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In Albany's storied music history, the short tenure of J.B. Scott's has lasted for decades as a Central Avenue music venue of legend. With a capacity of ~600, J.B. Scott's opened in 1979 and closed in 1982 after it was damaged by a fire. …

Saliyah Itoka is a singer and a songwriter and a model, and if you watch her perform, you’ll realize she does have a plan to kill everyone in the room. One of the best things about my gig here is that, by default, I have to expose…

One music that never fails to soothe me is Celtic music. I can just feel the stress and the tension of the day wash off, and something crisp and green take its place. It is always welcome, and in turn always welcoming, and there’s a…

Sometimes you just need a six-piece band jamming out “Brick House” by the Commodores and a little James Brown. Sometimes you need that when the boss is playing “Ride of the Valkyries” through his overtime demands and you’ve just sank into…

Unity is a great thing in music. Having one person with all the spotlight supported by shadow people makes for good reality television, but in real, vibrant people, the most passionate players seek each other out for lessons in applied…

Bob Riley is a singer extraordinaire, in more than one groundbreaking hardcore band, blazing a smoke strewn trail from Troycore to New York Hardcore. He’s fury and force, and a guy who sits down with his morning coffee and enjoys the peace…

DJ Joe Grossman is someone you maybe haven’t heard of in the Capital Region, but if you were in Manhattan and you knew the right people, the right bouncer to bribe, you might just know who he was. He’s firmly revolving in the orbit of the…