By stripping songs down to their cores, listeners are treated to a level of intimacy you can only find in a live setting, sitting mere feet from a performer. Tuesday night in Franklin Alley, we were reminded of the natural power that music has.

Did we see you on the green for First Night?!

"This is one of my things that will be out in the world, and that will be a part of who I am and my legacy. And it just feels really good.” 

“The world already HAS a Miles Davis!”

“We’re gonna play songs that we don’t get to very often so settle in and welcome to our picnic.”

Unbeknownst to passersby on North Pearl Street in Albany, Sydney Worthley and crew transformed a slice of The Hollow into a glittering dance floor straight out of 1985.

"Am I really gonna call myself John Legend when I haven’t even put out a record yet?!’”here

As if their lovely sound wasn’t enough, they proved to truly be a band who nurtures the humans and music around them. 

“For a while, I just felt musically directionless,” she admits. “Now, I feel like there's something here, something cohesive that I'm proud of, that feels like me. I feel like I can breathe again.”