Following three different performances at last weekend’s Merlefest in their home state of North Carolina, The Honeycutters of Ashville release their new album on Tuesday. In March, I gave a shout out to the band […]
Month: April 2012
clippings calendar: This Week’s NYC Must-See Shows
Keeping it short and sweet this week, y’all. The most notable shows are undeniably the two back-to-backs by Andrew Bird this Friday and Saturday at Beacon — both of which have yet to sell out, […]
Horse Feathers Release “Cynics New Year”
With bands like Blind Pilot, Fleet Foxes, Typhoon, Black Prairie, The Head and the Heart, Hey Marseille and Brandi Carlisle redefining the Oregon and Washington music scenes, the Pacific Northwest has a seen a dramatic […]
NYC’s SummerStage Schedule: Free, Awesome and Folked Up
There are lots of up-sides to summers in the city, and one of them is getting the chance to make up for spending (way) too much on concerts throughout the “school year” by taking advantage […]
Nashville’s Andrew Combs Releases “Take It From Me”
Nashville-based Andrew Combs released a five-song EP back in 2010 called Tennessee Time (AmazonMP3). It was a fine first from the singer-songwriter, but the not nearly as impressive as a new single Combs released a […]
This Week’s Must-See Shows in NYC
Let’s all take one, great big, simultaneous sigh of distress for the fact that Jack White is playing a show at the intimate Webster Hall this week … that sold out in a mere matter […]
Aurora Nealand & The Royal Roses at Preservation Hall
The French Quarter Festival, the free four-day festival in New Orleans with 22 stages of music throughout the French Quarter, kicked off on Thursday and continued through the weekend, hosting over 800 local musicians for […]
This Week’s Must-See-Shows Calendar, Including Trampled By Turtles, The Apache Relay and The Lumineers
To put it simply, there’s way too much happening this week – in a good way. Personally, my goal is to try and make it to see Trampled By Turtles at Webster and/or The Apache […]
Reviews: Andrew Bird at The Greene Space, honeyhoney at Union Hall
The past couple of weeks have consisted of a slew of amazing live shows, the first and perhaps most amazing of which being the Andrew Bird set I got the chance to see at WNYC’s […]
This Week’s NYC Lineup Includes Alabama Shakes at Bowery Ballroom and Music Hall of Williamsburg, Lost in the Trees at le poisson rouge
They’re arguably be the “it” band of the moment … and their moment is sure to last for some time to come. Alabama Shakes’ ‘Boys and Girls’ is an album made for a live show, […]
April’s Second Sunday Six
Justin Townes Earle (New York & Nashville) – While Justin Townes Earle never quite sways outside of the wide-reaching genre of Americana, each of his albums has sounded different from the one that preceded it. […]
Show Lineup: Here’s What’s Happening This Week in NYC
Everything’s bigger in Texas? Remains to be seen (case in point: Ron Paul). But, everything is definitely better in Iceland. No, really. It’s true. Don’t believe me? Of Monsters and Men will prove it — […]
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