CD Review – Big Sexy and the Scrambled Eggs – Road Less Traveled
The Syracuse based band, Big Sexy and the Scrambled Eggs, released their debut album this summer. Road Less Traveled was recorded at More Sound Studios and the sound and productio ...
Read More »CD Review – Chaz Hearne and the Dazzlers – Intelligence Is Rising
Chaz Hearne and the Dazzlers are an up and coming Rochester folk band that is set to release their new album. The new album titled Intelligence Is Rising, is a mix of beautifully ...
Read More »Ithaca Reggae Festival Was All Day Perfect
Pulling into performer and press parking, you can hear the faint sounds of horn music and the smell of Jamaican food. We must be at the Ithaca Reggae Festival! First thing I see i ...
Read More »Friends, Doses, and an Orangutan: The Story of an American Roadie
Steve Parish is not a man to waste words. When asked by an adoring fan, “What’s the highest you’ve ever been?”, he blows you away. Not by telling some war story about the time the ...
Read More »Birthdays, Blues, and Bertha: A Night on Westcott Street
Yo, how you doin’ ladies and gentlemen? Once again, it’s Andrew Agliata, AKA Cassady, AKA The Golden Guinea, coming to you on behalf of Upstate Music and Food, where we are dedica ...
Read More »Dark Hollow Brings a Dead Art to Auburn
With the world at their command, Dark Hollow hit the stage at the Auburn Public Theater on Saturday night, November 17th, and once again cemented their place among the fan-favori ...
Read More »Scrambled Funk and Sexy Blues with a side of Big Eggs
September 14th, Funk ‘n Waffles Syracuse threw a birthday shindig for Austin, the big sexy teddy bear that fronts the bluesadelic funk machine known as Big Sexy and the Scrambled ...
Read More »Festy Season Is Over . . . Well, Almost
In CNY, festy season is traditionally over around Labor Day with the Last Daze of Summer and Night Lights festivals. Both were great festivals this year, but let's pull the curtai ...
Read More »A Life Changing Grassroots Festival
There is no place like the right time! Donna the Buffalo sings about this in their song off the Positive Friction album, and for me all I can ever think about is the Grassroots F ...
Read More »It Was An Evolutionary Folkfest For 2018
It’s been an annual tradition since I can remember. Sterling Stage gave summer a proper welcome on Memorial Day weekend with their annual Folkfest. May 24th-27th, 2018 began the 2 ...
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