Jana Mashonee

Jana Mashonee of the Lumbee/Tuscarora tribes will be performing at Stage of Nations Blue Rain ECOfest July 28.

Blues Festival Wrap-Up

A weekend of searing weather, and paid admission, didn’t dampen the crowd at the Blues Festival

Blues Festival - Club Scene

With no schedule (or curfew, it seemed) the jam session kept fans on their feet dancing until well past 2 a.m.

Grave Expectations

Well-traveled Texas troubaour Stevie Tombstone now calls Marcellus home

When Stevie Tombstone walks into a bar, people notice. Tattoos crawl up his neck, out of his collar and snake down to his hands.

Jazzin’ in Jamesville

Life was a beach for the big audiences that flocked to the 30th Syracuse M&T Jazz Fest

Variety defined the 30th anniversary edition of the Syracuse M&T Jazz Fest, held for the first time at sunny Jamesville Beach County Park, on Friday, June 22, and Saturday, June 23. Up-and-comers Cyrille Aimée and Diego Figueiredo stole the show with their fresh twist on old jazz.

Generation Next

Names like Allman and Neville continue the musical family tradition with Royal Southern Brotherhood

Royal Southern Brotherhood is very much a family, arguably royal, and so southern that they’ve often been compared to a bowl of gumbo. So when Brotherhood guitarist Devon Allman, son of Gregg

Local Hop

This band nails the art of variety on their latest album. One song feels like it’s drawing from the church scene of the 1980 film...

A Vatican Visit

Joanne Shenandoah hopes to raise funds for the October canonization of an important Native American

On Oct. 21, 2012, Sister Kateri Tekakwitha (Mohawk-Algonquin), also known as Lily of the Mohawks, will be canonized at the Vatican in Rome, Italy, by...

Undergang’s Upper Hand

The local band’s new CD offers a rockin’ alternative to formulaic music

For those who dig the local music scene, Syracuse’s Undergang offers one more reason to give a damn: Dig, the band’s new album, will have a rockin’ release party at Upstairs at Dino

Hunter Hoedown

The hills are alive with music at this weekend’s Mountain Jam

Among other power-packed fests like Bonnaroo and Lollapalooza, there’s a weekend of outdoor tuneage closer to home—but it doesn’t...