Live Music
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One complaint – The Apollo has been open about 100 years and they haven’t figured out how to sell drinks. Lines were crazy…Other than that – excellent time. SJ spared no expense as a full 17 piece band backed her up!
First of all, let’s marvel at the wonder of the glowing drink stirring thingy at Radio City: Here is a taste of the performance:
Day One: Psychotic Medication The 41th annual Jazzfest kicked off today on a wet and wild day in New Orleans. I started shortly after noon by taking in some traditional blues and ragtime played by Clive Wilson’s New Orleans Serenaders featuring Butch Thomson. Some fine trombone, clarinet, and trumpet playing […]
As a guy who lived in Hawaii for 3 and a half years, the memories were flooding back and I enjoyed Hapa’s concert immensely. I got to rub elbows with host Peter Fonda too!
Bob Mould – touring behind his 9th solo album Life and Times hit Irving Plaza last night. Getting a breathless, relentless audio assault was not a surprise but the way he ended was…
The inimitable Motorhead reminded all who dared witness how mighty they are…Many good pix taken by the Brooklyn Vegan.
Gaucho is not the most highly regarded of Steely Dan albums but the songs came alive last night to begin a killer evening.
I’m not such a big fan of festivals. Seeing more than a few bands on one day can be grueling and the sound and stadium-like lack of intimacy generally keep me away. However, I was fortunate to go to the lovely Liberty State Park on Saturday as it was the […]
The weather held up and Los Lobos sailed through a dynamite set while our boat cruised the Hudson. Don’t Worry Baby & Down on the Riverbed were highlights of the early going. David Hidalgo got out the squeezebox for some traditional Mexican boleros and they blazed through Not Fade Away, […]
It had been 25 years since Robert Cray had played Prospect Park but overcame the rain and turned in a fine performance on Friday night.