Every Wednesday Night in September and October 2022 we kick up our heels with a swing and blues dance with LIVE MUSIC and a lesson to kick you off! "Wednesday Night Swing and Blues Dance at The Linda" is an in-person dance featuring a rotating cast of the Capital District's best Swing and Blues bands […]
On-Sale Friday, July 22 at 10am. When I was out in L.A., I had the sensation that I was doing exactly what I was supposed to be doing,” Ali McGuirk says of recording her stunning Signature Sounds debut, Til It’s Gone. “That’s such an elusive feeling to capture.” On the recommendation of producer Jonah Tolchin […]
WAMC Program to Mark Four Decades on the Air: Wanda Fischer’s Folk Music Show Celebrates with Live Show in October Now, after four decades, the show still runs. With the same host. Albany, NY – On September 18, 1982—three days after the first edition of USA Today came off the presses—WAMC debuted “The Hudson […]
On Thursday, October 20, The Rochmon Record Club will converge to listen and learn about The Beatles "Revolver." The Listening Party begins at 7pm with a live audio & video presentation by Chuck Vosganian aka “Rochmon”. A Rochmon Record Club Listening Party is meant to inform and deepen our understanding of the history of the […]
Della Mae is a GRAMMY-nominated, all-women string band made up of founder and fiddle player Kimber Ludiker, lead vocalist/guitarist Celia Woodsmith, guitarist Avril Smith, bassist Vickie Vaughn, and mandolinist Maddie Witler. Hailing from across North America, and reared in diverse musical styles, they are one of the most charismatic and engaging roots bands touring today. […]
You know those short films you’ve never heard of that win Academy Awards or honors from well-known film festivals? Well, the Asbury Shorts Film Concerts give you a rare opportunity to view those mini gems on a big screen in a real theater format. The event spans any and all genres of short films—from animation, […]
2 time Grammy Nominated, Chicago Blues Hall of Fame artist and 2016 Blues Music Award Winner, John Primer is truly “The Real Deal.” Growing up on Mississippi sharecropper land in 1945 he dreamed of becoming a star, playing the blues with his idol Muddy Waters and traveling all over the world with his music he […]
You'd be better off dead than to miss Halloween weekend at The Linda. Witness the newly restored Nosferatu on its 100-year anniversary with Live Accompaniment by Order of the Illusive, the project of Bradford Reed (King Missile III, inventor of the pencilina,) and Zach Layton. A cornerstone of the horror film, F.W. Murnau's NOSFERATU: A […]
“A song is never more powerful than when it is sung with a friend,” and in Séan McCann’s musical world the old and the new have always thrived together, side by side in the same tasty stew. The rhythms of celtic bodhráns and tin whistles existed in harmony with synths and drum machines in his […]
Durham County Poets are a “BAND” in the truest sense of the word! Each member writes and arranges, and brings something unique to the table. You’ll hear a variety of genres and a broad range of styles. Be it Blues, Soul, Folk, R&B or Gospel, it all weaves seamlessly together to create a truly authentic […]
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