Ed Conway
Sixteen Tons, The Merle Travis Story by Merle Travis & Deke Dickerson Review/Interview by Ed Conway Who is Merle Travis? Unless you are a guitar geek, or an original country music fan, you may not know. He was not just a guitarist, but a man who popularized such a unique style, they named the use […]
Linda Gail Lewis – Xperience History – by Ed Conway. **Originally published in August of 2021.** Coming up on August 14th, Linda Gail Lewis will be stopping by to the Hangar on the Hudson in Troy, NY as part of her northeast tour, backed by The Lustre Kings. If you aren’t familiar with Linda, she […]
Brian Fallon @ Troy Savings Bank Music Hall 11-15-23 – by Ed Conway. It was singer/songwriter night at the venerable Troy Savings Bank Music Hall. I generally think of a solo performer as a small venue act, as a large venue generally lacks the intimacy of the audience being up close and personal. Like every […]
How to finish off September? How about a show in downtown Albany at the Empire Live? When we arrived at the show, we were told it was in the downstairs venue aka Empire Underground. Having never been there before, a quick set of directions and we were on our way. As the evening progressed toward […]
I’ve enjoyed seeing Victor Wooten ever since I first saw him playing bass with Bela Fleck & The Flecktones along with his brother Roy “Future Man” Wooten on percussion. This, however, was the first time seeing him with his other two brothers, Joseph on keys and Region guitar. To say Victor is a virtuoso, on […]
Although I was just getting to an age to start listening to my own music on the radio, the artists that came to the Palace last night accounted for most of the songs of my youth. The Happy Together Tour has continued to bring surviving members of what many of us of a certain generation […]
The Happy Together Tour – Palace Theater 8-1-23 Although I was just getting to an age to start listening to my own music on the radio, the artists that came to the Palace last night accounted for most of the songs of my youth. The Happy Together Tour has continued to bring surviving members of […]
Review of the Soul-Jazz Collective, by Ed Conway. If it’s Tuesday, it must be Jazz Night at The Lark Street Tavern. The venerable tavern, first opened in 1934, has gone through several face-lifts over the years, including a nearly total rebuild after a 2010 fire that gutted the building. Back in 2022, new owner Chris […]