Benny Golson Quartet at Jazz Standard
By Jordi Oliveres “We’re going to play for you tonight, and we have no idea what we’re going to play,” confessed 83-year-old Benny Golson before starting a thrilling set at
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Bowery Presents Comes to YouTube
"I wish there was a way that I could watch what was happening there from home." (Andy Warhol, on Studio 54) Well, Andy, it might be 25 years too late for
Rory Sullivan CD Release Show at Arlene’s Grocery
By Jordi Oliveres Folk singer/songwriter’s today face the challenge of writing original songs in a musical style with as many conventions as baroque choral music. (By "original," I mean: without folksy
Bon Iver on The Grammys
As the media cuts Justin to pieces for his somewhat-reluctant acceptance speech last night at the GRAMMYs for Best New Artist, it's instructive to hear what he had to
Yellowbirds to play Mercury Lounge on Feb. 17
by Brian Weidy Sam Cohen, frontman of psych-rock outfit Apollo Sunshine, comes to the Mercury Lounge on February 17 with his new band, Yellowbirds. The Yellowbirds' debut album, The Color, is a unique mixture
Experimental <3 Festival This Week at Roulette
Why blow $200+ on some candlelit dinner this V-Day when $10 gets you into the first annual Experimental <3 Festival, happening all this week at Roulette? There's not much of an explanation
Chamberlin at Mercury Lounge
by Jordan Lewis Chamberlin has been called "The biggest band in Vermont that no one has ever heard of," but after seeing them for the first time on Tuesday at Mercury Lounge, they're
Howlin Rain at Mercury Lounge
by Brian Donohoe Howlin Rain played a very intimate show to a crowd of about 75 on Tuesday night at the Mercury Lounge. It was the smallest show I've been to
David Sanchez Quartet at the Jazz Standard
by Linda Hutchinson Playing a sax that could tame the most savage of moods, Grammy-award winner David Sanchez transformed the Jazz Standard into a serene oasis on Friday night, in the midst