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Show Detective Welcome to the Show Detective. Our trusty gumshoe has been out there collecting word on the street and fishing flyers out of dumpsters and we bring you the unfiltered happenings from Friday, April 7th to Sunday, April 9th. Here’s to a good time. Tip your bartender. Friday, April 7th KISStory, Cohoes Music Hall, […]
Waiting on that Train His fedora cocked, his beat-up suitcase serving double duty as his chair while he watches the tracks with a steely resolve. The same kind of steel he imagines wound up around the strings that slither through his acoustic guitar. Both the fedora and the suitcase, parting gifts from his father. The […]
Most drummers will say that they got their start, hitting pots and pans in the kitchen. After showing interest, we quickly move on to real drums, and traditional percussion instruments. But Brian Melick is not most drummers. In his nearly 60 years of playing, Brian is still, hitting everything from drums, to found objects and […]
McGeary’s in Allbany hosted Soul Sky, Charlie Smith Band, and Matt Mirable among various other players missing our fine blues player. Photography Reidy.
One of the best things about my gig here is that, by default, I have to expose myself to every type of music. I have to challenge myself, because it’s easy to ask a rocker what kinds of strings they use if you’re into electric guitars. But it’s a challenge to run across a singer/songwriter […]
Brian Eno is a legend in ambient music and production for a reason. Reflection was gifted to me by a relative who knows that I enjoy Eno’s other works, and it became clear upon first listen that Eno has not lost his touch. Reflection is an hour-long piece that is broken into four separate sections […]
Last hurrah for pioneering band that put Capital Region on national music radar (From press release) ALBANY, N.Y.—April 4, 2023—Lark Street. 1978. The Albany music scene is catching fire, with the fresh energy of punk and new wave building on, not just breaking down, the concepts of decades prior. The Units, fusing the sheen of […]
April showers bring May flowers, along with clogged gutters, obliterated sidewalk chalk and free carwashes. This issue features performers Mystic Bowie, Melissa Ferrick, and legendary club owner Vinny Birbiglia.
Rael came back to the Linda on Saturday, April 1st, 2023. Photography by Timothy Reidy.
Amy Spence performed at The Linda on March 31st as part of the Women’s Voices Series. Photography by Timothy Reidy.
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