Ron Pope and the Nighthawks at Irving Plaza
by Steven Pisano (All photos by Steven Pisano.) Ron Pope and the Nighthawks played Irving Plaza last weekend, performing music off of their brand new self-titled album. Hailing from Georgia and
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Julia Wolfe’s “Steel Hammer” at BAM
by Steven Pisano (All photos by Steven Pisano.) Last week, BAM’s Harvey Theater presented Steel Hammer, a theatrical working of Pulitzer Prize-winning Julia Wolfe’s 2009 cantata exploring the African-American folk
Michael Daves’ Fourth Annual Brooklyn Bluegrass Bash at The Bell House
Last Sunday, Michael Daves hosted his Fourth Annual Bluegrass Bash at The Bell House, with a lineup featuring some of the biggest names in the world of Bluegrass alongside a mix
Kacey Musgraves at The Apollo Theater
by Nick Stubblefield Last Saturday, Kacey Musgraves became the first country artist to headline the famed Apollo Theater. This historic event was met with the style you’d expect of an event
The Milk Carton Kids at The Town Hall
Though it's hard to make a concert hall that seats 1,500 people feel intimate, The Milk Carton Kids succeeded in doing just that at The Town Hall on Friday, with nothing more
The Punch Brothers Play With Lightning at Celebrate Brooklyn (7/9/2015)
Although the weather gods could not be appeased Thursday night by the sounds of bluegrass (as banjo player Noam Pikelny joked), the crowds certainly were as the Punch Brothers put on
Talib Kweli (and friends) at Brooklyn Bowl
by Steven Pisano Brooklyn’s own Talib Kweli, a star in the world of hip hop for almost a generation now, brought his expanding hip hop universe to Brooklyn Bowl
Jeremy Loops at Brooklyn Bowl
by Steven Pisano Last Friday, Jeremy Loops played Brooklyn Bowl on the final night of a U.S. tour aimed at introducing this South African folk singer from Cape Town to American
Rhett Miller at City Winery
by Steve Danielsson Last week, Old 97’s frontman Rhett Miller came to City Winery to celebrate the release of his newest album “The Traveler." Miller recorded the album last year in Portland with members of