Richard Barone & Howe Glassman waiting for you outside Valentines – show is May 18th.

Richard Barone (former frontman from The Bongos) rode the bus up to play a session with us that plays this Friday (5/17) at 12n.  Then he’ll come back on that same bus on Saturday for his show with Local 518 Blue Factory at Valentine’s.  Info on that show is here.

Richard is offering you a pair of tickets and a copy of “Cool Blue Halo: 25th Anniversary Concert,” the 2 CD and DVD re-imagining of the incredible 1987 album of the same name, “Cool Blue Halo.”  He’ll bring the CDs with him on Saturday and sign your copy for you.  If you want to win tickets and the CD/DVD, keep reading.

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Portugal The Man is coming to do a special session with you!  You’re invited.  This special show is only for WEXT listeners who enter and win below.

As they get ready for their new album, “Evil Friends” (6/4), they’re running around the country drumming up support for their new efforts.  Oh, and how we love the new video!

Read on to fill out the form, and good luck!

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Art On Lark takes over 8 blocks of Lark Street with all things to do with Local 518 art and music.

June 8th from 10a until 5p.

Come witness art in its many forms in Albany’s Arts District Saturday, June 8 from 10 am – 5 pm at Art on Lark presented the Lark Street BID.

Each year, city officials close Lark Street from Washington Ave to Madison Ave to allow over 25,000 artists and onlookers celebrate local art.

You can purchase or just browse awe-inspiring works of art from over 100 artists while enjoying live music, dance and theatre performances, one-day installations, and many more special events.

It’s no wonder why Times Union readers named Art on Lark the “Best Arts Event” of the Capital Region.

WEXT is proud to present two stages of Local 518 music. Keep reading for the official line up.

The Staves invite you to come be part of an intimate audience as they perform songs from their debut album, “Dead & Born & Grown.”

This exclusive performance and interview event will be by invitation only. It takes place in Albany on the afternoon of May 22nd.

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The Saratoga Performing Arts Center welcomes the AmericanaRama Festival of Music featuring Bob Dylan and his Band, Wilco, My Morning Jacket and special guest Ryan Bingham on Sunday, July 21st.

You can enter to win a pair of pavilion tickets to Americanarama Festival of Music featuring Bob Dylan and His Band with Wilco, My Morning Jacket and special guest Ryan Bingham at Saratoga Performing Arts Center on Sunday, July 21st at 5:30pm. Tickets are on sale now. LiveNation.com, Ticketmaster.com and charge by phone.

Congratulations to our winners of the inside seats! We hope to be able to offer you all more tickets to the show! Rock on!!

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Party Horns NYC returns to move, groove and disprove what you know about party music. A trio of evenings featuring 3 very different ensemble bands, (Outer Borough Brass Band, Dead Cat Bounce and Josh Roseman) all full of beat, rhythm and good time fun straight from the NYC music scene. It’s music that will stir your soul and certainly move your feet.

Josh Roseman is a New York City based trombonist, composer, producer and serial bandleader.

Saturday, May 25, 7:30 pm

GE Theatre at Proctors

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Best known as the drummer of The Monkees, George Michael Dolenz Jr. – aka Micky – has fashioned a long-lasting and diversified career in show business. The son of actor George Dolenz, Micky, with American Indian and Yugoslavian blood in his heritage, took to acting as a boy, earning great success in the 1950s with “Circus Boy” (1956). Though he continued to act with the show’s end, he focused more on college studies, his most passionate interest being architecture. He also delved into singing, performing in LA-area clubs with a band called Micky & The One-Nighters as well as with a band called Missing Links; among those who saw Micky in action was Michael Nesmith.

Micky auditioned for “The Monkees” (1966) TV series in 1965, and on the strength of his audition won a role and became the group’s designated crazy one. Assigned as a drummer, Micky worked to learn the instrument well enough to bluff his way through filming. And the story continues…

To listen to Dave Michaels’ interview with Micky Dolenz, continue reading.

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John Mayer is returning to the stage for the first time in over three years, and he is bringing his “Born and Raised” Tour to SPAC on Friday, August 30th. Tickets are on sale.

To get tickets, click here.