John Oliver suggests that New Year’s Eve isn’t worth celebrating. This may be true, but regardless this week is primed with some great shows. I’m heading to Nashville this year, so I thought it’d be […]

John Oliver suggests that New Year’s Eve isn’t worth celebrating. This may be true, but regardless this week is primed with some great shows. I’m heading to Nashville this year, so I thought it’d be […]
You’ll be doing lots of cold, wet double-duty toward the end of the week if you decide to brave the “freezing” rain to scope out some great shows, including Newport darling Hozier on Thursday and […]
Fast times last weekend at The Bell House in Gowanus for another epic Brooklyn Bluegrass Bash, which included hilarious rants by Americana badass David Bromberg, phenomenal fiddling from Darol Anger, Bruce Molsky and Brittany Haas, […]
Last night, Brooklyn-based bluegrass singer Michael Daves dropped a bomb on Kickstarter, announcing a campaign for a family pack of solo albums: It’s about time for me to make a solo album. I’m going for […]
Next Sunday, October 26th, Michael Daves will again host the Brooklyn Bluegrass Bash at The Bell House in Gowanus. In its third year, the Bash raises money for the Restoration Fund of Park Slope’s Old […]
If your Red House Painters and Sun Kil Moon playlists are getting a little dusty, you should probably create a new one for frontman Mark Kozelek’s latest project, the Desertshore band. Oh and also he’ll […]
With the Newport Folk Fest right around the corner, it’s probably for the best that the scheduling powers-that-be will let us rest up before next week’s welcome musical onslaught. But it’s New Yawk, so even […]
It’s a short-and-sweet list of must-sees this week, but they pack a punch. At the top of the list is The Wood Brothers, whose set takes place at Bowery Ballroom on Friday. Opener Rayland Baxter […]
Are you ready for this? Because the next couple of weeks are about to get crazy. Crazy, ya hear? And it all starts now … well, not really, but we’ll say that because that’s when […]
September really is a great month, ain’t it? We get to celebrate whiskey (bourbon, to be precise), welcome the fall, and blow out 100 candles on Woody Guthrie’s birthday cake. Speaking of which — don’t […]
Last year, the plaster ceiling of Park Slope’s Old First Reformed Church, one of the oldest churches in all of New York, started to fall. The church is now doing everything it can to raise […]
Let’s begin with a disclaimer: this post is written with a hefty bias. That being said, every last one of you should make a point to head to Mercury Lounge Tuesday night to check out […]