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We are very excited to welcome these two brilliant singer-songwriters to the Academy. Their resumes are long and varied, and they have performed in many different musical genres, but there’s this constant—their songs are always clever and often wickedly funny. The audience is certainly in store for a rollicking evening of fun and laughter. Lavin […]
Roots & Shoots Concerts Series is pleased to present The Emily Duff Band. Rolling Stone magazine described singer-songwriter-guitarist Duff as “one Part Patti Smith, one part Muscle Shoals.” Her band includes John Hamilton (bass and background vocals), Kenny Soule (drums and background vocals), and Danny Ray (saxophone). “Emily’s songs are personal and gritty, delivered with […]
Online ticket sales are closed. There will be a very limited number of tickets available at the door beginning at 7:30. Jerron “Blind Boy” Paxton and Dennis Lichtman bring African-American […]
Roots & Shoots Concerts Series presents Rachelle Garniez and Erik Della Penna in “Sidewalks of New York: An Evening of Original and Vintage Songs About NYC.” Singers, songwriters, and instrumentalists, […]
Roots & Shoots Concerts Series presents acclaimed blues artist Guy Davis. “With two recent back-to-back Grammy nominations for traditional blues, the Recording Academy knows what every Guy Davis fan champions—that he is a standard-bearer for a contemporary American roots music that reaches way back to its formative years,” says Academy Music Committee Chair Gerald Seligman. […]
Roots & Shoots Concerts Series is excited to present the Emily Duff Band. Rolling Stone magazine described singer-songwriter-guitarist Duff as “one Part Patti Smith, one part Muscle Shoals.” Her band includes John Hamilton (bass and background vocals), Benny Landa (guitar), Kenny Soule (drums and background vocals), and Danny Ray (saxophone). Listen to the Emily Duff […]
Roots & Shoots Concerts Series is pleased to present “writer song-singer” Heather Maloney. Maloney has toured nationally as a headliner, as well as in support of acts like Lake Street Dive, Shakey Graves, Gary Clark Jr., Colin Hay, Mary Chapin Carpenter, and many more. The New York Times called her music “utterly gorgeous, visceral” and […]
Roots & Shoots Concerts Series presents “Blues Women of the Capital Region ll in association with the Capital Region Blues Network (CRBN), featuring Gina Coleman, Leslie Barkman, and Robin O'Herin. […]
Roots & Shoots Concerts Series is pleased to present troubadour and folk-rocker Johnny Irion, an American original, putting his unique spin on old classics and originals. We’re looking forward to […]
This concert has been rescheduled from the original date of May 11. If you purchased tickets, they will be honored at this June 15 performance. Pablo Shine and his band […]
Roots & Shoots Concerts Series presents Grammy-nominated folk singer-songwriter and author Mary Gauthier (with special guest Jaimee Harris). Gauthier’s discography includes a dozen studio albums and her songs have been […]
Spencertown Academy Roots & Shoots Concerts Series, in association with the Capital Region Blues Network (CRBN), is pleased to present Misty Blues. Gina Coleman is the leader, singer, and founder […]