Live Music

Utica’s Brews and Barbecue came to Hanna Park in Downtown Utica on Saturday, May 21, 2016. There was delicious barbecue from our area food trucks and cold brews and great music from The Weight Band and Squirrel Murphy.

Rome Breast Cancer Committee Members Kelly Lubeck and Marissa Falitico stopped by the studio to talk about "Bands for Breast Cancer" - a fun-filled event for a great cause happening in Rome.

The classic bands of the 70's and 80's in Central New York can still be found...on ebay. You might remember huge local bands "back in the day" like 805, Alecstar and New York Flyers.  They have had a few scattered reunion gigs.  But it's really cool when you can still find this stuff for sale, and fetching some decent prices...

(By: Nick Vanderwood) Creating music is awesome, but as unfortunate as it sounds, the audience that most of the diligent original musicians yearn for are naturally drawn to music that they've heard before at local bars; cover music

They say you need to go where the action is and here's another Syracuse musician whose career is benefiting from his move to the Great City. Meet Noah Kellman

For those that may not get a chance to stop out to see me play solo or maybe you've caught a live show but wanna relive some moments, here's a few tunes that I captured for you

If you're a fan of local CNY music and live bands, you will remember Syracuse-based Mr. Edd, or more accurately their shenanigans! Just by the name alone, the band hints at their funny bone

Our intern, Nick Vanderwood already accustomed to using a stage microphone as a local musician is starting to spread his writing wings as well, and for good reason.

That long-haired fedora wearing guy that you might've seen finessing a piano some years back in the Utica area just up and disappeared like Obi-Wan Kenobi and has just now resurfaced as a true Jedi Knight of the keys.

Last year you chose a drummer, guitar player, singer and bass player for the All Star Band, but not a keyboardist. This year, you picked all of those again, but we wanted to know who you'd pick on keys.

With nearly ALL of the 1,700 votes cast, Jeff Dingman of Radoinix was an easy shue in for the Keith James All Star Band guest keyboard slot!

Let the hair-pulling and nail-biting commence! The nominations are all in, so scroll down to find your list of seven area keyboardists up for your consideration for the 2014 Keith James All Star Band...