Entries tagged with: River to River Festival
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Tift Merritt, Sarah Lee Guthrie & John Irion @ Stuyvesant High School in NYC - pics
photos by Chris La Putt "Wow Tift Merritt's voice is even more spectacular & nuanced in RL than on my iPod. Best river to river performance yet" - Tara Lannen-StantonWhile Jay Reatard was playing a free NYC show in Stuyvesant...
Posted on July 2, 2009 11:47 AM
Tift Merritt tour dates (free NYC show moved inside tonight)
Tift Merritt (by Chris LaPutt) Singer-songwriter Tift Merritt has summer shows scheduled up through August 9th, when she plays the Edmonton Folk Music Festival. Those dates also include a stop at the Newport Folk Festival on August 1st. Before those...
Posted on July 1, 2009 4:34 PM
Bang on a Can Marathon 2009 in review w/ pics & video
by Andrew Frisicano Ryuichi Sakamoto & the Bang on a Can All-Stars "This year's marathon offered works by 28 composers on Sunday, from noon to just past midnight, at the World Financial Center in Lower Manhattan. Like the last several,...
Posted on June 2, 2009 11:40 AM
Versus playing Seaport & Mercury Lounge with Plus/Minus
Indie rock nostalgia continues this summer at South Street Seaport. The band Versus have been added to the free show schedule that already includes Polvo and Superchunk (who Versus are opening for on July 17th). Superchunk and Versus are...
Posted on May 11, 2009 3:28 PM
updated 2009 South Street Seaport Music lineup (free shows)
"It's simple really: Summer. Friday night. New York City. The first port in the new world hosting some of the best new music, as well as those established and influential artists you already know and love. All of this amidst...
Posted on May 7, 2009 2:03 PM
Merce Cunningham did BAM, doing 2009 River to River Fest
Merce Cunningham & Sonic Youth & friends @ BAM (more by Stephanie Berger) EVENING STARS: MERCE CUNNINGHAM DANCE COMPANY Location to be announced Co-produced with The Joyce Theater, Merce Cunningham Dance Company will create a site-specific Event featuring a unique...
Posted on April 20, 2009 11:48 AM
Bang on a Can Marathon - initial 2009 lineup (Bill Frisell, Tortoise, and RYUICHI SAKAMOTO included)
by Andrew Frisicano Ryuichi Sakamoto The Bang on a Can Marathon returns to World Financial Center for its fourth year to kick-off the 2009 River To River Festival on May 31st. The 12-hour marathon (noon-midnight) of mind-boggling, genre-bending music will...
Posted on April 15, 2009 1:51 PM
South Street Seaport - initial 2009 free show schedule is here
South Street Seaport (more by Chris La Putt) South Street Seaport - initial 2009 show schedule June 13 (noon) - Children's Day June 27 (7:00) - New York City Opera July 03 (6:00) - Here We Go Magic & Bachelorette...
Posted on April 15, 2009 1:21 PM
a tribute to Woodstock & Sly Stone @ Castle Clinton in 2009
Sly and the Family Stone @ Woodstock July 16, 2009 7:00pm FOUR NIGHTS OF PEACE, LOVE & MUSIC: A CASTLE CLINTON TRIBUTE TO WOODSTOCK - "IT'S A FAMILY AFFAIR" STEVEN BERNSTEIN'S MILLENNIAL TERRITORY ORCHESTRA PLAYS THE MUSIC OF SLY &...
Posted on April 15, 2009 12:56 PM
Conor Oberst & Jenny Lewis playing Battery Park July 4th
Jenny Lewis (on a bill w/ Conor) in Austin (more by Kyle Dean Reinford) As suspected, this year's free 'River to River Festival' concert at Battery Park in NYC on July 4th will be headlined by Conor Oberst and The...
Posted on April 15, 2009 12:13 PM
2009 free shows @ NYC's World Financial Center (Clogs, Mountains, Laurie Anderson & more...)
by Andrew Frisicano Dorit Chrysler @ World Financial Center, 2008 (more by Ryan Muir) The next free show at NYC's World Financial Center will be "Songs of Love & Despair: A Musical Tribute to Pablo Neruda" on Wednesday, April 15th....
Posted on April 10, 2009 3:09 PM
upcoming Bang on a Can, Signal & Steve Reich events - David Longstreth, Lee Ranaldo & Nobukazu Takemura included
by Andrew Frisicano DOWNLOAD: Sonic Youth - The Eternal (montage) (MP3) DOWNLOAD: David Byrne & Dirty Projectors - Knotty Pine (MP3) Dan Deacon fans @ the 2008 Bang on a Can Marathon (more by Leia Jospe) On April 2nd, 2009,...
