(Photos: Frankie Cavone) On a cold Monday night New Orleans funk band Galactic brought fun and excitement to Jupiter Hall at Lucky Strike located in Crossgates Mall in Albany, NY. Galactic is currently on tour supporting their brand new 8-track album called Already Ready Already. The album was released on their own record company called Tchuop-Zilla Records. With this album, Galactic
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We travelled to the Abandoned Tobin’s First Prize factory in Albany, NY to photograph parts of its beautifully creepy remains. The factory closed in 1981 and has been left there to sit ever since. Vinny Otto brought along his lighting gear to experiment with some off-camera flash. We ended our journey off by heading north to the Thaddeus Kosciuszko Bridge
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(Writer: Doug Quimby) August 2019 marks the 50th anniversary of the Woodstock Festival that was held in Woodstock New York in 1969. The original festival had performances by the Grateful Dead, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, The Who, Santana, and other iconic artists. Around 400,000 people attended the 3 day festival in August 1969. It’s 50 years later and Woodstock will
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Everyone Orchestra made their return to the Putnam Place in Saratoga Springs, New York December 15th, 2018 marking their second time playing the venue in 2018. This time, Conductor Matt Butler brought along Chuck Garvey (moe.) Rob Derhak (moe.), Tim Palmieri (Kung Fu), A.C. Carter (TAUK), Shira Elias (Turkuaz), Johnny Kimock (Mike Gordon) and Robbie Wulfsohn (Ripe). For those who
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Miahli Savoulidis of the Vermont based jam-band Twiddle, made a stop during his solo tour at the Putnam Place in Saratoga, NY. Opening for him was local musician Rich Ortiz, who was able to get the crowd moving and singing along during his set. Rich is unique in his performing style, in which he uses his feet to play bass
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Capital Region concert goers were treated this week to Rubblebucket on a Thursday night. The Brooklyn based indie band, played Jupiter Hall in Albany, NY located inside Lucky Strike Social. The event was put on by beloved alternative music radio station, 102.7 WEQX. The opening band was alternative rock group, And The Kids. The band was only made up of a guitarist/singer
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Dave Matthews Band has been on extensive Fall Tour this year making stops all across the United States. The band is sounding tighter than ever and brought an incredible show to The Times Union Center in Albany, NY on December 5th. Usually the band makes their way to the Albany area in the summer for their legendary SPAC runs in
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Saratoga Comic Con returned to the Saratoga Springs City Center November 17-18th 2018 bringing together fans of all super heroes and villains for a fun filled weekend. The event featured vendors, public figures in the entertainment world, panels and much more. There was also a series of video game contests including Super Smash Bros. and even a virtual reality contest.
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Let’s Be Leonard is one of Upstate New York’s rising jam band acts and has hit many milestones along the way including releasing a brand new album called Static, invited onto beloved radio station WEQX’s program “Jam N’ Toast” and most importantly, touring around the United States. On Wednesday November 21st, they returned back to their hometown for a Thanksgiving show
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Wild Adriatic returned to The Hollow in Albany, New York on November 7th, 2018 for the first time in a while. The Capital Region based group supported Andy Frasco & The UN. The band played new songs and fan favorites along with some unique covers. Watch the full video of the show below:
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