The Bearsville Years — Inside the Studio That Quietly Made Modern Rock
Inside Bearsville Studios in Woodstock NY — where Meat Loaf made Bat Out of Hell, R.E.M. made Green, Jeff Buckley made Grace, and a Hudson Valley legend was reborn through Lizzie Vann’s $9 million renovation.
A Fortnight in ’66: When a Tent in North Tonawanda Was the Center of American Music
For two weeks in June 1966, a North Tonawanda tent hosted Harry Belafonte and Johnny Cash. Sixty years later, the story of Lew Fisher’s Melody Fair.
The Barn That Refuses to Die — Inside Levon Helm Studios
Twenty-two years into the Midnight Ramble, Levon Helm’s barn in Woodstock remains the most intimate room in American music. A history.
On This Day: The Grateful Dead Played Their Hearts Out at the Knick — March 28, 1993
On this day in 1993, the Grateful Dead played the middle night of their final three-night stand at Albany’s Knickerbocker Arena — and dropped a rare “Attics of My Life” that still gives tapers chills. Here’s the full story.