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By Mike Stampalia. Forty years ago: Tom Jones @ the Coliseum Theatre Dierks Bentley / Chase Rice / Mae Estes @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center As a side note from someone who’s seen hundreds of rock concerts over the decades but is a neophyte to country shows, do country crowds, apropos of nothing, […]
image: drummer Max Roach (1955) By Mike Stampalia. 70 years ago: The Clifford Brown-Max Roach Quintet @ Berkshire Music Barn RIGHT NOW as this is written the clicking of the typewriter sounds rather futile with the memory of Mr. Roach’s drums still beating on the occipital lobe. His drumming is the most and any […]
Whassup in the 518? Friday, July 18th Dave Matthews Band, SPAC, Saratoga Springs, 7:30pm Dave Matthews Band has achieved remarkable success, selling a combined 38 million CDs and DVDs and more than 25 million tickets, making them the second-largest ticket seller in history. In 2024, the band reached a milestone with their induction into the […]
By Mike Stampalia. 30 years ago: Mary Chapin Carpenter / The Mavericks @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center While Carpenter offered her version of Roy Orbison’s “Pretty Woman” purr during “I Feel Lucky,” it was Raul Malo, the big-voiced frontman of opening act the Mavericks, who conjured up the ghost of the Big O. With power-house […]
The Turd: An American Journey, Chptr 14 – Xperience Fiction – by Liam Sweeny. There was one mid-sized airport in the continental United States. On expansive series of corridors, one baggage claim smelling of industrial cleaner. One row of overpriced restaurants and pit stops, and one by one gate waiting areas with cushioned seats with […]
By Mike Stampalia. 50 years ago: Roberta Flack / Blood, Sweat & Tears @ Tanglewood The tears were provided by Roberta Flack, who opened her performance with one of her biggest and most melancholy hits, “Killing Me Softly.” Though Flack can belt out a gospel style tune, and sound a lot like Aretha Franklin, her […]
image: Buckwheat Zydeco Jr. @ Music Haven (July 14, 2024) – photo by Timothy Reidy for RadioRadioX 40 years ago: Air Supply @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center Then they finished the set as everyone except Shilander, Moyse, and the group’s original keyboardist Frank Esler Smith left the stage, and the trio combined on my favorite […]
Prog Digest – An Xperience Column – by Klyde Kadiddlehumper. Ya know how ya get to thinkin’ ‘bout stuff? Random thoughts triggered by something else, and then you end up writing it down, and some idiot (sorry, Boss) decides that they will print pretty much anything you write. Why I have been left to my […]
T.V. Doctors – Xperience History – by Amy Modesti. Originally published in June 2022. Not feeling well. Get a prescription from T.V. Doctors who will heal your soul. T.V. Doctors are one of several musical acts to perform at the Listen Up Awards Show Friday, June 17 at Lark Hall and their mix of electronica, […]
(image: the new ticket office at SPAC was attacked by angry fans (July 13, 1965) – photo by the Saratogian) 50 years ago: The J. Geils Band / Eros @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center “Last night’s incident gave a lot of ammunition to those people who are opposed to rock concerts. I’m afraid it put […]
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