Celebrate Brooklyn! has several benefit concerts every season and one of them was M Ward, an artist who I really enjoy seeing live. When the subway came above ground in Brooklyn my view was a huge orange sun directly behind the Statue of Liberty. I know there are many beautiful natural sights in this country […]
My second night with Jackson Browne was similar to my first, which was slightly disappointing. His catalog is big enough that he could have done a completely different set. He did tell the audience that he allowed the audience from the night before dictate too many of the choices so he was sticking more to […]
During the height of the singer/songwriter/LA/Southern California period in the 1970s there was Jackson Browne and he was one of my favorites. His very personal lyrics combined with his political activism were certainly a major attraction. And then he recorded the best live album ever – Running on Empty. Instead of a greatest hits collection […]
louisef had said she’d seen Big Sam and his NOLA funk at the Rochester Jazz Festival and it sounded like a lot of fun. Then I got a promotional email offering tickets for Big Sam for one penny so rtb and I were so there. Since the Highline doesn’t set up tables on the floor […]
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 […]
