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New Orleans-based funk-fusion band The Soul Rebels have announced an upcoming show at Anderson Center at Binghamton University. The Soul Rebels started with an idea - to expand upon the pop music the members loved on the radio and…

Tops of Trees takes the stage at Funk 'n Waffles in Syracuse on September 21, and joining them for this high-energy event is local favorite, Spent Grain. Tops of Trees are an original nine-piece rock & soul ensemble hailing from…

Esteemed singer, songwriter and multi-talented artist Jon Batiste, will perform at the Tanglewood concert series on June 28. After earning both a B.A and a M.F.A from Juilliard school, Batiste got his start on The Late Show With…

Buggy Jive, the reclusive but momentum building groovester out of Upstate New York, is dripping with originality. Coming off of a white hot 2023 (Including an NPR shoutout, two Capital Region Thomas Edison Music Awards, a Macy Gray opening…

Rochester-born McKinley James released his debut album, Working Class Blues, on June 7. With classic sounds reminiscent of Chuck Berry, Elvis Presley, and Buddy Holly, the album takes us back to the first days of modern rock'n'roll. …

In an intimate setting of 100 people, Grammy-winning soul singer Bilal delivers a cathartic performance of "All For Love" featuring musical backing from Questlove, Robert Glasper and Burniss Travis. Notably, "All For Love" is the latest…

Presented by the Kupferberg Center for the Arts, Live at the Gantries brings free music to the banks of the East River. The concert series runs every Tuesday from July 11 through August 15. Performances are set to take place at Gantry…

Jamestown, NY’s Natalie Merchant debuted her new single “Tower of Babel” recently, alongside a soul-infecting indie video to paired alongside. The single anticipates Merchant’s forthcoming album Keep Your Courage, set for an…

Araya, a Thai-Chilean NYC native and multi-hyphenate artist announced the release of a track from his forthcoming ARENA EP, “Poison”.  If you have recently experienced a gruesome heartbreak, “POISON” is the song for you. Araya’s new…

Robert Walter interprets infamous soul and jazz artists on his third session for the music journal, Aquarium Drunkard. The EP's opening track, a reimagination of Melle Mel's "White Lines," which itself was a reinvention of Liquid Liquid's…