Jim Kweskin

Spencertown Academy Arts Center announces its second annual Roots & Shoots Concerts season. The monthly series showcases artists who reach back to earlier…

Review by Greg Haymes Photographs by Joseph DeuelJim Kweskin, the leader of the '60s jug band revival, has had a revival of his own in recent years,…

If you're into jug bands - and, yes, we will readily admit to that - there was no better place to be on the planet than The Egg in Albany on Thursday night.…

First-time director Todd Kwait's feature-length documentary, "Chasin' Gus' Ghost,'' traces the history of jug band music from such 1920s pioneers as Gus…

"Hmmm, that's a hard one.Wait, I remember. Chuck Berry's 'Maybellene' on 78 RPM."Jug band master Jim Kweskin re-teams with his old bandmate Geoff…

For the last several months, Caffe Lena has hosted a series of concerts in celebration of its 50 years of continuous operation in the second-floor converted…

Photographer Joe Deuel hasn't been documenting the performances at Caffe Lena for all of its 50 years, but he's been there for a long, long time. And in honor…

Yes, it was a half-century ago that Lena Spencer first opened the doors to a small second floor coffeehouse in Saratoga Springs. Since that day in May of…