The Egg

It was a calm, cool, April evening in Albany when Zappa Plays Zappa descended on The Egg in Albany. The show was completely sold out and the crowd was tame but one could tell it was full of die-hard Frank Zappa fans who remained seated all…

Asleep at the Wheel pulled into The Egg along with openers The Quebe Sisters on Sunday night as the city began to thaw from its terrible winter. The groups seemed to not only bring nice weather with them, but they played some scorching hot…

Asleep at The Wheel will be bringing their tour celebrating the music of Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys to The Egg this Sunday, March 8. Their tribute album, Still The King: Celebrating the Music of Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys came…

The soul of the south warmed up Albany at The Egg on February 19 with JJ Grey and Mofro performing a riveting and inspired set of classic songs and new tracks from their new album Ol’ Glory, due out this month. Opening was The London…

JJ Grey & Mofro will perform at The Egg on Thursday, February 19 at 7:30 PM as part of the American Roots & Branches concert series. JJ Grey & Mofro’s blend of front porch soul, funk, R&B, blues, southern rock and down-home…

The Electric Sextet of Hot Tuna returned to The Egg, with Teresa Williams, almost seven years to the date of the last Hot Tuna performance, an acoustic duo, on Dec. 11, 2007. Hundreds of old hippies and couples with more than a touch of…

November 22 at The Egg brings The Touré-Raichel Collective to the Swyer Theater, part of the Rhythm International concert series. Featuring Malian guitar virtuoso Vieux Farka Touré and Israeli superstar pianist  Idan Raichel, both of whom…

In referencing how music becomes something tangible to the world, Peter Rowan describes in a new interview how the transient process as “a strange and mysterious thing.” The words mirror his spiritual and philosophical existence on this…

Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes played a rocking two hour set at The Egg on October 18. Although the venue wasn't sold-out, everyone who was in attendance was either dancing in the aisles or dancing in their chairs. Southside played…

It’s been eight years or so since I last saw Drive by Truckers, the Athens, Georgia rockers led by Patterson Hood, and while they stood out at my last experience seeing them, Sunday Oct. 19 at The Egg Performing Arts Center was a different…