Photos courtesy of Alex B and 215Music.net A well run music festival can be a fantasy land, a respite from reality. Such was the case at the Peach Music Festival in Scranton, PA this past weekend. As concertgoers reveled in musical bliss, the world around them grew darker and stormier. Unimaginable horrors were unfolding. Music, […]
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Mountain Jamming: 2017 Peach Music Festival Preview
It is not unusual in this day and age for a band to have it’s own festival. It is however, unusual, for a band’s festival to outlast the band itself. The Peach Music Festival, this year running August 10-13, was started by the Allman Brothers Band back in 2012. The band broke up for good […]
The 5th Annual Susquehanna Breakdown: Affordable Scranton Bluegrass
What can you do with $50 in Scranton, PA this weekend? How about two days of incredible bluegrass, folk, and funk? The 5th Annual Susquehanna Breakdown begins Friday, May 19 with local act, The Dishonest Fiddlers taking the stage at 6:30pm followed by most Deadhead’s favorite one-man band, Keller Williams, at 8pm. Members of Northeastern Pennsylvania’s […]
Dance 2016 Away in the Big Apple
New Year’s Eve and New York City go hand-in-hand. While the celebration and ball drop in Times Square receive the most attention from people around the world, there are also a ton of musical happenings in the city, with Phish’s storied New Year’s Eve run at Madison Square Garden, Dec. 28 to 31, being one […]
Best of NYS Music 2016: Biggest Musical Loss and Best Live Cover or Tribute Performance
As we give thanks for the awe inspiring musical talent living among us, we must also honor those who have left incredible music legacies behind. 2016 was particularly rough, having lost several pioneers and visionaries whose music has influenced not only other musicians, but has affected so many of us far outside the realm of […]
Don’t Miss Saturday’s Jam Packed ‘Brooklyn Comes Alive’
On October 22, the musical spirit in New York will be at its height when the sold-out Brooklyn Comes Alive festival comes to three venues in the heart of Williamsburg. This one-day event features a veritable who’s who spanning the jam band, funk and electronic scenes Members of The Disco Biscuits, Medeski, Martin & Wood, The String […]
Set Up Like a Bowling Pin: JRAD Knocks Down the Brooklyn Bowl Run
If the Brooklyn Bowl ever decides to create a Hall of Fame, Joe Russo’s Almost Dead (JRAD) can be sure to add “Fall Ball 2” to their list of accomplishments. As Saturday night wrapped up the sold out three-show run for this incredible quintet, I will non-apologetically say that they are the most important “cover band” […]
The LOCKN’ Report: Day 2
Friday the Jam ‘Lympics at LOCKN’ swung into full effect with it’s first full day of music. In fact, from the opening notes of Upstate New York’s own Donna the Buffalo at 11am at the Blue Ridge Bowl, until Joe Russo’s Almost Dead closed out the night at the same venue well after 3am, there […]
JRAD Announces Three-night Run at Brooklyn Bowl
Joe Russo’s Almost Dead has announced that they will be doing a three-night run at the Brooklyn Bowl Oct. 6-8. Earlier, the band announced that they will be at the Brooklyn Bowl on Dec. 29th, the first night of their three-night New Year’s run, which will be at the Capitol Theater for Dec. 30-31. Following […]
Summer Camp 2015 Day 3: The Saturday Chronicles
Read more from Summer Camp Day 1, Day 2 and Day 4 It is now Sunday morning and to recap what went down on Saturday at Summer Camp, here’s a play-by-play morning until late night. 10am: wake up after three hours of sleep and sunrise kickball. Feel refreshed, not exhausted. Breakfast of banana, yogurt, life cereal […]