Posted on March 16, 2009 12:05 PM
Jenny Lind played Castle Clinton, Akron/Family free tonight
"The Grand Opening," middle section of a Nathaniel Currier lithograph (later Currier and Ives) celebrating Jenny Lind's first U.S. appearance at New York's Castle Garden on September 11, 1850. Her last U.S. Concert was also at Castle Garden on May...
Posted on July 24, 2008 11:20 AM
Ulrich Schnauss played the World Financial Center (pics) ++ Union Hall TONIGHT & other tour dates
photos by Ryan Muir watching Ulrich Schnauss @ the Winter Garden, NYC - June 24, 2008 His music is hard to describe. A combination of machine music and classic shoegaze, his tunes often remind me of a waterfall of sonic...
Posted on June 25, 2008 12:39 PM
Sonic Youth Battery Park July 4th show tickets
Thurston Moore In Training, Bonnaroo 2007 (snerko) Tickets are required and space is limited. The tickets are free and will be available by reservation on this website starting at noon on Thursday, June 12. There's a strict limit of 2...
Posted on June 9, 2008 4:15 PM
Jóhann Jóhannsson's free NYC show is cancelled
A July 8 River To River Festival performance by Jóhann Jóhannsson, due to take place in the World Financial Center's Winter Garden, has been cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances. The concert will not be rescheduled....
Posted on June 6, 2008 3:23 PM
Downtown NYC River to River Festival 2008
Browse all of this summer's free "River ro River" shows at their website. Things are kicking off soon with Wire at the Seaport and the Bang on a Can Festival (starring Dan Deacon, Final Fantasy and Marnie Stern). ...
Posted on May 22, 2008 5:28 PM
Ben Neil curated the five free electronic shows @ WFC
"BEN NEILL is a composer, performer, and inventor of the mutantrumpet, a hybrid electro-acoustic instrument. Through his use of interactive computer technologies, Neill creates a unique musical and visual experience, melding the worlds of electronic music, jazz, pop culture and...
Posted on May 15, 2008 6:54 PM
NO AGE, Telepathe & Abe Vigooda playing South Street Seaport, other 2008 TOUR DATES, Mika Miko, High Places
No Age @ Bowery Ballroom, NYC - May 6, 2008 (more by Leia Jospe) Now that the Bowery show is in the past, it has been confirmed that No Age will be playing a free show at South Street Seaport...
Posted on May 8, 2008 11:21 AM
Dirty Projectors & other free summer SS Seaport shows
Animal Collective @ the South Street Seaport, June 2007 (more) "On-the-Side" with Jack Lukeman, featuring "Jack Lukeman Sings Newman." Thursday, May 8 6:30 p.m. doors, 7 p.m. show Friday, May 9 6:30 p.m. doors, 7 p.m. & 9 p.m. shows...
Posted on May 6, 2008 5:50 PM
Wire playing a free show @ South Street Seaport in NYC
All signs, and weathervanes, point towards the upcoming outdoor summer concert season, which is just around the corner. The River to River Festival is kicking things off with a nod to the past, featuring Wire at the Seaport Music Festival...
Posted on April 23, 2008 6:30 PM
a few NYC summer concert reminders
* The Helio Sequence are playing Siren * Cold War Kids are playing Prospect Park * El Guincho is playing South Street Seaport * The Long Winters are playing Castle Clinton * Alarm Will Sound will perform Beatles music...
Posted on April 17, 2008 3:52 PM
free shows in Rockefeller Park, The Punch Brothers and Chris Thile tour dates (Living Room)
the Punch Brothers @ Wintergrass 2008 (armadilo60) Chris Thile's new band The Punch Brothers are playing a free show in Rockefeller Park in NYC this summer. Same with Otis Clay, Jill Sobule, The Avett Brothers, Steel Pulse, and a few...
Posted on April 9, 2008 4:08 PM
Bang on a Can Marathon 2008 - now with Dan Deacon
Marnie Stern, Alarm Will Sound, Brian Eno, the Beatles..... 2007 Bang on a Can Marathon Returning to the Winter Garden for a third year, the Bang on a Can Marathon has redefined what contemporary music is, how it is performed...
Posted on April 7, 2008 3:09 PM
South Street Seaport 2008: Atlas Sound, King Khan, A Place to Bury Strangers, No Age, Mary Weiss, El Guincho & more
The initial 2008 lineup of free summer concerts at South Street Seaport in NYC has been announced. It includes King Khan and the Shrines who just signed to VICE and who may also be playing McCarren Pool with Deerhunter...
Posted on April 7, 2008 2:37 PM
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