Oregon’s Black Prairie Play Rockwood Music Hall
Birthed in one of the most fertile music scenes in the United States, Portland bluegrass-style band Black Prairie brought their fiddles and accordions to the East Coast Thursday night for […]
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FREE TICKETS: Toshi Reagon at SubCulture (CONTEST ENDED)
NOTE: This contest has ended. Blues-folk singer-songwriter Toshi Reagon heads to SubCulture this Friday, June 27 at 7:30 p.m. with her band BIGLovely, and FoM is giving away a pair of
Beth Orton at Lincoln Center’s American Songbook
“Oh wait, it is Valentine’s Day, isn’t it?” Beth Orton said quizzically to the audience last night at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Allen Room, where she appeared as part of
Song Preservation Society at Union Pool
by Laura Wasson It isn’t often I have much reason to ruminate on the finer points of poetry and the lost art of songwriting, but Song Preservation Society’s Tuesday night show
Barbes @ 10
Jenny Scheinman, 9/27/11For those who haven't heard, my local bar/music venue – Barbes – is turning 10 this week, with packed bills every night that run the gamut from classical,
Trampled by Turtles – Webster Hall
By Brian Tell Trampled by Turtles, an indie-folk quintet from Duluth, MN, carried their bluegrass sound to New York's Webster Hall Tuesday night. With authentic American Folk instruments like mandolin and banjo,
Torn Shorts @ XPO 929
by Freya Wilcox While the rattle of the JMZ tears a hole in the conversations of lingering deli-goers and derelicts, a growing handful of Bushwick DIY bars are breaking the
Deer Tick at Webster Hall
Edit: Another guest post, this time from Brian, who saw Deer Tick while I was wasting time out in NJ, watching the Giants lay an egg against the Eagles. (Yes,