Cuomo to Allow Large Stadiums and Arenas to Reopen
Large stadiums and arenas with capacity of 10,000 people or more can reopen starting Feb. 23, New York governor Andrew Cuomo announced on Wednesday. Venues must be preapproved by the state health department and limit attendance to 10% of capacity and attendees must present proof of a negative Covid-19 test within 72 hours of the […]
Westcott Community Center Announces Van Fundraiser
The Vantastic Fundraiser, an online event hosted by the Westcott Community Center and Syracuse musician and city councilor Joe Driscoll, will take place Thursday, Feb. 11 from 7-9 p.m. The event, an effort to raise money for a new van for the community center, will be simultaneously live-streamed on the Westcott Community Center’s and Joe […]
315 Flashback: ‘The Last Waltz’ Looks Great at 40
Photos by Jim Gilbert from Nippertown/JTG Photo The impetus was a one-off tribute to The Last Waltz during last spring’s New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. Warren Haynes and Don Was put together an all-star cast of musicians to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Band’s all-star farewell concert at San Francisco’s Winterland Ballroom on Thanksgiving Night, […]
2021 SAMMY Nominees Announced
This year’s Syracuse Area Music Award nominees were announced in 14 categories via livestream Wednesday morning with 95X’s Scott Dixon hosting. Despite a global pandemic that saw the entire live entertainment industry shuttered for the majority of 2020, Central New York musicians proved prolific during this time. A record number of 166 recordings released during […]
SAMMYS People’s Choice Noms Begin Jan. 1
Nominations for the 2020 Syracuse Area Music Awards People’s Choice Awards open on Jan. 1. Each year, the SAMMYS provides a web-based competition in four categories. This year the live category has been changed to accommodate livestreams, which have become the live music platform of choice during the pandemic. Nominations are open to the public […]
315 New Music Friday: Replacements Tribute Act Beer For Breakfast Releases Benefit for Mr. Holland’s Opus Foundation
Upstate New York’s best (only?) Replacements tribute band Beer For Breakfast has released a Name Your Price tribute album to those lovable louts from the Twin Cities as a fundraiser for the Mr. Holland’s Opus Foundation. The album, titled Please Don’t Sue Us, was recorded as low-fi and under rehearsed as any good ‘Mats tribute […]
315 Release Friday: Just Joe’s Introspective Work, ‘Breakdown’
Black Friday is a big day for new releases. For this Black Friday, one of the 315’s favorite balladeers Joe Altier (stage name Just Joe) has released his most personal effort to date, ‘Breakdown.’ You can find it on all the streaming platforms and copies of the physical CD can be found at his website. […]
315 Throwback: 2016 Salt City Waltz – Stream the 2018 Edition Thanksgiving Night
Editors note: The biennial Salt City Waltz, a Central New York tribute to the music of The Band was set to take place this year but, like most events in the year of COVID, it didn’t happen. In its stead, organizers of the event have chosen to stream an encore of the 2018 edition of […]
SAMMYS Going Virtual for 2021 Ceremony
The date for the Syracuse Area Music Awards (SAMMYS) was announced Tuesday and the event will be going virtual for 2021. The March 5 ceremony, which normally takes place at the Palace Theater in Eastwood, will instead be live-streamed from SubCat Studios in Syracuse and will include performances by area musicians along with the award […]
Remembering Tragically Hip Frontman Gord Downie on the Third Anniversary of his Death
Editor’s note: Gord Downie, lead vocalist for the Tragically Hip succumbed to glioblastoma on this day in 2017. The following is an editorial dedicated to the life and legacy of the Canadian icon which originally appeared at NYS Music on Oct. 19, 2017. When your nation’s leader gives a tearful press conference lamenting that they […]