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Posted in MP3 | NYC | music | venues on April 18, 2007
Musicians rally at City Hall
DOWNLOAD: Cooper-Moore & choir - trouble (MP3)
DID U KNOW?
* Marc Ribot plays guitar for Tom Waits
* Rebecca Moore was Jeff Buckley's longtime girlfriend
* Ned Rothenberg was recently featured on NPR
* Cooper-Moore also builds musical instruments
* Every musician mentioned in this post probably has some connection to John Zorn
"I'm a bit too fried to write much about our press conference today (April 17) on the steps of City Hall. But just wanted to say that we had a nice turnout of about 40 musicians. We read our petition to the press and Marc Ribot, Ned Rothenberg, Rebecca Moore, Patricia Parker, and Cooper-Moore all spoke." [Norman Yamada, Take it to the Bridge]
"AFM union rep Joseph Eisman addressed a crowd of reporters. Then Councilman Alan Gerson, a Democrat who represents Manhattan, made a statement of support for the group's efforts and announced an upcoming council proposal for tax abatement (a/k/a property tax relief) for avant venues, as well as a broader council pow-wow to come up with other ideas. To finish off the event, trombonist Steve Swell led a horn trio in playing the jaunty New Orleans standard 'Little Liza Jane.' Expect to hear more music and see more action from this determined group." [Jason Gross, Village Voice]
More photos below....
"Thank you Paris! Thank you London! Thank you Berlin! Thank you Copenhagen! Thank you Japan! Thank you Australia!" [williamaveryhudson]
photos by Jefferson.
Previously
* musician press conference today at Noon - at City Hall
* Tonic - photos of the arrest
* Tonic's final day (Marc Ribot & Rebecca Moore arrested)
Posted on April 18, 2007 2:06 PM
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Comments (2)
great coverage BV! no one else in the music blog world is willing to spend the time to cover such important issues....you'll get the award for music blog of the universe if you keep this up!
Posted by random BV fan | April 18, 2007 3:04 PM
marc ribot also played on an elvis costello record of covers !
Posted by sean | April 18, 2007 5:56 PM