Concert Review LIVE: Solid Sound @ MASS MoCA, 6/26/15 (Day One) Greg Haymes Jul 9, 2015 Review and photographs by Kirsten Ferguson“I think this is about as perfect as it gets. This night and you guys,” said frontman Jeff Tweedy during…
Concert Review LIVE: Alan Cumming @ Universal Preservation Hall, 6/18/15 Greg Haymes Jun 25, 2015 Story by Kirsten Ferguson Photographs by Richard Lovrich“My name is Alan Cumming, and I’m here to sing you some sappy songs,” said the…
Concert Review LIVE: The Feelies @ BSP Lounge, 4/24/15 Greg Haymes Apr 29, 2015 Review by Ross Marvin Photographs by Kirsten FergusonThere’s this stereotype of music nerds that we horde away our favorite music, arrogantly holding…
Concert Review LIVE: Winterpills / the Suitcase Junket @ Caffe Lena, 2/20/15 Greg Haymes Mar 5, 2015 Photographs by Kirsten FergusonFor one of the best albums of 2014, Winterpills paired down to the acoustic duo of Flora Reed and Philip Price on…
Best of BEST OF 2014: Kirsten Ferguson’s Top 15 Concerts Greg Haymes Jan 12, 2015 Story and photographs by Kirsten Ferguson1.) Paul McCartney @ the Times Union Center, Albany (July 5) Best concert of the decade, maybe longer. I…
Miscellaneous Home Bass 2: Tommy Stinson Headlines Habitat for Humanity Benefit Concert Greg Haymes Dec 15, 2014 Photograph by Kirsten FergusonTommy Stinson - founding member of legendary rock band the Replacements and a touring member of stadium-rockers Guns n'…
Concert Review LIVE: FreshGrass @ MASS MoCA, 9/19-21/14 Greg Haymes Oct 21, 2014 Photographs by Kirsten Ferguson, Bender MellonThe fourth annual FreshGrass festival was a rousing success at MASS MoCA in North Adams last month. It's…
Concert Review LIVE: Steely Dan @ SPAC, 8/31/14 Greg Haymes Sep 23, 2014 Review by Kirsten Ferguson Photographs by Andrzej PilarczykSteely Dan dubbed their latest tour - which came to the Saratoga Performing Arts Center on…
Interviews A Few Minutes With… Larry Kirwan of Black 47 Greg Haymes Sep 11, 2014 Interview and story by Don Wilcock Photograph by Kirsten FergusonFacing death straight in the eye clears one’s head in a heartbeat. If it’s the…
Parade of Shoes Parade o’ Shoes: Keith Streng of the Split Squad Greg Haymes Aug 14, 2014 One of the best dressed men in garage-rock history...The man who always matches his shoes to his shirt...And now a two-time Parade o' Shoes…
Concert Review LIVE: The Split Squad @ River Street Pub, 8/3/14 Greg Haymes Aug 12, 2014 Review by Fred Rudofsky Photographs by Kirsten FergusonThree men in horizontally striped shirts are referring to each other as "Jackson"; their…
Concert Review LIVE: Justin Timberlake @ the Times Union Center, 7/16/14 Greg Haymes Aug 5, 2014 Review and photographs by Kirsten FergusonMaybe it was seeing Justin Timberlake so soon after Paul McCartney, who had electrified the sold-out Times…