WAMC'S PERFORMING ARTS STUDIO

DAVID WAX MUSEUM DUO

The Linda 339 Central Avenue, Albany, NY

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 […]

PHIL OCHS SONG NIGHT

The Linda 339 Central Avenue, Albany, NY

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: BORDERLINE

The Linda 339 Central Avenue, Albany, NY

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 […]

International Blues Challenge

The Linda WAMC’s Performing Arts Studio 339 Central Avenue, Albany, NY

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 […]

THE ACCIDENTALS wsg SYDNEY WORTHLEY

November 17th, 2017 at 8pm THE ACCIDENTALS Billboard’s Breakout Band at SXSW 2015, Huffington Post’s Sweet Sixteen of 2016, and Yahoo Music’s Top Ten Bands to Watch 2017.. Described by John Sinkevics of Local Spins as “genre-melding indie-folk,” The Accidentals (Sav Buist, Katie Larson, and Michael Dause) exhibit “a musical and lyrical sophistication that outstrips […]

GARLAND JEFFREYS

The Linda WAMC’s Performing Arts Studio 339 Central Avenue, Albany, NY

Saturday December 9, at 8pm 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 between […]

A TUNA CHRISTMAS 12/15 – Presented by Confetti Stage

The Linda WAMC’s Performing Arts Studio 339 Central Avenue, Albany, NY

Friday December, 15  at 7:30 PM Confetti Stage is excited to continue its tradition of hilarious Christmas shows at the Linda with “A Tuna Christmas,” by Jaston Williams, Joe Sears, and Ed Howard, and directed by J.J. Buechner! The second in a series of self-contained plays featuring the irreverent residents of a fictional town in […]

A TUNA CHRISTMAS 12/16 – Presented by Confetti Stage

Saturday December, 16 at 7:30 PM Confetti Stage is excited to continue its tradition of hilarious Christmas shows at the Linda with “A Tuna Christmas,” by Jaston Williams, Joe Sears, and Ed Howard, and directed by J.J. Buechner! The second in a series of self-contained plays featuring the irreverent residents of a fictional town in […]

NORA JANE STRUTHERS

The Linda WAMC’s Performing Arts Studio 339 Central Avenue, Albany, NY

January 19th at 8 pm Nora Jane Struthers has written "some of the most quietly powerful narratives within the new wave of Americana artists," says Ann Powers of NPR Music. The songs that last decades and weave themselves into the fabric of listeners' lives are usually the ones in which an artist lays her soul […]

MIKE DOUGHTY performs Soul Coughing’s “Irresistible Bliss”

The Linda WAMC’s Performing Arts Studio 339 Central Avenue, Albany, NY

Friday March 30, 2018 at 8pm Buy your tickets online! Mike Doughty is coming back to The Linda WAMC's Performing Arts Studio with longtime sideman Andrew "Scrap" Livingston. Mike and Scrap will perform Soul Coughing's legendary album Irresistible Bliss in its entirety alongside a rotating selection of songs spanning Mike's entire career. Doors open at 7 pm and the shows starts […]