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Mark Kozelek, Emily Haines, Peter Wolf & more playing Dylan tribute at Town Hall
Bob Dylan first played NYC’s Town Hall on April 12, 1963, and in celebration of that show’s 55th anniversary and Bob Dylan’s 77th birthday, there will be a Dylan tribute at Town Hall on May 24 titled “Tomorrow is a Long Time.” Mark Kozelek, Laurie Anderson, Metric’s Emily Haines, Peter Wolf, Joan as Police Woman, Teddy Thompson and more will perform songs from that Dylan Town Hall show,..
Eleanor Friedberger, Robyn Hitchcock & more playing intimate "Voices on the Hudson" series
City Vineyard, the sister restaurant/venue to City Winery which is located on Pier 26 by the Hudson River, is continuing its “Voices on the Hudson” series into the spring. Shows are intimate, each limited to 100 seats…
pics/videos: Richard Thompson, Lenny Kaye, Will Sheff, Lee Ranaldo & more @ Leonard Cohen tribute at MHOW
Tuesday night (1/24) was the “Sincerely L. Cohen: A Celebration of Leonard Cohen” tribute at Brooklyn’s Music Hall of Williamsburg, which featured loving renditions of his songs as well as readings of his poetry.
City Winery sister venue City Vineyard hosting winter music series: Michelle Shocked, Joseph Arthur, Ben Lee, more
City Winery’s sister restaurant/wine garden is hosting intimate shows (100 seats) every Tuesday and Wednesday through mid-April.
Will Sheff, Lee Ranaldo, Cassandra Jenkins, Josh Ritter & more playing Leonard Cohen tribute in Brooklyn
Proceeds from this tribute benefit the Preemptive Love Coalition
Those Pretty Wrongs (Jody Stephens of Big Star) released debut LP & new video, playing w/ Dinosaur Jr + other NYC shows
Big Star drummer Jody Stephens and onetime Freewheelers frontman Luther Russell have formed a new group, Those Pretty Wrongs. The two first got together when Stephens enlisted Russell for a few shows to promote Big Star documentary Nothing Can Hurt Me…
Lincoln Center Out of Doors additions: Americanafest lineup (Lucinda Williams, Dwight Yoakam & more); Thao, & more
We already mentioned the initial lineup and dates for 2016’s Lincoln Center Out Of Doors program, which includes the two-day Roots of American Music – Americanafest NYC on August 6 and 7. The lineup for that mini-fest was still TBA but now it’s here…
Rufus Wainwright touring, playing holiday shows in NYC with Martha Wainwright, Emmylou Harris, Cibo Matto, more
Rufus Wainwright at Clearwater Fest 2014 (more by Chris La Putt)
Singer/songwriter Rufus Wainwright is hitting the road for some North American dates this fall/winter for shows in Italy, Bay Shore, Austin, CT and more…
Roger Waters made a documentary of recent 'The Wall' tour, playing benefit in the Hamptons w/ Rufus Wainwright & more
In a life that is nothing short of a cornucopia of self-designed regrets, two of my most robust regrets are not ponying up the admittedly exorbitant cash money to catch Roger Waters when he toured “The Wall” back in 2010 and 2012…