After turning out Radio City Music Hall the night before, Chvrches came onto the familiar stage at Terminal 5 on October 15 looking warm and comfortable. This was the group’s fifth time playing the cavernous venue on the banks of…
When most people talk about building a musical community, they are talking about working with bands and fans within a 10 mile to 20 mile radius. When Idio Gallery founder, Montana Simone says it, she’s talking about bridging the gap…
Mischief Brew lead singer Erik Petersen definitely had himself a happy birthday weekend capping off the fun with a sold out show at Brooklyn’s newest venue, Sunnyvale in Bushwick on Saturday night. The show was Sunnyvale’s first ever as they…
This week I went to to see Jure Pukl Group play at Smalls, my favorite jazz club in New York. Jure has recorded and performed with renowned jazz musicians and his latest album “Abstract Society,” featuring Vijay Iyer on piano, Joe Sanders…
Best things in life hardly ever start before midnight. Nickel and Dime OPS album release party kicked off right around that time at The Cutting Room – a nice venue with a theatrical, subdued atmosphere. This dynamic group of insanely…
London-based singer-songwriter Phildel staged a highly acclaimed show at Joe’s Pub on a Wednesday night. The singer-songwriter, known for a neo-classical style of singing and arranging, performed songs from her debut album “The disappearance of a girl” adding a haunting…
Town Bloody Hall (1979, filmed 1971) – D.A. Pennebaker & Chris Hegedus D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus were fortunate enough to cover a debate between notorious misogynist author Norman Mailer and the leading cadre of feminist of the day, including…
Fun Glasgow rockers Franz Ferdinand made the audience at Manhattan Center’s Hammerstein Ballroom twist and shout last Tuesday night during their NYC gig, part of the US tour supporting new album Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action. The evening opened with…
This year the annual St. Patrick’s day parade over 5th avenue in Manhattan was really snowy! And also got rescheduled for Saturday, instead of Sunday… Here are a bunch of photos I took there. Click on the images for a…
Opening on March 5th at New York City Center is Jackie, a solo play by Elfriede Jelinek – author of The Piano Teacher, and winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2004. The play’s subject, Jackie Kennedy Onassis, is an image indelibly…
