Dropkick Murphys to Return to Great New York State Fair
As Central New Yorkers shovel out from the latest snowfall this week, the thoughts of sun and fun at The Great New York State Fair seem like a mirage in the faraway distance. One can only imagine the warmth felt Wednesday when the Fair announced that crowd favorites, Dropkick Murphys, would be returning once again […]
SAMMY Nominees and Hall of Fame Class Revealed
Nominees for the 2020 Syracuse Area Music Awards, affectionately known as the SAMMYS, were announced Tuesday morning at the Palace Theater in Syracuse. Also announced Tuesday was the 2020 SAMMYS Hall of Fame class. The two-day event takes place on March 5 and 6 with the SAMMY Hall of Fame induction ceremony taking place Thursday, […]
NYC Hardcore Vets Agnostic Front and Sick Of It All Announce Co-headlining Tour
After a successful December tour of New York City venues, legendary New York hardcore acts Agnostic Front and Sick Of It All have announced they will embark on a 19-date tour. The tour kicks off in Boston on April 23 and has the co-headliners visiting two festivals — Epicenter in Charlotte and Rockville in Daytona […]
Tim McGraw Kicks Off Here On Earth Tour Right Here In Central New York
Announced this week, country superstar Tim McGraw will kick off his Here On Earth Tour on July 10, 2020 at the Syracuse St. Joseph’s Health Ampitheater at Lakeview before making his way across the nation on a 30-city tour. McGraw will be joined this summer by the fun loving trio who Make A Little fun […]
Benefit for Charley Orlando to Take Place Sunday at Syracuse’s Westcott Theater
Charley Orlando may be best known to the jamband world as the former frontman for psychedelic ’90s road dogs Dexter Grove, who toured incessantly for the better part of ten years. The Syracuse area knows Orlando as not just a musician but also one of the area’s biggest music ambassadors. This Sunday, Dec. 22 the […]
Tommy Stinson Lines Up NY Mini-Tour for December
Tommy Stinson is currently on a run of solo shows throughout Spain, leading up to a Montreal appearance at a 40th-anniversary celebration of The Clash’s seminal London Calling album called Montreal Calling on Dec. 6. Following that show, which also features Alejandro Escovedo, Jesse Malin, and the Asexuals, Stinson will embark on a brief tour […]
Bob Weir and Wolf Bros Announce Winter Dates
Bob Weir and Wolf Bros have announced a series of winter tour dates. The tour kicks off in Miami on Feb. 28 winding its way north and west before heading to the Northeast, wrapping up with two dates in Portland, ME on March 27 and 28. The tour will make two New York stops – […]
Syracuse’s Trench Announce Fall Tour
Syracuse shoe-gazers Trench has announced a series of November dates that sees the band hitting up venues throughout the Northeast. The tour kicks off in the band’s hometown at the legendary Lost Horizon on Nov. 9. Joining Trench at the Lost Horizon show are Rochester’s The Joke’s on Us, Boston’s reprieve., and Syracuse’s Buggin’ Out […]
CNY Songwriters Mike Powell and Chris Merkley to Embark on Mini Brewery Tour
Central New York songwriters Mike Powell and Chris Merkley will celebrate the connection between craft beer and music this October with their first mini-tour of local breweries, fittingly in their home region, which at one time produced 90% of the hops in the U.S. Since the passing of the Craft New York Act in 2014, […]
Irv Lyons, Jr., Joanne Shenandoah, The Ripcords, Nick Lone receive Native American Music Award nods
The 19th Annual Native American Music Awards will take place at Seneca Niagara Hotel and Casino in Niagara Falls on Nov. 2. Among this year’s nominees are four New York-based acts. Public voting is now open through the NAMA website. Syracuse’s Irv Lyons, Jr., Joanne Shenandoah, and the Ripcords were each nominated as well as […]