Live: Sophistafunk at The Yard Amphitheater
Ray Brothers BBQ in Bouckville has long hosted a summer series of bigger acts. This summer the shows at The Yard Amphitheater at Ray Brothers are back in full swing and Syracuse funk legends Sophistafunk brought the fire to the Yard on Saturday. The funk continues this Saturday with The Comb Down. For ticket information […]
Live: Annie in the Water at Ommegang
Brewery Ommegang in Cooperstown continued its Fire Pit Fridays Concert Series last week with Annie in the Water performing their first big show in the area since last year’s Hayley in the Water show at the Jewish Community Center in Utica. The brewery’s free Friday series continues this Friday with blues act Wyld Blu 315 […]
Review: Pigeons Playing Ping Pong at Beak and Skiff – Night Two
Pigeons Playing Ping Pong closed out their two-night run on Saturday night, June 19 at Beak & Skiff Apple Orchards in wet and wild style. From atop of the hill that overlooks the valley, the skies gave off a beautiful orange, pink, and purple sunset in the distant horizon, as the storm clouds came in […]
The 315 Interview: Chris Wood of The Wood Brothers
The Wood Brothers play Beak And Skiff Orchards with support from Valerie June on August 13. For summer and fall tour dates and to find their music follow these links respectively, Wood Brothers, Valerie June. 315 Music recently sat down with Chris Wood of The Wood Brothers in advance of their upcoming Beak & Skiff […]
Levitt AMP Utica Music Series Returns for 2021
The Levitt AMP Utica Music Series announced its lineup of New York State-based artists who will perform at Kopernik Park in Downtown Utica this summer. Concerts will take place on Monday nights from 6-9 p.m, July 5 – Aug. 30 with a final tenth concert taking place on Friday, Sept. 3 to kick off Labor […]
Live: Vaporeyes and The Reflexions at Funk ‘n Waffles
Syracuse-based psychedelic prog band Vaporeyes performed the third show of their May residency at Funk ‘n Waffles Friday night, supporting their new album Cantrips. Opening the show was the newly formed Northeast jamband supergroup The Reflexions from Vermont. The show was billed as The Road to Woodsfest, a festival in its third year at Woods […]
315 Throwback: Chris Cornell, Dead at 52
Editor’s Note: The following was originally published on May 19, 2017 at NYS Music. Chris Cornell died on May 18, 2017. Within an hour of completing a performance at Detroit’s Fox Theatre, Soundgarden lead vocalist Chris Cornell was found unresponsive in his room at the MGM Grand Hotel after a concerned call to a friend […]
Blaine Holcomb Shows Maturity on Fun New EP
One thing about the pause that this global pandemic has brought is amazing new music and surprise albums. We are in luck as Hamilton-born, Nashville-based singer/songwriter Blaine Holcomb is set to drop his first single from his new EP on Friday in a series of several releases to come over the summer. His new self-titled EP, […]
315 Flashback: Devon Allman Interview (2018)
Editor’s note: The author interviewed Devon Allman on the eve of his tour with the Duane Betts Project in 2018. During this interview, talk of an Allman-Betts collaboration was discussed, the beginnings of the Allman Betts Band, who will return to Central New York at the Apple Valley Park in Lafayette on June 19. This […]
The 315 Interview: Sydney Irving
The Central New York music scene has a fresh face on the scene in the form of singer-songwriter Sydney Irving. When your influences range from Taylor Swift to Tom Petty to the Doors to AC/DC, you’re going to be tough to pigeonhole. And that’s just the way Irving likes it. The 17-year-old musician based out […]