“This is another kind of marathon, where you don’t know the course and you don’t know where the finish line is,” says Jan, over the phone, about Lauren’s recovery process . “The attitude we have is, let’s train like you’re going to run again. That’s the fire in the belly.

The sounds of the Hammond B3 organ conjure images of some of the most memorable stereotypes of live-music venues: the smoky jazz bar a la New York City’s Birdland, the raucous arena that is the home to Southern rock bands or the dark, down-and-dirty blues club, to name a few.

Celebrate Black History Month with family and friends in an auditorium exploding with spirited gospel music. On Monday, Feb. 21, 6 p.m., Onondaga Community College’s Black History Month committee invites the entire community to its fourth annual Gospel Fest, titled “One Church.

Although this metal band formed in Richmond, Va. in 1984, members who go by names like Bonesnapper, Flattus Maximus and Beefcake the Mighty stand by the fact that they are actually alien monsters who were banished from Earth millions of years ago.

Jorma Kaukonen is not a musician content to sit on his laurels. A founding member of the Jefferson Airplane, the guitarist was part of the San Francisco psychedelic rock movement of the 1960s before forming the acoustic/electric synthesis Hot Tuna with longtime partner, bassist Jack Casady, in 1969.

Harmonica icon Charlie Musselwhite’s resume reads like a validating passport for blues authenticity. Born to a blue-collar family in Mississippi and raised in Memphis, Musslewhite endured a hardscrabble youth before migrating to the south side of...

Tierney Sutton is a vocalist with a jazz pedigree, a veteran band, consistent critical acclaim, an enduring sense of faith and a day job. Educated at the Berklee School of Music, Sutton began her recording career in 1998 and has since earned three Grammy nominations for Best Jazz Vocal Album (2005-2007) as well as a selection by Jazzweek.

It wouldn’t be terribly hyperbolic to say that the arts organizations in Central New York that have felt the worst effects of the U.S. economy’s downturn are all those you could shake a stick at. Among those is the venerable Central New York Jazz Arts Foundation, the headquarters of which, Jazz Central, 441 E.

Humid, window-fogging rhythms speak to your body (“Party Started,” “Knuckleheads Ball”) while soaring choruses sate your melodic thirst. Dig how singer Ava Andrews’ voice in “Lost in Your Love” ascends into a minichoir, splashing over Ed Vivienzio’s liquid keyboard lines.

Local public broadcasting station WCNY- Channel 24 is inviting the local community to celebrate on Friday, Dec. 31, from 8:30 p.m. until 12:30 a.m., with a live telecast of the event starting at 11 p.m..