The main reason that rtb, violaleeblue, and I bought tickets for the Catalpa Music Festival is that we wanted to encourage more music festivals in NYC. There hasn’t been one since All Points West in 2009 and that was in Liberty State Park, NJ. As far as the scheduled acts were concerned I wanted to […]
Summer. Coney Island. Fireworks. Nathan’s. And the best (and a little of the worst) of oldies music. Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz has been running the Seaside Summer Concert Series for 34 years. As Marty reminded us several times this was the first Friday concert in all those years. This was because it was the […]
No, not another of my heavy metal outings. Tuesday night at Webster Hall was an indie/folk rock evening – three bands each similar and each unique. Besides loving the name Murder By Death, the band is also a favorite of Lucero’s. And apparently fishing buddies with a friend of mine. There was a stabbing a […]
Another reason to love NYC in the summer. The New York Philharmonic Concerts in the Park had been suspended but they’re back again. In parks all over the city you can sit on a blanket, eat take-out, drink wine, and enjoy the cool night air, the birds chirping, and the orchestra playing. Last night rtb […]
rtb and I were supposed to meet up at the George Clinton concert at Rockefeller Park. I ended up at another concert a few blocks down. While we were walking between the two shows I was looking out over the Hudson River and all the people enjoying two great shows in Battery Park and I […]
The center of the current heat wave that began last Friday was at Celebrate Brooklyn in the Prospect Park bandshell. Trombone Shorty is hot – physically and musically. Dayna Kurtz started the fire with her deep voice, sexy moves, and sweaty blues and rockabilly. Kurtz doesn’t have much range but she works it so the […]
