Month October 2025
KISS tribute act, Kisstory, brought all its spectacle to Vapor nightclub inside the Saratoga Casino on Halloween.…
Jazz fusion act Spyro Gyra was formed over 50 years ago in Buffalo, and original member Jay Beckenstein continues to tour with the current five-piece lineup. On October 30, they played a 90-minute set to a receptive Saratoga Springs crowd …
Bruiser and Bicycle / Emerald Ground Water / Stella Emmett @ Hangar on the Hudson (October 26, 2025)
Bruiser and Bicycle held the release party for their “Deep Country” album at Hangar on the Hudson and delivered one of their best sets of the year. Burlington’s Emerald Ground Water provided support, as did Stella Emmett, …
For this third annual iteration of this delightful showcase put on by Zan Strumfeld and Michael Gregg (of Zan and the Winter Folk) at the Troy Listening Room, they recruited Angelina Valente, Armbruster, Buggy Jive, …
New York City’s Acute Inflections brought the Harlem Renaissance to Troy when they blended music and comedy in their show at Revolution Hall.…
Steve Morse, who founded the Dixie Dregs and played guitar for Deep Purple and Kansas, amongst others, brought his solo band to Cohoes Music Hall, where he debuted several songs off his soon-to-be-released album “Triangulation.”…
This show at Lark Hall may have been the last time in the Albany area to catch the noted all-female Grateful Dead tribute act Brown Eyed Women with lead guitarist Joni Bottari, who left the band on December 7, …
The CospiraTOUR features Philadelphia-based bands So Totally and Loadcard. Byrdhouse Records added in Capital Region acts Bad Dream Adventure and Otobo to complete the card at Troy’s No Fun on October 23.…
Progressive metal legends Dream Theater were visibly enjoying themselves on their stop at Proctors in Schenectady. Their three-hour set included the entirety of their latest album, “Parasomnia,” which finds founding member Mike Portnoy back behind the kit.…
New Grammy winner, blues singer-songwriter Ruthie Foster, returned to Caffe Lena to perform solo. Her 90-minute set featured several songs off her Grammy-winning album (“Mileage“), and allowed her ample opportunities to scat.…
Ezra Furman packed No Fun in Troy on a Wednesday night, with support from London’s Golden Dregs, a project of singer-songwriter Benjamin Woods.…