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 […]
SAMMYS Now Accepting Submissions for 2021 Awards
The Syracuse Area Music Awards is now accepting submissions for consideration in the 2021 SAMMY Awards. From now until Jan. 6 Syracuse area musicians are encouraged to submit recordings — commercially released albums or EPs released in the 2020 calendar year. A change in this year’s submissions is that all entries will be accepted online […]
Cast Your Vote All-Star Livestream Concert Airs Tonight
On Wednesday, Oct. 28, the JamCast Network and Call On Music will present “Cast Your Vote” as part of the weekly series, World Peace Wednesdays. Cast Your Vote is a virtual concert to help increase voterturnout and drive traffic to voter awareness organizations like HeadCount and Vote.org. The all-star lineup includes: Nick MacDaniels (BIG Something), […]
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 […]
An Irish Goodbye: Saying Farewell to Our Celtic Friend
I believe we can all agree that 2020 has not been the year we anticipated. In fact, it’s been pretty bad so far, and the punches keep coming. The Central New York Celtic music community received a heartfelt loss when we lost a dear friend, Steve Phillips, a member of Celtic rock band The Elders. […]
Landmark Music Copyright Case to be Heard Before Supreme Court Thursday
As we go about our days listening to music on our favorite streaming platforms, the way in which it is delivered may change forever today as the Supreme Court will hear the case of Google v. Oracle and render a decision that will affect musicians and their copyrights forever. In 2015, I had the opportunity […]
Dirty Heads Coming to Lafayette for Drive-In Concert
Creative Concerts and Lafayette Apple Festival Grounds have announced that the Dirty Heads will be performing a live drive-inconcert in Lafayette, just south of Syracuse on Oct. 24. This is the second announcement for this venue in the past week. Creative Concerts announced a three-night Halloween run featuring The Disco Biscuits last week. Tickets for […]
Disco Biscuits Announce Halloween Run in Lafayette
This fall Central New York’s very own Lafayette Apple Festival grounds just south of Syracuse will play host to pioneering jam/electronica band The Disco Biscuits. The run of three shows will take place Oct. 29, 30 and 31 with doors opening at 5:00 p.m. each day and music starting at 7:00 p.m. Tickets go on sale this […]
Bandcamp Friday Continues to Help Independent Artists
Independent music platform Bandcamp began Bandcamp Friday in March to help independent musicians impacted by the pandemic. On the first Friday of each month, the service waives all artist fees on music and merchandise sold through their site. Since the first Bandcamp Friday in March, over $75 million in music and merchandise has been sold, […]