A night at The Bottom Line was a room full of haze from all the cigarette smoke. A joint is passed over from the table next to you and as you wonder if you’ll get in trouble you look over at the bar and there’s the headliner hanging out and smoking his own joint. As […]
The first day of summer! And I’m at my first outdoor concert of the summer! And it’s in a parking lot and it is going to be hot! But it’s free! And they have great wine! Hudson Square Music and Wine Festival is a Tuesday night series of free concerts behind City Winery. I got […]
We just saw The Low Anthem in March but couldn’t resist seeing them again – especially because Crispy Girl was up from Florida and would be joining us. She’s been catching a lot of our favorite acts when they swing through her town and it’s great to hear and read about her experiences with the […]
So I swore that I would never set foot in Terminal 5 again. With the exception of there being someone I really wanted to see. And Okkervil River is one of those bands. The show was not sold out and based on the very small group on the roof deck waiting for the club doors […]
I’ve been a fan of Paul Simon for as long as I can remember. In September 1981 I was in Central Park for the Simon and Garfunkel reunion. In August 1991 I was back in the park for Simon’s solo concert. And now in June 2011 I was at Webster Hall – a relatively intimate […]
Another event in the !Sí Cuba! Festival were free concerts at BAMcafé. I was going to go to both the Friday and Saturday night shows but ended up only seeing the show on Friday. When they say get there early they weren’t kidding – the venue fills up quickly. It’s used by both the neighborhood […]
There’s a celebration of Cuban arts and culture in NYC from March until June 2011 called the !Sí Cuba! Festival and I’ve missed most of what I wanted to see (including the Cuban choreographers working with Ballet Hispanico) but I did manage to make it to Cuban Visions, which is an exhibit of contemporary Cuban […]
Elvis Costello is back in town – for two sold-out nights at the Beacon Theatre and this time with the Imposters and the Wheel. If you go to his website you can spin the wheel yourself and listen to whatever song comes up. Stage left is the giant wheel and stage right is a go-go […]
The Head and the Heart (I keep wanting to write The Hand and the Heart) are bouncy. Very bouncy. The three singers are bouncy. The keyboardist and drummer are bouncing in their seats. Singing lines like “someday we’ll all be ghosts” or “I want to die with the one I love” while bouncing all over […]
I don’t have time to write a full review today but I caught this band last night at a sold-out show and they’re very good. I wanted to let you know that they’re appearing on Jimmy Fallon tonight, so here’s your chance to see what may be the next big thing. Full review of Mercury […]
