Last week I had tickets for M Ward at Webster Hall and the Avett Brothers at Terminal 5. Since both then booked outdoor shows for Celebrate Brooklyn and SummerStage respectively, I decided to sell those tickets. I was especially happy to not have to go to T5. I hate that place. But here I was […]
Lisa Bianco is an artist that people fall in love with the first time they see her perform. It happened to me years ago when she was fronting Red Jacket and I was at a small East Village bar to watch my friends perform. And it’s happened to friends of mine when I take them […]
Last May NYC got David Ford for three nights (spread out – Piermont, Manhattan, and Brooklyn) but this year it’s a short tour with only one night in NYC. There were pleas to buy tickets because if we didn’t then David might never come back to the US. And you know we couldn’t let that […]
Two friends had an extra ticket (in the orchestra!) for the Metropolitan Opera and invited me to join them to see Guiseppe Verdi’s La Traviata with libretto by Francesco Maria Piave and based on Alexandre Dumas’ La Dame aux Camélias. (Dumas is the son of the author of The Three Musketeers.) The novel and play […]
Many years ago Schaefer and then Dr. Pepper used to sponsor summer concerts at the Wollman Rink in Central Park. For $5 to $15 you could see top acts surrounded by NYC’s green oasis. Later the concerts moved to the pier next to the Intrepid (where I did not see U2 because who knew they […]
My Boys™ were back at Webster Hall. Not my favorite venue for them, especially on a Friday night. Webster Hall starts the live music an hour earlier on Fridays and Saturdays because at 11pm the show has to end so they can clear the audience out and become a dance club. Back in the old […]
Last night rtb, violaleeblue, and I went to see a new (to me) band at Webster Hall. The problem is that the sound at Webster Hall can get muddy. Plus it’s the size of the space – it’s a little to big to get that intimate feeling you can get from a band at Bowery […]
This was the last weekend of Dr. John’s residency at BAM – this weekend the focus was the music of New Orleans. I got there just before showtime and the lobby was crowded. This time there was an art exhibit and I took a look after the show but nothing really stood out for me. […]
The southern USA weekend continues in full force. We move from the bayous of Louisiana to Memphis with a short roundabout detour through Texas. rtb, violaleeblue, and I started the evening at Mable’s Smokehouse, which is next to the Brooklyn Brewery, which is next to the Brooklyn Bowl. The three of chose the pulled pork […]
Back to BAM for the second show of Dr. John’s residency at BAM. This weekend’s shows feature Locked Down the Dan Auerbach (Black Keys) produced cd. For this show the beautiful Howard Gilman Opera House was packed and seemed equally divided between Black Keys fans and Dr. John fans. They were also a noisy bunch […]
