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Karl Wallinger, What Do You Listen to When You Clean the House?

Friday, September 14th, 2012

Kurt Wallinger

“I don’t listen to that many things when I’m cleaning because the Hoover tends to drown everything out.”

Karl Wallinger leads his band World Party to Albany at 4:45pm on Saturday (September 15) to headline the Madison Avenue Stage of the annual LarkFest celebration. The 31st annual LarkFest street festival will take place on Albany’s Lark Street between Washington and Madison avenues from 10am-5:30pm on Saturday. Admission is, of course, free. Other performers scheduled to perform in LarkFest include Ryan Shaw, Jukebox the Ghost, Graham Alexander, Sevendys and lots more… For a complete schedule for all of the bands on both stages, just go here.

Tags: Albany, Kurt Wallinger, Larkfest, World Party
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LIVE: LarkFest @ Lark Street, 9/17/11

Thursday, September 22nd, 2011

Diego Garcia

Veteran Nippertown rockers Blotto kicked off the 30th anniversary LarkFest last Saturday at the ungodly hour (at least for rock ‘n’ rollers) of 10:30am, blasting through their opening song, “Too Much Fun.”

And “too much fun” was a most apt description of the day-long free, street fest, which attracted an estimated 80,000 folks to Lark Street for a full day of music, merriment, beer and lots of people-watching.

Here’s what the music looked like to Nippertown contributing photographer Stanley Johnson, who braved the throngs of merrymakers:

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Tags: Al Goldberg, Albany, Larkfest, Stanley Johnson
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LIVE: Todd Nelson’s TN3 @ HereFest, 9/17/11

Wednesday, September 21st, 2011

TN3 @ LarkFest 2011 (photo by Tim Livingston)

Thirty years ago, Todd Nelson performed at the very first LarkFest, playing guitar in what was arguably Nippertown’s most popular band, the Units.

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Tags: Albany, Larkfest, Tim Livingston, TN3, Todd Nelson
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Song of the Week: Blotto’s “Goodbye, Mr. Bond”

Wednesday, September 14th, 2011

A vintage Blotto song with a snappy new video…

Blotto takes the stage to kick off the 2011 LarkFest with a performance at the corner of Lark Street and Washington Avenue at 10:20am – yeah, that’s right, 10:20am – on Saturday. Go here for a full schedule of LarkFest performances. Admission is, of course, free.

Video by Bert Blotto

Tags: Albany, Bert Blotto, Blotto, Larkfest
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FLASHBACK: The First LarkFest Theme Song

Wednesday, September 14th, 2011

Photo taken at Lark Beat Records of bandmembers from the Morons, the Units and the Young Reptiles (the A.D.’s were not available for the photo shoot) to promote the first LarkFest. Also, Scot Gray from the Lumpen Proles somehow is in the photo.

Hot on the heels of their first single, “Suburbanite,” in 1981, the Morons were at their peak when selected to perform at the inaugural LarkFest in Albany. Put together by local businesswomen Mary Miller of Lark Beat Records and Dana Rudolph of After the Gold Rush, no one knew what to expect from this initial street fair that was organized to promote the then just-budding Lark Street business community and the local original underground music scene. The results far exceeded the expectations as the Morons, along with contemporaries the Units, the A.D.’s and the Young Reptiles showcased before thousands that attended that day.

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Tags: Albany, Judy Seibert Kash, Larkfest, the Morons, TL Stone
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10 Things Mike Doughty Wants You to Know About His New Album…

Tuesday, September 13th, 2011

Mike Doughty

Singer-songwriter Mike Doughty released his new album, “Yes and Also Yes,” two weeks ago, and here are 10 things that he would like you to know about it:

1. “The title, ‘Yes and Also Yes,’ was the headline of my profile on an online dating site. I improvised it off the top of my head, because they wouldn’t let me post until I wrote a headline. I was unsuccessful at online dating.”

2. “The first single, ‘Na Na Nothing,’ was partially stolen from a song written by Nikki Sixx, Dan Wilson (who wrote ‘Closing Time’) and Matt Gerrard (who wrote a bunch of tunes in ‘High School Musical’). (I got their permission to steal it.)”

3. “‘Holiday,’ a Christmas song, is a duet with Rosanne Cash. I did a show with her, and she said onstage, ‘I feel nervous playing my new songs, because Mike Doughty is here, and he’s such a great songwriter.’ That BLEW MY MIND.”

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Tags: Albany, Larkfest, Mike Doughty
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UPDATE: LarkFest Schedule of Bands

Wednesday, August 31st, 2011

Yes, LarkFest is right around the corner. On Saturday, September 17, Albany’s Lark Street will be blocked off from atuo traffic from Washington to Madison avenues. And instead of cars, Nippertown’s biggest free street festival will fill the air with continuous, non-stop music all day long, with stages set up on both ends of the street.

WEXT-FM announced the bands for LarkFest a month ago.

Two weeks later, another additional band was added to the line-up.

Now, finally, here’s the schedule of the music for the day – who’s playing on which stage and at what time:

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Tags: Albany, Larkfest
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LarkFest Adds Another Band to the Line-Up

Friday, August 12th, 2011

Touring in support of their debut album, “Colours,” British pop-soul band Graffiti6 is a new addition to the slate of performers for the 30th annual LarkFest on Lark Street in Albany on Saturday, September 17. Admission is FREE.

Go here for the previously announced line-up.

Tags: Albany, Larkfest
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