Preservation Hall Jazz Band Brooklyn Bowl December 22, 2013 Sunday night, I caught the legendary jazz institution, Preservation Hall Jazz Band at Brooklyn Bowl. Lead by Ben Jaffe, son of the band’s original founder and […]
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The duo (and cousins) behind Painted Palms, Reese Donahue and Christopher Prudhomme have almost always used the Internet – at first out of necessity, and later out of preference – to collaborate on their songwriting. […]
The Atlanta, GA-based band, Blair Crimmins and the Hookers have dedicated their musical careers to revive and bring Ragtime and 1920s Dixieland jazz to new audiences – especially those audiences who may have been unfamiliar […]
Russ Manning, a member of Twin Shadow, released one of my favorite albums last year, +1 EP under the moniker Rush Midnight. The material on that EP is reminiscent of the slickly produced, seductive, synth-based R&B you’d hear on WBLS’s […]
The Brooklyn-based band, the Bushwick Hotel have a sound that manages to sound somewhat familiar and yet difficult to pin down. When you hear their latest single, “Take Care of My Girl” from the multidisciplinary […]
http://www.nbc.com/assets/video/widget/widget.html?vid=n38632 The Preservation Hall Jazz Band’s latest album, That’s It! marks a new development for the legendary New Orleans jazz institution’s history – it’s the first time that the band is playing original compositions. Although the material […]
My Gift to You is Davell Crawford’s first full-length release in well over a decade. Released through the renowned Basin Street Records, the album is Crawford’s love letter to his birthplace and hometown, and it features […]
New Music Seminar Festival NY 2013 — Day 1: Ahmir, Etivan, 2AM Club, Baby Bee, and the Soul Rebels at Webster Hall 6/9/13
New Music Seminar Festival NY 2013 Day 1: Ahmir, Etivan, 2AM Club, Baby Bee, and the Soul Rebels Webster Hall June 9, 2013 The New Music Seminar can trace its history back to the 1980 […]
It’s been about 14 years since Davell Crawford has released a proper, full-length album, and My Gift to You, which Basin Street Records released today marks a couple of interesting events – Crawford’s first release with […]
My Gift to You is the first album of original material that Davell Crawford has released in over 13 years, and the material on the album, which includes guest appearances from the likes of Big Freedia, […]
