Bowlive 5: Soulive with the London Souls, the Shady Horns and George Porter, Jr. Brooklyn Bowl March 15 2014 Having two fairly demanding jobs often means that i have competing demands for my time and […]
Tag: Jimi Hendrix
Holy Vacants, the forthcoming, fourth, full-length effort from Morristown, NJ-based quartet, Trophy Scars may arguably be the band’s most ambitious work to date. Based on a 35 page screenplay treatment written by the band’s lead vocalist, […]
A Q&A with the Halley DeVestern Band
Consisting of several grizzled veterans of the NYC music scene, the four primary members of the Halley Devestern Band, Halley Devestern (vocals), David Patterson (guitar), Tom Heinig (bass) and Rich Kulsar (drums) met the way […]
There are a handful of artists whose work has been so influential and so important that it reverberates and speaks to generations of musicians and listeners. How can one think of modern music without the […]
A Q&A with the Deltahorse
“Hey Yuri,” the first single off the self-titled debut effort from the Deltahorse received quite a bit of attention across the blogosphere as the single’s sound was compared by many bloggers to that of the likes […]
Hiatus Kaiyote, Jose James and Shuggie Otis at Summerstage, Rumsey Playfield 8/11/13
Hiatus Kaiyote, José James and Shuggie Otis Summerstage, Rumsey Playfield August 11, 2013 During the summer, Summerstage, one of New York’s longest running outdoor music, arts and culture festivals has continued an extended run at […]
August 6th marks the long anticipated release of Anna Rose’s sophomore effort, Behold A Pale Horse. As the follow up to her critically well-received debut, Nomad, Pale Horse is more than a sonic departure from her debut, […]
I caught the extremely young, Los Angeles, CA-based trio of the Vim Dicta at a relatively early set at Piano’s on Monday night and I was impressed – they play with a confidence and assuredness […]
a Q&A with Anna Rose
Although she’s the daughter of Alan Menken, the pianist, musical theater and film composer best known for the beloved Disney films such as Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, The Little Mermaid, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Pocahontas and others, the […]
Preview: Summerstage Preview Showcase at the Highline Ballroom 1/10/13
Back in 1986 the City Parks Foundation created Summerstage in the spirt of Central Park’s original purpose – to serve as a free, public resource to help culturally enrich the lives of New Yorkers. The […]
a Q&A with the Linus Pauling Quartet
The Linus Pauling Quartet has been around for almost 20 years now, and in an age where the music industry and music fans have become increasingly fickle, their longevity as a band is something that […]
Fuzz is the loud. psychedelic-minded power chord rock project of Ty Segall and Charlie Moonheart. Play it loud enough, and it should bring to mind the sounds of the late 60s and early 70s – […]
We’ve got one last video for Jimi Hendrix’s 70th birthday. Check out this live footage of Jimi performing his cover of Bob Dylan’s “All Along the Watchtower.” Much like Hendrix’s cover of “Hey Joe,” Hendrix […]
Interestingly enough, most people don’t know that Jimi Hendrix’s “Hey Joe,” is a cover – a cover that Hendrix made completely his own. Hendrix’s version has a haunting, eerie feel that brings out the jealous […]
YouTube is a wonderful place where you can find all manner of things. Today would have been Jimi Hendrix’s 70th birthday, and while looking for videos to celebrate the occasion, I came across this great […]