The Felice Brothers

The upstate New York-bred, New York City-based band that started busking in subways has become a hot act for cool fests like this weekend’s Ski Caz Jam 6 happening at the...

Ring-a-Ding Boomeranger

Vincent Falcone, Frank Sinatra’s former bandleader, returns to Central New York for Jazz-N-Caz

One fall day in 1977, jazz pianist Vincent Falcone got a phone call from Frank Sinatra’s manager. “Mr. Sinatra wants to know if you can conduct,” said the voice on the line. Falcone

Sample History

Veteran jazz funkster Joe Sample performs a Saturday gig at Utica’s Munson-Williams Proctor

Joe Sample’s two most recent CDs, Live (PRA) with vocalist Randy Crawford, and the reissue Did You Feel That (Warner Jazz), both serve as reminders of the lengthy legacy that the veteran pianis

IDLE CHATTER

An American in Paris Francois Rabbath changed the way people look at and regard the double bass. While the bass was widely considered a purely orchestral instrument when Rabbath was growing up in

Kick Out the Jams

Music masters John Kadlecik and Garth Hudson visit Sterling Stage for the summer’s last fest

Falling temperatures and shorter days are among the indications that the Central New York summer is coming to a close. But before the music moves indoors for fall and winter, Sterling Stage Kampitheater’s annual Last Daze of Summer festival will satisfy that sun-soaking itch one last time.

IDLE CHATTER

Outasight, Literally  “Sometimes small parties are the best parties,” joked Richard Andrew, known to most as hip-hop partier Outasight...

Growing Pains

The Scarlet Ending could be at a crossroads for its gothic pop musicmakers

It’s the best of times and it’s the worst of times for the Scarlet Ending. The six-piece Syracuse-based indie rockers released a new album, The Things You Used to Own (Fierce Little Reco

The Boss Proves It All Night

Rock’n’roll doesn’t age, and apparently, neither does Bruce Springsteen

Decades of performance have only made “The Boss” that much more worthy of the title he defends with every gut-busting, nonstop show that the 62-year-old Bruce Springsteen slays, along with the one-and-only untouchable E Street Band. During his triumphant Aug. 29 concert at Vernon Downs, the energy never lulled, the set list never slacked and Springsteen never failed to impress with a voice that throws listeners back to his 1970s self.

IDLE CHATTER

Macho Man Minutes before Jason Aldean’s Sept. 1 set at the New York State Fair Grandstand, a scuffle broke out in the upper reaches that had state Troopers scrambling to restore order. It se

Full Nelson

Lukas Nelson embraces his father’s music while carving out his own style

Lukas Nelson is an old soul. He prefers that people buy physical albums because he believes in the record as a whole piece of art. He writes songs with lyrics like “It all comes clear when you lose the years/ Don’t make the same mistake I made when I was your age.” He takes tips from guys like Neil Young. And he’s already had a near-death experience after a long night of partying that has him “cutting back” at the ripe old age of 23.