Jared Samuel
Yoko Ono, w/ Yo La Tengo, Thurston Moore, Julianna Barwick & more, headlined the 2015 Modern Sky Festival (pics)
This was the second annual New York edition of the Modern Sky festival: a matter-of-fact event, essentially a promotional venture to bring Chinese youth culture to American audiences — although there weren’t very many non-Chinese speakers in attendance, and some of these bands aren’t exactly young…
Yoko Ono and the Plastic Ono Band played a guest-filled show at Bowery Ballroom (pics, video, setlist)
Other highlights of Ono’s controlled chaos were performances of “Higa Noboru” and “Waiting for the D Train,” the latter coming off as an exhibition in musical prowess…
Undead Music Fest this week: a 2nd Tonic reunion, Medeski, Martin & Wood & much more (full lineup, schedule, dates)
FOUR NIGHTS celebrating the incredible, dynamic, explosively creative jazz, instrumental, and adventurous music being made in New York City.
May 9th: A Marathon of Concerts in Greenwich Village
May 10th: Medeski, Martin & Wood & …
