With special guest Alexandra Sauser-Monning After a yearlong hiatus on a friend’s ranch in Marfa, Texas Tift Merritt is back on the road, back with a new album and, thankfully for us, back to The Linda. Artists website The New Yorker has called Merritt “the bearer of a proud tradition of distaff country soul that […]
THE AMERICAN ROOTS SERIES AT THE LINDA PRESENTS: Roots Music Festival 2017 Featuring MATUTO also appearing Heavenly Echos, Red Haired Strangers and The Lazy Suns. MATUTO ARTIST WEBSITE Matuto’s songs can sway hips just as easily as spark insights. On stage, instruments (accordion, guitar, bass, drums, cavaquinho, zabumba, and triangle) whirl around the core of Matuto’s […]
With special guest Jim Gaudet Richard Shindell Originally from New York, now dividing his time between Buenos Aires, Argentina and New York's Hudson Valley, Richard Shindell is a writer whose songs paint pictures, tell stories, juxtapose ideas and images, inhabit characters, vividly evoking entire worlds along the way and expanding our sense of just what […]
Congressman Tonko and Regional Leaders Explore Reconciliation as a Key to Societal Healing Congressman Paul Tonko; Times Union Editor Rex Smith; Rabbi Linda Motzkin and Dr. Mussarat Chaudhry, members of the new Capital District Chapter of the Sisterhood of Salaam/Shalom, a grassroots organization bringing together Muslim and Jewish women, will explore ways to heal current […]
Food For Thought is a monthly evening of food, film and discussion with a focus on films of social, political, environmental and community interest. Held on the third Thursday of each month, the night will feature food samples by Honest Weight Food Co-op, music by Jack Empie, a feature film screening, and an open panel […]
Artist Website The New York Times called Buffalo, NY born Willie Nile "one of the most gifted singer-songwriters to emerge from the New York scene in years." Uncut Magazine called him “A one-man Clash.” His album Streets Of New York was hailed as “a platter for the ages” by Uncut. Rolling Stone listed The Innocent […]
THE AMERICAN ROOTS SERIES AT THE LINDA PRESENTS: BUMPER JACKSONS Hosted by songwriter, roots scholar and multi-instrumentalist Michael Eck ARTIST WEBSITE The Bumper Jacksons are hot and sweet, painting America's story from New Orleans' brothels to Appalachian hollers. Unafraid to scrap together new sounds from forgotten 78's, the Bumper Jacksons boldly and elegantly balance paying […]
Join us for a live taping of WAMC's The Media Project: Real News in Challenging Times at The Linda, WAMC's Performing Arts Studio. In an era when journalists are derided as “enemies of the people” by the president of the United States, and when Americans’ confidence in the credibility of news stories tends to […]
Free Event "The forests of New York State are being invaded by unseen aliens: Hemlock woolly adelgid, emerald ash borers, asian long-horned beetles are decimating our heritage stands of trees before we realize what is happening. Join us in understanding this threat to our woodlands with a moving film, 'The Hemlock Woolly Adelgid - […]
Artists Website From the salvaged sounds of American juke joints, back porches, honky tonks and rock clubs, The Suitcase Junket is Matt Lorenz: artist, tinkerer, swamp yankee, one-man band. His is the road-worn voice rising over the grind of a tube-amped dumpster guitar, with wild double pitches of throat singing. From The Suitcase Junket's penchant for thrift and ingenuity comes his version […]
An Evening With Eilen Jewell Artist Website Crafting a unique style that mixes poetic ballads with swinging rockers, Eilen Jewell ranks among the best in the Americana genre today. As the reigning Queen of the Minor Key, Jewell leads a tight quartet who blend influences of surf-noir, early blues, rockabilly, and 1960s era rock and roll. […]
GARLAND JEFFREYS Artists Website With a brand new album entitled 14 Steps to Harlem (late April 2017 Luna Park Records) and a feature documentary in progress, Garland Jeffreys continues to defy expectations. A Brooklyn native “who could fairly be called the quintessential New York City musician” (East Hampton Star) and “an explorer of the links […]
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