Frosty Festivities

Winter Special Events calendar for the greater Syracuse area

And The Band Plays On

Local musicians recreate Robbie Robertson and company’s Thanksgiving 1976 rock’n’roll goodbye

On Thanksgiving Day, 1976, The Band made perhaps the grandest farewell in rock’n’roll history. They took the stage for one final concert at the Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco and u

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

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

Jason Benetti of the Syracuse Chiefs

Fire Finding

For the annual Metrospective issue of old photographs culled from the Syracuse New Times archives, which took up most of the space in the April 25 issue,

Bobcat Goldthwait Interview

The loco boy made good brings his new movie satire God Bless America as a homecoming treat

The New Times Interview By Chris Baker

Jim Donovan of Rusted Root

Nothing says “African drum circle” like a longhaired white guy from Pittsburgh

West Side Wonder

601 Tully evolves from class project to art-scene mainstay in the Near West Side

Some college courses result in a term paper. Some finish with an exam. The more involved classes require a completed project.

Books, Brews And Bumpin’ Beats

Creekside Books & Coffee seeks to bring the Syracuse music scene to scenic Skaneateles

The closing of Morris’s Grill nearly three years ago left a gaping hole in the Skaneateles music scene. Residents accustomed to regular live bands found themselves with one less option when l