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Singer, songwriter, and performer Shaun Cassidy first captured national attention in the 1970s as a teenage pop sensation with chart topping hits like ‘Da Doo Ron Ron’ and ‘Hey Deanie’ as well as platinum albums like ‘Shaun Cassidy’ and ‘Born Late.’ For the past several years he has maintained a deep connection to his musical roots. Now on his ‘The Road to Us Tour’ he returns to the stage with a fresh perspective blending the songs that made him famous with reflections drawn from a life show business. He is bringing the tour to the Assembly in Kingston, NY on March 11th.

Three American professors won this year's Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for their studies on asset prices.

Not one note of recorded sound exists to document Buddy Bolden's genre-defining music. Still, rock musician Dan Pritzker is making not one, but two movies about him. The nearly mythic "King of Jazz" influenced Louis Armstrong, a key character in both films.

Fulfilling the masculine dream of having arms like Goliath probably isn't worth the downside of steroid use. Vicarious satisfaction is probably better, as author Marc Acito discovers upon reading Gladiator, the autobiography of one-time American Gladiators star Dan Clark, known to television audiences as Nitro.

The pandemic has the military reassessing budgetary priorities. But at Fort Bragg, troops have just been issued a replacement for an iconic, but not exactly loved, piece of military hardware: the Humvee.

More than 150,000 fans lost their chance to see the pop superstar this month, due to terrorist threats. Now they mostly want another opportunity to see her in concert.

A new amenity has popped up along a popular Capital Region recreational trail.The nine-mile rail trail connecting Albany to Voorheesville sees some…

The senators cited Hagel's lackluster confirmation hearing performance and his views on Iran. The White House said it would not back down from the nomination.

Plume Giant, the Brooklyn-based chamber-folk trio that favors pop melodies, a miniature orchestra of sounds and textures, and Beatlesque whimsy, performs…

Seven Nations is a rock band with an unusual pedigree: based in Florida, schooled in traditional Celtic music traditions, but with amps that go to 11. The five members of the band recently joined NPR's Liane Hansen in Studio 4A for a performance chat -- watch a video of the group performing their song "Twelve."