Celebrating Community
The Dr. Who themed space redefines the bar experience with events curated to a nerdy clientele. The Way Station, located in Prospect Heights, certainly offers a healthy variety of traditional bar activities: it’s the Prospect Heights’ venue for Geeks Who Drink, the national trivia company where losers who can’t free up RAM in their brains for more useful knowledge get […]
Led by Martin Phillipps, The Chills are one of New Zealand’s best-known indie rock bands and foundation of the famed ‘Dunedin Sound’ (cited as an influence by the likes of Pavement and R.E.M.). Starting-out out in the early 1980s on the Flying Nun label, the band achieved cult status in Europe and on US college radio, before being signed to […]
On February 16th, Colombian composer and sound artist Lucrecia Dalt will be giving her first U.S. performance since 2014 at Issue Project Room, in Downtown Brooklyn. Dalt calls on her training as a former geotechnical engineer to create hypnotic and poetic improvisations, fusing a sense of time and space, earth and breath. Sounding like something between Laurie Anderson and early […]
Hank Roberts Trio at The Owl Music Parlor Friday, Jan 18, The Owl Music Parlor (497 Rogers Ave.), 7pm : Hank Roberts will be performing with his trio featuring Vinnie Sperrazza (drums) and Jacob Sacks (piano). If you’re not familiar with Roberts, he is one of the true iconoclasts of the cello, using it to invoke the heart of Americana […]
Donald O’Finn: Artist, Rebel, and Proprietor of Freddy’s Bar The original Freddy’s Bar is one of the great, lost places in Brooklyn. Once a rumored to be a speakeasy during prohibition, it later became a key, cultural hub and ground zero for the resistance to the assault on Brooklyn by real estate developers. The dark front room featured an outstanding wooden bar, red […]
On December 15, New Brown Memorial Baptist Church at Clinton Street and Center Street held its annual Christmas concert, performed by the Sister Helen Lee Keyboard Ensemble and Drum Corps. The concert showcased youth talent honed in the church’s music program, led by the internationally acclaimed author James McBride and fellow instructor Damon Due White. Founded in 1954 by McBride’s […]
The New Year is upon us and there’s nothing like picking up and dusting off that guitar, keyboard, or trumpet that has maybe laid in wait too long. Did you know that Red Hook has many opportunities to play with your neighbors and friends? Bene’s Record Shop, Jalopy Theater, Rocky Sullivan’s, and Sunny’s all offer jam sessions of varying genre […]
* critics pick Bene’s RECORD SHOP* 360 Van Brunt St. 718-855-0360 All Shows 8:30PM, unless noted. Check local listings! IBEAM 168 7th Street between 2nd and 3rd Ave. ibeambrooklyn.com shows at 8PM unless otherwise printed. SAT 12/8 Chris Cochrane’s Collapsible Shoulder Chris Cochrane – Guitar w/ Brian Chase, Kato Hideki, Kevin Bud Jones two sets SUN 12/9 Deric Dickens Presents*: […]
The peaceful brownstone blocks of Brooklyn frequently hide a staggering amount of talented characters. We are often surrounded by unusual people and don’t even know it. As a musician and a writer, I am intrigued by those who should be better known but aren’t. One such fellow is singer-songwriter-guitarist Matt Statler. Originally hailing from St. Louis, Missouri, Statler’s Americana sound […]
Walking into the Jalopy last Saturday, November 24th, felt like walking into the world portrayed by the Coen Brothers in 2012’s Inside Llewyn Davis: dimly lit, with red and white tea lights hanging from the ceiling, exposed brick walls, a bright, red curtain framing the stage. Most attendees contributed to the coziness of the décor with thickly knit sweaters and […]