The News: Rakim has been celebrating the 30th anniversary of Paid In Full by performing the album in its entirety. The enduring power of the album was remarked upon with some love in the New York Times recently. So I collect my cash then slide, I got my back, my gun’s on […]
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The News: The new Andre Betts produced Living Colour album Shade was unleashed today! Living Colour is supporting Prophets of Rage at the Apollo Theater on this Tuesday. Prophets of Rage members are Tom Morello, Tim Commerford, and Brad Wilk along with DJ Lord and Chuck D of PE, and B-Real of Cypress […]
The News: Malin is on the road supporting his latest EP Meet Me At The End Of The World which includes a handful of excellent new originals and a dynamite Big Star cover. Catch him if you can on a bill with Cheap Trick at the Capitol Theatre on November 18th. “We […]
The News: Ethan Iverson is leaving the band. This is, of course, unwelcome news but the change certainly seems to an amicable one as he is finishing out the live dates scheduled for this year. As it is the end of an era, The Bad Plus shows at Village Vanguard […]
The News: The new Antibalas record, Where The Gods Are At Peace , will be out September 15th! Catch them on the 14th at Gramercy Theatre. Antibalas has been an essential NYC band since they came together around the turn of the century. In February of 2016, in a monthly […]
The News: Talib Kweli unleashed a new single on his site She’s My Hero this week and will play a DJ set at Brooklyn Bowl on Thursday, October 26th. As anyone vaguely aware of Talib Kweli knows, the man can spit with the best of ’em and arguably offers more […]
The News: Craig Finn will celebrate Halloween 2017 with a show at City Winery. Finn released his third solo album outside the confines of The Hold Steady in March of this year. Prior to the release of that disc, We All Want The Same Things, Finn dropped by WFUV for […]
The News: It’s not official yet but be optimistic that Sharon recorded enough tracks for a posthumous album that may be released before the end of the year. “Her spirit is driven by music, and this was always her source of inspiration to continue onwards, despite the odds. Sharon makes […]
The quintessential New Yorker will not be erased! Laurie Anderson, Lou Reed’s companion since the early 90s and wife from 2008 until his death in 2013, spearheaded the effort to present his complete archives to the NYPL in March. Lou Reed became synonymous with New York personifying its street smarts, […]
Some of The Black Angels’ publicity shots are trippy as befits the band. They are clearly at the head of the contemporary psychedelic rock class and arguably leading this year’s rock charge regardless of sub-genre. They are by no means passe trippy-dippy nor do their sounds feel like they […]
When Boston, Mass came out in 1985, it became one of my favorite records of my high school experience in Pepperell, Massachusetts. I connected with it sonically, locally, and emotionally. I still do. Five years ago, the Del Fuegos indulged me with an interview and session at WFUV as part […]
Tina Guo, the exciting and accomplished cellist and erhu player, turned up in New York this week. Her first love as well as her first training was in the classical realm but Guo’s playing evinces an enthusiasm for music across a wide array of genres. The Shanghai born, California raised and based […]
Judith Owen is on road with Bryan Ferry but she managed to steal a few minutes in front of a camera while the tour bus sat idle this week. In the Spring of 2014, I had a chance to speak to Judith Owen at her Slipper Room show. She […]
Raul Midón landed in town, showed off his chops, and shared some winning new tunes in two appearances last week. On the album Bad Ass And Blind that came out Friday, he offers a glimpse into his sightless world on Sound Shadows and his mantra for living on Pedal To The […]
Ladysmith Black Mambazo elevated the spirits of those in attendance at BB Kings on March 8th with a show that featured generations of singers. The passing of the torch from the elders of the group to younger members is evidenced by the title of their most recent album, last year’s […]
In December of 2015 Dawes played The Beacon as part of the Holiday Cheer for WFUV show which included Brandi Carlile, Sharon Jones and The Dap-Kings, and Lucius. While on stage, Taylor Goldsmith of Dawes remarked it would be cool to come back and headline the theatre on their own. […]
A tremendous lineup headed by Patti Smith and Iggy Pop has been unveiled for this year’s Tibet House benefit concert happening Thursday, March 16th at Carnegie Hall. Laurie Anderson, Alabama Shakes, and Sufjan Stevens as well as Bernard Sumner, Phil Cunningham, and Tom Chapman of New Order will all perform […]
The Zombies will make a pair of appearances in New York this month as their mighty Odessey & Oracle approaches its fiftieth birthday. The brilliant rock and pop outfit from St Albans, Hertfordshire in England are experiencing an amazing phase in their career that began in 1961. I was fortunate enough […]
The 43rd annual Fest For Beatles Fans brought together an impressive array of super-fans and people in a position to show and tell first hand accounts involving John, Paul, George, and Ringo. It was a pleasure to be able to roam around the Hyatt Regency Jersey City On The Hudson […]
The Quintessential New Yorker will not be erased! Laurie Anderson, Lou Reed’s companion since the early 90s and wife from 2008 until his death three and a half years ago, spearheaded the effort to present his complete archives to the NYPL. Lou Reed became synonymous with New York personifying its […]
Thievery Corporation are back with a new album, The Temple Of I & I, that was recorded in Jamaica and is the most dramatic manifestation of their career-long fascination with the music of that island. When Rob Garza and Eric Hilton first got together in DC in the mid 90s […]
Antibalas will be the house band and twenty artists will perform the songs of Aretha Franklin on Monday, March 6th at Carnegie Hall in the 14th annual tribute concert to benefit music education programs. Here’s the lineup: Melissa Etheridge, Kenny Loggins, Ann Wilson, Todd Rundgren, Sarah Dash, Glen Hansard, Rhiannon Giddens, […]
As anyone vaguely aware of Talib Kweli knows, the man can spit with the best of ’em and arguably offers more thought-provoking words per song than anyone in the game. The lyrics of Palookas from 2011’s Gutter Rainbows – “You ain’t gotta verse better than my worse one” – would […]
The Chili Peppers doing a pretty killer show at The Garden is hardly surprising. The Chili Peppers doing three distinct pretty killer shows however may be eyebrow-raising. They busted out covers like Simon & Garfunkel’s The Only Living Boy in New York and Search & Destroy by Iggy and The […]
Kronos Quartet Champions Humanity, Understanding Across Cultures – February 15, 2017 The Kronos Quartet are and have always been modern and progressive in the sense that they favor new music as opposed to playing works by composers like Haydn or Mozart who did their thing hundreds of years ago. Now […]