Celebrating Community
Wednesday, September 11, sees Brooklyn’s Knitting Factory host a night of original international synth acts. Co-headliners Parallels (Canada) and Nina (UK) are joined by New York artists Czarina and Bunny X, all of whom are leading female artists in the burgeoning synthwave scene. The term ‘synthwave’ broadly defines several styles of music heavily influenced by 1980s culture, from music to […]
I set out to write a story on busking, the hip word for performing in the streets, in hopes of meeting crazy characters and hearing spectacular stories the likes of which could only happen in the chaotic streets and underground train stations of New York City. However, I got no such tales from the dozen or so musicians I spoke […]
On September 14th and 15th, Zum Schneider will celebrate 20 years in Alphabet City. Known to have some of the most authentic Bavarian food in New York, alongside an extraordinarily curated beer selection, the restaurant will, sadly, be observing its final Oktoberfest this year (at least, in its current location). For their anniversary, they will feature the house polka band, […]
Alphabetically: Jalopy Tavern and Jalopy Theatre–closed today. Rocky Sullivan’s– barbecue at 3pm, live music with three different bands, starting at 6pm. Sunny’s–Doors open at 12pm, Mara Kaye with a backing band, live at 7pm
I was looking for something fun to do on Labor Day weekend, and found something amazing to do from August 30 to Sept. 10– The Brooklyn Wildlife Summer Festival: For ten nights (and some days) in a row, 150 performers will make music or art or yoga or comedy in 15 venues in Greenpoint, East Williamsburg, and Bushwick. Music styles […]
There’s a new wave of black artists tearing down, and redefining age-old commandments and narratives about their identities with uncompromising honesty, voice, and talent. One emerging band aims to be part of this movement. Bathe is a Brooklyn based duo comprised of Corey Smith – West and Devin Hobdy, guitarist/producer and singer-songwriter respectively. They met in 2014 while in college, […]
Scott Sharrard is a singer-songwriter and guitarist. He is perhaps best known as the former lead guitarist and musical director of The Gregg Allman Band, but his journey began long before that. Sharrard grew up in a musical household in Dearborn, Michigan. His father, also a musician, encouraged Scott from an early age by frequently taking him out to see […]
There is great reverence among the British towards certain American songwriters. The cultural impact crater from the US musical asteroid stretches across genres and time, and I’ve been unfortunate enough to bare witness to its effect in drizzly pubs, enduring a dire British approximation of a Johnny Cash impression in an oversized cowboy hat. As much as we fetishize American […]
Martina Arroyo, Kennedy Award ceremony honoree, soprano supreme, who has been a beacon of light and pioneer since the 1960’s and 1970’s, a crossover classical singer with a delightful sense of humor still is in the game. She is a brilliant teacher “go getter”and nurturer through her Martina Arroyo Foundation. This gala event occurred at the Kaye Playhouse at Hunter […]
The enormity of unreleased material Prince left behind him is the stuff of legend and the issues around making it available are complicated to say the least—from questions of ownership to the fact that Prince himself (as he made clear during his life) didn’t want his unfinished or abandoned projects made public. Even so, the late master’s heirs and his […]