There are gazillions of love songs, so narrowing it down to 14 was a complex task. There are the obvious standards, yet many overlooked gems that focus on romance and heartbreak. So, here’s a somewhat oddball compilation of non-traditional songs for Valentine’s Day that to some degree touch on romance, from a variety of genres [...]
When Don Van Vliet died Friday, December 17th of complications from Multiple Sclerosis, he had lived the secluded life of a painter and poet with his wife Janet for the last 28 years. He will be best remembered though, under his nom de plume “Captain Beefheart,” as an uncompromising musical artist who produced some of [...]
Having had the glorious opportunity to attend a Timbre Coup practice session, I knew exactly what guitarist/bassist/singer Dan Gerken meant when, at Red Square this past Saturday in the middle of his band’s set, he proclaimed to the audience that it was “Mustache time, bitches,” with a devilish grin.
This, of course, is a reference to [...]
By Lauren English
Lake George native Rich Ortiz describes his sound as a mixture between funk and folk. He says you get a feel of both singer/songwriter and funk band all in one. Rich has been playing the guitar since high school and his lyrics are rich and heartfelt. In addition to guitar, Rich plays harmonica, [...]
My first time at Radio City Music Hall…I won’t forget it. Well, sort of. My friend Julie, the chief NYC correspondent for a German-based tabloid magazine (Gala), invited me to join her on assignment: to see MGMT at Radio City Music Hall (and, ironically, to write about Brooklyn’s indie music scene). I humbly accepted the [...]
Experimental performance artist and musician, Laurie Anderson, will be returning to EMPAC on October 15th and 16th to perform her latest theatrical work, Delusion.
A masterful storyteller who’s never been afraid to push the envelope, Anderson is legendary for crafting intricate, multi-media pieces on various subjects ranging from the humorous to the tragic, yet always told [...]
Alrighty, all you lovers of this fantastically fundamental six-stringed instrument, this is one weekend you won’t want to miss. Guitar aficionados from around the Northeast will be swarming Saratoga Springs this weekend for these two very cool back-to-back events, the first being the annual Capital Region Guitar Show at the Saratoga Knights of Columbus Hall, [...]
By Monica Sirignano and Dave Bower
Professor Louie & the Crowmatix is an Americana/Roots musical group based in Woodstock, NY. Comprised of Aaron ‘Professor Louie’ Hurwitz on keyboards, accordion and vocals, Miss Marie Spinosa on percussion, piano and vocals, Gary Burke on drums, Frank Campbell on bass, vocals and Josh Colow on guitar, their music [...]
Through a small wooden door and up a narrow carpeted stairway on Phila Street in downtown Saratoga Springs exists a tiny hole in the wall music venue with a name that often precedes it. Much like the race track, Hattie’s chicken and Congress Park, Caffé Lena remains to this day an important landmark in Saratoga [...]
On Wednesday, August 25th, the Sembrich Opera Museum in Bolton Landing will host a free screening of the film Copland and the American Sound as a counterpoint to the Andrew Wyeth exhibit at the Hyde. The video documentary was created by the San Francisco Symphony in 2006 as an homage to American composer Aaron Copland.
Copland [...]
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