This past Friday night, Susan and I had the opportunity to see Bryan Lee (The Braille Blues Daddy) at Brian’s Backyard Barbeque. The 45 degree cold and rain did nothing to dampen our spirits. The sad truth about Bryan Lee is that no one is familiar with him. I consider myself fairly knowledgeable about blues, …
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Review: George Kilby Jr.’s Six Pack 0
George Kilby Jr. and his band the Road Dogs and friends are playing their fine handcrafted songs in a unique six pack selection. Their Americana collection, Six Pack, can be heard from pubs in Manhattan to a bistro in Denmark. Recently they played at Brian’s Backyard Barbeque in Middletown and plan to spend the afternoon …
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Review: Chris Thomas King @ the Linda 0
Sporting a top hat and vest, Grammy-winning artist Chris Thomas King, perhaps best known to casual music fans as “Tommy Johnson” in the Coen brothers’ film O Brother, Where Art Thou?, played a diverse set of songs for an appreciative crowd at The Linda. Born Chris Thomas, and taking the regal surname (as a likely …
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Review: Matt Mirabile Band @ Dinosaur BBQ 0
In the past several months, the Troy Dinosaur BBQ has been building a solid reputation for booking free live music gigs each weekend, and a Saturday night gig by Matt Mirabile with special guest Alison Jacobs may rank as the best one yet. In the past decade, Mirabile has established himself as one of the …
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Review: Amy Helm @ Club Helsinki 0
There are good music nights, and then there are great music nights. The latter was definitely the case for the Amy Helm Band’s two hour-plus set at Club Helsinki to a sold-out audience. Bringing passion and joy to twenty songs, these four talented musicians (and a special guest) delved deep into the roots of American …
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Duke Robillard @ the Van Dyck: Never Too Old For the Blues 1
Imagine yourself at home about a month ago, and getting a call from your 90 year old father which sounds like this: “Are you home?” Answer ‘Yes.’ You have to turn on Channel 17 right now!” I did, and lo and behold, there was Joe Bonamassa smoking his guitar live at the Beacon Theater. How …
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