In a special episode of the LIMEHOF Podcast, recorded live at the Long Island Music and Entertainment Hall of Fame, director Robert Coppola Schwartzman joins Tom Needham just after the closing-night screening of his award-winning documentary, Hung Up on a Dream: The Zombies Documentary, and moments before being honored with the Best Director Award at […]
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Celebrated instrumental electronic/jam band Lotus has released “One Word,” the second single off their upcoming studio album, Rise of the Anglerfish, due out February 13. Lotus is a 4-piece instrumental band, formed over 20 years ago. They were early adopters of fusing Electronic beats with accents of Dance, Jam, Psych-Rock, Post-Rock, Disco, Funk, and Jazz. […]
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Do you ever feel like you don t know what day it is? Or maybe, when you bump into an old friend or go someplace you’ve not been in a while, you forget what year it is altogether, like you got in some reversing DeLorean and went back to the past? To stand at the foot […]
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The lineup for moe.down has arrived, with a group of artists that make this a true famoe.ly reunion. Taking place over July 16-18, 2026 at the historic West End Fairgrounds in Gilbert, PA, moe. has shared the first look at the artist lineup, bringing in musical peers from over the years, with more than 20 bands, […]
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The 38th annual Flurry Festival returns to downtown Saratoga Springs Thursday, Feb. 13 through Saturday, Feb. 15, filling the Saratoga Springs City Center and surrounding venues with traditional music and dance. More than 3,000 people are expected to attend the festival, which features 222 sessions across the three-day event. The festival brings together a large […]
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As audiences brace for the winter months, things get a little more fun as The Park Theater Foundation brings comedy, folk, and jazz to Glens Falls. Running from January 30 through February 27, the venue offers a range of performers across multiple genres. On January 30, David Drake featured on Comedy Central, HBO, Sirius XM, […]
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The music industry has long celebrated resilience, endurance, and the idea that the show must go on. But behind the curtain, the mental health toll of life on the road, late nights, financial uncertainty, and constant pressure has quietly reached crisis levels. On January 27, Backline a nonprofit dedicated to mental health and wellness for music […]
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While many people chose to drown their sorrows in Labatt Blue and bleu cheese after another disappointing Bills playoff loss, more than a handful found something to help them cope with heartache on Saturday, January 17. Syracuse-native Sydney Irving & The Creatures made a trek down the thruway to The Bug Jar in Rochester to […]
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Pegasus Early Music and NYS Baroque are two organizations that celebrate and perform music ranging from Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque times (early music) across Syracuse, Ithaca, and Rochester. The organizations have announced a John Dowland Festival scheduled for February 2026. Both Pegasus Early Music and NYS Baroque are organizations that are well-known and celebrated throughout […]
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Dave Matthews Band has announced its Summer 2026 Tour dates, featuring performances throughout the country, including four concerts in New York. Dave Matthews Band is a top-ranked headliner on Pollstar s list of 25 Most Popular Artists of the Millennium, listed at number 4. In addition, the band was named an UN Environment Goodwill Ambassador in […]
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