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The Local 518 at Tulip Fest 2019!

Join us Mother's Day weekend for the 2019 Tulip Fest! We will be hosting the Local 518 Stage at the Lakehouse again this year. Check out our line-up!

Rodney Crowell Comes to Cohoes

Hozier Talks "Wasteland, Baby"

See Del & Dawg at the Troy Savings Bank Music Hall

By WEXT • Mar 18, 2019

Friday, March 22 | Troy Savings Bank Music Hall

Del McCoury met David Grisman at the first show Del ever played (on banjo) with Bill Monroe in the spring of 1963 at New York University in Greenwich Village. Three years later, Del & Dawg played their first gig together in Troy, NY at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. They both celebrated the arrival of first-born sons, Monroe Grisman and Ronnie McCoury, within a month of each other.

Jay Bobbin's Exit to The Movies: "Captain Marvel"

By Jay Bobbin • Mar 18, 2019

The Local 518 Show 1907

By Andy Gregory • Mar 15, 2019

Miss the Local 518 Show? Never fear, it's available here! Turn it up loud, anywhere you are, because Andy Gregory's playing rocking tunes from Northern Faces, Good Fiction, Blockhouses, Promiser, ImaginaryFriends, and MOTORBIKE. The Attic Classic is “Ring Out Wild Bells”, a track from The Sundowner’s ‘Captain Nemo’ record, released in 1968.

See The Indigo Girls in Troy

By WEXT • Mar 14, 2019

Sunday, March 17 | Troy Savings Bank Music Hall

Listen: Local 518 Kevin McKrell

By Chris Wienk • Mar 13, 2019

Kevin McKrell dropped by to discuss a reformation of Donnybrook Fair. They're playing a few area shows this week. There are not plans beyond occasional shows, but Kevin is in the process of readying a new solo album. He's finalizing the songs. We hope to hear he's recording later this year.

The Sea The Sea at Caffe Lena

By WEXT • Mar 13, 2019

See a special duo show with Chuck & Mira of The Sea The Sea at Caffe Lena on Thursday, March 14th.

Mold. Broken. MotherJudge

By WEXT • Mar 12, 2019

Mother Judge at Exit Dome 5, Jan 2012 — WEXT

Exit Dome 5—Jan. 28, 2012. Caroline MotherJudge was at the peak of her considerable powers. While she is rightfully praised in her passing as a giving soul, community organizer and relentless promoter of others, let’s not forget her own inspiring, righteous skills as a singer, songwriter and musician. Husband Sten Isachsen and longtime cohort Bob Buckley might be the ringers for the night, but she is leading the band, just as anyone who ever worked alongside her will tell you. This is the stuff!

The Bridge Jazz Series: Monterey Jazz Festival Tour

By WEXT • Mar 12, 2019

Tuesday, March 19 at 730pm | Troy Savings Bank Music Hall

The Monterey Jazz Festival is pleased to present its fifth national tour in 2019, featuring some of the greatest critically-acclaimed, GRAMMY®-winning and GRAMMY-nominated jazz artists of their generation, including three winners of the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition.

Jay Bobbin's Exit to The Movies: "A Madea Family Funeral"

By Jay Bobbin • Mar 11, 2019

Listen: Local 518 Katie Louise Releases "Unleash"

By Chris Wienk • Mar 8, 2019

Katie Louise dropped by to talk about hew new EP, "Unleash." We discussed songwriting, her CD release show and specifically about two of the 7 songs on the EP. Turns out the first song we play in the interview was a song she wrote at 16. It's called "Imprisoned in Paradise."

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The Thistle & Shamrock: Song Links

By editor • 9 hours ago

Join us to hear some early field recordings of Irish master musicians who inspire players to this day, including Liz Carroll and Eileen Ivers.

Steve Earle Pays Tribute To Guy Clark, His Songwriting Hero

By Stephen Kallao & Kimberly Junod • 9 hours ago

The guy who always calls it like he sees it pays tribute to his late friend, mentor, and outlaw music icon, Guy Clark. In this session, we welcome back Steve Earle for a live performance.

Beyond The Summer Of Love, 'Get Together' Is An Anthem For Every Season

By Tom Cole • 15 hours ago

The song sometimes called the "hippie national anthem" can be found in all kinds of places. It's been used on The Simpsons and in Forrest Gump, recorded dozens of times by the likes of The Kingston Trio, The Dave Clark Five, Jefferson Airplane, The Staples Singers and the Carpenters (twice). You may have even heard it in a Walmart commercial a few years ago.

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