Roky Erickson touring, playing two nights at Rough Trade, and White Eagle Hall (BrooklynVegan presale)
The tour is with Los Angeles band Death Valley Girls.
Ponderosa Stomp
it was all about the girls @ Lincoln Center’s 2011 Ponderosa Stomp (pics & review)
On Saturday (7/30), Lincoln Center Out of Doors in partnership with the Ponderosa Stomp, put on a remarkable day of music and music history under the name of "She's Got The Power, a Girl Group Extravaganza...
Lincoln Center Out of Doors 2011 schedule announced, rescheduled Billy Bragg dates too
If on you're way out of the subway in late July you happen to notice a busker that looks a helluva lot like Billy Bragg surrounded by an army of other guitar-weilding maniacs, don't be alarmed...
the 2010 New Orleans Ponderosa Stomp (in pics)
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The Ponderosa Stomp is now in its 9th year and has grown steadily since its origins as a backyard wedding party for festival founder Ira 'Dr...
Numero Group’s Eccentric Soul Revue @ Music Hall of Williamsburg in Brooklyn – pics
I take on more than I can handle. That results in a lot of unposted content. In the name of catching up, while also taking it easy during this final week of the year, here's some of that lost material...
Ponderosa Stomp’s tribute to Wardell Quezergue @ Alice Tully Hall, NYC – pics (Dr. John, the Dixie Cups & more)
"Arrangers don't get noticed much. Like cinematographers, they usually fill in the structures and concepts of others: songwriters and producers, who call on arrangers to deploy horns, strings or other sounds that might unobtrusively improve a song...
Ponderosa Stomp @ Lincoln Center’s Midsummer Night Swing – night 2 pics (Joe Clay, Carl Mann, Collins Kids, rain, more)
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The second night of the Ponderosa Stomp's invasion of Lincoln Center was a blast. On Friday, July 17th the Stomp and Midsummer Night Swing presented three wholly unique originators of countrified Rock 'n Roll with Joe Clay, Carl Mann and the Collins Kids...
Ponderosa Stomp @ Lincoln Center’s Midsummer Night Swing – night 1 pics (William Bell, Paul Shaffer, Bobbettes, more)
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It was the Ponderosa Stomp's first night to shine at Lincoln Center's Midsummer Night Swing (Thursday, 7/16). The Stomp presented Harvey Scales, the Bobbettes, and William Bell with Memphis' Bo-Keys...
The Bo-Keys & The Sweet Divines @ Southpaw in NYC – pics
Some of the millions who bought and liked Amy Winehouse's "Back to Black," with its perfect Southern-soul arrangements from the New York band the Dap-Kings, might also have noticed that this music, recreated a few generations later, doesn't necessarily sound insincere...
Ponderosa Stomp @ Lincoln Center, on WFMU (July 16-19)
Midsummer Night Swing 7/8 (more by Gabi Porter)The first two nights of The Ponderosa Stomp at Lincoln Center, July 16th and 17th are part of Lincoln Center's Midsummer Nights Swing, taking place at Damrosch Park...