1. Death w. The Everymen & Purling Hiss Date: Monday, July 1, 2013 Time: 8pm Venue: Le Poisson Rouge (158 Bleecker Street, New York, NY 10012, ph: 212- 505-3474) Ticket: $22 Genre: indie rock/punk Established in Detroit in 1974. Death is one of Rock-N-Roll’s most unique and inspiring bands. Three brothers who played some of the hardest-driving Rock-N-Roll and recorded a now classic album […]
Text by Dawoud Kringle New York mainstay Thomas Doncker was recently asked to be the musical director for Diablo Love (a love story by Mando Alvarado, directed by Alfred Preisser, featuring live music that features Dockner’s re-imagining of songs by Howling Wolf – a.k.a. Chester Arthur Burnet. It will be presented at Central Park SummerStage, in honor of Wolf’s 103rd birthday), and released an EP of […]
Date: June 16, 2013 Venue: the Roulette (NY) Review and photos by Dawoud Kringle As I arrived, Hamiet Bluiett’s Bio-Electric Ensemble was taking the stage. Joining Bluiett was DD. Jackson piano, Hamid Drake, drums, Harrison Bankhead, bass, and special guest Matthew Whittaker, on keyboards. A free, major key gospel-like invocation filled the air. Bluiett came […]
Date: May 28, 2013 Venue: Littlefield (NY) Review by Dawoud Kringle On an unseasonably cold, and wet, spring night, at Littlefield, a venue in a dark street in Brooklyn, Bell Cycle celebrated the release of their new CD. Bell Cycle is an ensemble led by Isabel Castevelli. Rob Chaimberlain played guitar, drums, electronics; at the same time, mind you. Isabel Castevelli is a graduate from Manhattan School of Music, […]
Artist: Brandon Terzic & Ravi Padmanabha Title: Western Skies Eastern Dreams Label: self released
