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Whether you are looking for a festival where you can party all day and night or want to bring your little ones and know that they are going to experience an enriching musical, artistic, and communal atmosphere (with plenty of space and…

Donna the Buffalo debuted their first studio album in five years, Tonight, Tomorrow and Yesterday, on June 18, 2013 via Sugar Hill Records. They have been touring the country in support of that album feverishly throughout the past year…

One of the longest running annual music festivals in the country announced the artist lineup for their 2014 installment Thursday and lucky for NYS Music readers; that festival is centrally nestled in Upstate New York. Celebrating their…

David Wax Museum heads to the Upstate and NYC area this week, bringing with him a fusion of traditional Mexican folk with American roots and indie rock to create a Mexo-Americana sound. Reminiscent of Los Lobos and Calexico, David Waz and…

The pantheon of New Jersey music legends is pretty well established with stars like Sinatra and Springsteen, but slowly making their way into the discussion is a band that hails from Stillwater Township in Sussex County and has a style all…

Oneida Nation Native Irv Lyons Jr. has just released his debut album, I Love the Night. Lyons’ three-man band hailing from Camillus, New York has a vintage Rock & Roll sound crossed with Americana love songs. The trio consisting of…

On June 14, 2009, I drove to Beacon, NY for the annual Strawberry Festival, an annual community event on the shores of the Hudson River. I attended at the suggestion of Pete Seeger, so that we might chat and conduct an interview regarding…

Sonny Landreth and Cindy Cashdollar, two masters of the slide guitar, will perform together at The Egg this Friday, January 31st starting at 8 pm. The duo will kick off the American Roots & Branches concert series with Sony Landreth on…

Folk music legend and activist Pete Seeger died this morning at 94. An activist, teacher, singer and influence on generations of musicians, Seeger dedicated his life to music, playing a banjo that read "This machine surrounds hate and…

Rowdy, unique and uncontainable are just three words to describe a Well Worn Boot show – and this year’s Wild Wild Fest is sure to be no different.  A music and camping festival held at Willow Creek Winery in Silver Creek, NY, this…