The second night of the fifth annual Listen Up Awards was the Award Ceremony, honoring your favorites across a multitude of categories, as voted by you. The 2026 favorites (we don’t have winners and losers here) were: Solo Artist (Male): Gus Unplugged Party Band: Hit -N- Run Country Artist: Whiskey Highway Cover Band: Brian Kane and […]

“Troy is for Lovers” was an anti-Valentine’s Day show featuring Bad Heart Burlesque at No Fun. Photography by Timothy Reidy. More from No Fun here …  

Greetings – Not a lot of tickets left for this great week of music! Seems like we snow weary upstaters are needing our live music right about now. We have plenty of it, along with poetry, kids’ fun, opportunities to learn and jam. We even have jobs for you–in the kitchen, or ushering, or carrying trays. […]

 Life on the Cutting Edge – Discoveries and Advancements Canadian Scientists Grow a Lab-Grown Heart for Transplants https://news.stanford.edu/stories/2025/06/heart-liver-organoids-research-regenerative-therapy Chinese Artificial Wombs Raise Lamb to Full Term https://www.theverge.com/2017/4/25/15421734/artificial-womb-fetus-biobag-uterus-lamb-sheep-birth-premie-preterm-infant Scientists Create an Injectable Oxygen Foam for when Someone Can’t Breathe. https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2012/09/19/161431078/tiny-bubbles-injectable-oxygen-foam-tested-for-emergency-care  

Rob Beaulieu – Xperience History – by Rob Smittix. Originally published in July 2023. RRX: I’ve had your name on my desk for months, so I’m finally glad that we connected. RB: I appreciate it. RRX: So just for the back story, the abridged version… if you don’t mind if you can tell us a […]

The first night of the annual Listen Up Awards was the Hero Ceremony, honoring those local legends whose reputations define them as heroes to the area music community. The 2026 class of heroes comprised: Peter Iselin The Daley Brothers Stigmata Blotto Section 8 Kevin McKrell Scotty Mac Ernie Williams and the Wildcats Eddie Angel George […]

The Galentine’s Day party kept on going at Lost & Found, with DJ Fearless, Keegan James, Shannon Tehya, and Hunter Frost. Photography by Timothy Reidy. More from Lost & Found here …