1. THE PHANTOM FAMILY HALO/CHRIS GRIER (TO LIVE AND SHAVE IN L.A.) & GIBBY HAYNES (BUTTHOLE SURFERS) ACOUSTIC DUO/MARTIN BISI/INVISIBLE THINGS/DIAMOND TERRIFIER Date: Monday, June 24, 2013 Time: 7:30pm Venue: Bowery Electric (327 Bowery, New York, NY 10003) Price: $8 Genre: indie/folk rock “The show has a surprising number of ‘names’ to throw around. at least ‘names’ […]
1. JAIMEO BROWN AND TRANSCENDENCE featuring JD Allen, Chris Sholar and vocalist, Falu. Date: Tuesday May 14, 2013 Time: 9:30pm Venue: Drom (85 Avenue A, NY, NY 10009, 212- 777-1157) Ticket: $19 Genre: jazz Transcendence marks the Motéma Music debut from Jaimeo Brown, a brilliant 34-year-old drummer, composer and conceptualist. With an intriguing amalgam of modern jazz, […]
1. Himalayas Date: Monday, December 3, 2012 Time: 9:30pm Venue: Zebulon (258 Wythe Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11211) Ticket: free Genre: marching band music Kenny Wollesen and his marching Band HIMALAYAS is a marching band experience like no other. Preferring to play on the street and have its audience participate in the show, they play anywhere & anytime and have been known […]
Text by Sohrab Saadat Ladjevardi Saturday, December 17th, I went with my friend Martin Bisi to Duarte Square, at the corner of Canal Street and 6th Avenue, to celebrate the three month anniversary of the Occupy Wall Street movement. When we arrived there many people, about a couple of hundreds, had already gathered and were getting […]
1. Jimmy Cliff Date: Tuesday, June 5, 2010 Time: 7:30pm Venue: Prospect Park Bandshell (9th St. and Prospect Park West entrance) Ticket: free, but $3 donation Genre: reggae/pops Celebrating the 50th anniversary of Jamaican independence, the 40th of the iconic film The Harder They Come, and 34 years of free shows at Celebrate Brooklyn!, reggae legend JIMMY CLIFF kicks off our […]
