I guess that’s my favorite picture of the year. Walking like a zombie with Rod Argent and Colin Blunstone of The Zombies! 2015 In Review: Top 10 Albums, Songs & Concerts – Happy New Year! Before the lists, here’s 3 more of my fave pix from the past 12 months. […]
Monthly Archives: December 2015
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In the words of Ella Fitzgerald, Diana Krall, and Zooey Deschanel among many others – what are you doing New Year’s Eve? And while we’re at it, how about tomorrow night (the video will show on TV tomorrow so ‘tonight’ refers to the 30th) straight through to Saturday, January 2nd. […]
Jadakiss Talks New Album Top 5 Dead Or Alive Jadakiss gave his fans a present this season with the release of his first album in 6 years: Top 5 Dead Or Alive. The title begs the question – who are the top 5 MCs of Hip Hop and is ‘kiss […]
Jerry Lee Lewis Rocks 80th Birthday In Times Square The immortal artist rolled into BB Kings Blues Club & Grill last Wednesday, December 18th, 2015, about ten weeks after his 80th birthday and played a show that surpassed my very high expectations. He killed! What a thrill to be able to […]
Sting Symphonicities At Carnegie Hall Longtime New York resident Sting is no stranger to the “hallowed sacred venue” (his words) that is Carnegie Hall. However the former Police frontman‘s performance last week marked a first in that it was the first time he had headlined there by himself as […]
Musical Holiday Gift Ideas for 2015 So you need some musical holiday gift ideas for 2015 – no problemo! I have donned Santa’s hat and sprawled many tasties on a table for your amusement and to make suggestions on what to buy for yourself or the music lover on your […]
The New York Tenors at Carnegie Hall with The Magic of Christmas Only ten days to go to until the fat guy in the red suit turns up so it’s time to ramp up the jolly factor. A good start would be spending a couple of minutes here with The […]
Larkin Poe Session At WFUV It’s time to find out who, or what, is Larkin Poe! The Atlanta duo is made up of two sisters – aged just 23 and 25 – who have amassed tremendous experience including touring with Conor Oberst, Kristian Bush, and Elvis Costello – who calls them […]
NY Philharmonic Frank Sinatra Tribute Stars ranging from Christina Aguilera (the Princess of Pop) to Bernadette Peters interpreted songs made famous by a man born in Hoboken, New Jersey almost 100 years ago to the day. Sinatra: Voice For A Century was a night long on talent at David Geffen Hall […]
Glen Hansard Interview NYC Shows The man is an astonishing performer. Absolutely thrilling performance turned in at The Beacon Theatre last Tuesday – December 2nd, 2015 – featuring songs from the new record Didn’t He Ramble not to mention a genius cover of Van Morrison’s Astral Weeks. This is the second […]
Dinosaur Jr. have had a brilliant run. It’s mind boggling to consider they are now marking 30 years since the release of their debut album, but that’s exactly what they’re doing with seven (count ’em, 7!) consecutive nights at Bowery Ballroom beginning tomorrow night – Thursday, December 3rd, 2015. As […]
Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes and WhyHunger have been building their reputations for 40 years and the former sang on behalf of the latter as part of this year’s annual Thanksgiving time tradition to raise awareness and funds for people, including millions right here in New York City and […]