Here are my Top 10 concerts for 2011. Not all were in Nippertown, and this list is not in any particular order:
The Chandler Travis Philharmonic @ Riverlink Park, Amsterdam
The Hurricane Irene benefit @ Valentine’s Music Hall, Albany (Read his review)
Josh Ritter/John Wesley Harding @ The Egg, Albany (Read his review)
Paul McCartney @ Yankee Stadium, NYC
Sonny Landreth @ Highline Ballroom, NYC
Ray Davies @ The Egg, Albany
Bela Fleck & the Flecktones @ The Egg, Albany
The Spampinato Brothers @ Caffe Lena, Saratoga Springs (Read his review)
Singer/Songwriter Night with M.R. Poulopoulos, Matt Durfee, Tom Lindsay & Michael Eck @ Riverlink Park, Amsterdam
By Ed Conway, Nippertown writer and photographer
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