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Sydney Worthley is walking down the hall before she is stopped by a friend who confesses, “I’ve had that song stuck in my head the entire day.” That song is “One Two Three,” an earworm off of Worthley’s own 14-track CD Strong which dropped…

If you were in the mood to rock out to Classic Rock and British Invasion tunes from The Beatles, Rolling Stones and Led Zeppelin, the Dinosaur Bar-B-Que in Troy was the place to be this past Friday, Sept. 22 as Blue Machine made their…

“There’s a tremendous difference in what social media has done for me in {the past} couple of years,” said Kyle Albano, who has taken a different approach to promoting his music since dropping his second album Kings with Queens in June.…

Have you had a taste of what Josh Casano can cook? Standing in front of an audience, the man loops an elaborate arrangement of ingredients, all with the use of his voice, his guitar and a delay unit at his feet. The chef-turned-musician…

Curtis “C.K.” Flach — pronounced flack — has a look and sound to him that clashes with today’s world. But, when he opens his mouth, people listen. The 25-year-old Coeymans Hollow native often takes to the stage dressed one necktie away…

Rensselaer native Eddie Angel is coming back home, and he’s bringing along a guest. The former Star Spangled Washboard Band guitarist has not been a stranger to the Capital District since he moved down to Nashville in 1984. When he’s not…

Hollis Brown markets itself as an American rock band which, lately, is the best way to describe groups that lean towards the origins of rock and roll — a little bit of blues, a little bit of soul and a splash of funk. Listen to Hollis…

Watching Adam Levine perform with Maroon 5 was a dream come true for me and likely for many of the fans who came to the Times Union Center on Tuesday, March 7. The band had previously cancelled its appearance last September due to the birth…

The interview was wrapping up just a few minutes before her show was to start. Was there anything you’d like to add that my questions didn’t touch upon?, I asked. “We didn’t even talk about my sobriety,” said Erin Harkes. The local…