Your Guide to Live Music in Upstate New York

The Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band at Daryl’s House | May 2, 2026

The Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band brings their handmade front-porch blues to Daryl’s House in Pawling on Saturday, May 2, 2026. The Brown County, Indiana trio — fronted by fingerstyle guitarist Josh Peyton — is one of the hardest-working acts in roots music, and Daryl Hall’s intimate Hudson Valley listening room is one of the best rooms in the region to hear them.

Larry McCray at Daryl’s House | August 12, 2026

Larry McCray — Arkansas-born, Michigan-raised, three-decade blues road warrior — plays Daryl’s House in Pawling, NY on Wednesday, August 12. Doors at 5:00 PM, show at 7:00 PM. All ages. Tickets from $28.69.

Cindy Cashdollar

Cindy Cashdollar, slide guitarist from Woodstock, New York

Cindy Cashdollar is one of the most accomplished and versatile string players in American roots music — a Woodstock, New York, native whose mastery of the Dobro, lap steel, and steel guitar has made her the go-to collaborator for artists ranging from Bob Dylan to Asleep at the Wheel. With five Grammy Awards and a […]

Son House

Son House, Delta blues legend who settled in Rochester, New York

Son House is one of the founding voices of the Delta blues, and for the final four decades of his life, he was a Rochester man. Born Eddie James House Jr. on March 21, 1902, in Lyon, Mississippi, near Clarksdale, House spent his early years as a preacher before picking up the guitar at age […]

Tom Hambridge

Tom Hambridge, Grammy-winning blues producer from Hamburg NY

Tom Hambridge has done more to shape modern blues from behind the console than perhaps any other living producer, and his story starts in Buffalo, New York. Born on December 20, 1960, in Hamburg — a Buffalo suburb — Hambridge was playing drums by age five and landed his first paying gig — a bar […]