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Two Buttons Deep partners up to bring live music back in 2021

Michael Hallisey Jan 21, 2021
Two Buttons Deep’s Jack Carpenter said he didn’t get the taste of Albany’s music scene he expected once moving into The Knick in late 2019. Carpenter hit a few shows at…
Music

Matthew McCabe, store owner, musician and former city commish, dies from COVID

Michael Hallisey Jan 21, 2021
Matthew McCabe, the music store proprietor who touched countless local musicians with his advice and words of wisdom, died of complications from COVID-19 on Tuesday, Jan. 12.…
Culture

COVID sends music journalist back to his baseball cards

Michael Hallisey Jan 1, 2021
The lull in conversation that wanes as my wife sets up for her workday affords me the opportunity to scroll through eBay. It’s a routine that has developed over the months…
First Listen

Albany Symphony drops new recordings

Michael Hallisey Sep 7, 2020
The Albany Symphony recently announced the release of its newest recording, featuring the orchestral works of internationally acclaimed composer Christopher Theofanidis. …
Arts

Playhouse Stage Company to manage Cohoes Music Hall

Michael Hallisey Jul 23, 2020
The city has named a new management company to take the reins of its storied music hall on Remsen Street. Playhouse Stage Company will now manage Cohoes Music Hall…
Music

Moriah Formica signs with Surface Management

Michael Hallisey Jul 19, 2020
Moriah Formica notched a couple of items off her list last week: The local rock star recruited a marquee drummer for her all-female band, and she signed with a management…
First Listen

Road Soda Pop covers the classics

Michael Hallisey Jun 29, 2020
LateShift frontman Scotty Somerville is attached to yet another project. In addition to The LateShift, and creating graphic art such as what you’ve seen with Hartley’s…
First Record

Off The Record Trio takes you back with ‘Time Capsule’

Michael Hallisey Jun 16, 2020
Off The Record is that cool kid in school you didn’t know was smart until she graduated with honors. The trio’s high-energy live act is plugged into Joanna Palladino’s…
Album Reviews

Katy Ashe releases quarantine project, “Mother’s Isolation”

Michael Hallisey Jun 12, 2020
Katy Ashe has kept herself busy during the quarantine. The singer-songwriter is also a full-time music teacher and mom. On top of all those duties, she spent the past eight…
Album Reviews

Frank Palangi drops fourth album “Bring on the Fear”

Michael Hallisey Jun 11, 2020
Palangi was already in the midst of releasing his fourth album “Bring on the Fear” when the COVID-19 pandemic started its spread. Despite the name, he insists the name is a…
Album Reviews

Alex Hitrick releases new album “Apple Trees”

Michael Hallisey Jun 10, 2020
Alex Hitrick is no stranger to the local music scene. For seven years, he played parties and events as part of a three-piece band named Hitrick and Brooks. Most recently,…
First Listen

New Music from JB!! aka Dirty Moses

Michael Hallisey Jun 9, 2020
Social unrest will push people into action, and they often turn to the tools of their trade. For John Brown, that tool is music. Best known as JB!! aka Dirty Moses, Brown…
First Listen

C.K. and The Rising Tide release Stones cover “Under My Thumb”

Michael Hallisey Jun 2, 2020
Curtis K. Flach has drawn inspiration from, and has been compared to, different artists from the 60s including Lou Reed and Bob Dylan, but not The Rolling Stones; until now. …
First Listen

Local Pop Artist Vince Palmeri releases new video “Guilty Pleasure”

Michael Hallisey Jun 1, 2020
Vince Palmeri is bored in the house, and he’s in the house bored. Our resident pop artist has apparently lost his mind and is exhibiting unhealthy lifestyle choices in his…
First Listen

518 Covid Quarantine Compilation

Michael Hallisey May 30, 2020
Creative people can’t sit idly by at home without producing something. It’s out of their nature. A recent compilation is a testament to that statement, and its available now…
Album Reviews

The Age drops new single “Take A Dive”

Michael Hallisey May 29, 2020
When people speak of the breadth of musical talent in our area, Adrian Lewis is in every conversation. As The Age, Lewis is both a gifted guitarist and singer. With a…
First Listen

The Erotics Release Single “Head of the Low Class”

Michael Hallisey May 26, 2020
The Erotics has been keeping it dirty with its stylings of “straightforward” rock and roll since 1997. That was when the Albany quartet dropped “Born to Destroy,” and they…
First Listen

Belle-Skinner releases Video, New Album “Violets” Drops May 26th

Michael Hallisey May 25, 2020
Before the apocalypse overtook our lives, Belle-Skinner would split her time between performing here and in New York City. The latter is where we find Belle-Skinner…
First Listen

Michael Daugherty, Dogs of Desire release Tribute to Woody Guthrie

Michael Hallisey May 24, 2020
Naxos Records recently released “This Land Sings: Inspired by the Life and Times of Woody Guthrie,” the world-premiere recording of multi-Grammy Award-winning composer…
First Listen

Haunted Cat Drops Second Album “Third Degree Moonburns”

