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Left of the Dial = View from the Aisle – Mike Stampalia “Tickets, please.” The (most likely) elderly person wearing the (most likely) white shirt is one of the first people you encounter when arriving at a seated show. What’s your reaction? Gratitude? Annoyance? Indifference? I’ve been an usher at a couple of our local […]
Michelle Maneri. Perspectives By Stephanie J Bartik A peek into the life of people performing jobs within the local music and arts scene, in non-traditional roles, and how they navigate a realm where traditional roles are often tinted with gender, age, and racial bias. Here, I hope to unveil a narrative of resilience, where they […]
Show Detective. Friday, October 6th Edgar Allan Poe Speakeasy, The Egg, Albany, 6pm Part of the Guest Theatre Presentations Series Over a century and a half after Edgar Allan Poe’s death, this cocktail experience brings the most beloved works of Poe to life off the page and onto the stage. This immersive evening pairs four […]
Cult Bands – Dishing the Cult Band Clique – Johnny Mystery. They pretty much started out as cult, then for an unexplained reason, most of them became enormous, money-making machines. I’m not the biggest metal fan. I’m certainly not a huge fan of The Misfits. Glen Danzig just looks weird. Scary, like if you asked […]
Pat Metheny at Troy Music Hall. On a lovely fall evening, it seemed appropriate to hit the wayback machine. Things have changed over the 30 plus years since last I’d seen Pat Metheny. We’ve all gotten older, perhaps put on a couple pounds and gone grey. All these things can likely be said about Pat. […]
Extraordinary. Exceptional. Enthralling. Pat Metheny’s compositions, arrangements and guitar work dazzled a rapt audience at the Troy Saving Bank Music Hall for his latest solo tour. This was a show where you could hear a pin drop, and it was clear the fans were ready to relish Metheny’s technical wizardry translated to a range of […]
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Show Detective. Friday, September 29th Macy Gray, Troy Music Hall, Troy, 8pm with Special Guest Buggy Jive! Forever full of ear-tugging/eye-popping surprises, ever-eclectic singer/songwriter and actress Macy Gray returns in top form with an inspired new 11-song Moonslice Records album – The Reset – and within a fresh new presentation – fronting her own band, […]
Ben Bailey at the Cohoes Music Hall. Ben Bailey is a big (like tall and big) man. He is also a very funny man. Most folks know him from Cash Cab – which ran for 15 years and is still a staple in the land of re-runs. Being funny and keeping a hack license in […]
Reading (and Writing) is Fundamental – the Albany Book Festival at UAlbany, 9/23/23 by Dean Giagni. I always find it heartening and inspiring seeing the gym busy and packed with people on holidays. These people would be there regularly if they could and they’ve chosen a holiday or a vacation day where they’re supposed to […]
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