Who Dat?
Buckwheat Zydeco, prematurely celebrating the Saints first-ever Super Bowl win at B.B. King's, 2/6/10. (More pics at the Fan Page.)
The Preserver
"We're gonna date ourselves a bit tonight and sing some of the greatest music of all time." – Natalie Cole Commanding the stage like an inevitable cross between Lena, Dinah,
Alberta Cross/Hacienda/Your Nature
"We've played here before as openers, but headlining in New York is really something special." Alberta Cross A trio of roots rockers lit up Bowery Ballroom last night, led by London/Brooklyn quintet
Take Two: Boston
I wasn't really hankering for another orchestra concert the day after seeing the PSO in Pittsburgh, but when James Levine and the Boston Symphony come to town, I can hardly keep
Pound-For-Pound
Considering the size of the city it inhabits (roughly 300,000), the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra can justly claim to being one of the best orchestras, pound-for-pound, in America, if not the
Pittsburgh Afro-Caribbean
Pittsburgh spreads out along a peninsula surrounded by three rivers, growing more and more sparse the further you get from the point. About five miles in, you reach the DUMBO-like
Pittsburgh
I'll be in Pittsburgh, PA this weekend, visiting old friends and catching up on some of the cultural happenings – musical and otherwise – along the banks of the Three
Staying Home
I didn't have any major musical ventures this past week, opting to stay local and play host to some friends at my favorite watering hole/music spot: Barbès. Which isn't at all
Grade: C
As someone who works in advertising, I've gotta say I'm not a fan of Carnegie's new branding campaign, which consists of slapping a big red C over everything they publish: