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32 videos of Hal Willner’s ’80s series ‘Night Music’ that display his gift for weird, amazing collaborations

We lost Hal Willner yesterday. He was a gifted producer whose greatest skill may have been his ability to bring together disparate talents that you might not think would fit together but turned out to be truly inspired. One of the places where you can really see that in action was Night Music, a musical offshoot of Saturday Night Live that lasted two weird wonderful seasons…

SummerStage adds 4 Coney Island shows (one with Slick Rick, EPMD & more)

It was revealed earlier this month that the City Parks Foundation (the people behind SummerStage) and Globe Star Media-N-Entertainment saved the free concert series that happen in Coney Island and Wingate Park. The Wingate Park series wrapped up yesterday (8/22), and the Coney Island series was announced today…

video: John Cale & Moe Tucker reunited at Grammy concert honoring Velvet Underground

Tuesday night (7/11) at Beacon Theatre was the 2017 “GRAMMY Salute to Music Legends” — an awards ceremony and concert that honored this year’s 2017 Merit Awards recipients. Among those recipients were The Velvet Underground. “The establishment caught up with us at last,” joked John Cale…

New Orleans Jazz Fest 2015 lineup: Elton John, The Who, No Doubt, Wilco, Ryan Adams, Bennett & Gaga, T.I. & more

New Orleans Jazz Fest, which has much more than just jazz, returns this year for two weeks, April 24-26 and April 30-May 3. The lineup includes Elton John, The Who, Jimmy Buffett, Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga, No Doubt, Pitbul…

Celebrate Brooklyn - complete 2011 Prospect Park show lineup

The National show in Prospect Park (more by Amanda Hatfield) We already knew that ‘Celebrate Brooklyn‘ is hosting an impressive lineup of ticketed Prospect Park Bandshell shows this summer: The Decemberists, Animal Collective, Sufjan Stevens, Bon Iver & Cut Copy…