The Blind Boys of Alabama @ Town Hall, 5/17/2013 (via @ danatrixieflynn Instagram) The Blind Boys of Alabama tour hit NYC on Friday (5/17) at Town Hall with Betty LaVette . The group have just announced they've signed with Sony Masterworks who will release their new album this fall. "We are thrilled to be on our new label, and we have a real surprise on the way with this new album. I think it's the coolest thing we've ever done," says 80-something singer [...]
photos by PSquared Photography Billy Bragg at Town Hall - 4/27/13 British singing/songwriting veteran Billy Bragg came to NYC over the weekend for a show at Town Hall on Saturday (4/27) . He played stuff from all over his career, including Woody Guthrie songs , dating back to his debut ("The Milkman of Human Kindness") through 2013's Tooth & Nail . Billy's North [...]
Hey Wollongong kids, surely by now you know who HUCHI MUCHI are. They're that cool collective who throw parties at sweet venues, accompanied by even sweeter bands and artists from da Wollongong hood. If you for some reason didn't actually know about this party crew, I hate to be the one to tell you that Huchi Muchi is on its death bed. Having said that though, they're throwing one last party before they sadly leave this world. Spanning across two venues, the farewell will feature 12 of Wollongong's finest musicians that [...]
by Klaus Kinski (photo by David Andrako ) If there's one live comedy show in NYC that always startles me by how fast it sells out, it has to be StarTalk LIVE with Neil deGrasse Tyson and co-host Eugene Mirman . For those without Google, Neil deGrasse Tyson is a world renowned astrophysicist and Director of the Hayden Planetarium [...]
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The Storm is Passing Over A Benefit Album by Mason Jar Music & Friends In the wake of Hurricane Sandy, Brooklyn-based collective Mason Jar Music has assembled an all-star collection of indie-folk artists to create The Storm is Passing Over , a benefit album of fifteen classic American storm songs. Donations exchanged for these recordings will go directly to support ongoing relief work in New York City and the tri-state area. Contributing artists include Roseanne Cash, Lucius, Dawn Landes and The Gundersen Family . [...]
Dr. John at BAM in April ( more by David Andrako ) Dr. John and the Lower 911 are playing Town Hall on March 16 with Allen Toussaint . Tickets for that show go on sale at 10 AM. Cult singer Rodriguez is playing Town Hall on on April 10 . Tickets for that show go on sale at 10 AM. [...]
Just over a year ago, Jen and I went into Manhattan on a bright October morning, heading to the Bowery Electric. It was the last day of the CMJ Festival and we were there to see Pearl and the Beard play a short set at noon. We were going to see them a few weeks later as the opener for the David Wax Museum and decided to go see them that day without having listened to any of their songs before. Not knowing what to expect, we went from the warm, bright sunshine to the cool, [...]
photos by Chris La Putt DOWNLOAD: Chelsea Light Moving - "Groovy & Linda" (MP3) Sharon Van Etten @ Town Hall Sharon Van Etten brought her tour through NYC for a hometown show at Town Hall on November 15, her biggest headlining date in the area yet. Though she unfortunately was not supported by Damien Jurado, who opened most of the tour, she treated [...]
Photo Gallery of Ben Gibbard's solo performance at The Town Hall in NYC (November 5th, 2012) Read the full article at http://www.prefixmag.com/photo s/ben-gibbard-the-town-hall-pi cs/
Sharon Van Etten at Bowery Ballroom in February ( more by Amanda Hatfield ) Sharon Van Etten is on tour now and as discussed, that tour hits NYC on November 15 at Town Hall . At that show, Sharon will be joined on stage by a number of guests, including Thurston Moore, John Maloney , and a handful of her usual friends/collaborators Aaron Dessner (The National), Jenn Wasner (Wye Oak), Peter Silberman (The Antlers), and [...]
