The last review I wrote was back in December 2016. Since then I’ve seen many concerts but haven’t written them up. Why? I’m not sure. Continuing depression since the November election and the then upcoming inauguration? Probably. Difficulty sitting and writing – that constant nagging voice that what I write is never good enough? Probably. […]
By the time Kenny the sound guy texted me about Lenny Kaye’s 70th birthday party at the Bowery Ballroom it was sold out. But lucky me – Kenny put me on the list. While I was at the downstairs bar waiting for the doors to open I noticed a lot of gray-haired men and women […]
Since it was first performed in the US in the early 1990s, I have wanted to see Mark Morris’ The Hard Nut. I’ve seen the American Ballet Theatre perform The Nutcracker but I knew Morris’ interpretation would be fun. And now that I have seen it, I’m so disappointed that I didn’t see it sooner. […]
It was time for Ingrid Michaelson’s 10th Annual Holiday Hop. For this year, she went back to where it began at Bowery Ballroom. I had asked Kenny (the sound guy) if he could reserve a table for me and I hadn’t heard from him before I would have to leave the house in order to […]
The official annual event was taking place in Town Hall, one of the best auditoriums in NYC. It’s intimate and there’s not a bad seat in the house. This is Steve Earle’s benefit for the Keswell School (formerly known as the McCarton School), a school for children and young adults with autism, which Earle’s son, […]
This is now an annual event since this is the second year that Steve Earle is putting on this show to raise money for the Keswell School (formerly known as the McCarton School) for children and young adults with autism, which Earle’s son, John Henry, attends. The actual show would be the next night at […]
It was with great anticipation and trepidation that I approached an evening with Jasmine Cephas-Jones at Joe’s Pub. I knew she was a brilliant singer because I’d seen her in Hamilton and listened to her many times on the cast album. She contributed beautiful harmonies as Peggy Schulyer and she had a magnificent star turn […]
This LIVE from the NYPL event was held in one of the auditoriums on the third floor. I used to go to the Main Branch of the NYPL on 42nd Street all the time for research. There were other libraries closer to me but this one has everything. All of this was pre-internet, of course. […]
This was my third time at Bowery Electric this year. The first was for Tommy Stinson (which was this summer and I still haven’t written up yet) and then to see a friend’s band, Pale Moon Gang (which I’m not going to write up), and then finally to see James Chance and the Contortions two […]
I shouldn’t read my Playbill. Reading an ad during Fall for Dance made me want to go to the Vail Dance Festival: ReMix NYC. And reading an ad during the Vail Dance Festival: ReMix NYC made me want to go see Chita: Nowadays at Carnegie Hall. Chita is, of course, Miss! Chita! Rivera! who I […]
