The Finger Lakes GrassRoots Festival of Music and Dance returns to the Trumansburg Fairgrounds in Trumansburg, NY for its 34th annual edition July 16 through 19, 2026, with a lineup headlined by Rhiannon Giddens, Taj Mahal and the Del McCoury Band. Tickets and camping passes are on sale now at grassrootsfest.org. Children under 12 are […]
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On a rainy Tuesday night in Syracuse, fans gathered at The Song and Dance for vaultboy s in your city tour, with support from dreamfone, regardless of flood warnings. Fans came from all over – even Binghamton and Watertown – just for a chance to see vaultboy s alternative pop/ electronic music live. Opener dreamfone emerged in 2021 […]
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Albany has announced its 78th Annual Tulip Festival, highlighting the City s rich Dutch heritage and featuring an array of exciting and artistic activities across four live entertainment stages. The festival takes place Saturday, May 9th, and Sunday, May 10th, in Washington Park, presented by KeyBank. Tulip Festival is Albany s signature spring event that aims to […]
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The Hudson River Music Festival announced its return to Croton Point Park in Croton-on-Hudson on Sunday, June 21, with a lineup headlined by Warren Haynes, Jesse Welles and Toshi Reagon across two stages on the Hudson River waterfront. The festival’s marquee set brings together Haynes, founding member of Gov’t Mule and a longtime force in […]
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Miles Davis imagined how the trumpet can communicate beyond words, drawing audiences into The Voice of Miles: A Symphonic Celebration, premiering at National Sawdust on May 26. The live orchestral event follows the documentary Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool, transforming it into an immersive performance experience. Defined by reinvention, Miles Davis never boxed himself […]
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The two-time Grammy Award-winning Albany Symphony will present three free outdoor concerts along the New York State Canal system this summer as part of the third and final installment of Water Music NY: More Voices Festival. Performances take place Friday, July 10 in Waterford, Saturday, July 11 in Rome and Saturday, Aug. 15 in the […]
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In a recent conversation with ChatGPT, it seems that by April 1st, 2029, the global music industry will have finally achieved what experts had long predicted: the complete and total replacement of human musicians with an algorithm named VibeCore Ultra . The transition was surprisingly smooth, aside from a brief three-hour protest by former artists, which […]
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On March 28, the Barclays Center was transformed into a full-blown time machine as the Boys 4 Life Tour rolled into Brooklyn. Packed with fans who grew up on early 2000s R&B and hip-hop and a younger crowd discovering it in real time the night was less about a single headliner and more about a […]
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Long Island s own Sal “The Voice” Valentinetti has built his career on carrying tradition forward, and his latest single does exactly that. With the release of Little Pal, a cover of the 1929 ballad originally performed by Al Jolson and later popularized by Jimmy Roselli, Valentinetti delivers a deeply personal take on a song that has endured for nearly a […]
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New York City s electronic underground has always thrived on collaboration, and few recent releases capture that spirit as clearly as Public Circuit s upcoming remix album, Modern Church, arriving April 28. Expanding on their 2025 full-length Modern Church, the trio turn inward to their community reworking the record alongside a cross-section of artists shaping the current Brooklyn […]
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