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Allison Russell will captivate audiences with an exclusive Saturday Night Takeover on Radio Woodstock, airing on Saturday, December 23 at 10:00 PM.  Russell is a GRAMMY-nominated singer, songwriter, poet, activist, and…

The HERE Foundation, fresh off last year's successful music festival, announced the date and lineup for HERE for NY, taking place at The Knockdown Center on Feb. 10, 2024. HERE for NY is the next stop in the global concert series…

There’s no escaping The Police; they’re everywhere. Individually, members of The Police continued to tour this past fall and winter, and garnered quite a bit of social media and press coverage with their music and publishing projects. A…

The Los Angeles-based company SaveLive has announced it is opening a new concert venue in Buffalo titled Electric City, at the former site of the Tralf Music Hall. Many are pleased with the prospect of a new venue, but some are worrisome…

On December 16, 2023, the Binghamton Philharmonic Orchestra performed its annual holiday concert, “Winter Wonderland,” to a packed house at the Broome County Forum Theatre. A glittering celebration of the season, Winter Wonderland…

Ireland-based cinematic, melancholic pop group The Coronas have supported Bruce Springsteen in front of more than 65,000 people in London’s Hyde Park, played for President Joe Biden in County Mayo during his visit to his ancestral home in…

To close out a tremendous year of touring, Billy Strings arrived in the Salt City of Syracuse on Saturday, December 16, for a performance at Upstate Medical Arena at The Oncenter War Memorial. Having just returned from a European tour…

As the crescent moon descended over the Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, Bob Weir & Wolf Bros delivered a compelling evening of music, marking the third show of their extended December 2023 residency.  Emerging from the rear of…

The oldest bar in Albany and a music venue for bands of all genres, Pauly's Hotel, located at 337 Central Ave, has closed and is up for sale. Established in 1862, Pauly's Hotel has been a staple in Albany for multiple generations,…

On December 15th, the indie-pop luminary mxmtoon/Maia wrapped up her "plum blossom (revisited) tour" in style at the cozy Roulette venue in Brooklyn, her adopted home. Despite her Bay Area origins, the artist warmly acknowledged the show…