Enter the Haggis to visit the Capital District
Enter the Haggis continue their fall tour with an appearance at the Cohoes Music Hall on Friday, Oct. 20. This is the last leg of their 15-city tour covering New England and the mid-Atlantic. Caroline Browning of Asheville has joined on bass guitar, adding more female energy to the line-up. Her musical talents include keyboard, […]
LIVE: Zach Bryan, Trampled by Turtles at MVP Arena
Singer/songwriter Zach Bryan brought the southern heat of his Burn, Burn, Burn tour to the MVP Arena in Albany on Friday. The sold out arena rocked out to award winning music that filled Bryan’s two-hour set. Prior to selling out arenas, Bryan served as a member of the U.S Navy at the age of 17. […]
Folk-Punk Righteous Babe, Ani DiFranco Has 2 Upstate Gigs This Week, One on Election Day, One on Veteran’s Day
If you haven’t seen folk icon Ani DiFranco perform on Election Day, this week is your chance. The activist poet will be performing with the Righteous Babe Revue at the State Theatre in Ithaca on Tuesday, Nov. 8. If you are a fan of DiFranco’s music, seeing her perform on Election Day is the ultimate […]
Everclear’s 30th Anniversary Tour Makes Multiple New York Stops
Everclear returns to New York with their 30th Anniversary tour with special guests Fastball and The Nixons. The tour is guaranteed to bring back all your 90’s nostalgia. Everclear is one of the best 90’s bands still touring today. The band puts on an amazing show reflecting their lead vocalist Art Alexakis’ love for the […]
Robert Plant and Alison Krauss to Play Two Upstate Shows This Summer
Coming this June 1 to the Constellation Brands Marvin Sands Performing Arts Center for their extended second leg of their 2022 tour, Robert Plant and Alison Krauss. The duo recently added a hefty 13 new dates to their tour, including two stops in Central New York, including the scenic CMAC in Canandaigua and Saratoga Performing […]
INTERVIEW: Phantom Airwave’s Funky New Album
Phantom Airwave birthed their new record Interstellar Transmissions last weekend with a live performance in Burlington. We caught up with Erik Lattrell to discuss this fun and funky new addition to the band’s seven-year-long journey. SN: What is your songwriting process for this labor of love? It’s very soulful and funky, can you speak to […]
4TH ANNUAL EDDIES MUSIC AWARDS NOMINEES ANNOUNCED
SCHENECTADY — Nippertown, 315 Music’s Captial Region sister publication, has received seven nominations for the 4th annual Capital Region Thomas Edison Music Awards. This year’s ceremony returns to the MainStage at Proctors in Schenectady at 6 p.m. Sunday, April 24. The Eddies, as the awards are commonly known, are presented to the best of the […]
LIVE: Jocelyn & Chris Sell Out The 443
Editor’s Note: This article was revised to correct some inaccuracies. Volume… Loud. Hair… Long. Apologies… None. The above is from sister-brother blues-rock duo Jocelyn and Chris’s bio. That short and sweet description is perfectly befitting of this outfit. Though on Friday night at the sold-out 443 Social Club and Lounge in Syracuse, they toned it […]
LIVE: Annie in the Water at Funk ‘n Waffles
Annie in the Water‘s winter tour continued in Syracuse Thursday night in front of a packed house at Funk ‘n Waffles. The Albany/North Country-based jam/funk ensemble was highly energized, excited to be back on stages in front of live people again. Syracuse alt-rockers All Poets & Heroes opened the show. They have new music on […]
INTERVIEW: Rachael Sage On Her New Album ‘Poetica,’ Performing, Pandemic Life & Connection
Rachael Sage will be performing at the Hanger Theater, in Ithaca on Feb. 11, accompanied by Kelly Halloran on violin and with the very talented Howard Jones. After listening to her eclectic catalog and reading rave reviews such as the one below, I was excited to speak with the singer-songwriter: “Triumphantly unexpected and ever-surprising…John Lee Hooker […]