Donovan was inducted into The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame this Spring and he decided to play three concerts in the U.S this fall to celebrate with a promise of a full-on tour next year. At the intimate 800 capacity Society for Ethical Culture on the UWS, he reminded […]
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It was a ridiculous weekend as I doubled dipped at Jazz at Lincoln Center on Friday and saw arguably the greatest living harmonica player AND the greatest living sax player in the same evening – James Cotton in the spectacular Allen Room and Pharoah Sanders at Dizzys. As I’m a […]
My love for Bob Mould and Green Day was reaffirmed and strengthened this month with two absolutely wicked shows. Bob did a freebie at Williamsburg Park in which he played Copper Blue in its entirety and unleashed a handful from new Sugar-y The Silver Age CD which he said was […]
Clearly, one of the greatest R&B singers – the greatest R&B singers that you can count on one hand but candidly, I was a little disappointed in the Al Green show at the Beacon Theatre on August 22nd. Of course they were sublime moments like How Do You Mend a […]
I got to chat with Pat DiNizio of the Smithereens aboard the Rockin’ The River Cruise last night (8/10) and bits of the conversation will be included in next Wednesday’s NY1 Music Report. The Smithereens were fantastic. They ripped through the best songs of their catalog and indulged in a […]
Diamond Rugs hung out in NYC a bit recently for a David Letterman appearance and a gig opening last Sunday June 24th for Alabama Shakes at Central Park on Summerstage. On Tuesday, I met the Rugs at WFUV where they performed five tracks from the album and chatted with me […]
The Heavy and The Hives have some things in common. Both gave hard driving, sweaty performances and interacted with their audiences in a way that fed their energy while working fans into a lather at sold out venues – The Heavy at The Mercury Lounge on Monday, June 18th, 2012 […]
On Tuesday, May 22nd I was lucky enough to find myself with a scorching hot ticket which granted me admission to the Roseland Ballroom for the Alabama Shakes and Jack White. The Shakes’ singer, Brittany Howard has more Janis Joplin in her than anybody I’ve ever seen. She’s a powerhouse […]
I don’t remember ever having heard the 1979 classic Cruel to be Kind in concert before last month but I heard it twice in the span of a couple of weeks. The first was at the Nick Lowe show at Town Hall on April 25th. The 63 year old Lowe […]
I’m all about Dr. John and enjoyed him wildly recently in New Orleans and at Prospect Park so I was relishing the chance to see him in a venue with acoustics as opposed to outside. The circumstances were special – a three week residency (consecutive Thursday through Saturday engagements) at […]
In a seven day stretch that started with Van Halen at Mohegan Sun and included They Might Be Giants at Terminal 5, (not to mention Boston Symphony Orchestra at Carnegie Hall) Soulive at Brooklyn Bowl was not only my favorite show of the week but is the show to beat […]
As I told Dan Zanes, Warren Zanes, and Woody Giessmann in Studio A on February 9, 2012 – Boston, Mass was a…nay THE defining album in my high school experience so to have them roll into the Bronx after not playing for 20 years was astonishing and a little surreal. […]
Recently I had the chance to interview Umphrey’s McGee – the Chicago stalwarts and ballsy newcomers Howler. It was the same day – Friday, January 20, 2012 and UM turned up in the late morning before the first of their two gigs at Best Buy Theater. Unlike the usual sessions, these guys […]
Top Ten Albums of 2011 1. Paul Simon; So Beautiful or So What 2. Tom Waits; Bad as Me 3. Danger Mouse & Daniele Luppi: Rome 4. Wilco; The Whole Love 5. Wild Flag; Wild Flag 6. Feist; Metals 7. Real Estate; Days 8. Girls; Father, Son, Holy Ghost 9. […]
Steve Earle and the Dukes (and the Duchesses) shined during a generous 2 and a half hour, 2-set evening at the Music Hall of Williamsburg this past Wednesday, September 14th which was also simulcast on SiriusXM’s Outlaw Country. The eclectic set borrowed heavily from his latest album, I’ll Never Get […]
After seeing the first ever Horrible Crowes show at the Bowery Ballroom on Thursday evening, I was fortunate enough to host a session with them Friday. They were fantastic on both occasions and a bunch of good eggs. Brian Fallon (in the plain white T-shirt), whose established himself as a […]
Providence’s Deer Tick led but John McCauley played a phenomenal Nirvana tribute show at the Brooklyn Bowl …
This show was brilliant but Josh Homme’s stage patter was just as lame on this night as it was during the TCV show last year – he looks like a frat boy, dresses like Garth Brooks, and everything out of his mouth when he is not singing is either banal […]
The Vaccines – Justin Young (vocals, guitar), Árni Árnason (bass), Freddie Cowan (guitar), Pete Robinson (drums) – just released their debut album, What Did You Expect From The Vaccines, and back in January the London-based 4-piece did their first ever interview in the USA with me (representing WFUV and The […]