DETAILS ABOUT THIS SHOW + STREAMING COMPILATION OF ALL 14 BANDS HERE . The 2012 Deli's CMJ festivities will be kicking off on Tuesday, October 16th at The Delancey, with an extensive showcase of some of the city's best rootsy acts. This year, we've booked fourteen artists, most of them local, who'll be giving us a good taste of folk music beyond the run-of-the-mill, split between both floors of the Lower East Side venue. Headlining the main floor we'll have the magnetic concoctions of dream-roots duo [...]
DETAILS ABOUT THIS SHOW + STREAMING COMPILATION OF ALL 14 BANDS HERE . The 2012 Deli's CMJ festivities will be kicking off on Tuesday, October 16th at The Delancey, with an extensive showcase of some of the city's best rootsy acts. This year, we've booked fourteen artists, most of them local, who'll be giving us a good taste of folk music beyond the run-of-the-mill, split between both floors of the Lower East Side venue. Headlining the main floor we'll have the magnetic concoctions of dream-roots duo [...]
DETAILS ABOUT THIS SHOW + STREAMING COMPILATION OF ALL 14 BANDS HERE . The 2012 Deli's CMJ festivities will be kicking off on Tuesday, October 16th at The Delancey, with an extensive showcase of some of the city's best rootsy acts. This year, we've booked thirteen artists, most of them local, who'll be giving us a good taste of folk music beyond the run-of-the-mill, split between both floors of the Lower East Side venue. Headlining the main floor we'll have the magnetic concoctions of dream-roots duo [...]
In between dorm life and mid-term exams, NYU trio Town Hall released their full-length debut "Roots and Bells" this spring. Though maybe not your typical college undergrads, the Brooklyn trio met as students at the Clive Davis Institute of Recording Music in 2010 and have been jamming together ever since. With the poppy, upbeat vocals of Stefan Weiner and Phoebe Ryan, the band charges through "Roots and Bells" with songs about mischief and longing that mix playful humor with a diverse set of stirring folk melodies. Joined by Plume Giant and The Due Diligence, they'll be starting [...]
If the Mayan calendar is to be believed this year's December will see us enter our last, so lucky for all us Antipodean bound individuals MORRISSEY will here on tour to help introduce us to the fiery claws of the worlds end. December's tour in fact marks MORRISSEY 's first in the Australia New Zealand region in ten years. The man has had a legendary career, one that basically introduced a whole stream of music to the greater public, with that stream obviously being indie music. [...]
Sharon Van Etten at Pianos in June ( more by Jessica Amaya ) Sharon Van Etten is continuing to tour internationally in support of her new album, Tramp , which was released earlier this year, and she's just announced a new run of dates to go down this fall. Sharon was originally set to play ATP NJ , but unfortunately she had to cancel . Could it have anything to do with the fact that ATP filed for liquidation? Stay [...]
<p&a mp;gt;< a href=" http://townhall.bandcamp.com/a lbum/town-hall-plays-the-class ics-vol-1"&amp ;gt;Town Hall Plays the Classics, Vol. 1 by Town Hall</a >&a mp;amp;lt;/p> Indie-folk band Town Hall has compiled all of the cover songs they recorded on the run-up to the release of their full-length debut, Roots & Bells , and released this new 5-track EP as a free download. Town Hall Plays the Classics, Vol. 1 contains unique re-interpretations of the following songs: * Ja Rule and Ashanti – “Always On Time” * Frankie Marvin – “Old Man Duff” * Emmylou Harris, [...]
When Town Hall appeared in our email back in January, I knew the NYC based band was onto something good, but I wasn't expecting their popularity to grow so fast. Yet, I'm glad people are paying attention to the indie/alt/folk band. Earlier this week they released a five track album called Town Hall Plays the Classics, Vol. 1 featuring songs that the members love and turning them into their own unique sound. Jimmy Eat World, R. Kelly , and Ja Rule are just some of the cover's you'll get. You [...]
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