Flashback Interview: Annie in the Water
Editor’s Note: This interview originally ran on Feb. 4, 2020. Annie in the Water will be performing at Stowe Cider in Stowe, VT on Sept. 26. For more information, visit the event page on Facebook here. Annie in the Water has just completed the most successful year in their career and is now embarking on […]
Flashback Interview: Tommy Stinson of The Replacements and Guns ‘n Roses
Editor’s Note: The following is from an interview with Tommy Stinson originally published on Dec. 10, 2019. Tommy Stinson is perhaps best known for his time in one of the most influential American alternative bands of the past 40 years, The Replacements. However, he also spent 16 years as Axl Rose’s bassist in the Chinese […]
The Art Behind the Artists
For decades, music fans have enjoyed not only the sounds of their favorite bands, but the album art, event posters, and t-shirts associated with those bands. This article looks at a current artist involved in creating “the art behind the artists.” She is Reina Salt, a Seattle area resident whose multi-faceted skills and interests influence […]
315 Throwback – Timing Is Everything: Devon Allman Discusses Teaming Up With Duane Betts
Editor’s Note (Aug. 11, 2020): This article was originally published on July 24, 2018. Devon Allman celebrated his 48th birthday yesterday. Two years ago he was embarking on a tour with his band and the Duane Betts Band. This union would eventually morph into the Allman Betts Band. Both musicians have a long relationship with […]
Celebrating Adam Duritz from Counting Crows – Revisiting A Memorable Interview
As we make our way through these days without live music, our minds often revisit musical moments that struck a chord with us. Today on the occasion of his 56th birthday, it seemed fitting to celebrate one such moment I had a few years ago with Adam Duritz of the Counting Crows. Stopping in Central […]
Nick Piccininni Discusses Joining Yonder Mountain String Band as New Mandolinist
Yonder Mountain String Band announced a lineup change on Tuesday. Mandolinist Jacob Jolliff will be leaving the band at the end of this year. His final show will be Yonder Mountain’s New Year’s Eve show at the Wheeler Opera House in Aspen, CO. In a statement, the band wrote, “As of January 1, 2020, we […]
Five Questions with Katie Louise
It’s been about four months since local singer/songwriter and classically-trained pianist Katie Louise released her debut EP. Unleash, a seven-track collection of originals, was a labor of love — and an expression of pent-up baggage — that resulted in an album that somehow makes a piano fit in seamlessly with modern-day pop music. Since the […]
Interview: Oliver Wood Returning To Upstate With Two New Albums
Beak & Skiff Apple Orchards is set to host The Wood Brothers and Lake Street Dive with an incredible night of music on July 26 in the rolling hills of Central NY. Lake Street Dive is touring behind their 2018 album “Free Yourself Up.” The Wood Brother’s, fresh off a Grammy nomination for “One Drop […]
Central New Yorker Ryan Quinn has “The Voice” to Win it All
Ryan Quinn, a Clinton High and SUNY Oneonta graduate, was the only contestant to turn all four chairs during the blind audition portion of NBC’s The Voice last week. Quinn’s performance of Blind Faith’s “Can’t Find My Way Home” blew away the judges and rocketed to number two on the iTunes rock charts following the broadcast. […]
From Stagecoach to Toby Keith’s – Central NY Welcomes Parmalee
On Thursday, May 14, Toby Keith’s I Love This Bar and Grill will be welcoming one of country music’s hottest new groups, Parmalee, to their Syracuse location. Just off of the stage at 2015’s Stagecoach Festival, Parmalee will return to upstate New York to bring the rocking country music party to Central New York. Touring […]