Hal Wilner

Planned Parenthood benefit w/ Courtney Love & Melissa Auf der Maur postponed over "public health concerns"

”In light of current public health concerns, we are disappointed to have to postpone our benefit concert” which was to have happened Saturday night in NYC.

Courtney Love & Melissa Auf der Maur playing NYC Planned Parenthood benefit

The benefit, which happens in March at Town Hall, also features Perry Farrell, Joan as Police Woman, Rachael Yamagata and more.

Record Store Day announces RSD Black Friday 2018 exclusive titles

Record Store Day Black Friday happens at independent record stores on November 23 and exclusive titles include records by Talking Heads, Type O-Negative, Devo, The Stooges, The Germs, The Zombies, Sheryl Crow, Manchester Orchestra, Matthew Sweet and more.

U2 paid tribute to Anthony Bourdain @ The Apollo (pics, setlist, video)

U2 brought out Sun Ra Arkestra for the encore (including “Angel of Harlem”) and Bono dedicated “Stuck in a Moment You Can’t Get Out Of” to Anthony Bourdain at this very intimate show at the historic Harlem theatre.

Mark Kozelek, Bill Murray, Laurie Anderson & more paid tribute to Bob Dylan @ Town Hall (pics, video, review)

On Bob Dylan’s birthday, Emily Haines, Peter Wolf, Steve Buscemi, Triumph the Insult Comic Dog, Laurie Anderson and more recreated Bob’s first ever concert at NYC’s Town Hall.

Ornette Coleman celebrated at Prospect Park w/ Patti Smith, Flea, Thurston Moore, Ornette himself & more (pics, setlist)

The 2014 Celebrate Brooklyn! season continued with another free show in Prospect Park this past Thursday (6/12), a tribute to pioneering free jazz great Ornette Coleman (also part of Blue Note Jazz Fest)…

Philip Glass birthday parties -- Tune-In Music Festival & more

In celebration of Philip Glass’s 75th birthday, the American Composers Orchestra is presenting the US premiere of Glass’s Ninth Symphony plus the NYC premiere of Arvo Part‘s Lamentate, with pianist Maki Namekawa at Carnegie Hall on Glass’s birthday, January 31…

Summerstage starts now, Celebrate Brooklyn on Friday

Andrew Bird @ MHOW in 2008 (more by Kyle Dean Reinford) Summer is not technically here, but the summer season of free NYC shows is beginning…

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

new album [] 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)…

Bill Frisell + Hal Wilner = an Unspeakable Orchestra | Tix

“…So the news that Bill Frisell was collaborating with producer Hal Wilner and engineer Eric Liljestrand raised my expectations. But Unspeakable is both more than I hoped for and a little less…