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Big Bad Voodoo Daddy performed at Troy Savings Bank Music Hall on March 21st, 2023. This is the review, by Ed Conway. The preeminent 40s, swing era, big band Big Bad Voodoo Daddy made a stop at one of the most sonically perfect venues, The Troy Savings Bank Music Hall. The band began in 1989 […]
In the world of tribute acts, many of whom are quite good, there are a few that really stand out. What sets them apart from the usual suspects is their ability to play their respective concerts as if the original artists themselves were performing the show live. Many other acts will take a note for […]
Recap/Photos By: Ed Conway On a fine Saturday night, for mid March anyway, a hard rockin’ band from Toronto made a visit to the Hangar. I first saw the Ichi-Bons at the recent Ameripolitan Music Weekender & Award festival in Memphis, Tennessee, where they were nominated for Ameripolitan Rockabilly Group 2023. I was blown away […]
Hmmmm, I went to an art exhibit and a concert showed up, or was it, I went to a concert and an art exhibit that showed up? It was, in fact, both. What kind of crazed mind would think that Grateful Dead music would go well with an immersive exhibit of Van Gogh? Well, what […]
Well, I’ve finally recovered from a wild weekend of music at the Ameripolitan Music Weekend & Awards. Unsatisfied with the direction of Nashville’s country music, singer/songwriter, and great guitarist, Dale Watson decided to brand his own music as Ameripolitan. In looking around, he quickly realized there was a lot of American Roots music not adequately […]
Who is Merle Travis? Unless you are a guitar geek, or an original country music fan, you may not know. He was not just a guitarist, but a man who popularized such a unique style, they named the use of the thumb and index finger to play both bass and melody at the same time […]
Additional Photos By: Ed Conway There’s no better way to spend a weekday evening than hanging out at The Hangar on the Hudson in Troy and witnessing an energetically amazing show, like we did last Wednesday night. Red on Red recording artists Stupidity came all the way from Stockholm, Sweden and they brought the always […]
What a weekend of music we had. We started off Friday afternoon heading to the Boston area for Swelltune Records’, Sniff-A-Rama at the Porch Southern Fare & Juke Joint, in Medford, Mass. As promoter Beck Rustic envisioned it, the evening consisted of three bands, each having three songs, during their sets, paired with a certain […]
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Alive @ 5 Talib Kweli, Jennings Landing 7/7/22 Being in my 60’s, I am not what you would call a Hip Hop aficionado, but I enjoy the Hip Hop nights at Alive @ 5. A few years ago was Big Daddy Kane, and this year featured Talib Kweli. The rappers always bring their A game, […]