Vienna Weekend
The best show in town this weekend? It's at Carnegie, Friday through Sunday. And, don't be put off by those list prices: if you're under 40, you can sign up
Jay Reatard, RIP
(Jay Reatard with crowd-surfer, 2008 CMJ Music Marathon) Musicians dying prematurely is something you'd think I'd be used to by now, but it's still a bad shock every time it happens. Various sources
The Regular
Frankly, I don't know why it took me so long to go see violinist Jenny Scheinman, who's been playing in my Barbes backyard nearly every Tuesday for the past five
Blast of Winter
Johnny Winter, who played B.B. King's last night as part of his residency there, is 65 years old, needed assistance coming on and off the stage, and sat through his entire
The Atlantic Fringe
I closed my weekend last night at the Irish Arts Center on W. 51st St, which featured five groups playing traditional Irish music, all presented as part of this year's
A Bit of Everything
It might be a bit early to start making such predictions, but I'll go out on a limb and say that last night's bill at B.B. King's will end
Not Going Gentle
When I learned this week that Williamsburg's Monkeytown will be closing its doors for good in two weeks due to "landlord issues," it made me question yet again the long-term
Bluegrass Revisited
Boston's Crooked Still started playing together in 2000, and have made a name for themselves bending the boundaries of bluegrass music while remaining admirably true to its roots. Playing to a
Adam Franklin
Back in the 90's, Adam Franklin was the singer and lead songwriter for Swervedriver: one of the UK's seminal shoegaze bands and labelmates of both My Bloody Valentine and Ride. Swervedriver