Ian Hunter

Graham Parker & the Rumour and Ian Hunter played The Paramount (pics, setlists, updated dates)

Graham Parker / Ian Hunter at The Paramount … Parker (who has for the past several years lived near Woodstock,New York), was in personable form, joking with an enthusiastic dancer in the front row (“Are you by from the Fall River area, by any chance…

Uncut's Top 75 Albums of 2012

UK music magazine Uncut put out their list of the top 75 albums of 2012. The top ten leans pretty heavy on long-running ’60s/’70s survivors who put out new albums this year, but plenty of the list-topping regulars from newer acts are on there too, along with a few interesting surprises (Sun Araw, M Geddes Gengras & the Congos…

Graham Parker reunited with The Rumour, made first new LP in 31 years, on tour, appearing in 'This Is 40' (dates, streams)

Arriving on the mid-’70s London scene as a rough’n’ready product of the pub-rock era — an R&B- loving Nick Lowe with a sharper, more ambitious pen, as it were — Parker predated Elvis Costello and Joe Jackson, both of whom would second his illustration that the singer/songwriter idiom could be recharged, giving intelligent rock fans an excitable and energetic alternative to (slightly) older guardsmen like Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Randy Newman and Van Morrison…

the Baseball Project is here (Craig Finn will join them), Hoboken Arts Fest this weekend (they play that too)

Like he recently did with the Mountain Goats, Twins fan Craig Finn will reportedly make a guest appearance with The Baseball Project at the Bell House in Brooklyn tonight (4/29)…

ZZ Top, Perry Farrell, Alice Cooper & many more played John Varvatos' 10th Anniversary @ the Bowery store (pics & video)

words & While many designers tagged trendier (see younger) performers to appear at their Fashion Week soirees, many of which happened the day before for Fashion’s Night Out, John Varvatos and show curator/drummer Matt Sorum (Velvet Revolver, Guns N’ Roses) stayed true to the spirit of the Bowery store located where CBGB once stood, picking a lineup that would make Wayne and Garth tremble with a lack of self worth (Mike Meyers sitting on the side of the stage with a giddy grin would seem to confirm that)…

Varvatos 10th Anniversary tonight and Hole @ Don Hill's?

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club played the Fashion Week party at Don Hill’s on Thursday. Iggy Pop and The Stooges played there Friday, and according to the above Tweet, Courtney Love is playing there tonight…

Alejandro Escovedo & guests played City Winery - pics, videos and a new MP3

DOWNLOAD: Alejandro Escovedo – Silver Cloud (MP3) Alejandro Escovedo just played two nights at City Winery with Bobby Bare Jr. opening. Special guests on the first night (6/29) included Mott the Hoople’s Ian Hunter, who joined Alejandro for a verse-trading encore of Mott’s “I Wish I Was Your Mother…

New Yorker Fest will feature Bon Iver, Neko Case, Dirty Projectors, Liturgy, Steve Earle, Loudon Wainwright & more

Neko Case @ the 2009 Newport Folk Festival (more by Jim Brueckner)”During the weekend of October 16th through October 18th, The New Yorker will present its tenth annual Festival, a three-day series of events that brings together some of the world’s most talented and distinguished people in the fields of literature, art, film, music, humor, business, food, politics, design, and science…

Slash, Joan Jett, Perry Farrell, Tom Morello, Jerry Cantrell & others played CBGB (the John Varvatos store)

last night (April 17, 2008) in NYC…. More than a few special guests (and I don’t mean the protesters) showed up to the opening party/benefit inside the John Varvatos store (aka CBGB) on the Bowery last night (April 17, 2008)…

Pitchfork's Best Albums of 2006

* BrooklynVegan – Favorite Albums of 2006 * PFork – Top Albums of 2006 * PFork – 2006 Individual Albums Lists
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