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Albany Riverfront Jazz Festival

by The Staff September 7, 2012

Come early September, it can feel like the entire summer’s Alive at Five lineup was just one long opening act for the Albany Riverfront Jazz Festival, consistently one of the most impressive free festivals to ...

Albany Riverfront Park

LatinFest

by The Staff August 23, 2012

One of the most anticipated events of summer also heralds the season’s end: Albany’s LatinFest, which is always held near the end of August. And right on schedule, LatinFest arrives in Washington Park this Saturday. This ...

Washington Park

Camp Bisco

by The Staff July 11, 2012

In barely a year, Skrillex (pictured) has gone from relatively unknown electronic producer to champion of American dubstep, then from Best New Artist Grammy nominee to the guy preteens YouTube their mothers reacting to, and ...

Indian Lookout Country Club

Mimulus

by The Staff June 14, 2012

“This was dance with a human face, and superhuman energy.” So wrote the critic for The New York Times about the Mimulus company’s fondly remembered 2007 debut at Jacob’s Pillow. “For an hour . . . ...

Jacob's Pillow

Say It Loud! Black & Latino Gay Pride Celebration

by The Staff May 30, 2012

Musicians, comedians, DJs, and dancers: Sounds like a festival. And it is, though one with an empowering emphasis on identity and wellness. In Our Own Voices will host a celebration of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, ...

Albany Riverfront Park

Musical Change, Social Change

by B.A. Nilsson May 30, 2012

Francesca Zambello had what could be argued was the best possible Metropolitan Opera directorial debut: Her 1992 production of Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor was all but booed off the stage. (The audience reacted with “a ...

StrangeCreek Campout

by The Staff May 24, 2012

It’s official: The summer music festival season hath begun. And this one’s a bonafide garlic-grilled-cheese, who’s-got-my-headies?, passed-out-wookie shakedown. SNL paid tribute to the like in a bit last week called “So you think you can ...

Camp Kee-Wanee

Fleet Foxes

by The Staff September 21, 2011

The curse of a blockbuster debut is, of course, the challenge of the sophomore follow-up, and few bands have faced one greater than Fleet Foxes. When the Seattle-based folk band released their self-titled long-player in ...

Mountain Park

Shamrock N Roll

by The Staff September 7, 2011

There’s a long fall and longer winter standing between today and St. Patrick’s Day, and it will soon be cold enough to make a leprechaun turn blue. But don’t despair boyo, the Dropkick Murphys (pictured) ...

Altamont Fairgrounds

moe.down

by The Staff August 31, 2011

The moe.rons have always been a hearty breed. One of jam nation’s hardest touring bands (for the past 20 years), moe. celebrate—count them—two self-curated festivals each year. One in blizzard season and the other under ...

Gelston Garden Estate

Tanglewood Jazz Festival

by The Staff August 31, 2011

It was unfortunate that the Boston Symphony Orchestra had to cancel their last concert of the season, but the 2011 Tanglewood summer will still end on a happy note (or notes) with the annual Tanglewood ...

Tanglewood Ozawa Hall

Bluestock

by The Staff August 25, 2011

The name of this three-day festival is self-explanatory, right? Bluestock is three days of peace, love and the blues, held at—no, not Saugerties or Woodstock—scenic Hunter Mountain. This is a whole mess of blues, presented on ...

Hunter Mountain

Albany LatinFest

by The Staff August 25, 2011

Summer can’t be over just yet, because it’s time again for Albany’s beloved LatinFest. For over a decade, the Capital Region’s vibrant Latin community has celebrated and shared the food, music and culture of Latin ...

Washington Park

Bennington Irish Music Festival

by The Staff August 18, 2011

The Green Mountain State will get a little greener this weekend (no, they haven’t legalized weed yet) when troubadours from the Emerald Isle descend on Bennington. Well, to be honest, most of these performers aren’t actually ...

Colgate Park

Bon Iver

by The Staff August 3, 2011

For Emma, Forever Ago, Bon Iver’s 2008 debut, was a case-study in how the contemporary independent music industry works—at its most eagerly romantic. Twenty-something singer-songwriter (Justin Vernon) breaks up with band and girlfriend, retires to ...

Mountain Park

Camp Bisco X

by Josh Potter July 6, 2011

“We’ve always wanted to cater to what our fans want,” says Disco Biscuits keyboardist Aron Magner, “which is as much energy as possible.” Ten years ago, when the band was still quite young and the ...

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Mountain Jam

by The Staff June 2, 2011

And so it begins. Pack your tent and load the cooler. The summer music festival season is upon us. Allman Brothers guitarist Warren Haynes knows a thing or two about the pentatonic scale—namely that it sounds ...

Hunter Mountain

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