Weekend Roundup

So many shows, so little time…
March’s music calendar came in like a lion last weekend, and it’s still roaring loud and proud. Here are a few suggestions for you this weekend:

FRIDAY, MARCH 12
Altan @ the Troy Savings Bank Music Hall, Troy
Sam Bush @ The Egg, Albany
Mary McCaslin and Garnet Rogers @ Caffe Lena, Saratoga Springs
Capathia Jenkins & Louis Rosen @ the Eighth Step at Proctors, Schenectady
Carrie Underwood @ the Times Union Center, Albany
The M Shanghai String Band @ the Piggy Bank, Beacon (FREE)
Drew De Four @ the Bayou Cafe, Albany
Pajamazon, Divison Theory, Of the Wild and the Tame @ Valentine’s Music Hall, Albany
Searson @ the Parting Glass, Saratoga Springs
St. James Gate @ the Bread and Jam Cafe, Cohoes

SATURDAY, MARCH 13
Keller Williams @ Northern Lights, Clifton Park
A Breath of Mercury CD release party, In the Casket, Downcast, more @ Valentine’s Music Hall, Albany
SuperStringz @ the Sand Lake Center for the Arts, Averill Park
Red Hen @ Old Songs, Voorheesville
Alta Mira @ Troy City Tavern, Troy
Professor Louie & the Crowmatix @ Caffe Lena, Saratoga Springs
Hammer of the Gods @ The Egg, Albany
Probing Digit @ Putnam Den, Saratoga Springs
Danielle Gaudin, James Dowen, more @ TJ’s Flightline Pub, Glenville
Sam Bush @ the Colonial Theatre, Pittsfield, Mass.
Hair of the Dog @ the Parting Glass, Saratoga Springs
Harold Ford & the Spirit of Johnny Cash @ Buckboards Saloon, Malta

SUNDAY, MARCH 14
Sharon Isbin and Mark O’Connor @ The Egg, Albany
Isle of Klezbos @ The Linda, Albany
The Brother Kite, the Charlie Watts Riots, Matthew Carefully @ Valentine’s Music Hall, Albany
Bettye LaVette, Maria Muldaur, Marcia Ball @ the Troy Savings Bank Music Hall, Troy
Frankie Gavin & DeDannan @ the Parting Glass, Saratoga Springs
Cold, Nonpoint, Bulletproof Messenger, more @ Northern Lights, Clifton Park
Session Americana @ Caffe Lena, Saratoga Springs
The Teri Roiger Quartet @ the Stockade Inn, Schenectady
Andy Statman @ the Iron Horse Music Hall, Northampton, Mass.
The Brian Patneaude Quartet @ Justin’s, Albany