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‘Sacred Steel’ soul and gospel group The Campbell Brothers will perform at the Chapter House tonight. What they sound like:
Chuck, Phil, and Darick Campbell are an anointed group of accomplished guitarists with instruments tuned to the key of the holy spirit. These musicians were raised in the “sacred steel” style, a rare music tradition rooted […]

Here in Ithaca, summer doesn’t necessarily mean that there’s a lack of interesting events to attend — despite the fact that we are very much a college town. There have been all kinds of neat special events that we’ve featured in the last couple of weeks, both in and outside college campuses. Lately, the Scottish […]

Recently, Ithaca Times art critic Mike Berlin interviewed local artist and art collector Steven Barbash, who curated “The Shared Experience,” now up at the Johnson Museum. Excerpts from the artist that appeared in last week’s Ithaca Times:
“[Barbash] came of age, artistically, at a time when abstract expressionism was the dominant paradigm. And yet, he and […]

Tonight heralds the main event of this summer’s 2nd annual Love Shoe Festival, as curated by choreographer and Cornell dance professor Jim Self. From Kate’s article, as it appears in this week’s Ithaca Times:
>>>The third event of the festival, Salsa, Meet Hip Hop… & Other Dances, will be held on July 22 at the Schwartz […]

Last week, our art critic-at-large Wylie Schwartz wrote the cover story for the Ithaca Times about a group of local artists that exist quite separately from the ‘typical’ local art scene in Ithaca. Artist and Sfumato owner (and sometimes Ithaca Times freelancer) John Criscitello is currently hosting a group exhibition at his loft space on […]

Baltimore-based musician Jana Hunter will perform at No Radio Records this Saturday, July 12. She’s performed in Ithaca twice before — once in Luke’s living room! — but I’ve managed to miss both shows. I won’t be missing her this time around, however. She’ll be joined by an arsenal of awesome ladies: Matteah Baim (of […]

[text by Wylie Schwartz] Since moving to the area in 2006, conceptual artist Karen Brummund has been creating large-scale public art installations at various sites around the county. With a video work currently on view in ‘The Object and Beyond,’ the 2008 Everson Biennial in Syracuse, she is also one of a dozen local artists […]

“I think people should be free to play and release what they want, If I’m not into it, I won’t engage with it. What can be daft is these kind of already developed a chip on their shoulder young noise guys that are all posture and over-exaggerated maleness. It’s doesn’t really feel male at that […]

Just a quick reminder that tonight is our RYAN JEWELL and KIMONOPHONIC concert at No Radio Records. The show begins at 7pm and is FREE and all ages. We hope to see you out! We’ve posted our interview with Justin Armstrong of Kimonophonic, which also appears in this week’s Ithaca Times.
To see our photo gallery […]

Intern Ted recently wrote a great article about NEPTUNE, who are headlining Sunday’s show at No Radio Records. An excerpt:
Indeed, it is the trademark live shows that make Neptune unique, as few other bands go into sets with such a diverse array of instruments at their fingertips. Besides the light-switch oscillator, the lamellaphone, and a […]

[Text by Ted Hamilton] Although Ithaca prides itself on the diversity of its cultural offerings, a subset of music fans has been left out in the cold since the closing of the Odyssey Night Club on N. Cayuga Street six years ago. Fortunately for these devotees of electronic dance music, there will be a chance […]

[Text by Luke Z. Fenchel] Until The Ocean, The Horse Flies’ first studio release in more than fifteen years, is an immense and captivating work of sophisticated art: not only the finest album to come out of the Ithaca area in many years, it stands among the best American releases from any region in any […]

[From the Ithaca Times] Anyone familiar with the history of the American underground of music, culture and politics will know the band Fugazi and the record label Dischord. Since 1987, the quartet has released a string of inimitable, groundbreaking records — all released by Dischord — and helped refine and strengthen philosophical concepts of Straight […]

We recently interviewed local singer-songwriter Kathy Ziegler, who will perform her final concert tonight at the Morgan Opera House before she leaves for the Netherlands with her family. From the story:

“I thought it would be such a nice place to do a last show. They have a piano, and it’s a beautiful, architectural space. Much […]

Recently, master clarinetist Richard Stoltzman performed at Ithaca College for their “Legends” concert series. Aaron reported back that the night was absolutely magical, and we don’t doubt him one bit. On stage, Stoltzman was joined, among other people, by pianist Peter Serkin, who we have also had the pleasure of interviewing.
[By Aaron P. Tate; from […]