Kat Wright and the indomitable Soul Band and Superhuman Happiness Drom January 17, 2015 A little over two weeks ago, i was at Drom to catch a night of funk and soul featuring the Burlington, […]
Tag: Photo Essay
Halley DeVestern Band at Mercury Lounge 1/19/15
If you’ve been regularly following JOVM for the past year or so, you may remember that early last year I interviewed the members of the Halley DeVestern Band after the release of their most recent effort, Fabbo! Boffo! Smasho! And what […]
Electric Cowbell Records APAP Showcase at Drom 1/10/15: Chop and Quench
Electric Cowbell Records APAP Showcase feat. Chop and Quench Drom January 10, 2015 The Association of Performing Arts Presenters (APAP) hosts an annual conference, networking forum and market place for performing arts professionals – mainly […]
Raccoon Fighter, Rocket and The Ghost and The Pumps at the Living Room 12/31/14
Raccoon Fighter, Rocket and The Ghost and The Pumps Living Room December 31, 2014 As I previously mentioned, I had a rather bitter falling out with a dear friend and it meant that my initial […]
From Below at Fontana’s 12/12/14
From Below Fontana’s December 12, 2014 As 2014 was drawing to a close, I managed to close it out as I know best – by catching a number of shows across town. One of the […]
Needle Points, Twincest, Paperhaus and Zula at Palisades 12/10/14
Needle Points, Twincest, Paperhaus and Zula Palisades December 10, 2014 With 2014 coming to a close, there will be a bit of looking back at the year that was – a year that managed to […]
Wax Witches and The Blind Shake at Baby’s All Right 11/26/14
Wax Witches and The Blind Shake Baby’s All Right November 26, 2014 Back on Thanksgiving Eve, I was at Baby’s All Right for an early evening of music from the Brooklyn-based trio of Wax Witches, whose melodic punk […]
Afropunk Festival Day 2: 8/24/14
Afropunk Festival Commodore Barry Park, Fort Greene Brooklyn August 24, 2014 If you’ve been following JOVM for a while, you’d know that throughout the bulk of the site’s history, I’ve essentially ran the site full-time and as […]
Os Clavelitos at the LIC Bar 12/15/14
Os Clavelitos LIC Bar December 15, 2014 As many of you know, throughout the bulk of JOVM’s history, i was running the site while maintaining full-time positions at a company located in Times Square, and […]
Dub Champions Festival at Brooklyn Bowl 9/24/14 feat. Subatomic Sound System, Lee “Scratch” Perry and Special Guests
Dub Champions Festival feat. Subatomic Soundsystem, Lee “Scratch” Perry and Special Guests Brooklyn Bowl September 24, 2014 As I’ve mentioned countless times, running a blog full-time while having a full-time job often results in having […]
Brown Sabbath: Brownout’s Latin Funk Interpretations of Black Sabbath at Brooklyn Bowl 9/5/14
Brown Sabbath: Brownout’s Latin Funk Interpretations of Black Sabbath Brooklyn Bowl September 5, 2014 As I’ve mentioned countless times, often having two completely different jobs often creates competing and sometimes contradictory demands for my time […]
Sonny Knight and the Lakers at The Knitting Factory 10/16/14
Sonny Knight and the Lakers The Knitting Factory October 16, 2014 Soul music has seen quite a resurgence in popularity over the past decade or so, as a number of contemporary acts have revived and […]
Untitled (The CMJ Edition)
If you’ve followed JOVM over its four year history, you may be familiar with an extensive photography project I conducted over the course of about a year and a half titled, The Black and White Project. It turned […]
Haerts at the old CBGB’s Gallery 10/27/14
With the release of their first single “Wings” and their debut EP, Hemiplegia, the Brooklyn-based quartet of Haerts won quite a bit of attention across the blogosphere for producing a slick electro pop sound that […]
Hard Proof at Rockwood Music Hall 9/28/14
Hard Proof Rockwood Music Hall September 28, 2014 Featuring members of Black Joe Lewis and the Honeybears, The Calm Blue Sea, Ocote Soul Sounds, Spanish Gold, the Echocentrics, and several other acts, Hard Proof is a critically applauded and award-winning Austin, TX-based ten member […]