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Ithaca Underground and Deep BeatZ are presenting a killer show tonight with Moldover (pictured here), Robot Detective, David Ezra Brown and Luddite Machine. It starts at 8pm, with doors at 7:30pm, and will be held at The Shop. I highly recommend you check it out.. read on for more info.
Moldover >> Known in the electronic […]

My endless gratitude goes out to those of you that came to the Blues Control show on a MONDAY NIGHT. You guys are champions. It was worth it: this night of duos was one of the best shows of the fall yet. American Sphinx, Brian!, Expo ‘70, Blues Control: it was sonic excellence across the […]

Last Friday, Summer People hosted a benefit at the Spark Art Space in Syracuse. We went to check out the visual art component — Tien Chang, Agata Zietek, Meredith Towsand, Michal Wisniowski, Paul McDonough, and Thomas Ward all had pieces featured — and see live sets from Summer People, DJ Afar, Wooden Waves and Animal […]

National Book Award Finalist, Cornell poet, acclaimed author and all-around wonderful lady Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon will be reading a selection of her works with live accompaniment from two of my favorite Ithaca musicians: Johnny Dowd and Richie Stearns! J. Robert Lennon and H.G. Carillo will also be reading from their works. The reading begins at […]

A mighty congratulations are in order for Ithaca’s beloved poet, Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon, who was announced as a National Book Award finalist for poetry, for her work ‘Open Interval.’ A work that is, by the way, tremendous. [NYTimes]
Annie Clark likes ‘Please Kill Me’ — and Arrested Development! (As she should.)
She also performed at Rachel Comey’s […]

I was walking home late last night and saw what I thought was a flashing mass of police sirens, spinning around at the intersection of Clinton St. and N. Cayuga St. As I got closer, I realized that it was an American flag made of whirling lights, part of an installation located in the bottom […]

Tomorrow I will be the featured guest on Tracey Craig’s radio broadcast ‘NONESUCH‘ on WVBR FM. I will be on the air from 2-3pm EST, and the program streams live as well! A description of Nonesuch:
Nonesuch is old folk, it’s new folk; it’s blues and bluegrass…the best of traditional music right alongside emerging songwriters. Sometimes […]

Today kicks off the annual Friends of the Library Fall Book Sale, which runs from Oct. 10-27, open every Saturday and Sunday, most Mondays, and some Tuesdays and Wednesdays as well. The schedule — and hours — change every week so visit their website for the full scoop. Those who have been can attest that […]

[From the Ithaca Times] Samantha Izzo has been passionate about music and food her entire life. A native of South Africa, Izzo grew up listening to Old Time, bluegrass and Appalachian folk music. As a current Ithaca resident, Izzo owns and cooks at Simply Red Bistro at Sheldrake Point Vineyard. Every Monday, Chef Izzo — […]

If you haven’t done yourself the favor of buying the new Built to Spill album, ‘There is No Enemy,’ then buy it right now because that shit is GOOD! I’ll post my interview with Doug Martsch shortly; he was as nice as I had hoped he would be, super gracious and seriously modest. It’s definitely […]

We spotted this sign at the Gimme! outpost at Saturday’s Farmers Market. It is a bummer, as now we will all have to make our coffee stops prior to arriving at the Market at the early hour of 9am. Sigh. Life is so hard. Enjoy these photos from the weekend and happy Monday. (Oh, and […]

[Photo of Blues Control from their No Radio performance last year] Now that it’s October (wow!), I thought I would take this opportunity to briefly let you know about Popcorn Youth programming for the month.
I’m super excited about every single show, including the return of Blues Control, on the heels of their latest amazing LP […]

[Photo of the Flies from this year’s GrassRoots Festival] The Horse Flies and the Rongovian Embassy — two Ithaca institutions familiar to anyone who has spent more than two seconds here in town — are mixing it up this week. Mike Stark will be sitting in for keyboardist Rick Hansen at the Rongo tonight, which […]

Earlier this summer, I interviewed George Johann and Stephen Burke in anticipation of their joint opening of Angry Mom Records / Small World Music. I believe that I forgot to post to the article, as well as show Rachel’s killer photographs of the new space. Since I last spoke with Johann and Burke, the pair […]

WildFire Bistro — the new Italian restaurant occupying the former Lost Dog Lounge spot — will begin hosting live music starting in October. That was fast! Here’s what they have so far:
Saturday Oct. 3rd- The Silent League with Weggalo Star, 9pm
Wednesday Oct 7th- Djug Django, 6pm (and every Wednesday after that)
Thursday Oct 8th- Built to […]