There seems to be no turning back now…How’s that for famous last words? The Police continue to add tour dates to their itinerary at a blistering pace. These guys are
Addison Groove Project‘s 10-year career came to a close on Saturday night. The first concert I ever booked featured AGP playing in front of 50-60 people at Skidmore College in
week of 3.4.07
Singer/pianist Ben Folds has lined up a handful of spring tour dates, starting in the Northeast with a March 24 gig at Assumption College in Worcester, Mass. He’ll move to Illinois
Xavier Rudd – the acclaimed Australian singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist – will release the follow up to his acclaimed Anti- debut, Food In The Belly on June 19th. Titled White
The Flaming Lips have lined up a run of US dates in April that will take them along the East Coast. The band will start off April 11 in Athens,
In a press release dated 28th February 2007, Lost Highway Records confirmed that Adams has completed a new album, Easy Tiger, for release on June 5th (June 4th in the
Instead of St. Bart’s or St. Tropez, Sexotica could very well be the next hottest jet-set journey. The quartet led by Steve Bernstein on trumpet has released an album, Sexotica, on Thirsty Ear Recordings, basing the disc on Martin Denny’s “Exotica” recordings.
The week begins with a whiff of giddy anticipation: The First Lieutenant and I are headed southbound for Langerado for three days of headiness in the South Florida warmth. Scotty
Earlier today I quickly posted some videos from last night’s 20th Anniversary of the Old Knit gala event. My running mate Neddy now gives it the full treatment.
What’s that saying about how we all get the face we deserve by the age of 50?
Well, apparently, for music clubs you get the anniversary show you deserve at the age of 20. Last night the Knitting Factory — referred to lovingly as the “Old Knit” — celebrated a couple of decades, less as a jazz club and more as the genesis of the entire downtown aesthetic. Of course, in a production decision that made as little sense as holding an AA meeting at a brewery, this monstrosity of a benefit show was held smack dab in the middle of Times Square, at Town Hall, as far as you can imagine from the Tribeca/Lower East Side roots of the club and the music.
When I think of the music that grew out of that Old Knit scene I think of a messy, experimental goop, occasionally brilliant, occasionally moving, occasionally intolerable. Whether they intended it or not, that’s exactly what they delivered on Thursday night. Read on for more of Neddy’s play-by-play review…
