Xperience History
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Bendt – Xperience History – by Liam Sweeny. Originally published in 2019. Ralph Renna told me to get bent the other day. I figured he was pissed at me, but we he texted me ‘get Bendt…” I did just that; I got Bendt. Describing themselves as ‘a face of modern rock,’ Bendt delivers a sound […]
Pony In The Pancake – Xperience History – by Liam Sweeny. There’s a quality to a band, an unspoken quality that tells you you’re listening to music and not windchimes coincidentally keeping time to a busted trash can lid flapping in the wind. Yes, it’s unspoken… but I pay for ink by the barrel, so […]
Candy Ambulance – Xperience History – by Rob Smittix. Candy Ambulance is a three piece group hailing from the Saratoga Springs area or maybe it’s Queensbury. I guess it doesn’t really matter now because they are actually relocating to Troy. I do like the sound of that, Troy-based Candy Ambulance, yup it does have a ring […]
Shannon Roy – Xperience History – by Seth Casale. I sat down for a few minutes with Shannon Roy. Once described as “Stevie Nicks’ tough cousin” Shannon is a musician, and open mic host, an actress, a soldier deployed in the Army to Iraq, and Afghanistan as a civilian contractor, and a victim of a […]
Sixteen Tons, The Merle Travis Story by Merle Travis & Deke Dickerson Review/Interview by Ed Conway 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 […]
Linda Gail Lewis – Xperience History – by Ed Conway. **Originally published in August of 2021.** Coming up on August 14th, Linda Gail Lewis will be stopping by to the Hangar on the Hudson in Troy, NY as part of her northeast tour, backed by The Lustre Kings. If you aren’t familiar with Linda, she […]
Art Bernstein – Xperience History – by OP Callaghan. Art Bernstein has been playing, recording, teaching and writing about drumming for over 30 years. As a contributing writer to “Drumhead Magazine”, a teacher with The Empire State Youth Orchestra, and performer on over 40 albums, Art is a master at his craft, whose teachings, publications […]
Melissa Ferrick – Xperience History – by Rob Smittix. Originally published April of 2023. (Interview with Melissa Ferrick.) RRX: Hello. How has your morning been? MF: So far so good. RRX: I’m excited just to talk with you. I don’t really like to do “interviews,” I think they’re boring so my style is just to […]
The Bobby Lees – Xperience History – by Joshua Reedy. The original article was printed in August of 2021. The Bobby Lees are an uncompromising garage-rock/punk band from Woodstock, New York. In a recent socially distant interview, the band wrote in to describe their recording process, their new upcoming record, and some interesting encounters at […]
Mike Valente – Xperience History – by Liam Sweeny. The following interview was done for the March 2020 issue of Xperience Monthly. You may know him from such places that used to exist such as: The Hudson Duster and Bogies. You may know him from bands that used to play the scene such as: Attica […]
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