Joe Putrock

NAME: Joe Putrock BAND AFFILIATION: The Charlie Watts Riots INSTRUMENT: Drums1. THE FIRST ALBUM I EVER BOUGHT WAS ... I actually bought three cassettes…

By J Hunter Photograph by Martin BenjaminThe Troy PD cruiser sat in the middle of Broadway, its light bar blinking with metronome-like regularity, as…

CLEMENT ART GALLERY Last summer's art exhibition at the Saratoga Arts Center, “Impasse & Motion: Ten Photographers’ Journeys through Instants in Music”…

Yes, it was the official LarkFest after party, but it was more than that. It was a celebration of a coming together, as well as a departure.Super 400…

You've seen the fabulous concert photos of Andrzej Pilarczyk right here on Nippertown.com, where he serves as chief photographer.Now you can find out…

Somewhere around the time when the Gaslight Anthem was plowing through the title track from their new album, "American Slang," a friend leaned over to me…

Perhaps it's because they've gotten older - haven't we all? - and over the years they've gotten rounder and a bit mellower...Or maybe it's because the rest…

You've seen his photographs in Metroland. You've seen his photographs in the Times Union. You've seen his photographs on gallery walls. Yes, Joe Putrock's…

One of the stand-out artists represented in the 31st annual Photography Regional currated by Elizabeth Dubben at the Opalka Gallery earlier this year, Melinda…

Last weekend was a big one for Albany art, starting with Albany First Friday, June 5th: we began at the Albany Art Room to see Elizabeth Dubben's show, then…

Damn the cell phone! Full speed ahead!That might be the battlecry of Joe Putrock, Albany photographer and drummer for the band with the best name in…