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Tomorrow, I’ll be spending the day out in Coney at the 7th annual Village Voice Siren Festival. The lineup at these events have grown noticeably less luminous over the past

Unfortunately, blues legend Bobby Blue Bland has canceled his Celebrate Brooklyn appearance tonight due to illness, but the replacement is no slouch: Odetta, the legendary folk singer who has been

I didn’t have a ticket to last night’s Ani DiFranco show in Prospect Park, but I did manage to catch her set from outside the (loosely) covered fence. (Pardon the

Ponderosa Stomp, McCarren Pool, 7/15/07 Tommy McClain with Yo La Tengo Rockabilly Legend Ray Sharpe with the A Bones Summergarden @ MoMA – The Marc Cary Focus Trio

A couple of excellent outdoor events the past two nights, each featuring the distinct sounds of Spain. Last night, it was the flamenco, accompanying Noche Flamenca’s live dance performance at

Trivia Question: how many acts playing the city this past weekend can claim 16 Grammys? No, not Dave Matthews, not Roger Waters, not even The Police. Only one man can

While the hordes were making their way out to Giants Stadium for Live Earth yesterday, my friend Greg and I decided to check out the Boredoms show at Brooklyn Bridge

File this one under "Miscellaneous": the Second Annual NYC Main Squeeze Accordion Festival kicks off tomorrow at 2p in Riverside Park on the Hudson at West 70th St. Featured sounds

Yesterday, I hosted a barbecue at my house, and Ronen Givony, director of the brilliant cross-genre Wordless Music Series, was kind enough to supply the indie rock soundtrack. (He also