Ingrid Michaelson hasn’t toured in a year and a half so when, on her Facebook page, she started announcing pop-up concerts I kept my eye open and I was rewarded with seeing the announcement of a concert at Joe’s Pub on the same day as her new cd Human Again was being released. Ingrid announced […]
First concert of the new year and I’m at the newly renovated Joe’s Pub with rtb and violaleeblue. They moved the entrance to inside the Public Theater and because my brain couldn’t adjust it felt like they had moved the stage instead. The bar is smaller and the terrible VIP section is gone. And now […]
Happy New Year to me! I had the most magical New Year’s Eve and I know that 2012 is going to be a good year because I was blessed by Patti Smith at midnight. For the last fourteen years Patti has played the Bowery Ballroom for New Year’s Eve and her birthday the night before […]
A highlight of the holiday week would be the pre-New Year’s Eve show at the Brooklyn Bowl, which is a bowling alley, music hall, and restaurant. I got there early so I could secure a place at the bar in the back – I had no intention of being in the middle of the madness. […]
My boss has a box at the Metropolitan Opera in the best section of the hall. So when he generously gave me the eight tickets for the box I called my friends who I knew would be interested and we all gathered to see La fille du régiment (Gaetano Donizetti with a French libretto by […]
Three ‘wordy’ singer/songwriters have just written novels and they gathered at the New York Public Library to talk about writing and to sing songs. The show wasn’t sold out but each of them has a loyal fan base, who were there to cheer and applaud. In Paul Holdengräber’s absence Wesley Stace (John Wesley Harding) served […]
Yes – she was dressed like Diane Keaton. White crocheted beret, white turtleneck with long sleeves that had thumbholes, white blazer, wide white pants, and white Christian Luboutin heels. The clothes all fuzzy and cashemere-y if not actual cashmere. Her real name is Diane Hall and her father called her Di-annie. Annie Hall, made after […]
Gilberto Gil used more than seven words to describe himself. Among them were singer, songwriter, musician, politician, environmentalist, and promoter of digital culture. In his opening remarks Paul Holdengräber mentioned a line from a favorite African poet: “When an old man or an old woman dies, a library dies with them.” It’s great that the […]
Two great artists – one known for her beautiful voice and interpretations and the other for his songwriting. Yet Joan Baez wrote one of the most beautiful songs ever and Kris Kristofferson’s voice can break your heart. Two more musicians that I have loved for years but have never seen live. And with Kristofferson it’s […]
This was the start of my birthday weekend so before the play I took myself out to dinner at Salinas in Chelsea. Salinas is the name of my mother’s hometown. The food is Spanish influenced and Chef Luis Bollo used to have an El Bulli style restaurant that didn’t do that well in NYC (the […]
