Welcome back! Come celebrate live audiences returning The Linda at the Open for Business Concert Series. OFB features the home-grown outstanding performers of the Capital Region, special guests and you. Let’s do this. Doctor Baker started out as an acoustic duo featuring singer-songwriter Ed Schwarzschild and guitarist Iggy Calabria, two wayward Philadelphians who met in […]
Brooklyn-based singer/songwriter Leslie Mendelson is supporting her most recent studio album ‘If You Can’t Say Anything Nice…,’ as well as a solo acoustic EP ‘In The Meantime,’ that was recorded during quarantine earlier this Spring. Described by Relix Magazine as an artist with “a loyal, cross-generational audience that hugs the hippie, hipster, coffee shop and […]
Singer/Songwriter Caity Gallagher plays the Open for Business Concert Series A folk singer songwriter based in Albany, NY, Caity Gallagher’s rootsy compositions and lilting vocal lines serve to showcase intimate lyrics that tell universally relatable stories. Originating in the Capital Region scene as a founding member of the pop-rock/folk band, Honey Slider, Caity spent the […]
John Primer has undisputedly helped build the sound and style of Chicago blues as we know it today. The echos of tradition bellowing from the birthplaces he played such as: Maxwell Street, Theresa's, Checkerboard and Rosa's Lounges, pulse from every chord in his fingers today. John Primer is a Chicago Blues Living Legend. Growing up […]
Vocalist Kimberly Hawkey and her band play selections from her new album We the Nighthawks Multi-genre vocalist, instrumentalist and bandleader, Kimberly Hawkey, performs her 13-track album called We the Nighthawks. We the Nighthawks, an album that pulls art song, jazz, musical theatre and American songbook, will take listeners on a sonic journey that captures human […]
Wes Buckley plays the Open for Business Concert Series Wes Buckley is a musician from Pittsfield, MA. His latest record is called The Towering Ground and is out on Half A Million Records. Of Wes and the record, Dusted Magazine writes: Wes Buckley is in on the grand cosmic joke, grinning at you sideways while […]
The 2021 Nippertown March Music Madness winner plays the Open for Business Concert Series with special guest comic Liz Glazer.Encapsulating influences stretching across decades from psychedelic and jam-focused rock, to funk, post-punk, and even modern indie and post-rock, the Albany, New York collective Glass Pony offer a sound that truly translates through generations, with a […]
HANZOLO is a 7-piece band from Upstate New York, toting an explosive and emotional sound that mixes soul, jazz, rock, and funk. Their songs are dance-ably fun with thoughtful lyrics, backed up by a bright horn section. HANZOLO recently won the EQX Battle of the Bands and opened Albany’s annual Pearlpalooza music festival. They have […]
Justin Friello is a multi-genre composer and performer based in Upstate NY. For the last 16 years, he has performed all over New York State and beyond as a solo artist and with his bands, Stockade Kids and Filming Ohio. Justin’s discography includes 3 studio albums, 4 live albums, numerous singles and demos, and 10 […]
It's been said that it is impossible to duplicate the voice of Roy Orbison. That may have been true - until now. The voice of The Big O is back and as amazing as ever with Only The Lonely. This incredibly talented group of performers has brought the songs of the great Roy Orbison back […]
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