Reviews
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Open Mic at Ashford and Simpson’s Sugar Bar An Evening in NYC by Dick Beach Once upon a time, a young man purchased a double album titled Ashford and Simpson Live. Just the manner in which the announcer said “Ladies and Gentlemen – ASHford and SIMPson!” let you know it was a treat. Fast forward […]
The Gun Club – Fire Of Love (1981) My copy: reissue from unknown year by Munster Records. Being a fervent student of punk, rockabilly and blues, Jeffrey Lee Pierce took it upon himself to arrange a shotgun wedding of the three styles. While punk spawned largely in post-blues exhaustion, the two genres showed more in […]
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 […]
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 […]
Yo La Tengo review by Josh Reedy. Yo La Tengo – I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One (1997) My copy: 2015 reissue by Matador. Though most people preferred the other 1997 album to prominently feature a major highway on its cover, I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One is still widely regarded […]
Buried Child: American Gothic – The Exploration of Family and Identity at Albany Civic Theater by Joanna Peterson Palladino-Resnick It’s thrilling that Albany Civic Theater has chosen to perform Buried Child, Sam Shepard’s 1978 Pulitzer Prize winning play that explores the breakdown of the 20th century American nuclear family. In a 1996 American Theater interview […]
This past Saturday, the mighty Fishbone took the stage closing out the annual PearlPalooza event to an enthusiastic crowd of festival goers. Fishbone has had a lengthy career spanning four decades, beginning as part of the third wave ska movement and early alternative rock scene in 1980’s Los Angeles. Fishbone brings a spectacular blend of […]
Everyone Has Time for Noise – Dippers at Belltower Records with Sky Furrow and Luxor Rentals at Belltower Records, North Adams, MA, September 15, review by Dean Giagni Belltower Records is known for hosting shows inside at their North Adams’ store located in a re-purposed mill dating to 1832, and outside in this little no-man’s […]
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