Weekend Roundup

It’s the last weekend in March, so get out of the house and celebrate before those April showers start rollin’ in. Here are some Nippertown-certified recommendations for you:

FRIDAY, MARCH 26
Railbird CD release party @ Putnam Den, Saratoga Springs
Hamell On Trial, Alta Mira, Chris Noel @ Valentine’s Music Hall, Albany
The Todd Nelson Trio @ Franklin’s Tower, Albany
The Mojo Filters @ the Grey Gelding, Saratoga Springs
Ramblin Jug Stompers, Ruth Pelham @ the Howland Cultural Center, Beacon
Rob Skane @ the River Street Beat Shop, Troy
The Teresa Broadwell Trio @ the Stockade Inn, Schenectady
Milton & the Jo’s @ the Piggy Bank, Beacon
Buskin & Batteau @ Caffe Lena, Saratoga Springs
The George Boone Blues Band @ the Van Dyck, Schenectady
Jeffrey Gaines, Sean Rowe @ Revolution Hall, Troy
The Tom Healey Band @ Red’s Park Place, 560 Madison Ave., Albany
Skip Parsons’ Clarinet Marmalade @ 9 Maple Ave., Saratoga Springs
Diane Cluck, Dan Seward @ Jean Deux Books & Records, Hudson
The Chronicles @ the Bread & Jam Cafe, Cohoes

SATURDAY, MARCH 27
Taina Asili y La Banda Rebelde’s CD release party @ the Sanctuary for Independent Media, Troy
The Fleshtones, Intelligent Television, Keith & the Cockroaches @ Positively Fourth Street, Troy
Roots Music Fest with Red Haired Strangers, Railbird, the Leigh Gibson Band, Palatypus, more @ The Linda, Albany
Duo Parnas @ the Hudson Opera House, Hudson
SIGNAL, the JACK Quartet @ EMPAC at RPI, Troy
El Duke @ the Bread & Jam Cafe, Cohoes
Willie Nile, Ray Mason @ the Iron Horse Music Hall, Northampton, Mass.
Peter Noone, Davy Jones, Rob Grill & the Grass Roots, American Cafe @ Proctors, Schenectady
Addie & Olin @ Caffe Lena, Saratoga Springs
Roger McGuinn, Tom Rush @ the Colonial Theatre, Pittsfield, Mass.
Jones Street Station @ MASS MoCA, North Adams, Mass.
The Out of Control Rhythm & Blues Band @ Trick Shot, Clifton Park

SUNDAY, MARCH 28
The Fighting 86’s CD release party @ the Round Lake Pub, Malta (6pm)
Skidmore Small Jazz Ensemble @ Caffe Lena, Saratoga Springs (1pm)
Fairview Avenue @ the Schenectady County Public Library, Schenectady (2:30pm)
The Chandler Travis Philharmonette @ Caffe Lena, Saratoga Springs (7pm)
Uncle Kracker, Rehab @ Northern Lights, Clifton Park
Daughtry, Lifehouse, Cavo @ the Times Union Center, Albany
The Brian Patneaude Quartet @ Justin’s, Albany
Los Lobos, Leo Kottke @ Bardavon Opera House, Poughkeepsie