Friday Night Fever

For those who lived through the 1970s disco era, the bell-bottoms and polyester are just a sweet memory away. But for those who missed the flashy funk decade, it's only movies like Saturday Night Fever and old KC and the Sunshine Band vinyl platters that can hint at what was.

Appealing to Fans

Ellis Paul collects donations to pay for a new album

Now he’s working on round two. Paul’s new album, with the working title Chasing Beauty, is due out sans label in the summer. Some fans who have had a hand in paying for the work are likely to be in the audience when Paul plays at Homer’s Center for the Arts on Saturday, June 8.

Giving Voice to the Gulf

New Orleans musicmakers on a mission bring their message to Taste of Syracuse

Although people and organizations came to the aid of the Gulf Coast after Katrina, the recovery plans weren't enough. While companies and infrastructure were put on pathways to health, people continue to suffer.

Local Hop

Reviews of I Am Fool and The Goonies

Party Animals

Skip Murphy and the Merry Pranksters ride again at the Westcott Community Center

Skip Murphy, a newly inducted Syracuse Area Music Award (Sammy) Hall of Famer, has been active in the Salt City music scene since the early 1970s. He's played harmonica with a wide variety of groups, emceed events, worked behind the scenes and written programs.

Social Commentator

Songwriting legend and activist Steve Earle uses varied creative outlet

In 1986, after years of club gigs and a few staff songwriting jobs at publishers in Nashville, the singer released his debut solo LP, Guitar Town (MCA Records). Earle’s neo-traditionalist country style and rock leanings—Springsteen fans dug him—made the record a hit.

No End in Sight

The Mike Estep Band celebrates 15 years by still going stro

The Fleck Effect

Bela Fleck and the Marcus Roberts Trio will bring the banjo back to the Westcott

There are plenty of musicians in the world that make cool instruments even cooler. Just think of all the sexy, idolized guitarists, vocalists and even drummers and bassists out there (I’m kidding, rhythm section. Relax).

Still Bleeding Orange

Garland Jeffreys is bubbling with excitement to revisit his alma mater and perform at the Palace Theatre

Garland Jeffreys is a New Yorker through and through - to the point that he states it within the first 30 seconds of an interview. (The Brooklyn accent gives it away, too.) But Jeffreys' New York City roots go further upstate than the borough he lives in.

‘The Party King’ reigns

Andrew W.K. brings his angry punk to the Lost Horizon

In 2001, the singer––his credit card applications read Andrew Wilkes-Krier–– released I Get Wet (Island), an epic solo debut stuffed with bombastic arena rock cuts, including “It’s Time to Party,” “Party Til You Puke” and the immensely popular single “Party Hard.