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 […]
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 […]
Slaid Cleaves. Grew up in Maine. Lives in Texas. Writes songs. Makes Records. Travels around. Tries to be good. Granted, there’s a whole lot of history and detail that could be shoehorned into that most minimal of bios to flesh out Cleaves’ story. But all that’s really called for, from time to time, is a […]
ARTIST WEBSITE David Wax Museum, made up of David Wax and Suz Slezak, is known for their up tempo instrumentation featuring driving synthesizer, a quijada (a donkey's jawbone), keyboards, and fiddle. Having met in Boston while Wax was at Harvard, the pair blended his love for Mexo Americana sounds and her passion for classic folk […]
It's time once again for our annual Phil Ochs Song Night broadcast live from The Linda on WAMC. Hosted by Phils sister Sonny Ochs and our own Wanda Fischer host of WAMC The Hudson River Sampler. We have a phenomenal lineup featuring :Greg Greenway, Pat Wictor, Tom Prasada-Rao and Reggie Harris. Join us for what […]
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 […]
Presented by The Capital Region Blues Network Come be part of the audience that helps vote to send a local band to Memphis For the past 33 years in January the Memphis based Blues Foundation hosts The International Blues challenge. The International Blues Challenge is an international search by The Blues Foundation and its Affiliated […]
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