“We are here to deliver the raw power and energy of rock and roll,” Bruce Springsteen declared to the amped crowd of 30,000 or so believers on an energetic weekday night in Syracuse, N.Y. “...
Together they soar. The Songbirds filled my heart with joy as my first concert at the library as a music-lover-only. Without my communications specialist camera duties of the past years attached,...
https://markbialczak.com/2023/01/17/enjoying-the-songbirds-as-a-music-fan/
I waved farewell to Elton John on Saturday night in Syracuse. Tears came to my eyes after a joyful 150-minute ride through five decades of his unforgettable songs. My dear wife Karen and I had wa...
https://markbialczak.com/2022/09/12/bye-bye-elton-john-thank-you-for-these-decades/
The big, beautiful house always sticks in Jimmie’s mind, sometimes in reality and his always in his dreams. The majestic spread in the neighborhood known as Harlem West was his childhood home f...
Lake Street Dive under the stars with a hit. I will have a greater appreciation for the music in my dear wife Karen’s car for sure. Lead singer Rachel Price certainly takes a crowd under her sp...
https://markbialczak.com/2019/08/08/a-great-night-under-the-stars-with-lake-street-dive/
Midway through the super set by The Wood Brothers at Beak and Skiff, an alarming amount of smoke began billowing over the left corner of the stage. Dark, ugly smoke. I had to go down and ask the ...
https://markbialczak.com/2019/08/07/no-they-did-not-play-smoke-on-the-water/
My dear wife Karen gobbled up the tickets to see Lake Street Dive and Beak and Skiff months ago. The band from Boston has been one of the mainstays on her playlist since we discovered them a half...
https://markbialczak.com/2019/08/06/a-pretty-place-for-some-sweet-music-beak-and-skiff-shows/
A couple weekends back, my dear wife Karen and I went to a special show at local joint Sharkey’s. I needed to show my support for the leader of the Todd Hobin Band. It’s been a tough summer f...
A couple of Sundays ago, I got to take photos and videos at the concert by a combo show by two of Central New York’s finest at my library job. Ronnie Leigh on piano and voice and Marcus Curry o...
https://markbialczak.com/2018/03/04/enjoy-some-sunday-jazz-from-the-library/
The momentum built, from touching Swedish novel by Fredrik Backman to vastly entertaining movie directed and written by Hanes Holm starring Rolf Lassgard as the cantankerous title character who r...
https://markbialczak.com/2017/11/13/dont-wait-for-tom-hanks-version-to-meet-a-man-called-ove/