When local songwriter Michael Messina-Yauchzy moved to Central New York from southeastern Pennsylvania in 1981, he fell in love with his new home. And its history. The retired sociology professor ...

Two longtime Erie Canal enthusiasts will celebrate the waterway's bicentennial with music and memories this weekend in Port Byron. The Canal Society of New York State will present "Two Canal Guys," ...

Composer Daniel Bernard Roumain, center, is drawing inspiration from Solomon Northup's life for a new composition. The work is part of Water Music New York, Albany Symphony's Erie Canal inspired ...

Christopher Bell figures he has to learn one more song before he plays The Yard at Rock Harbor Village on Saturday: the old folk song, "Erie Canal." After all, that's where Bell, a 22-year-old ...