Maroon 5 @ SPAC, 7/30/10
by Michael Eck Special to The Times Union SARATOGA SPRINGS – The Canadian power trio Triumph, who performed around the area in the early 1980s, used to showcase a rather pretentious, but thrilling song...
View ArticleHot Tuna, Steve Earle at The Egg, 7/30/10
By GREG HAYMES Special to the Times Union ALBANY – The double bill of Hot Tuna and Steve Earle might seem like an odd musical combination at first glance, but together they put on a terrific show at...
View ArticleSchreker’s “The Distant Sound” @ Bard College 7/30/10
By JOSEPH DALTON Special to the Times Union ANNADALE-ON-HUDSON – It’s surprising that composers haven’t written more operas about being a composer. At first glance, Franz Schreker’s “Der ferne Klang”...
View ArticleDevo @ Northern Lights, 7/31/10
by Michael Eck Special to The Times Union CLIFTON PARK – Are we old men? We are DEVO! Those nutty boys in Devo are indeed geezers now and they looked it and sounded it at Northern Lights on Saturday...
View ArticleSting @ SPAC, 7/31/10
SARATOGA SPRINGS — Ever since his debut solo album “Dream of the Blue Turtles” in 1985, Sting has pushed himself to be taken as more than just a rocker. Sure the title was pretentious, but the album...
View ArticleDoc Watson at The Egg, 8/1/10
By GREG HAYMES Special to the Times Union ALBANY – Doc Watson is a living legend and a bona fide national treasure. I’ve seen him play his acoustic country blues at huge music festivals, elegant...
View Article“Ariadne auf Naxos” @ Tanglewood, 8/1/10
By JOSEPH DALTON Special to the Times Union LENOX, Mass. – It’s not just because she had one of the only roles with much dignity that soprano Emalie Savoy was such a standout in the new production of...
View ArticleCounting Crows @ SPAC, 8/2/10
by Michael Eck Special to The Times Union SARATOGA SPRINGS – The smallest Saratoga Performing Arts Center rock concert crowd in recent memory experienced what just might turn out to be the best...
View ArticleLos Straightjackets @ Shepard Park, 8/4/10
by Michael Eck Special to The Times Union LAKE GEORGE – Two guitars, bass and drums. It’s a beautiful equation, eh? It’s even better when one of the guitars is being held by Eddie Angel. Los...
View ArticleThe Figgs @ The Linda, 8/6/10
by Michael Eck Special to The Times Union ALBANY – The Figgs have a new album, “The Man Who Fights Himself,” and they celebrated it the right way Friday at The Linda. During the course of a nearly two...
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