I am mostly past the age and stage of running out to see local rock 'n roll bands. For a good part of my listening career, it was jazz or hardcore blues that I would go looking for, certainly...
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SPAC Jazz Fest Re-Visited
This time of year is when we have a multitude of musical choices when we do want to venture out. Late June/early July is always the time frame for the regionally famous Freihofer's Jazz Festival at the Saratoga Performing...
Happy Hour, Ten Miles Out…circa mid-2012
O how things have changed. A Friday eve like this, anytime in my life more than 20 years ago, I would not have been rushing home at 6:30 or 7pm to catch the last hour of light in my...
Decatur Related to Saratoga, Part 2
In retrospect, the way in which Saratoga is superior as a vacation destination to Decatur is simply the nightlife. While the Decatur Arts Festival was an overwhelming revelation of accumulated talent and visual splendor, the music scene after hours was...
Upon Return: Decatur Related To ‘Toga
In retrospect, the way in which Saratoga is superior as a vacation destination to Decatur is simply the nightlife. While the Arts Festival was an overwhelming revelation of accumulated talent and visual splendor, the music scene after hours was really...
New Moon & Rock Icons, Late May– before DMB comes to town
"The Sky is Filled...with Good & Bad, Mortals Never Know..." Robert Plant Even though I am starting my Sunday with the drowsy beauty of Mr. Plant and Alison Krause harmonizing on "Raising Sand" -- his voice still brings to mind...
Mid-May Day Assortment in Saratoga
Frost on the ground as I start this, but later today they say it will be in the mid-70's; welcome to upstate NY in the glorious greening month of May. Up here, we say you can hit the heat in...
Saratoga’s Gardens of Earthly Perennial Delight
To quote, or maybe misappropriate, Thoreau: I have travelled extensively within the confines of Saratoga. Since those early days of mine in this town, I have explored almost every nook and alley and carriage-house lane and corner of this city...
Music in the Air, All the Time…
Enough reminiscence, allow me to get back to the present tense. I hear Ray LaMontagne on WEXT this morning, singing Beg, Steal, or Borrow, and it triggers recall of his tasty set at SPAC last summer, early in the season,...
Saratoga Startup, Part 2
So as I began saying, Entertainment was my primary goal in seeking out Saratoga initially... and I've always believed there is a magnetism here that pulls people in to seek it. You can see it these days by the...