Highlights of the Fall 2010 season of "LIVE from the NYPL" include:

Keith Richards
Life
Friday, October 29 at 7:00PM
Celeste Bartos Forum

and:

Jay-Z
Decoded
Monday, November 15 at 7:00PM
Celeste Bartos Forum

Neither of those shows is listed on the full schedule anymore though, so it remains a slight mystery how you can get tickets. "TICKETS [FOR THE REST GO] ON SALE MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 13th at 10:00AM". And those other two will be "announced via email".

Jay-Z plays Yankee Stadium tonight (9/13) and tomorrow (9/14).

photos by Lori Baily

[Marianne Faithfull's] new album [Easy Come, Easy Go] adds some great new interpretations to her rich repertoire, including songs by older artists (Smokey Robinson, Billie Holiday) and younger ones (the Decemberists, Neko Case).

Faithfull found a particular kinship with Case. "I read that she took one line for her song from the 'Brothers Karamazov,'" the singer says. "That's something I would do." [NY Daily News]

The Hal Wilner-produced Easy Come, Easy Go is out now on Decca Records. On it, Marianne also covered Dolly Parton, Espers, and Morrissey. Plus, Chan Marshall, Sean Lennon, Rufus Wainwright, Teddy Thompson, Nick Cave, Antony and Keith Richards all make guest appearances! The musician credits are also chock full of familiar names like Marc Ribot and Lenny Pickett. Full track list below.

Marianne played two shows at NYC's City Winery - March 27th and 28th. The pictures in this post are from the first. On March 31st she appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman where she performed the Decemberists' "The Crane Wife 3" (without Nick Cave who helps her sing it on the album).

The Letterman video, and everything else, below...

Continue reading "Marianne Faithfull - new covers album full of special guests, City Winery pics & Letterman (Decemberists) video"

CSS @ Stubb's in Texas (more by Kyle Dean Reinford)

today in NYC
* DANCE
* CSS @ Webster Hall
* cool DJs at Santos Party House
* Anticon @ the Knitting Factory
* Aimee Mann @ Nokia Theatre
* Evan Dando @ Maxwell's
* The Fakers, Iran (with Kyp Malone), (Lone) Wolf and Cub @ Glasslands
* +/- {Plus Minus}, Pattern is Movement, Ladybug Transistor @ MHOW
* Bell, Holy Hail, Quinn Walker & the Ballet @ Bell House

Keith Richards was born today in 1943.

Kevin Barnes sang When Doves Cry at karaoke last night. Of Montreal is on Letterman tonight.

Morrissey is playing Bowery Ballroom soon.

What else?

Amy performed the Temptations ''Ain't Too Proud To Beg' with some band The Rolling Stones on the final day of the Isle of Wight Festival in Newport on June 10, 2007 on the Isle of Wight, England......

Tickets are on sale Friday for a September 12th Central Park Summerstage show starring the one and only Amy Winehouse with special guest (blah) Paolo Nutini. It's the first date of a short tour they're going on here in the United States. Can anyone recommend some good Chinese in the area?

Amy plays some festivals in Canada a few days earlier. All tour dates, and more pictures & video of Amy & The Rolling Stones, below....

Continue reading "(Mick Jagger's friend) AMY WINEHOUSE & Paolo Nutini - 2007 Tour Dates (Summerstage)"