James McMurtry and the Martial Law Review at The Hangar on the Hudson | June 24, 2026

James McMurtry does not get the radio play, but he gets the reviews that matter. Rolling Stone has called him one of America’s greatest living songwriters — and when you hear The Black Dog and the Wandering Boy, his eleventh album, you understand why that assessment is not generous. This is meticulous, unflinching storytelling drawn from family memory: the hallucinations that inspired the record belong to his father, novelist Larry McMurtry, and the writing carries that literary weight across every track.

On Wednesday, June 24, McMurtry brings The Martial Law Review to The Hangar on the Hudson in Troy for The Black Dog & the Wandering Boy Tour. Showtime is 8 PM; the set runs until 11.

If you have not caught McMurtry live with the full band, here is what to expect: the rolling guitars and barroom harmonies you hear on the record get room to open up. The Martial Law Review fills out the sound — banjo and harmonica threading through the arrangements, the depth that comes from a songwriter who has spent decades refining his live show. Critics have called The Black Dog and the Wandering Boy a career highlight, noting it as “solidifying McMurtry as one of this generation’s most unflinchingly potent” recording artists. Three hours of set time means he is reaching deep into the catalog.

The Hangar on the Hudson is at 675 River Street in Troy, in the heart of the Albany / Capital District.

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