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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 […]
Harbinger Theatre’s Custom Cuts – Review by Joanna Peterson Palladino-Resnick. Harbinger Theatre’s world premiere of the locally written play, Custom Cuts by Brian Sheldon at the Albany Barn is a touching and often humorous look at how deep abuse can cut – and how there’s no better time to heal than the present. A semiautobiographical […]
Show Detective. Friday, September 22nd New York State International Film Festival, The Linda, Albany, 6pm Welcome to the 8th Annual Short Film Festival, a captivating celebration of the art of storytelling through the lens of the silver screen. As we embark on this remarkable cinematic journey, we invite you to immerse yourself in a world […]
Thee Oh Sees – Carrion Crawler / The Dream EP (2011) Review by Joshua Reedy on Blue Cadet-3 A Music Blog My copy: 2022 reissue on magenta vinyl by In The Red Recordings. Twelfth studio album from ever-recording maniacs that make up Thee Oh Sees (or now just Oh Sees), Carrion Crawler / The Dream […]
The Crawl. Well, dang y’all! It’s been a while, hasn’t it? Hello again – I’ve missed you. Happy End of Summer. I hope all of your summers were filled with as much sweetness as mine was. From cookouts, concerts, days on the water, nights filled with dancing, laughter and good friends, and a whole month […]
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