The Albany Office of Cultural Affairs Presents Fallbany
By: Alain Clerine, Contributing Writer The City of Albany’s new arts and crafts market, Fallbany launched this week. The series kicked off Thursday, Sept. 5 and will be held weekly in Tricentennial Park located on Broadway in Downtown Albany throughout the month of September, from 11:30 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. The market will be an […]
Frank Palangi Releases New Video, ‘Set Me Free’
By: Jessica Sherman, Contributing Writer Albany-area native, indie-rock singer/songwriter Frank Palangi has released a new video for his fans. “Set Me Free” is the title track off his self produced and mixed EP. The video was directed and edited by Cameron Gallagher. After having the opportunity to work with Brian Craddock of Daughtry on his […]
Levitt AMP Utica Presents the Rebirth Brass Band Monday Night
Utica’s free Monday Night concert series at Kopernik Park on Genesee Street continues Aug. 5. with a show from the Grammy-winning Rebirth Brass Band. The music kicks off at 6:00 p.m. with a performance from the nine-piece funk outfit D’Funk’D. Formed in 1983, Rebirth incorporates funk and hip-hop into their traditional New Orleans second line […]
Syracuse’s Lost Horizon to Get Raucous Saturday
The legendary Lost Horizon in Syracuse has long been known as the area’s premier rock venue, having seen everyone from Guns ‘N Roses to local up and comers grace the stage. Saturday, Aug. 3 will see a handful of Syracuse’s top indie acts banding together for a night of punk, ska, oi and other random […]
Woodstock Moving to Maryland?
In a last-ditch effort to save the 50th-anniversary celebration of Woodstock, organizers are moving the concert to Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, MD. Bloomberg reported Thursday that the outdoor amphitheater will host “Woodstock 50 Washington” on the originally planned dates of Aug. 16-18. The venue is said to hold 32,000 people, a number far lower […]
Uncle Ebenezer to perform on PhanArt/CEG Cruise this Friday in NYC
For Phish fans looking to fill their plate with even more tasty jams this summer, this Friday, July 26 in New York City, CEG and PhanArt have teamed up for a Booze Cruise featuring Uncle Ebenezer, as well as Phish fan-artists and vendors Dave Russo, SetListTees and Outcasty Designs. Tickets are $30 in advance and […]
Silversun Pickups Bring the Rock to 95X’s Big X Cuse
Baldwinsville’s picturesque Papermill Island was the scene for a gathering of upstart and veteran alternative rockers Friday night as the Big X Cuse, presented by Syracuse alt-rock station 95X, rolled into town. The second-year event featured veteran alt-rockers Silversun Pickups alongside singer-songwriter Meg Myers, indie pop duo I Don’t Know How But They Found Me, […]
Adam Ezra Group to Play Free Levitt AMP Concert Series in Utica Monday Night
The summer-long Levitt AMP Concert Series continues tonight in Utica’s Kopernik Park with the Adam Ezra Group headlining. Local act, the POORtIM Band opens the show at 6:00 p.m. with Ezra taking the stage at 7:30. Ezra has recently released a new album entitled Find a Way and has toured with Graham Parker and Southside […]
Rome Concert Series Kicks off Tonight
The City of Rome‘s annual free summer concert series on Griffo Green at City Hall begins its run Monday, July 8 with music from the combined forces of Baddogg and 24/7 from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. The long-running downtown series continues each Monday (weather depending) through Aug. 19. Baddogg is a blues-based power rock quartet […]
Nippertown Plays On – Award-winning Arts Website to Continue Under Auspices of NYS Music Co-Owner Jim Gilbert
Award-winning arts website Nippertown will continue, with a renewed focus on Capital Region cultural offerings, under the auspices of NYS Music co-owner Jim Gilbert, who will edit and manage the site along with Laura DaPolito. Founded by Greg Haymes and Sara Ayers in May 2009, Nippertown was temporarily shuttered on the eve of its tenth […]