailing from Westchester, NY is a four-piece indie rock group called Back From Nothing. And they are bursting onto the scene with their brand new album Someone Say Something. The first track, “Rabbit Hole,” kicks off the album with an…

Arizona's improvisational jam rock quartet Spafford kicked off a three night run on Friday night at the Brooklyn Bowl. They delivered high energy tunes to the sold out crowd immediately upon taking the stage- and never looked back. The…

Back in June 2019, Sam Beam (a.k.a. Iron & Wine) joined forces with folk/Americana group Calexico for the full length LP, Years to Burn. This would mark the second time the two bands collaborated, the first being EP In the Reins from…

If you’re a vinyl collector, you may want to sit down. Apollo Masters, the California facility that supplies lacquer used for master discs, which are then used to manufacture vinyl records, suffered a devastating fire on Thursday, February…

Organ Fairchild will debut at new Buffalo hotspot Duende on February 15 at 6 p.m. The brand new band is comprised of veteran musicians Joe Bellanti, Corey Kertzie and Dave Ruch. Since 1983 these Buffalo natives have performed…