Saratoga County singer-songwriter Angelina Valente recently released a video on YouTube for “Running Through the Trees,” the final song from her new album “Sing.”
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Matt McCabe plays his last set at Caffe Lena in December. He passed away from COVID on January 12. (Sarah Craig)
When a new variant of the COVID-19 virus appeared in the UK as 2020 drew to a close, I didn’t think it would show up a half hour’s drive from my home soon after. The first cases were near Denver and in San Diego, and then traced to a jewelry store on Broadway in Saratoga Springs. We’ve felt rather insulated and isolated here, hours from New York City.
The Legacy of Caffe Lena
This week began with an email from Sarah Craig, executive director of Caffe Lena, the oldest coffeehouse in the US. Don McLean debuted “American Pie” there, Arlo Guthrie first tried out “Alice’s Restaurant,” and Bob Dylan and many others have commanded the iconic tiny stage in the small, homey establishment that opened in 1960.
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2of47Buy PhotoA sign on the University at Albany Campus informs drivers that there is no vaccine at the nearby COVID-19 testing site on Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021, in Albany, N.Y. A new mass-vaccine distribution center is being built at the Northwest Gold parking lot. (Will Waldron/Times Union)Will Waldron/Albany Times UnionShow MoreShow Less
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Matt McCabe, a pillar of the Saratoga Springs music community and a former city councilor, recently died after battling COVID-19. As WAMC’s Southern Adirondack Bureau Chief Lucas Willard reports, a tribute is being planned in his honor.
Matt McCabe’s Saratoga Guitar stores have been a longtime staple of the Saratoga business community. Deann Devitt, President of the Saratoga Springs Downtown Business Association, said news of McCabe’s death this week was a shock.
“It was at first very shocking and heartbreaking. Of course Matt was just a huge pillar of knowledge and selflessness in this community. It was a complete shock to all of us,” said Devitt.