The Eighth Step

“We’re part of a string of stages that extends across the country and exists internationally for people who want to stay away from mainstream music and really…

Review by Greg Haymes Photographs by Rudy Lu"I can tell you things I've done, and I can sing you songs I've sung, But there's one thing I can't give…

Review by Don Wilcock Photographs by Mary KozlowskiTom Rush calls himself simply “a generalist,” a self-deprecating understatement that proved way…

Photographs by Andrzej PilarczykThe word "multi-instrumentalist" was coined for John McCutcheon. The truth of the matter is, if an instrument has got…

TURN, TURN, TURN!: REMEMBERING PETE SEEGER The Eighth Step at Proctors, Schenectady 8pm Friday (April 4), $15 The Eighth Step welcomes several long-time…

Review and photographs by Rudy LuBetty & the Baby Boomers, stalwarts of the Hudson Valley Folk Scene, once again brought their beautiful voices and…

"My parents bought me a little kids’ record player when I was two or three years old, and my mother remembers me standing there playing record after record…

It's a tiny instrument, but it packs a whole lotta joy...In recent years the small but mighty ukulele has enjoyed a huge and enthusiastic resurgence in…

Photograph by Rudy LuThe Eighth Step has moved around Nippertown quite a bit - from its original home at the United Presbyterian Church at the corner of…

Review by Charlie Braverman Photographs (from soundcheck) by Rudy LuIt is still Pete's season.Saw Pete Seeger last weekend. So old, he has outlived…

Review by Greg Haymes Photograph (from soundcheck) by Rudy LuPeggy Seeger said it best with a new song that she had penned for her brother Pete's 94th…

Review and photographs by Rudy LuThe Eighth Step and Sista Factory teamed up to bring Martha Redbone, her band and her producer John McEuen to Proctors'…