Every Wednesday Night we kick up our heels with a swing and blues dance with LIVE MUSIC and a lesson to kick you off! "Wednesday Nite Swing Dance at The Linda" is an in-person dance featuring a rotating cast of the Capital District's best Swing and Blues bands weekly. A free dance lesson is included […]
There are many different opinions as to what the future of the blues harmonica will be. International touring vocalist and harmonica player Brandon Santini is undeniably a worthy player to keep an eye on as the latest surge of young blues artists leave their footprint in blues history. His name is worthy of conversations that […]
Sound + Vision: Music at The Movies presents the greatest in soundtrack-cinema. On the first Tuesday of every month, we curate a film screening where the music fuels the engine of the cinema experience, with a preshow moderated discussion on the film and music's history and cultural impact. Presented in Hi-def and 51. surround sound. […]
Crys Matthews on 2/9/2023 has been RESCHEDULED TO 6/8/2023 due to a water service interruption resulting from the weekend's weather conditions. With Special Guest Kimaya Diggs and hosted by WAMC's Wanda Fischer. DC's Crys Matthews is nothing if not ambitious. In August, she simultaneously releasedboth a new full-length album, The Imagineers and an EP, Battle […]
Formed in 1969 in England, Wishbone Ash is one of the most influential guitar bands in rock history. Equally inspired by British folk, American jazz, and R&B, the band did their part to help form the emerging rock ’n’ roll scene in the U.S. and the U.K. Through dedication to the craft of guitar harmony and melody, […]
The Monkees - "Greatest Hits" A Selected Retrospective On Thursday, June 15 at 6:30 The Rochmon Record Club will converge to listen and learn about a Selected Retrospective of The Monkees “Greatest Hits” at The Linda, WAMC’s Performing Arts Studio, 339 Central Ave., Albany. Hey! Hey! The Monkees, driven to mass popularity by their Monday […]
“McKay must have been genetically engineered under an oyster shell in New Orleans’ Frenchman St.. a bizarre sense of busker authenticity… witty, bright, and gloriously inappropriate.” – Theatre Mania “A renegade songwriter with an ultraflexible Great American Songbook sensibility. McKay finds modern resonances everywhere..” – Rolling Stone Among Ms. McKay’s charms, Mr. Byrne said, are […]
For one night only we're bringing our Wednesday Nite Swing Dance over to Sunday and broadcasting it LIVE ON THE AIR on WAMC Northeast Public Radio. Bring your dancing shoes and kick it up at The Linda as we broadcast with live performances by The Dylan Perrillo Quartet and Josh Failkoff and the Oddfellows. Swing […]
The Sound + Vision: Music at the Movies film series presents Easy Rider on the Fourth of July! Sound + Vision: Music at The Movies presents the greatest in soundtrack cinema. On the first Tuesday of every month, we curate a film screening where the music fuels the engine of the cinema experience, with a […]
The Band Even though Roomful of Blues’ lineup has changed over the years, the band has always been one of the tightest, most joyful blues ensembles in the world. Currently an eight-piece unit led by guitarist Chris Vachon, the band has never sounded fresher or stronger. Singer Phil Pemberton brings his sweet and soulful vocals […]
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