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Your Custom Text Here The Eighth Step Bringing the finest in contemporary and traditional acoustic music to the Capital Region since 1967. The Step is Americas oldest continuously running nonprofit coffeehouse concert stage bringing the finest independent acoustic music to Upstate New York Western Massachusetts and lower Vermont. We present the best that acoustic music has to offer including contemporary traditional folk blues jazz bluegrass Celtic more. Our fivedecade performer roster comprises a folkWhos Whothat includes Pete Seeger Janette Carter Tom Paxton Odetta Dave Van Ronk David Grier Bucky Pizzarelli Holly Near Gordon Bok Richie Havens John Gorka Ronnie Gilbert Tom Rush Buffy SainteMarie Ani DiFranco and Scottish fiddler Johnny Cunningham Cris Williamson Sheila Jordan John McCutcheon The Steel Wheels The Klezmatics Gangstagrass The Chicks j.