Watch What You Wish For
Don't get me wrong: I'm excited to be flying down to Austin next week to attend the Austin City Limits Music Festival for the fifth time. And, I'm sincerely grateful
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Park Slope: Home of American Music
"If you're going to play Old-Time music, you're best off not taking yourself too seriously." – Tom Paley I don't know exactly when or how my twenty-square block area of
$8? Ok
I really don't mind sitting through a middling band from Michigan (Deastro) and a plodding bit of soft muddle (Crystal Stilts, above) knowing that I only paid $8 to be
This is Bleecker Street?
Have I mentioned how Le Poisson Rouge is quickly becoming my new home-away-from-home? The place – on an unlikely stretch of Bleecker Street that houses underage bars like Peculier Pub
Pirate Show
The days are waning for live outdoor music in New York, but today's a perfect day for the East Village Radio Music Festival, hosted by the pirate Internet station that broadcasts
African Symphony
At th end of a long evening, I find myself at Barbes for the Mandingo Ambassadors' new regular Wednesday night gig. Delectible Afropop goodness, anchored by veteran Guinean guitarist Marmady
Above the Boardwalk
I didn't make it to any of this past weekend's Coney Island Rockabilly Festival, but I did make it out to the boardwalk in time to catch the tail