Rascal Flatts brings spectacle and dead-on country
By DAVID MALACHOWSKI Special to the Times Union ALBANY … Country music’s reigning vocal group Rascal Flatts roared for a sold-out house at the Times Union Center Thursday night in front blazing...
View Article“Wii Fit” turns exercise into a kids’ game
“Wii Fit” turns exercise into a kids’ game By Doug Elfman Special to the Times Union If you want to make your children play a video game they could possibly hate, “Wii Fit” is the perfect game to force...
View ArticleBela Fleck: The Africa Project at EMPAC, 3/28/09
Bela’s banjo brings Africa to EMPAC By GREG HAYMES Staff writer TROY — There is seemingly no style of music that Bela Fleck can’t play. Jazz, funk, classical, bluegrass, Chinese folk songs, country,...
View ArticleLos Lobos @ The Egg, 4/15/09
Many sounds, one band By GREG HAYMES Staff writer ALBANY — If you sat out in the audience at The Egg and closed your eyes, you might have figured that there were three or four or more different bands...
View ArticleStefon Harris and Blackout @ the Massry Center, 4/26/09
By GREG HAYMES Staff writer ALBANY — “We don’t have a set list,” explained jazz vibraphonist Stefon Harris near the start of his homecoming concert on Sunday evening at the College of Saint Rose’s...
View ArticleEllen Sinopoli Dance Company, The Egg, 5/9/2009
Nothing but music and dance By Tresca Weinstein Special to the Times Union ALBANY – In its 17th annual spring concert at The Egg on Saturday, the Ellen Sinopoli Dance Company presented three new works...
View ArticleSteve Earle, The Egg, 05/30/09
By Greg Haymes Special to the Times Union ALBANY — It all starts with Steve Earle’s famous (or infamous) quotation, “Townes Van Zandt is the best songwriter in the whole world, and I’ll stand on Bob...
View ArticleShear Madness, Capital Repertory Theatre, 06/11/09
By Michael Eck Special to the Times Union ALBANY — It’s very difficult to review “Shear Madness.” To begin with, every critic worth his or her salt will tell you that every live performance is an...
View ArticlePhish ends summer run with soaring SPAC show
By Danielle Furfaro Special to the Times Union SARATOGA SPRINGS- Around the end of the last century, seeing Phish at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center had become a ritual of summer. Dedicated...
View ArticleDave Matthews Band @ SPAC, 6-4-10
BY SHANNON FROMMA Staff Writer The Dave Matthews Band kicked off its perennial two-night SPAC stint to a sold out house of more than 25,000 fans Friday. Those lucky enough to snag a ticket will be...
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