The second night of the annual Raven Events Listen Up Awards was the Award Ceremony, honoring your favorites across a multitude of categories, as voted by you. Music was provided by 2025 Listen Up Award winners, and photographer Timothy Reidy captured some of the performances: Luke McNamee Chris Sanders and the Better Days Brother T […]

By J Hunter. Because my father spent most of my formative years climbing the corporate ladder, I got to live in Zurich, Switzerland, when I was seven. During that time, my parents were members of an “American club” that screened English-language films monthly for overseas Yanks. It was through that series that I first heard […]

The second night of the fifth annual Raven Events 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 […]

Whassup in the 518? Friday, February 27th The Magic of Motown, Troy Savings Bank Music Hall, Troy, 7:30pm A journey through Motown’s best including: The Temptations, The Jackson Five, Diana Ross & The Supremes, The Four Tops, Aretha Franklin, Smokey Robinson and more! “The show’s pitch perfect harmonies, dynamic choreography & costuming perfectly capture the […]

The second night of the fifth annual Raven Events 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 […]

Shannon Tehya was joined by some friends for her set at Lost & Found on February 16. Photography by Timothy Reidy. More from Lost & Found here …

This is Jesse Sample. Two days ago, we had the 2026 Listen Up Awards by RadioRadioX. It was great time and a real pleasure to catch up with a lot of the players on the Albany Scene. Somewhere over the night, I learned about the passing of someone from my past and it took me […]