Michael Hallisey May 23, 2020
Haunted Cat is a four-piece, electro-glam proto-punk band out of the Capital District — and that’s a genre worthy of a listen. The quartet just dropped its second album,…
Culture

Dining out in business: Local eateries are adapting now to new world of social distancing

Michael Hallisey May 21, 2020
Some restaurateurs are changing their dining rooms as they anticipate new social norms once doors are allowed open again. Late last month, Gov. Andrew Cuomo unveiled his…
Interviews

Ria Carval: On her own path

Michael Hallisey May 14, 2020
Listening to Maria Carvajal speak of her home in Colombia, it sounds like heaven. From her bedroom at her parent’s house in the city-state of Cali, the 19-year-old shares…
Music

City Council voids Cohoes Music Hall, Park Playhouse contracts

Michael Hallisey Apr 29, 2020
City Council terminated contracts with both Cohoes Music Hall and Park Playhouse on Tuesday, April 28. The decision dealt a blow to an arts and music scene that used the…
Art

Albany Center Gallery plans a show for no one — and everyone

Michael Hallisey Mar 31, 2020
Tony Iadicicco is preparing for a show no one will walk through. As with everywhere else in the world, the Albany Center Gallery has closed its doors under a social…
LIVE

LIVE: Bendt releases new album at Lost and Found, 2/29/20

Michael Hallisey Mar 1, 2020
The name of Albany’s Lost and Found took on more of a biblical reference the Leap Day once Michael Gregg took the corner stage as the night’s master of ceremonies before…
The Spot 518

JoAnn Falletta returns to the Albany Symphony for a Romantic evening at Proctors

Michael Hallisey Feb 12, 2020
Music is love. There are a bazillion songs written about love. Don’t bother looking that up. I made it up. I’m not even sure that a bazillion is an official metric…
The Spot 518

Josh Casano Starts ‘Semester’ at Table 41 on January 3rd

Michael Hallisey Jan 2, 2020
By day, he’s a teacher at Schenectady High School, but in terms of the local music scene, you’ll find Josh Casano mastering his loops and acoustic guitar on stage. The…
Music

Troy Savings Bank Music Hall Receives $1.1 M in State Funding

Michael Hallisey Jan 2, 2020
The Troy Savings Bank Music Hall Corporation was awarded a $1.1 million grant from Empire State Development through the Regional Economic Development Council. The Capital…
Album Reviews

Album Review: Girl Blue’s ‘Home Movies’

Michael Hallisey Dec 15, 2019
Something telling of the local music scene revealed itself last year when EQX was hosting the final round of its annual Battle of the Bands at the then-Jupiter Hall. As bands…
LIVE

LIVE: Third Eye Blind’s Stephan Jenkins – WEQX 35th Anniversary @ Albany Distilling Co.,…

Michael Hallisey Nov 8, 2019
A cold rain moved the performance from the Albany Distilling Company’s patio to a narrow chamber room. The setting enhanced the intimacy of the event. All 80 tickets were…
Music

Paying Tribute to Sean & Henry McFerran at Chrome November 9th

Michael Hallisey Nov 7, 2019
Henry McFerran had a dream to play heavy metal, and that he did. For years, Henry and his brother Sean spent Makin’ Metal together with their band, China White, setting…
LIVE

LIVE: Trigger Hippy @ Levon Helm Studios, Woodstock 11/2/2019

Michael Hallisey Nov 4, 2019
A night of conflicting experiences started once Yard Sale took the stage to open the evening for Trigger Hippy on Saturday, Nov. 3, at Levon Helm Studios in Woodstock. The…
Culture

Barry Bostwick, and his briefs, will be at the Palace Theatre on October 21

Michael Hallisey Oct 19, 2019
Barry Bostwick is an acclaimed actor, having earned awards from his work on stage and in front of the camera, but there’s something about this time of year that will make a…
The Spot 518

Historic Albany nightclub, once frequented featured the likes of Frank Sinatra, Cab Calloway and…

Michael Hallisey Oct 11, 2019
Inside the expansive back room in the northwest corner of the old Kenmore Hotel hangs a drab, grey curtain concealing the last piece of history tied to the space. The…
Music

WMHT’s ‘Lena: A Life in Folk’ goes deep into the life of Lena Spencer

Michael Hallisey Oct 2, 2019
Saratoga represents many things to many people. To the late Lena Spencer and her then husband, it was the place to start their coffeehouse. A bustling college town in need of…
Album Reviews

REVIEW: Girl Blue’s ‘Home Movies’

Michael Hallisey Sep 11, 2019
Something telling of the local music scene revealed itself last year when EQX was hosting the final round of its annual Battle of the Bands at the then-Jupiter Hall. As bands…
Music

Creating a playlist is an intimate act of appreciation for music and people

Michael Hallisey Sep 11, 2019
There is a subtle science behind making a good mixtape, and I’m not talking about a musician’s collection of work captured on a flimsy metal strip of magnetized particles of…
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May 08

Dave Mason: Feelin’ Alright Tour

May 8 @ 8:00 pm - 11:00 pm
Levon Helm Studios
Woodstock

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