Woodstock 1969 was defined by this surreal performance from the band you'd least expect

San Francisco-based Jefferson Airplane's delayed psychedelic rock music performance at Woodstock 1969 was the festival's most ...
Manchester Journal

Composers Perry Goldstein and Gary Eskow on what makes music American

MANCHESTER - As the Manchester Music Festival explores its 2026 theme, "Sounding America," two composers are helping ...

Inside the Family Feud That’s Tearing Apart a Beloved Woodstock Venue

Levon Helm’s daughter, Amy, is accused of ‘malfeasance’ while running the company behind the Midnight Ramble concerts. She ...

'French Woodstock,' forgotten for decades, resurfaces thanks to newfound footage

Fifty years after the Riviera 76 festival held its first and only edition in southern France, with a lineup that notably ...
PBS

The Music that Inspired Woodstock

Roger Daltrey from The Who performing at the Woodstock Festival, 1969, Credit: Henry Diltz Many of the songs heard at Woodstock were covers — reinterpretations of traditional blues songs, older pop ...
Times Union

Here’s who’s performing in the Capital Region in 2026

Lucinda Williams will perform Oct. 2 at MASS MoCA and Oct. 3-4 at Bearsville Theater. Ringo Starr and his All Starr Band will perform Sept. 25 and Oct. 7 at Palace Theatre. Whitney Cummings will ...
Music Connection

Let the Sunshine In: The Music of '69 at The Hollywood Bowl

Some years in popular music transcend nostalgia to become touchstones for an era, their songs forever intertwined with ...
NPR

Tiny Desk Contest

This year's Tiny Desk Contest judges said that crowning Dallas hip-hop group Cure for Paranoia as the winner was a "No Brainer." The collective rose above thousands of other independent artists who ...