Aubrey Johnson delicately holds the mic in her hand as she sings into it with her eyes closed and brow slightly furrowed. She doesn’t strain to reach a particular note so much as to find the right tone to…
by Mart Kawaii • • Comments Off on ‘The Most Dangerous Band in America’ Destroys Brooklyn
There are some bands that are ridiculously loud and then there is DESTRUCTION UNIT. Their set at Brooklyn’s Market Hotel is not the first time I have walked out of a venue with my ears still ringing. But it is…
by Noreña • • Comments Off on The Legal Aid Society: Second Annual Winter Benefit 01/28/16
The Legal Aid Society is a private, not-for-profit organization dedicated to providing legal representation to low-income New Yorkers. With offices in Manhattan and Brooklyn and specializing in Civil, Criminal, and Juvenile Rights Practices, they bear out through works their belief,…
by Mart Kawaii • • Comments Off on Grammy-nominated Highly Suspect get ready for UK tour
Highly Suspect is a name, you will have trouble not forgetting. I have to admit the first time I’ve heard the first single “Lydia” of their debut album, I was surprised by fact they haven’t made big just yet. The…
by Mart Kawaii • • Comments Off on Gogol Bordello’s New Years Eve Bash + interview with Eugene Hutz
My preparation for the New Year began with security and getting wristbands for admission and drinks for the annual Gogol Bordello show at Terminal 5 – (music venue in Hell’s Kitchen with a capacity of 3,000 people.) Inside the concert…
by Mart Kawaii • • Comments Off on Ravi Coltrane Residency at Jazz Standard
Ravi Coltrane brought a stellar group with him for an exciting six day long residency at Jazz Standard. Ravi Coltrane is the son of John and Alice Coltrane, he released six critically acclaimed albums as a leader as well as played…
What clever rubric explains my selection of songs for the year 2014? There is none. I’m usually satisfied with a tried and true playlist, even if many of the songs are a few years old. That said, our interconnectedness through…
by Mart Kawaii • • Comments Off on SEEING SOUNDS – Daniel Morrow presents The Bedford Green Project
NYC’s hottest multimedia experience, The Bedford Green Project, merges music and cinema into one mad experimental night of total artistic freedom, in the process redefining synesthesia – the state of mind when you can see the sounds and hear the…
by Mart Kawaii • • Comments Off on “The Book of Esther” by David Homan CD Release Party at Steinway Hall
On October 1st David Homan, a composer and collaborative artist who is also the Executive Director of the America-Israel Cultural Foundation celebrated the CD release of his newest work “The Book of Esther,” an 11 part movement that revisits a Biblical story…
by Mart Kawaii • • Comments Off on Alice Sungurov releases debut video
NYC-based singer-songwriter Alice Sungurov’s first single “So Blind” melts quirky pop with punk-rockish rhythm all wrapped up in a creative and colorful video. Released through HitPlay Records – a subsidiary of Sony Music – the song has a…