Next Gen Afrobeat
“I want to make Afrobeat for my generation. Instead of ‘get up and fight’, it’s going to be ‘get up and think.’” Seun Kuti I never made it inside Summerstage […]
Dance to This
It’s hard to believe that it’s been ten years since P.S.1 began hosting the weekly beach party known as Warm Up. Held each Saturday in July and August in the former
String Songs
Singer/Songwriter Michi Wiancko’s Kono Michi played Barbes Sunday night, part of the semi-regular Barbes Classical series (now hosted by Bethany). But, outside the array of stringed instruments onstage (including Wiancko’s
Sun Power
The idea of putting on an outdoor concert in New York City powered exclusively by solar panels is a clever and necessary one for these energy-troubled times. One could excuse
Dancin’ in the Rain
I was late arriving at Summerstage yesterday, but got there in time to catch the tail end of Vieux Farka Toure’s rocking afropop set. Most of the crowd was pretty soggy from
Lo-hi
“Who would have thought that skipping art school, playing the right songs, would get you into the Whitney?” Jared Phillips, Times New Viking Honestly, I don’t know what Jefferson
Recovery
A few months ago, jazz saxophonist Andrew D’Angelo became a cause celebre for the need to provide musicians with adequate, affordable healthcare after he came down with a dangerous brain tumor
The Golden Voice
An extraordinary show by Malian superstar Salif Keita at Celebrate Brooklyn last night. The entire bandshell was on its feet, dancing wildly to Afropop rhythms that came out sounding like a