8th Step

Best bet: Dave Gunning & J.P. Cormier (CD Release) @ 8th Step at Proctors, Schenectady.The two impressively credentialed Canadians kick off their tour…

SCHENECTADY - Together J. P. Cormier and Dave Gunning have enough impressive credentials as acoustic country and folk pickers to paper the Ryman Theater in…

SCHENECTADY - It began with a traditional dance/parade accompanied by two musicians with medieval instruments by the local Pokingbrook Morris troupe. This was…

Best bet: The 8th Step presents “Kim and Reggie Harris & Magpie Sing Solstice” @ Proctors (GE Theatre), Schenectady.A bright, warm, and wonderful…

SCHENECTADY - Folksinger Tom Paxton is 85 today, on Halloween. On Friday, Nov. 4, The 8th Step will present this veteran performer at The GE Theater in…

Suede is a frequent performer at the 8th Step Coffeehouse. She has been described as "Adele meets Diana Krall meets Bette Midler." She has been performing…

Joe Jencks Takes An Enthralled Eighth Step Audience To IrelandBoy, was I wrong about this guy.Admittedly, I was outside my wheelhouse…

SCHENECTADY - Knockout pop, blues and jazz singer-performer Suede, is slated to perform in a live, in-person concert with Fred Boyle on piano and Rich Hill on…

Tom Rush’s success as a folksinger has been to a large degree due to his interpretations of others’ songs, some of which he gave their early exposure. His…

There’s arguably no more thoroughly American artist anywhere than our own local-hero-gone-national troubadour Reggie Harris.As the descendant of a…

Livestream Concert on YouTube: Saturday, December 12, 2020, 8 pm View at http://www.8thstep.org, donations accepted.“Joe Jencks is a 20-year veteran of the…