Music News

The state's premier outdoor concert venue is celebrating its 50th anniversary this summer as Saratoga Performing Arts Center kicks off its golden anniversary concert season with the fourth running of the SPAC Rock and Run, which offers 5k,…

California reggae-fusion act Slightly Stoopid has announced their ninth annual cross-country summer tour, bringing them to Saranac Brewery in Utica on July 22. The Return Of The Red Eye Summer Tour will criss-cross the country, hitting…

Def Leppard will embark on a 55-city 2016 North American tour, which will include three New York dates, starting with the Moonstone Festival in Orlando, Florida, on May 1.  The tour will extend all the way to the beginning of the fall…

Ithaca-based band Jimkata got the Nerdist nod this week. The band used the website to release its first music video, for the single "Wild Ride," from their latest album In Motion. The video features the members of Jimkata dressed in panda…

Vermont quartet Twiddle announced they will headline Port Chester's Capitol Theatre on May 7. The announcement happened in front of a sold-out crowd Saturday night at the Irving Plaza in New York City. NYC's instrumental rock-fusion band…

After nearly two years, Frost Ridge, a popular outdoor venue in Le Roy has been cleared to host concerts again. Nestled deep within the farmlands and orchards of Western New York, Frost Ridge Campground lends to an intimate, outdoor venue…

Last year, "Weird Al" Yankovic toured extensively in support of his latest album, Mandatory Fun. Recently he announced that he will be back at it again — this time with 78 shows between June and September. Released in July 2014, Mandatory…

On Halloween 2014, Hall & Oates performed for the opening night of Daryl's House in Pawling — owned by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member Daryl Hall himself. This week, the Poughkeepsie Journal reported that the venue is in the…

Ed Mann, Frank Zappa's longtime drummer, will join forces with Paul Green's Rock Academy for a special night of Zappa music at The Hollow in Albany on Saturday, March 5. Paul Green, founder of School of Rock and inspiration for Jack Black's…

After nearly 20 years of great music and fun, All Good Music Festival & Campout is retiring. Tim Walther and Junipa Conteno-Süslü began promoting and producing shows as a way to highlight the growing jamband scene in the Washington,…