Fred Rudofsky

Top Albums 1 - 10Mavis Staples: WE GET BY (Anti-)Toronzo Cannon and the Chicago Way: THE PREACHER, THE POLITICIAN, OR THE PIMP (Alligator…

By Fred RudofskyHe pauses, sets aside the marker that he's been using to sign autographs for a small group of fans, some new and some old. His wife of…

Review by Fred Rudofsky Photographs by Ed ConwayThe city of Troy has witnessed some memorable rock and roll shows in the past three years - the…

Review by Fred RudofskyHis songs have a deep sense of history and fervent hope for the future, but something else also is for certain: Willie Nile inhabits…

Review by Fred Rudofsky Photographs by Ed ConwayHamell on Trial, the one-man dynamo, brought his arsenal of brilliant songs, disarmingly funny jokes…

Review and photographs by Fred Rudofsky Additional photographs by Timothy ReidyA chilly mid-January night in Hudson did not have a ghost of a chance of…

By Fred Rudofsky1.) Hamell on Trial: The Happiest Man in the World2.) Ian McLagan & the Bump Band: United States3.) Phil & Dave Alvin:…

Review by Fred Rudofsky Photographs by Andrzej Pilarczyk, Ed ConwayFittingly, the concert of 2014 - Nick Lowe's Quality Holiday Revue - closed out a…

Review by Fred Rudofsky Photographs by Al GoldbergPeter Case wowed a small but fervent crowd on a recent Friday night at the Low Beat in Albany, but…

Review by Fred RudofskyArmed with a trove of songs, paintings for sale, and bawdy jokes (including a couple told by his son, Detroit) unlike those of anyone…

Review by Fred Rudofsky Photographs by Rudy Lu and Stanley JohnsonA recent Sunday evening crowd with an affinity for roots music got a double-dose of…

Review by Fred Rudofsky Photographs by Kirsten FergusonThree men in horizontally striped shirts are referring to each other as "Jackson"; their…