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 […]
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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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
A confession: I typically do not enjoy either memoirs by or biographies about musicians. I read a lot of them – and man, there are a lot of ’em – but it’s generally a chore. I would must rather listen to the music that’s being parsed. I generally don’t care […]
Tim McGraw unleashed a new album this month, his fourteenth: Damn Country Music. He marked the occasion by punching under his weight at the (tiny by his standards) 1,400 person capacity Edison Ballroom. This was in marked contrast to the 65,000 he performed for yesterday at the Homestead Miami Speedway prior to […]
Son Little said it was definitely a hometown show last week at Baby’s All Right in Brooklyn. The artist has been associated with Philly artists like The Roots and RJD2 whom he has worked with – and he has spent significant time in that city – but it turns out he […]