A Tribute to Django Reinhardt ~ Hot Club of Saratoga and The Van Dyck Music Club  present The 3rd Annual  Django’s Birthday Celebration Featuring Olli Soikkeli Trio [Saratoga Springs, NY – December 15. 2025] – The Hot Club of Saratoga and The Van Dyck Music Club proudly announce The 3rd Annual Django Birthday Celebration taking […]

The Amy Ryan Band and Trevor Collins were this year’s winners of the Capital Region Blues Network‘s International Blues Challenge qualifier, and will represent the Capital District in the big showcase/competition to be held in Memphis next month. This event at Hangar on the Hudson, held on December 14, helped support the artists on their […]

Lithium, Chptr. 19 – Xperience Fictioin – by Liam Sweeny. If Mel was the Mel of a month ago, and he’d seen a sparse row of tents on a city street, he’d have thought that they were waiting for the latest game console to come out in a chain store down the block. He never […]

For his “Great Jingle Balls of Fire” Christmas-themed show at Cohoes Music Hall, Jefferson McDonald channeled the music of Jerry Lee Lewis, Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry, and more.   Photography by Timothy Reidy. More from Cohoes Music Hall here …

By Joshua Scarselli. Today, we are talking with Mike Hollow. Mike is the head trainer at the WWE Independent Development school, the Elite Pro Wrestling Training Center. Mike Hollow’s path in professional wrestling goes straight back to Killer Kowalski, one of the most respected trainers the business has ever seen. He began training under Kowalski […]

On Saturday Dec. 27, 2025 @ 8:00pm, the band Storm Front takes the stage at the Strand Theatre for an unforgettable evening celebrating the music of Billy Joel! Led by singer and pianist Mike O’Brien, Storm Front delivers a powerful tribute to the legendary artistry of Billy Joel. Their show consists of playing hit after hit of Joel’s musical […]

McKinley James showed up at the Hangar on a Saturday night. Rock ‘n’ roll ensued.   Photography by Timothy Reidy. More from the Hangar on the Hudson here …