Category Concert Review
This year’s Adirondack Independence Music Festival, the yearly three-day, jam-centered blowout in Lake George, was a doozy. Headliners moe. (Friday and Saturday) and Pigeons Playing Ping Pong (Sunday) played two sets to close out each day. This year was …
Sunbloc managed to pull off one of the best ideas of the year in bringing three bands (including themselves) up to the Skywalk for a sunset rock and roll show. Hardcore acts Take Steps and Spiritkiller bookended this great show.…
The Chamelon (Leon Bridges) and the Cowboy (Charley Crockett) brought their co-headlining tour of the same name to Saratoga Performing Arts Center on August 30. Americana artist Noeline Hofmann kick-started the night off successfully for the …
The Amsterdam Waterfront Foundation selected Legacy as the grand finale to their summer concert series at Riverlink Park, and they delivered with crowd-pleasing favorites from Journey and Foreigner.…
Alexis P. Suter treated the sold-out Caffe Lena crowd to a surprisingly intense and loud two sets of blues rock.…
Hayley Jane gave an insightful peek at both her process and her catalog in an intimate solo show for Upstate Unplugged at White Lake Studios in Albany.…
Atlanta-based bluesman Tinsley Ellis returned to one of his favorite haunts – Caffe Lena – on August 23. Amongst other things, he previewed music from his upcoming album for the Saratoga Springs crowd.…
Canadian singer and guitarist Pat Travers has seen better nights than this one in Saratoga at the Parting Glass, as he seemed wholly unable to perform, leaving the “show” to his band.…
The Dutchess County Fair does not mess around when booking musical acts, as witnessed by the many who endured the very rainy weather to see Cheap Trick.…
As unlikely as it may have once seemed, the Doobie Brothers once again returned to the Saratoga Performing Arts Center, this time in support of a brand new album, “Walk This Road.” Jimmy Buffett’s outfit, the Coral …
The penultimate show of the 2025 Music Haven concert series featured Grammy winner Terrance Simien delivering hard-driving zydeco versions of rock, folk, reggae, and more. Local saxman and organist Keith Pray opened the show, fronting the Mohawk Brass Band.…