Click here for an interactive map of the event. Surely, Albany is gonna be singing the blues. Next week, on Friday, May 4, the First Annual Downtown Albany Blues Music Competition will occur. Held from 5-9PM, the event is free to the public, and a trolley will be available to transport music lovers between venues …
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Review: Joe Louis Walker @ Pauly’s Hotel 0
Review by Fred Rudofsky Photography by Eric Gleason Had it really been seventeen years? Not only were die-hard blues fans wondering that, but even Joe Louis Walker, the headliner himself exclaimed that extraordinary fact incredulously during the second song of the night at Pauly’s Hotel, a rollicking take on “Let’s Have a Natural Ball.” Walker …
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Interview: Joe Louis Walker 0
For a man who’s met or played with nearly every modern blues legend, Joe Louis Walker is remarkably humble. Growing up in San Francisco in a time when the men we now know as legends were reaching the height of their prowess and popularity, JLW found himself surrounded by people who would make most of …
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