Meshell Ndegeocello may arguably be one of the most uncompromising, most original and most talented contemporary artist around, as she’s been credited as sparking the “neo-soul” movement with a sound that draws from hip-hop, rock, soul, […]
Tag: Summerstage
Live Concert Photography: Honey Island Swamp Band and Dirty Dozen Brass Band at Brooklyn Bowl 5/22/15
Live Concert Photography: Honey Island Swamp Band and Dirty Dozen Brass Band Brooklyn Bowl May 22, 2015 Last week, the summer concert and festival season began in earnest with Summerstage’s fantastic opening night featuring Tedeschi […]
Live Concert Photography: Spirit Family Reunion and Tedeschi Trucks Band at Summerstage 5/18/15
Summerstage, NYC’s largest and free public arts festival turns 30 this year, and to celebrate such a momentous occasion, this year will mark the longest season in the festival as it officially started on Monday […]
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 […]
Afropunk Festival Day 1: 8/23/14
Afropunk Festival Commodore Barry Park, Fort Greene, Brooklyn August 23, 2014 As I mentioned in a previous post, throughout the bulk of JOVM’s history, I essentially ran the site full-time and as a side project, […]
Junior Reid, Razhel and Chronixx and the Zincfence Redemption at Summerstage, Central Park 7/27/14
Junior Reid, Razhel and Chronixx Summerstage, Central Park July 27, 2014 As I’ve mentioned a number of times on this site, The Joy of Violent Movement has been a mostly one-man operation run out of […]
When the Los Angeles, CA-based singer/songwriter Moses Sumney was growing up, he avidly wrote songs but he was so painfully shy that he would hide them inside his mattress. Sumney moved out of his parents’ […]
Hurray for the Riff and Dr. John at Central Park Summerstage 8/2/14
Hurray for the Riff Raff and Dr. John Central Park Summerstage August 2, 2014 When I came across the Summerstage schedule back in early June, there were two shows that I was particularly excited about […]
Ray Lugo and the Boogaloo Destroyers at NUBLU 7/11/14
Ray Lugo and the Boogaloo Destroyers Nublu July 11, 2014 Originally founded back in 1964 by the Dominican bandleader and composer Johnny Pacheco and an Italian-American lawyer, Jerry Masucci, Fania Records quickly became the beloved […]
Mobb Deep at Summerstage, Queensbridge Park 7/17/14
Mobb Deep Summerstage, Queensbridge Park July 17, 2014 Prodigy and Havoc, the two main members of the Queensbridge-based hip-hop act Mobb Deep have had a rather tumultuous relationship over the last few years with the […]
Originally founded back in 1964 by the Dominican bandleader and composer Johnny Pacheco and an Italian-American lawyer, Jerry Masucci, Fania Records quickly became the beloved home of salsa music, the sound that courses through the barrios of […]
Summerstage Preview Showcase at the Highline Ballroom 1/9/14 featuring Rebel Tumbao, Hurray for the Riff Raff, and Yuna
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. That first season of the program had […]
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 first season of the program […]
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 first season of the program […]
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 […]