Both Sides Now

Releasing two distinct CDs in just three months demonstrates the musical breadth of Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad

With mellow sentiments such as “These times come and go/ these times go and come,” Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad’s latest album In These Times (Controlled Substance Sound Labs) bursts open with bright harmonica

Blues Boomerang

It will be a Clinton Square homecoming for this summer’s New York State Blues Festival

Books, Brews And Bumpin’ Beats

Creekside Books & Coffee seeks to bring the Syracuse music scene to scenic Skaneateles

The closing of Morris’s Grill nearly three years ago left a gaping hole in the Skaneateles music scene. Residents accustomed to regular live bands found themselves with one less option when l

IDLE CHATTER

Jazzed in Jamesville

Jazzed in JamesvilleBy now everyone knows what happened during the March 6 State of the County address, when County Executive Joanie Mahoney revealed the big announcement that this year’s Syracus

In the Pink

Central New York-bred musician Ian Cattell keeps things comfortably numb with Brit Floyd

Needles and Spins

A Maryland used-records entrepreneur is the subject of a new documentary by Le Moyne College’s Michael Streissguth

Silent Knights

Getting onto a movie soundtrack is a really big deal for loud and proud locals Silent Fury

Idle Chatter

Getting Randy: Trumpet and flugelhorn player Randy Brecker blew the minds of a packed house on March 2 when he made a stop at Onondaga Community College’s Storer Auditorium

Orlando Bloom

Charley Orlando is a self-made musician. He’s been touring for 22 years, has played more than 3,000 shows, has 13 albums out and has been considered for Grammy nomination 28 times with projects both solo and in various bands.

Fab Funk Five

Galactic brings the Mardi Gras party northward during next Tuesday’s Westcott Theater show