LIVE: Nick Lowe’s Quality Holiday Revue @ The Egg, 12/19/14
Review by Fred Rudofsky Photographs by Andrzej Pilarczyk, Ed Conway Fittingly, the concert of 2014 – Nick Lowe’s Quality Holiday Revue – closed out a year filled with tremendous live music events in...
View ArticleLIVE: Capital Area Indie Fest @ The Linda, 2/7/15
Review and photographs by Ed Conway Additional photographs by Andrzej Pilarczyk The Linda was the scene of a wild musical party on a snowy Saturday night earlier this month. The occasion was the...
View ArticleLIVE: The Fleshtones @ the River Street Pub, 3/8/15
Review by Ross Marvin Photographs by Ed Conway The unfettered, unfiltered cool of the Fleshtones… Here’s an America that’s nearly impossible to imagine: Andy Warhol has a TV show on MTV. On the show is...
View ArticleLIVE: Hamell On Trial @ the Low Beat, 4/9/15
Review by Fred Rudofsky Photographs by Ed Conway Hamell on Trial, the one-man dynamo, brought his arsenal of brilliant songs, disarmingly funny jokes and stream of consciousness asides, to the Low Beat...
View ArticleLIVE: Jim Weider’s Project Percolator @ the Falcon, 5/30/15
Photographs by Ed Conway WHO: Jim Weider’s Project Percolator WITH: The Holly & Evan Band WHERE: The Falcon, Marlboro WHEN: Saturday, May 30, 2015
View ArticleLIVE: Redd Volkaert and Robbie Fulks @ Ale House, 7/19/15
Review and photographs by Ed Conway It was a dark and stormy Sunday night at the Ale House in Troy when Redd Volkaert and Robbie Fulks sat down in front of a nearly full house. The two traded songs,...
View ArticleLIVE: Blue Oyster Cult & Blotto @ Alive at Five, 8/6/15
Photographs by Rudy Lu, Stanley Johnson, Ed Conway, Tim Reidy, Richard Brody The Blot & Blue Tour, back together again for one night only! Blotto and Blue Oyster Cult originally teamed up for a...
View ArticleLIVE: J.D. McPherson @ The Hangar, 8/31/15
Review by Fred Rudofsky Photographs by Ed Conway The city of Troy has witnessed some memorable rock and roll shows in the past three years – the Fleshtones, Los Straitjackets, the Lawn Sausages, the...
View ArticleLIVE: Albany Riverfront Jazz Fest @ Corning Preserve Boat Launch, 9/12/15
Review by Greg Haymes Photographs by Ed Conway, Stanley Johnson, Andrzej Pilarczyk Last year the Albany Riverfront Jazz Festival hosted five acts – two local and three national. Last month at the 14th...
View ArticleLIVE: Gordon Lightfoot @ Troy Savings Bank Music Hall, 11/12/15
Review and photographs by Ed Conway Less than a week before his 77th birthday, troubadour Gordon Lightfoot stepped up to the mic in front of a sold-out Troy Savings Bank Music Hall audience (my second...
View ArticleRIP: Dick Quinn, Super Music Fan, 1947-2015
Review and concert photographs by Ed Conway My apologies to Billy Eli, a fine Austin-based singer-songwriter, as this was supposed to be a quick review of his show a couple of weeks ago. Instead, I am...
View ArticleLIVE: Lost Radio Rounders @ Caffe Lena, 5/13/18
Photographs by Ed Conway Lost Radio Rounders, the vintage Americana duo of Tom Lindsay and Michael Eck, bolstered their sound with the addition of bassist Evan Conway and the multi-talented Mike Kelley...
View ArticleHOT READS: Nippertown’s Top 12 Stories of the Week
Photograph by Ed Conway Yes, we’ve heard all the complaints that some of you simply don’t have the time to read all of the Nippertown.com news as fast as we write it. So for all of you casual,...
View ArticleLIVE: Matisyahu @ Alive at Five, 6/21/18 (Take Two)
Photographs by Ed Conway WHAT: Alive at Five WHO: Matisyahu WITH: Mirk WHERE: Jennings Landing at the Corning Preserve, Albany WHEN: Thursday, June 21, 2018 UPCOMING: Alive at Five continues at 5pm on...
View ArticleJULY 19: The Daily Flashback
Photograph by Ed Conway 1848: The Women’s Rights Convention took place in Seneca Falls. 1960: The San Francisco Giants’ Juan Marichal became the first pitcher to throw a one-hitter in his major league...
View ArticleThe Egg Announces Three New Concerts
Photograph by Ed Conway The Egg has added three more new concerts to its upcoming 2019 season. Tickets for the new shows are currently available exclusively to members of The Egg, and will go on sale...
View ArticleNEW CONCERT NEWS
By Greg Haymes Photograph by Ed Conway Down in Woodstock, Colony has beefed up its calendar with a batch of new concerts, including Jim Weider’s Project Percolator at 8pm on Saturday, September 1 ($20...
View Article8/11/18: Today’s Top Tips: Saturday
Photograph by Ed Conway MUSIC: Robbie Fulks @ Riverlink Park, Amsterdam. The singer-songwriter’s latest release, 2017’s Upland Stories, earned year’s-best recognition from NPR and Rolling Stone among...
View ArticleTroy Savings Bank Music Hall Announces New Concert
Photograph by Ed Conway The Troy Savings Bank Music Hall will host “An Evening With Matisyahu” at 7:30pm on Thursday, November 1. Following his crowd-pleasing performance at Albany’s Alive at Five...
View ArticleNEW CONCERT NEWS
By Greg Haymes Photograph by Ed Conway The Hangar on the Hudson in Troy is piling on concerts for the October schedule. Marc Delgado & Wounded Knee (Delgado, Todd Nelson, Jeff Sohn and Al Kash)...
View Article
More Pages to Explore .....