Category: Albany

LIVE: Zach Bryan, Trampled by Turtles at MVP Arena

Singer/songwriter Zach Bryan brought the southern heat of his Burn, Burn, Burn tour to the MVP Arena in Albany on Friday. The sold out arena rocked out to award winning music that filled Bryan’s two-hour set. Prior to selling out arenas, Bryan served as a member of the U.S Navy at the age of 17. […]

LIVE: Jocelyn & Chris Sell Out The 443

Editor’s Note: This article was revised to correct some inaccuracies. Volume… Loud. Hair… Long. Apologies… None. The above is from sister-brother blues-rock duo Jocelyn and Chris’s bio. That short and sweet description is perfectly befitting of this outfit. Though on Friday night at the sold-out 443 Social Club and Lounge in Syracuse, they toned it […]

LIVE: Annie in the Water at Funk ‘n Waffles

Annie in the Water‘s winter tour continued in Syracuse Thursday night in front of a packed house at Funk ‘n Waffles. The Albany/North Country-based jam/funk ensemble was highly energized, excited to be back on stages in front of live people again. Syracuse alt-rockers All Poets & Heroes opened the show. They have new music on […]

Sammy Rae and Friends Roll into Lark Hall in Albany

A perfect storm descends on Albany this Sunday with a funky night of big dance songs in the newly renovated, beautiful and intimate Lark Hall.  Sammy Rae & The Friends star was rising, playing bigger and bigger venues before the shutdown. The silver lining here is that the incredible Lark Hall was able to finish […]

315 Flashback: ‘The Last Waltz’ Looks Great at 40

Photos by Jim Gilbert from Nippertown/JTG Photo The impetus was a one-off tribute to The Last Waltz during last spring’s New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. Warren Haynes and Don Was put together an all-star cast of musicians to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Band’s all-star farewell concert at San Francisco’s Winterland Ballroom on Thanksgiving Night, […]

Bob Weir and Wolf Bros Announce Winter Dates

Bob Weir and Wolf Bros have announced a series of winter tour dates. The tour kicks off in Miami on Feb. 28 winding its way north and west before heading to the Northeast, wrapping up with two dates in Portland, ME on March 27 and 28. The tour will make two New York stops – […]

Masters of the Telecaster at Cohoes Music Hall September 21st

With three of the most prolific rock guitarists in the world, GE Smith (Hall & Oates, Bob Dylan & SNL band), Jim Weider (The Band & Levon Helm Band), and Duke Levine (Peter Wolf, Rosanne Cash), this is sure to be a historic night of roots rock n’ roll. Playing tunes from Roy Buchanan, Little […]

The Albany Office of Cultural Affairs Presents Fallbany

By: Alain Clerine, Contributing Writer The City of Albany’s new arts and crafts market, Fallbany launched this week. The series kicked off Thursday, Sept. 5 and will be held weekly in Tricentennial Park located on Broadway in Downtown Albany throughout the month of September, from 11:30 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. The market will be an […]

C.K. and The Rising Tide set to release second album ‘Perfect Stranger’

Few things are more poetic than the lyrical talent of Curtis Flach. It’s been quite the year for C.K. and The Rising Tide. The band, a five-piece Americana and folk powerhouse, is relatively new on the scene, but they have slowly been playing every major venue and more, grabbing new fans along the way. Flach […]