Santana and The Doobie Brothers at SPAC on July 1 2026 It was one hot, steamy night on Wednesday night July 1, 2026 at the Albany Med Health System stage at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center in Saratoga Springs, New York. Although the heat index was up in the 90s, what was even hotter was […]
Paul McCartney The Boys of Dungeon Lane Being a half-century-long Paul McCartney fan since my mid-1970s childhood days, I have been there through a good portion of Paul’s post-Beatles career, through the hits and successes, as well as the misses and missteps. As an album listener, I am not one to want to put something […]
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DÉJÀ VU: Celebrating the music of Crosby Stills Nash & Young at Cohoes Music Hall on Sat. May 16, 2026 To pay proper tribute to Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young, first and foremost you need to have the vocal talent and three-part harmonies down pat, which these extraordinary Capital Region musicians had in spades. This […]
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An Evening with Railroad Earth at The Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center in Great Barrington, MA on May 9, 2026 Railroad Earth has been playing their authentic Americana music (a multi-genre mix of bluegrass, folk, country, Jamband, Celtic, roots, and rock) for 25 years, and in that time, they have learned how to masterfully create, cultivate, […]
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John Jenkins Restless Hearts Liverpool-based UK singer-songwriter John Jenkins most recent musical tome, Restless Hearts, is an emotionally resonant album that blends folk, Americana, and country and explores themes of love, loss, faith, and the fleeting nature of time. A gifted song storyteller, Jenkins lyrically strips his songs down to the bare bones, like Ernest […]
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Better Than Ezra (with Nine Days) at Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center on March 27 2026 Better Than Ezra, the New Orleans quartet consisting of Kevin Griffin (lead vocals, guitar), Tom Drummond (bass, backing vocals), Michael Jerome (drums, backing vocals), and James Arthur Payne Jr. (guitar, backing vocals) is still going strong, as they proved Friday […]
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photos by @leifzurmuhlen “A Night of The Kinks” at Cohoes Music Hall in Cohoes, New York on Saturday, March 21, 2026 Being a dedicated follower of The Kinks music since my adolescent years, I was a bit hesitant to attend the recent “A Night of The Kinks” tribute concert at the Cohoes Music Hall – […]
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Steve Martin & Martin Short feat. Jeff Babko and the Steep Canyon Rangers at the Palace Theatre in Albany, NY on December 4, 2025 To keep an audience engaged, invested, and entertained for two-hours is a near impossible feat, yet that is just what Steve Martin and Martin Short did on Thursday night’s sold out […]
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Jim Messina and the Road Runners at Cohoes Music Hall on Sunday November 16 2025 Jim Messina and his extraordinary backing band, the Road Runners, played a two-hour show in two sets on Sunday, November 16, 2025 at the Cohoes Music Hall in Cohoes, New York, that included a Poco tune and some of Messina’s […]
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Marshall Crenshaw w/James Mastro at The Iron Horse in Northampton, MA on Sunday November 9 Marshall Crenshaw brought his “40+ Years in Showbiz!” tour to The Iron Horse in Northampton, Massachusetts, playing songs from his four-decade career-spanning repertoire, as well as new material from his recently released “From The Hellhole” album. As Crenshaw and band […]
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