There are a lot of southern alt-country/Americana/indie boys, who started in punk and sing with whiskey-soaked voices. I’ve seen several of them on The Revival Tour and I was really looking forward to this show. Cory Branan I’d seen a bunch of times and I adore him. He is a storyteller and uses words brilliantly. […]
Peter saw this on the Hill Country BBQ site and it seemed like it would be a lot of fun. rtb joined us on Sunday night for some more bbq and music. This time we knew the score when it came to ordering the food and drink. But we were thrown a curve when we […]
Saturday was one of those whiplash weather days that NYC is famous for. It had been cold – close to freezing. But on Saturday it was over 50 degrees. Perfect weather for checking out a gallery in Maspeth, Queens (on the Brooklyn border). The Knockdown Center is an old factory (they invented and manufactured the […]
So when Rhett Miller posted that he was playing a gig with Rusty Truck at Hill Country BBQ for free – for free – I knew I had to be there. Rhett and BBQ – what could be better? Before the show I needed to use the restroom and imagine my surprise when I went […]
How often do you leave the theater saying that now you want to read the book? Well that happened to some of us when we left Hamilton. Lin-Manuel Miranda’s (book, music, and lyrics/Alexander Hamilton) musical was inspired by Ron Chernow’s biography. The musical covers Hamilton’s life from the time he joins the Revolution to his […]
You know how sometimes you Google a name from your past just to see what comes up? Well, I Googled a childhood friend and found an email and got in touch with her. It took a while but we managed to hook up and we made a date to meet in Roslyn, Long Island and […]
Fifty years ago, Phil Ochs performed at the Interlude Café in Kew Gardens, Queens, NYC. Now the café is called Odradeks and an SRO crowd gathered together to celebrate Phil’s birthday. December 19 would have been Phil’s 75th birthday and in celebration there were concerts performed all over the US, Canada, and the UK. Phil […]
John Henry’s Friends was the first annual charity concert for the Keswell School (formerly the McCarton School) in NYC. The school was founded on the belief that children diagnosed with ASD can live full and productive lives as integrated members of their communities. John Henry is Steve Earles’s son. John Henry is five years old […]
In an effort to get as many free memberships, through her IDNYC, as she can before December 31st, rtb has been running quickly through a lot of the cultural institutions of all five boroughs. On Sunday I joined her at the museum of the Bronx Historical Society. I got there late and just did a […]
C-Boy’s Heart and Soul has the heart of a dive bar and the soul of a chitlin’ circuit club. The small stage is backed by a shiny gold curtain. Miss Lavelle White is 86 years old, has been performing since she was 15yo, and recorded her first album in 1994. She is a class act. […]
