Return Of The Lox – New Album Filthy America…It’s Beautiful Out Now 12-28-16 Jadakiss, Sheek Louch, and Jadakiss have been flirting with the possibility of a full-on reformation of The Lox for a few years and the release of Filthy America…It’s Beautiful this month closes the deal. The tracks deliver tough street reporting […]
Monthly Archives: December 2016
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The Bad Plus Talk Covers Ahead Of Village Vanguard Run – Tonight (12/27/16) through Sunday (1-1-17) The first track on the self-titled debut album by The Bad Plus from 2001 was Abba’s Knowing Me Knowing You. Ethan Iverson, Reid Anderson, and David King also included a dynamite version of Nirvana’s […]
Bob Margolin & The Nighthawks Salute Muddy Waters – December 11, 2016 A treat to get one of the world’s toughest blues bands at Iridium in Times Square earlier this month. The Nighthawks are led by Mark Wenner on vocals and harmonica who formed the original group in 1972 in Washington DC. […]
Tom Rush Talks Songwriting & Performing – Schimmel Center at Pace University December 9, 2016 When Tom Rush was a student at Harvard University in the early sixties, he hosted a Tuesday evening radio program on the college station WHRB called Balladeers that featured his own performances on the air as […]
Bieber & Grande Lead Charge At 2016 Jingle Ball – Friday December 9th, 2016 at Madison Square Garden Radio station Z100 started presenting the Jingle Ball in New York about the time a certain Canadian hotshot was being born. In that same general timeframe of the mid nineties, a Floridian […]
Gift Ideas: Reich, Jarrett, Elvis, Queen, Depeche Mode & Otis – December 13, 2016 Countdown to Santa’s arrival is a mere twelve days! Here’s a grab bag of goodies across genres to stimulate your giving gland… The ECM Recordings from Steve Reich offers a kind of Reich 101 course in […]
Busy December For Kenny Barron In NYC – In Action Beginning this Friday (December 9, 2016) through Christmas Day It’s no secret that Kenny Barron is a wonderful piano player. He was honored by The National Endowment for the Arts in 2010 as a jazz master and he has earned […]
Gorgeous Gift Boxes For 2016 Holidays – December 6, 2016 Another year almost in the books and a fine crop of holiday box sets has emerged. These creatively and lovingly packaged collections are anchored by knob turning prowess that has this timeless music sounding better than ever. The Bad […]