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 […]
As the title of his critically acclaimed Atlantic Record CD suggests, Grammy Award and Handy Award Nominee, John Primer is truly “The Real Deal.” At eight years old, John borrowed his first guitar and started to strum. With the sounds of Jimmy Reed, Muddy Waters, Little Milton, Elmore James, B.B. & Albert King reverberating through […]
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. […]
SOFT MACHINE JOHN ETHERIDGE guitar THEO TRAVIS flute, sax, electric piano FRED BAKER bass guitar ASAF SIRKIS drums Since their arrival on the music scene in the first wave of 1960s psychedelia, the name Soft Machine has become synonymous with musical experimentation, instrumental virtuosity, and inspired creativity all animated by a truly adventurous, progressive spirit. […]
The Beatles "The White Album" Disk 1 - Sides A&B On Thursday, October 19th Rochmon Record Club will converge at The Linda, WAMC’s Performing Arts Studio 339 Central Ave., Albany, to listen to, and learn about, The Beatles – “The Beatles” aka “The White Album” - Disc 1. Tickets available at thelinda.org The Beatles follow-up […]
“If you like your bluegrass served with a little punch, attitude, grit and gravy, with that busking spirit that was so present and palpable in the early incarnations of Old Crow Medicine Show and made your realize that string band music could be so much more than fuddy-duddy reenactments by crusty ol’ relics, then the […]
We’re only in it for the money. HAHAHAHA Actually, we’re just a bunch of professional musicians with pretty diverse backgrounds who decided to take on a pretty big challenge and have some fun in the process. Now, you might ask, “Oh yeah? ‘Professional’ musicians, eh? What makes you think you can play Frank’s music as […]
Comedians solve a crossword puzzle live onstage, unlocking mind-blowing rabbit holes of comedy, music and wordplay with every clue they decipher. THE CROSSWORD SHOW makes its Albany debut this October at the Linda! Host Zach Sherwin (“Crazy Ex-Girlfriend,” “Epic Rap Battles of History,” MAD Magazine) presides as a panel of guest comedians solves an actual […]
You know those short films you’ve never heard of that win Academy Awards or honors from well-known film festivals? Well, the Asbury Shorts Film Concerts give you a rare opportunity to view those mini gems on a big screen in a real theater format. The event spans any and all genres of short films—from animation, […]
Blood , Sweat & Tears founding member Steve Katz plays The Linda in Albany. Guitarist/singer/songwriter/storyteller Steve Katz has played on an enviable string of recordings during the 1960s and '70s in acoustic folk, jazz, blues, R&B, hard rock, and almost every other popular genre that's come along in America since the start of the 1960s. […]
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