Kenny Garrett Announces New Album; At Iridium This Weekend – Kenny Garrett is a true giant. His primary tool is alto saxophone which he supplements with the soprano sax and flute. The Detroit Native who’s been based in the NYC area since the early 80s has taken his fans to […]
Yearly Archives: 2016
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Joe Bonamassa Heads To Carnegie Hall – Last January it was a pleasure to spend some time with Joe Bonamassa as he conquered Radio City Music Hall. At the time, He couldn’t think of anything better than that. He came up with something! JB is heading to Carnegie Hall for shows tomorrow […]
Meet Peter Calo I first met Peter Calo in the fall of 2013. My friend John Platt, who hosts a great show on WFUV called Sunday Supper, asked to MC a show he was playing at The Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Shelter Rock (a.k.a. the UUCSR) where they do a thing […]
Globalfest 2016 At Webster Hall The curators should be congratulated. Globalfest kicks ass every year and Sunday night – January 17th, 2016 – was no exception. Webster Hall was sold out. I shot four bands out of the dozen that performed. Globalfest 2016 At Webster Hall offered a handful of […]
Brilliant photo of David with Iggy and Lou in London in 1972 was taken by Mick Rock who has a website. 1-15-16 WWW of David Bowie 6p 1 Life On Mars […]
The first time I saw Chris Potter was in ’93 or possibly ’94 when he was blowing sax on stage with Steely Dan. The alto and tenor sax of this extraordinary musician can be heard on the Dan’s Two Against Nature that came out in 2000. One of the great things […]
David Bowie Obit: “He Was The Best There Is” I woke up, I suppose like most of us did today, to find the world was a poorer place; to find that David Bowie had died. Along with the news was a directive from my editor at NY1 requesting an obit […]
1-6-16 Producer Tony Visconti Talks David Bowie and Blackstar UPDATED 1-9 with video from last night’s Holy Holy show… I was excited for the opportunity to speak to Tony Visconti who has amassed an absolutely stunning body of work as a producer. Not only the most essential Bowie albums but […]
Deer Tick At Brooklyn Bowl 12-31-15 Last New Year’s Eve, Deer Tick celebrated their 10th anniversary with a show at Brooklyn Bowl that included guests like Stevie Nicks. This year, the venue was the same but, as John McCauley and Ian O’Neil explained, the emphasis was not on trying to […]