music

OLEAN — Country music star Summer Sweeney, who has gained attention and accolades the past couple weeks for her emotional new video, “Bottle by My Bed...

QUAKER — Sally Marsh was warming up Thursday night for the first hootenanny of her 46th year of sing-alongs at the Quaker Amphitheater in Allegany Sta...

Salamanca Police • Sunday, 5 a.m., Robert Blair, 36, of Salamanca, was charged with driving while intoxicated and aggravated DWI with a blood-alcohol ...

OLEAN — The Hovelists, an alternative rock band based in Olean, will mark the release of its first full-length album, “Error of the Second Kind,” with...

I was flipping channels the other night and noticed “the Brothers Gibb,” also known as the Bee Gees, performing on a program. There are times I don’t ...

BRADFORD, Pa. — Leek lovers will once again be treated to a variety of pungent dishes and soups during the 16th annual Stinkfest Saturday in Bradford....

FRANKLINVILLE — Five girls and two boys will compete Thursday night to become king and queen of the 55th annual Western New York Maple Festival. The c...

LIMESTONE — Scott Wolcott’s friends and family knew something was terribly wrong as soon as the 50-year-old Limestone resident went missing last month...

Each life is a song, a unique melody that changes pitch and tone from year to year, new voices added while others fade. Dr. Florence Brush’s 88-year t...

OLEAN — The Pulaski Club’s Dyngus Day celebration Monday provided plenty of Polish music, food and traditions, but you didn’t have to be Polish to joi...

H oward “Sparky” Linderman of Hinsdale, a former Olean Times Herald printer and good friend of State & Union, dropped by recently to show us a copy of...

HINSDALE — “They’re creepy and they’re kooky, mysterious and spooky, they’re altogether ooky” — and they’re coming to Hinsdale Central School. The HCS...

OLEAN — Olean High School students, faculty and staff who arrived to school each morning this month have had an added soundtrack, as OHS and other sch...

The historic Palmer Opera House in Cuba has announced an eclectic pair of musical performances in the coming weeks. The first of the upcoming shows wi...

OLEAN — An afternoon of blues history and demonstrations is on tap Sunday at the African American Center for Cultural Development’s Café Afrique at 18...

OLEAN — A conversation with Dr. Daniel Bassin quickly reveals the passion he feels not just for music, but also for musicians, composers and the audie...

ST. BONAVENTURE — Aditya Verma, an acclaimed sarod player, will perform at 3 p.m. March 12 in the seventh concert of the Friends of Good Music season ...

Topics occupying our daily State & Union column tend to run the gamut. While there’s a heavy emphasis on readers’ memories of bygone eras, we also lik...