The Felice Brothers Open Summerstage at Red Hook Park
Last Thursday, The Felice Brothers took the stage at Brooklyn's Red Hook Park to kick off this year’s Summerstage. (See my conversation with James Felice here.) Under the shadow of the Port […]
Roots
Coffee Conversation: James Felice of The Felice Brothers
The Felice Brothers find themselves at the center of the resurgent interest in American roots music, equally at home around traditional bands like Old Crow Medicine Show, or rocking out
Jamie Lidell and the Brooklyn United Marching Band at Brooklyn Bridge Park
It's still a couple of weeks until Celebrate Brooklyn! officially kicks off it's 37th season at the Prospect Park Bandshell, but the folks at BRIC are already warming up the
Preview: The Four o’clock Flowers at the Brooklyn Folk Festival This Weekend
by Stephen Policoff Photo by Valery Lyman This weekend, the 7th annual Brooklyn Folk Festival takes place at St. Ann's Church in Brooklyn Heights, with more than 30 bands playing a
Jenn Mundia at The Living Room
Brooklyn's Living Room was the ideal setting for singer-songwriter Jenn Mundia's set last Monday, with both an intimate vibe and tall ceilings. Jenn's vocal timbre has a soft and laid back feel, but was
Amy Helm & The Handsome Strangers Close Out Residency at City Winery
by Anna Murphy Last night, Americana artist and musical scion Amy Helm took the stage at City Winery with her band The Handsome Strangers for the last night of their week-long residency. Best known
New Music in the Tennessee Mountains: Big Ears Festival 2015
KNOXVILLE, TN – It didn't take long after my arrival at the Big Ears Festival in Knoxville last weekend for me to realize that this was no run-of-the-mill music festival.
Cole Quest and The City Pickers at The Living Room
Like many other Manhattan expats, The Living Room recently relocated from it’s legendary Lower East Side location to Williamsburg, Brooklyn. But, this venue known for featuring some of NYC’s best and
Chris Bergson at Jazz Standard
by Steven Pisano This winter in New York City has been so unrelentingly and inhospitably cold, so bone-numbingly frigid that a lot of sensible people have just stayed home