New Music Release
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After going 25 years refusing to play the songs of his old band, John Fogerty tears it up with full albums from the old days after recording new versions of CCR tunes with star pals.
Dancehall Ace Mr. Vegas has worked with Beyonce, Wyclef Jean, Snoop, and Shaggy while dropping a pair of albums in eighteen months.
Placebo played just two shows in the states this year but one of them was in New York where I had a chat with Brian Molko and Stefan Olsdal.
John McCauley dropped by NY1 on the release of the new Deer Tick album Negativity to talk about the record and play a couple of songs – just him and his acoustic.
The exceptional blues songstress Kirsten Thien played an unusual gig as part of the Society Cafe Concert Series at the Unitarian Church in Ridgewood, NJ.
Elvis Costello & The Roots celebrated the release of their collaborative album Wise Up Ghost with a show at the 600 person capacity Brooklyn Bowl. Audio of entire performance at WFUV.org.
Full performance of Another Life and Better On My Own recorded in ‘The Closet’ at NY1 in August of 2013.
Another Life is the latest CD from the outstanding singer/songwriter/guitar player James Maddock. He dropped by NY1 for a chat and a performance.
This was shot backstage at The Highline Ballroom earlier this summer on The Stranglers first trip to NYC in almost two decades. Watch the two minute report including video of the performance HERE.
Young Presidents, The Sugarhill Gang, Ivan Neville, Blondie Chaplin, Corey Glover, Adam Ezra, & Glen Campbell’s children (Victoria Ghost) join to raise money to research Alzheimer’s Disease plus a new CD from Dumpstaphunk.
Brilliant night with Plant and a worthy opening set from the man who shares a name with his band Phosphorescent.
Down into a hot basement on the Lower East Side where the always unpredictable and exciting JSBX jams and irons out material. Jon talks about what kind of band they are and their way of working.
