My last concert before a six-month hiatus. It could have been a bigger blowout but what I got was pretty damn good. Both acts brought out all the anarchic old hippies switching seats as soon as they came in and throughout the show. No photos were allowed and there was constant picture taking. I was […]
The Milk Carton Kids are The Smothers Brothers for today’s generation. Part folk singers and part stand-up comedy with sweet harmonies, great guitar picking, and dry wit. The comparison is not perfect but the Milk Carton Kids stand apart from their contemporaries with those ethereal harmonies and the ability to laugh at themselves when everyone […]
Five dollar movie, good wine, and good food. The only thing better would be a great movie, which 20 Feet From Stardom most definitely is. There seems to be a theme to my City Winery movie viewing (the last one was Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me), which is seeing great artists not receive commercial […]
The Carolina Chocolate Drops performing at BAM’s Howard Gilman Opera House. A performance which would include a premiere of Cornbread Duet choreographed by Twyla Tharp and danced by real-life couple New York City Ballet principal dancers Robert Fairchild and Tiler Peck. Whew. This was happening the same evening as the Rock and Roll Hall of […]
