Music in the Present Tense
By Fred Rudofsky
He pauses, sets aside the marker that he's been using to sign autographs for a small group of fans, some new and some old. His wife of…
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LIVE: J.D. McPherson @ The Hangar, 8/31/15
Review by Fred Rudofsky
Photographs by Ed Conway
The city of Troy has witnessed some memorable rock and roll shows in the past three years - the…
LIVE: Willie Nile @ The Linda, 5/16/15
Review by Fred Rudofsky
His songs have a deep sense of history and fervent hope for the future, but something else also is for certain: Willie Nile inhabits…
LIVE: Hamell On Trial @ the Low Beat, 4/9/15
Review by Fred Rudofsky
Photographs by Ed Conway
Hamell on Trial, the one-man dynamo, brought his arsenal of brilliant songs, disarmingly funny jokes…
LIVE: Sister Sparrow & the Dirty Birds @ Club Helsinki, 1/16/15
Review and photographs by Fred Rudofsky
Additional photographs by Timothy Reidy
A chilly mid-January night in Hudson did not have a ghost of a chance of…
BEST OF 2014: Fred Rudofsky’s Top 21 Albums
By Fred Rudofsky
1.) Hamell on Trial: The Happiest Man in the World
2.) Ian McLagan & the Bump Band: United States
3.) Phil & Dave Alvin:…
LIVE: Nick Lowe’s Quality Holiday Revue @ The Egg, 12/19/14
Review by Fred Rudofsky
Photographs by Andrzej Pilarczyk, Ed Conway
Fittingly, the concert of 2014 - Nick Lowe's Quality Holiday Revue - closed out a…
LIVE: Peter Case @ the Low Beat, 9/12/14
Review by Fred Rudofsky
Photographs by Al Goldberg
Peter Case wowed a small but fervent crowd on a recent Friday night at the Low Beat in Albany, but…