local bands

Who remembers the 80's? Yeah, it was a  blur. Now you can relive it with the three piece band 'Squirrel Murphy,' coming to Utica's Brews and BBQ.

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...

Animal Jam is coming to 12 North Sports Bar!

It may seem like a long way off, but "The Great New York State Fair" in Syracuse is now accepting applications from bands in the state who want to play at the summer event.

(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

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.

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...

Like most of the stuff I throw up on this blog, I get sparked from something I see on my Facebook feed and this find is a true piece of Oldiez nostalgia!

Two days back, Shawn Scribner ripped through a field of 28 other vocalists and with almost a third of the vote snagged the crown as this year's Keith James All Star Band lead singer!