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Bits & Pieces…

Tuesday, March 5th, 2013

Our congrats go out to Nippertown’s own Ill Funk Ensemble, who were honored with the Artists in Music Award in the Best R&B/Soul Artist category at the ceremonies in Hollywood, California last month. Way to go, guys…

Single-day tickets for Wilco’s Solid Sound Festival at MASS MoCA in North Adams are now on sale. Tickets for Friday, June 21 and Sunday, June 23 are $65. Tickets for Saturday, June 22 are $84. Early bird three-day passes are $124 and still available for a limited time, but the price will increase to $149 on Monday (March 11). Three-day passes for children ages 7-10 are $50 and children 6 and under are free.

Bread & Puppet Theater rolls into Hudson next month for their annual spring tour stop at Time + Space Limited. The political/poetic theater troupe will perform “Dead Man Rises and Other Short Shows” at 8pm on Thursday-Saturday, April 4-6, in addition to their more family friendly “The Circus of Possibilitarians” at 2pm on Saturday and Sunday, April 6 & 7. Tickets are $12.50; students & children $5.

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A New Concert Venue Opening in Downtown Albany?

Tuesday, March 5th, 2013

Chris Pratt and Alessio Depoli – who currently own Pearl Street Pub and the Barrel Saloon, both in downtown Albany – are hoping to open an 800-to-900 capacity concert hall in Albany.

Here’s the low-down from Steve Barnes at The Times Union’s Table Hopping blog:

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The Blisterz Call It Quits?

Tuesday, February 26th, 2013
The Blisterz

The Blisterz

Yes, it kinda looks that way…

Just last month we wrote about how the Local 518 rock trio had been immortalized in “The Concrete Pearl,” the latest mystery-thriller from the pen of author and former Blisterz drummer Vincent Zandri.

But now after one album (“Rebels Without Applause”) and seven years on the Nippertown music scene, the Blisterz are no more.

“Yes…you heard it correctly…The Blisterz are officially on hiatus. Will they ever come back…good question…nobody knows,” announced guitarist-vocalist-bandleader Davey Blister. “In the infamous words of Neil Young, ‘It’s better to burn out than fade away.’ We’d like to think we burned out like a white-hot flame at our last show.” For the record, that last show was on Saturday, January 19 at the Niverville Pub.

So what’s next on the horizon? Apparently fans of the Blisterz’s sound won’t have to wait long for the next chapter… Davey Blister has already moved on and formed a new band – Legendary Losers, who are currently scheduled to step into the spotlight for their debut at Valentine’s Music Hall in Albany on Saturday, March 16.

The (Re)Imagining Troy Project Wants Your Ideas…

Friday, February 1st, 2013

The (Re)imagining Troy Project will explore, in creative and practical ways, how Troy can become a more livable city. Suggestions can be expressed in words, images, models, sketches, videos or any other medium that can convey a good idea. Submissions – focused on ideas big and small – are open to all residents of the region…

“Wakin’ Up With the Wolf” Is Back!

Wednesday, January 2nd, 2013
Bob Wolf

Bob Wolf

Story by Greg Haymes

The Wolf is howlin’ once again…

After a dozen years on the Capital region airwaves, morning DJ Bob Wohlfeld (aka, the Wolf) and his “Wakin’ Up With the Wolf” radio show were canned by the folks at PYX-106 last February, and his radio voice has been silent since then.

But now – nearly a year later – the Wolf and his radio show are emerging from their long radio hiatus and returning to the airwaves – this time at WDST-FM (Radio Woodstock) in Woodstock, where he’ll step up to the microphone to launch his new morning show beginning on Monday (January 7). The new “Wakin’ Up With the Wolf” show will be heard daily from 6-10am on the air and online.

“I am thrilled to be the new morning show at Radio Woodstock 100.1,” says Wohlfeld. “A legendary station in its own right, owned and run by actual humans. Humans? Can you believe that?”

Landing in Woodstock, Wohlfeld pretty much splits the difference between Capital Region and Poughkeepsie, where he helmed the morning show for WPDH-FM for a decade before heading up to Albany at PYX-106.

“Our competitors’ decisions to cut local programming costs presented us with an amazing opportunity to bring The Wolf to Radio Woodstock and back to the Hudson Valley, and we pounced on it,” says WDST president-owner Gary Chetkof. “The Wolf is a proven morning show winner, having had a wonderful and successful career in the Hudson Valley and Albany for over 20 years. He spent many of those years as the number one show in the morning. Bob is what radio is all about – great local air personalities entertaining and serving the local community.”

FLASHBACK:
2/27/12: PYX-106′s “Wakin’ Up With the Wolf” Morning Radio Show Cancelled

SPAC 2013: Tribute to the Track

Thursday, December 13th, 2012

The Saratoga Race Course celebrates its 150th anniversary in 2013.

And in honor of the anniversary, Saratoga Performing Arts Center will join in the celebration by presenting the world premiere of an original orchestral composition by Grammy Award-winning composer Richard Danielpour on Thursday, August 8, 2013. The commission will be premiered by the Philadelphia Orchestra.

“It is a privilege to have the opportunity to create a work that honors the 150th anniversary of Saratoga Race Course and the history, traditions and culture that are part of that milestone,” says Danielpour. “I look forward to the challenge of capturing in music, the essence and vitality of that colorful heritage.”

OTHER SPAC NEWS FOR 2013:

Cape Verdean vocalist Carmen Souza will perform during the first day (Saturday, June 29) of the two-day Freihofer’s Saratoga Jazz Festival.

During their SPAC stand on July 24 & 25, the Aspen Santa Fe Ballet will perform choreographer Norbert de la Cruz III‘s work “Square None.”

Here Are the 2013 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Inductees…

Tuesday, December 11th, 2012

Here are the inductess:

Rush
Public Enemy
Heart
Randy Newman
Albert King
Donna Summer

Here are the nominees who were not inducted:

N.W.A.
The Marvelettes
The Paul Butterfield Blues Band
Joan Jett & the Blackhearts
Kraftwerk
The Meters
Procol Harum

“Masquerave” Is On: Albany’s Washington Avenue Armory Is Back in the Concert Business Once Again

Tuesday, November 27th, 2012

Friday night’s “Masquerave” is a go…

There was plenty of fall-out after last month’s Barstool Blackout foam party at the Washington Avenue Armory in Albany.

The event was marred by an on-the-street brou-ha-ha in front of the Armory that resulted in injuries to three Albany police officers and the arrests of seven concert-goers. And as a result of that incident, the city ordered a ban on all non-sporting events at the venue until the proper permits were acquired.

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