The Eddies Regional Music Awards
The inaugural Capital Region Thomas Edison Music Awards, 6 p.m. Sunday April 14 at Proctors, is an opportunity to amplify, empower and celebrate professionals working in the area’s wide-ranging music scene. Learn more and get your ticket here.
The Van Dyck’s enduring song
From 1947 to its 2026 Hall of Fame induction, generations of owners built a Schenectady institution where music, hospitality, and community became one. In the heart of the Stockade Historic District in Schenectady stands a brick building that has carried the sound of American music since 1947. In March, The... Read more » ... Read More
Heavenly Echoes Gospel Band Enters the Hall of Fame
For more than half a century, the Capital Region ensemble has uplifted audiences through faith, harmony, and community. For more than half a century, the Heavenly Echoes Gospel Band has been a constant, uplifting presence in the Capital Region — carrying the sound of gospel tradition from church basements to... Read more » ... Read More
Ernie Williams and a sound that shaped the Capital Region
A legacy of music, mentorship, and generosity rooted in in perseverance and soul Ernie Williams’ life followed the very arc of the blues he so powerfully embodied — a journey born of hardship, sustained by perseverance, and ultimately devoted to uplifting others through music. His story is not only one... Read more » ... Read More
Lee Shaw shaped the sound of the Capital Region
Pianist, educator, and community builder whose artistry and generosity defined generations of jazz in Albany. Lee Shaw’s induction into the Capital Region Thomas Edison Music Hall of Fame at Universal Preservation Hall is less about a single moment of recognition than it is about a lifetime of devotion. Her life... Read more » ... Read More
Eddie Angel’s long, strange, joyful trip to the Thomas Edison Music Hall of Fame
From early Capital Region gigs to masked guitar instrumentals and worldwide acclaim, Angel’s career defied convention Eddie Angel’s induction into the Capital Region Thomas Edison Music Hall of Fame at Universal Preservation Hall honors a career that began modestly in Rensselaer, and grew into an international legacy built on persistence,... Read more » ... Read More