Get Tickets Nell & Jim Band As featured on the PBS Music Gone Public TV Series, Vancouver Folk Festival and FreshGrass Nell & Jim Band bring all of your favorite elements of authentic music together, creating a genre-busting sound that combines Americana, folk and bluegrass music. The “beloved Bay Area bluegrass stars” (San Jose Mercury […]
Get Tickets New album Wild! Wild! Wild!, a collaboration with rock-and-roll royalty Linda Gail Lewis, is coming August 10th, 2018. "The best duo of our time." —Jerry Lee Lewis Wild! Wild! Wild!, the new collaboration between Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Robbie Fulks and rock-and-roll royalty Linda Gail Lewis, gleefully lives up to its title. It’s Americana music that’s as butt-shakin’ as […]
Get Tickets Dwayne (Dopsie) Rubin hails from one of the most influential Zydeco families in the world. Although inspired by tradition, Dwayne has developed his own high energy style that defies existing stereotypes and blazes a refreshingly distinct path for 21st century Zydeco music. This singer/songwriter and accordionist has performed all over the world since […]
Get Tickets Kevin McKrell, Brian Melick, Michael Eck, Greg Haymes and Katie McKrell—harks back to the first great folk scare of the 1940s, borrowing from The Weavers, Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger and more; becoming an Almanac Singers for today. With roots in the McKrells, Blotto and Ramblin Jug Stompers, Tin Can Alley, hot off a […]
Get Tickets Swing lesson at 7 pm with Jason Fenton. Don't miss a night of dancing with Lara Hope and the Ark-Tones Hi-Flyin' Rockabilly, Roots Rock n Roll + Rhythm & Blues. Named the "Best Up-and-Coming Band" by Hudson Valley Magazine! Biography: Winner of the 2017 Ameripolitan Music Award for Best Female Rockabilly Artist, and […]
Buy your tickets online! From the heart of Mali’s Niger Delta, in his teenage years Kelly ventured to Niafunke seeking to study music with the legendary master, Ali Farka Toure. Over the past 30 years he has played beside Ali Farka Toure, accompanied Afel Bocoum as a key member of the band, Alkibar and performed […]
Buy your tickets online! Led by harmonica master and songwriter Pierre Lacocque, Mississippi Heat is a world-class Chicago Blues Band. Their motto is “Traditional Blues With A Unique Sound” as they present fresh yet vintage-based musical ideas. MISSISSIPPI HEAT’s name is a reflection of Pierre’s reverence for Mississippi’s blues culture and music. The band’s conviction […]
Buy your tickets online! Soul South Entertainment Artist Carla Cooke performs "The Ultimate Sam Cooke Experience" LIVE from The Linda - WAMC's Performing Arts Studio Oct 19th, 2018 8pm. The Legendary Sam Cooke is about music, religion, romance, and history. Carla Cooke is the youngest daughter of the Legendary Sam Cooke. Carla’s future mirrors the image of her father. Carla crafted her […]
Get Tickets Asbury Shorts USA returns to The Linda, WAMC's Performing Arts Studio in Albany for an 8th consecutive year (!) to present: An Evening of the World's Best Short Films! Guest Host: Richard Lovrich. Presented by MENSA of Northeastern New York and Upstate Independent Filmmakers Network! $12 general admission. The best in short film […]
Get Tickets Don't miss the inaugural "Skalloween" party at The Linda! $15 advance $20 At the door The Big Takeover: Traditionalists or progressives? Fronted by the charismatic Jamaican-born singer and songwriter Nee Nee Rushie, the seven-piece New York band The Big Takeover plays original music that is rooted in and reverent toward the songs and […]
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