The New York Philharmonic’s Concerts in the Parks are a NYC institution and always draws a huge crowd. This year I met my friend Jack and rtb in Central Park for the first of this summer’s concerts. Concerts in the Parks is also celebrating its 50th anniversary. The weather reports for the week had said […]
The Hudson Square Music & Wine Festival is in full swing. It’s free every summer Tuesday and takes place in the lot behind City Winery. I missed the first show last week but I was determined to see Bhi Bhiman as a headliner and with a full band. The rain started falling at 5:15pm just […]
Ben Nichols’ (Lucero) Bikeriders solo tour never brings him as far north as NYC, so I was thrilled that we were going to get Ben along with Rick Steff (Lucero) for a show. The performance was in a new venue (just had their grand opening Friday of last week), The Shop, which advertises itself as […]
My introduction to John Moreland came through Ben Nichols’ (Lucero) cover of “God’s Medicine.” This was a songwriter I had to get to know better. So when I found out that Moreland would be playing at Rockwood’s Stage 3, I immediately bought a ticket and convinced mollyT, rtb, and violaleeblue to join me. From Tulsa, […]
Usually I go see the New York Classical Theater productions in the latter part of the summer at Battery Park. This time rtb reminded us of their early summer productions in Central Park. So I took the subway up to 103rd Street to see a panoramic theater production of The Taming of the Shrew. Just […]
