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On a cold winter’s night in Albany, music fans were treated to an unforgettable celebration of life, talent, and legacy at the TP Birthday Celebration Concert, at Lark Hall - held in honor of Tom Pirozzi (TP), bass player for Ominous…

New York City's premier music festival, Governors Ball, has unveiled a stacked 2025 lineup, returning to Flushing Meadows Corona Park in Queens over June 6-8. Once again aligning with New York’s Music Month, the lineup includes…

Italian songwriter Peppe Voltarelli is set to embark on a highly anticipated tour in the United States. Peppe is presenting his new album La grande corsa verso Lupionòpolis (The Great Race to Lupionòpolis). After recording the album in…

Bloomingdale School of Music, located on the Upper West Side, celebrates their 60th anniversary of togetherness through assuring affordable music education for all. Founded in 1964, the school has committed itself to excellence in teaching…

Goose has announced their initial summer 2025 tour dates and included is the band's first-ever headlining appearance at MSG. The band will play at Madison Square Garden on June 28 as the main act on the bill for the first time in their…

William James "Count" Basie was born in Red Bank, New Jersey in August 1904. Both of his parents played instruments: his dad on mellophone, his mom on piano. He dreamt of traveling, heavily inspired by touring carnivals. However, he spent…

We made it! 2025 is officially here and somehow already two weeks old. If you're both the resolution-making kind and the live-music-attending kind, it's possible you have resolved to see more concerts this year. And if that is the case,…

The New York City Opera (NYCO) has announced “Music of Survival: Works by Weinberg, Korngold, and Rovne,” a performance celebrating “survival and perseverance through the universal language of music," slated for Monday, February 24 at…

Jazz stormed Manhattan on Friday, January 10, as 50 bands played across nine venues for Winter Jazz Fest’s Manhattan Marathon.  Amyra León; Photo Credit: Aidan Lukomnik With bands playing for more than eight hours in venues across…

This January, in celebration of National Mentor Month, we highlight the transformative mentorship shaping the future of music and opera at the Eastman School of Music at the University of Rochester. Eastman School of Music Timothy…