Opening Day at the 2014 Newport Folk Festival was loaded with great moments, but there is no question about the most memorable one of the day. On a perfect Friday afternoon on the Quad inside Fort Adams, […]
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MNFS: Lake Street Dive – “Better Than”
Lake Street Dive, the viral success story band of New England Conservatory grads, today released its sophomore full-length album, Bad Self Portraits (Amazon). The entire album is golden and their long time fave “You Go Down Smooth” is […]
This Weekend’s Must-See Shows in NYC
Come one, come all. Or rather – come one, come to all of Ryan Adam’s shows over the next blessed, glorious week. If you’re counting, there are 4 in total, all of which still have […]
Superlatives: Newport Folk Festival Class of 2014
If you ever wanted to know what gets talked about in a post-Newport Folk Fest car ride back to Brooklyn, this is the post for you. This year’s acts had us excited even after the music had ended. To that […]
This Week’s Must-See Shows in NYC
The name of the game this week is Amos Lee. And to play said game, all you have to do is show up (as early as possible), stand in line (with an enormous blanket and […]
A Guide to NYC’s Outdoor Summer Concerts
It was all too clear on Wednesday night as the swarms of winter-fearing, heat-loving New Yorkers waited in a massive, snake of a line circling Prospect Park: summer is here, even if it isn’t. And […]
Q&A: Betsy Plum on The Old Time Jam at Lowlands Bar in Gowanus
The Old Time Jam at Lowlands in Gowanus, Brooklyn Gowanus, Brooklyn is more known for its polluted canal, mafia-related body dumping and the saddest dolphin ever than the changes the neighborhood has seen in the last few years. […]
Jacob Jolliff + The Deadly Gentleman – “All My Friends Blew Up On the Internet”
Greg Liszt, banjoist for the Boston-based bluegrass band The Deadly Gentlemen, also happens to be the man who filmed a video of Brooklyn’s Lake Street Dive covering The Jackson 5’s “I Want You Back.” That […]
This Weekend’s Fresh Grass Festival in The Berkshires
Just a short 3.5 hr hop from Brooklyn, this weekend MASS MoCA hosts its four-stage and music snob approved Fresh Grass festival in the Berkshire town of North Adams, MA. The lineup is stellar without […]
This Week’s Must-See Shows in NYC
There may not be the normal slew of local shows to write home about this week, but there is a BK set by a new band that should be cause for alarm. The good kind […]
Mumford & Sons Return to Telluride
This week, Planet Bluegrass announced the final lineup for Telluride this June. Besides the newbies we’ve already discussed, the lineup includes a lot of the usual suspects (not that that’s a bad thing), but we […]
2013 Summer Festival News Roundup
The wet, hot American summer that you dream of all winter is only 150 days away, but the festival season kicks off sooner. Here’s a rundown of the latest news from some of our favorite […]
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