Forty years after disbanding, local premier rockers Alecstar will be given a Hall of Fame award at this years Sammy’s…
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What is music? This has always been a question with a complicated answer. It is an art, it is a…
A half-century ago, at a time when rock’n’roll was treated like a redheaded stepchild by Syracuse’s mainstream media, the Syracuse New Times…
Each of the three compact discs reviewed here were deservedly nominated for 2019 Syracuse Area Music Awards (Sammys) in three different categories.…
So much of music comes from personal experience. The messages artists share are those grown from their own life lessons, victories and…
The Binghamton-based band Driftwood got its modest start playing shows at venues like Al’s Wine and Whiskey Lounge in Armory Square. Now the outfit…
For 20 years, Mandate of Heaven has been sliding in and out of the local music scene, planting a succession…
It’s been four long months since there has been a music show presented by WSEN’s The Dinosaur, with its FM…
The movie Bolden, about the ill-fated New Orleans cornetist Charles “Buddy” Bolden, who pioneered jazz circa 1900, was originally scheduled…
Mike Davis & the Laughing Budda Episodes. Find Yourself -> Caterpillar (independent). There’s so much great music in the world.…
It goes without saying that the Syracuse New Times would not have been nearly as much fun without our expansive…
Perhaps more than any other band in history, the Grateful Dead wasn’t just about the group members. It was about a culture…
The 2019 Syracuse Area Music Awards saw a medley of local musicians and music-scene supporters once again honored for their…
The 2019 Syracuse Area Music Awards honored and praised local musicians, new and old, for their contribution to the area art scene.
Hundreds of Central New York musicians and music supporters flocked to the city’s Eastwood neighborhood Palace Theatre on March 8…