The Local 518 Music (and More) Report – 2022 Q1

Editor’s Note: For those of us in the local music industry, four times a year we get a special treat. WEXT Radio’s award winning Local 518 Show host Andy Gregory posts the most comprehensive list of songs, albums, and videos released by local artists anywhere. Nippertown is thrilled to share that list with you here:  The Local 518 Music (and More) Report 2022 Q1

Fans, supporters, and creators of music (and more) in the Capital District (and beyond)!
Throughout the months of 2022, our awesome local music creatives were still dealing with the effects of COVID-19 to some degree. During that time, they kept on being – awesome AND creative! I also experienced some challenges during 2022 in producing the quarterly reports of songs, albums, videos (and more) by those local artists.

Within the next few weeks to wrap up 2022, they’ll be made available. Today, courtesy of The Local 518 Show and WEXT Radio, get your very own FREE PDF copy of The Local 518 Music (and More) Report – 2022 Quarter 1 © covering the time period of January 1st to March 31st. The report includes clickable links so you can support every band & artist by listening and buying their music and merch, and enjoy other features. Be sure to share!

Click this link for The Local 518 Music (and More) Report – 2022 Quarter 1

Previous Reports:

The Local 518 Music (and More) Report – 2021 Q4
The Local 518 Music (and More) Report – 2021 Q3
The Local 518 Music (and More) Report – 2021 Q2
The Local 518 Music (and More) Report – 2021 Q1

The Local 518 Music (and More) Report – 2020 Q4
The Local 518 Music (and More) Report – 2020 Q3
The Local 518 Music (and More) Report – 2020 Q2
The Local 518 Music (and More) Report – 2020 Q1

The Local 518 Music (and More) Report – 2019 Q4
The Local 518 Music (and More) Report – 2019 Q3
The Local 518 Music (and More) Report – 2019 Q2
The Local 518 Music (and More) Report – 2019 Q1

A little history behind these reports…

Back in 2010, I was a contributor to the CRUMBS.net (Capital Region Ultimate Musicians and Bands Site) local music blog, hosted by Mike Guzzo on the Albany Times Union website. My posts covered a wide variety of what was happening of interest in the local music scene, everything from show announcements & reviews and latest local music releases. Mike Guzzo, (owner of CRUMBS.net since 2006) encouraged me to post those first local music reports on the blog. What began as just a list of recent releases in September of 2010 (“The Summer Songs Have Ended”) expanded to a year-end round-up for 2011, then expanded much bigger to a quarterly format for 2012. It was all a bit clunky, as the reports were multi-part posts, but it got the information out.

In 2014, after doing a couple of years of co-hosting CRUMBS Cafe with Guzzo, I became the host of the Local 518 Show on WEXT. In 2017, I was still posting on the CRUMBS blog, but I suggested partnering with WEXT Radio and The Local 518 Show so that the quarterly reports, available as a free PDF, reached a wider audience interested in the Capital Region music scene. Then in 2021, Nippertown too!

For the 2020, 2021, and upcoming 2022 Capital Region Thomas Edison Music Awards (“The Eddies”), the reports are used as one of the overall reference materials for category nominations, and specifically for Record, Album, & Music Video of the Year categories.

It’s been an eye-opening experience putting these quarterly reports together for the fans, supporters, and most importantly the creators of original music in the area (and just a bit beyond). There’s truly an amazing amount of original material produced!