The Aquarian

July 8, 2015 0

BETHLEHEM, PA—The Musikfest Café was never so quiet. Madeleine Peyroux was singing Leonard Cohen’s “Bird On A Wire,” words so...

Rant ‘N’ Roll: Brill Building Greatness, Jams, Heartache and Still-Smokeless Cohen

Mike Greenblatt

Columns

July 1, 2015 0

Ellie Greenwich and Jeff Barry worked right down the hall from Carol King and Gerry Goffin at the Brill Building,...

Rant ‘N’ Roll: Israeli Blues, Jeff Beck, White Soul And “A Love Mechanic”

Mike Greenblatt

Columns

June 24, 2015 0

The blues knows no geographical borders: Lazer Lloyd is Israel’s “King Of Blues Rock.” He’s even been on the road...

Rant ‘N’ Roll: Travel Section – Oh! Canada!

Mike Greenblatt

Columns

June 17, 2015 0

The 2004 Guinness Book Of World Records listed the Montreal International Jazz Festival as the largest jazz fest in the...

Rant ‘N’ Roll: The Final Day In Paradise

Mike Greenblatt

Columns

June 10, 2015 0

New Orleans, Louisiana; May 3, 2015—With visions of Saturday’s human gridlock dancing in my head, I made my way, on...

Rant ‘N’ Roll: Woodstock Flashback

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June 3, 2015 0

Louisiana, May 2, 2015—The 460,000 estimated fans who wandered throughout all 12 stages of the 46th annual New Orleans Jazz...

Rant ‘N’ Roll: Spring Break

Mike Greenblatt

Columns

May 27, 2015 0

(Photo by Zack Smith) New Orleans, Louisiana. May 1, 2015—The Fair Grounds Race Course had first been dumped with rain...

Rant ‘N’ Roll: Trombone Shorty Grows Up, Gives Back

Mike Greenblatt

Columns

May 20, 2015 0

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA—The whole night rocked like a big wheel on a Georgia cotton field. “Honey, hush,” said one husband...

Rant ‘N’ Roll: Weird New Jersey, Weird Blues, Real Country & New Jazz

Mike Greenblatt

Columns

May 13, 2015 0

Only in weird New Jersey could an album as unsettling as Space/Time * Redemption (TUM) be recorded. Drum’n’Bass music is...

Rant ‘N’ Roll: Sound

Mike Greenblatt

Columns

May 6, 2015 0

He might have graduated from the Sonny Rollins school of tenor saxophone but as leader of the Rich Halley 4...

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New Year & New Music From Roger Street Friedman

Jill Sobule Remains Fulfilled

PREMIERE: Whitney Tai’s Stunning Strength & ‘Simulation’

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The Allman Betts Band—Keep On Growing

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The Spectacle of Phish at Madison Square Garden on NYE / December 31, 2024

Sam MacPherson at The Stone Pony / December 19, 2024

Getting Behind the Mule: Gov’t Mule at Beacon Theatre / December 30, 2024

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HOT ROCKS: New Releases from Green Day, Stone Temple Pilots, Liam Gallagher, DIO, and Sepultura

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On The Record: The Pioneering Mills Brothers, plus Moby Grape’s Bob Mosley & Veteran Folkie John McCutcheon

Makin Waves: Dirty Jersey Dozen

On The Record: Laura Nyro’s Massive ‘Hear My Song,’ plus the Rain Parade

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Queued Up: Exploring the World of Bong Joon-Ho (‘Parasite’), plus ‘Doctor Sleep,’ ‘The Siren,’ ‘Scandalous,’ ‘Untouchable,’ and more.

Live Events

Discover New Live Music for the New Year in New York City

Start 2025 with Good Live Music in NYC

Rock the Old Year/New Year with Live Music

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Phish’s Mike Gordon & Jon Fishman Perform at Bernie Sanders Super Tuesday Rally

Rant ‘N’ Roll: Madeleine Peyroux Invokes Ghosts

Rant ‘N’ Roll: Brill Building Greatness, Jams, Heartache and Still-Smokeless Cohen

Rant ‘N’ Roll: Israeli Blues, Jeff Beck, White Soul And “A Love Mechanic”

Rant ‘N’ Roll: Travel Section – Oh! Canada!

Rant ‘N’ Roll: The Final Day In Paradise

Rant ‘N’ Roll: Woodstock Flashback

Rant ‘N’ Roll: Spring Break

Rant ‘N’ Roll: Trombone Shorty Grows Up, Gives Back

Rant ‘N’ Roll: Weird New Jersey, Weird Blues, Real Country & New Jazz

Rant ‘N’ Roll: Sound

#THROWBACK: Bob Dylan, August 3, 1995

New Year & New Music From Roger Street Friedman

On The Record: The Pioneering Mills Brothers, plus Moby Grape’s Bob Mosley & Veteran Folkie John McCutcheon

Jill Sobule Remains Fulfilled

Discover New Live Music for the New Year in New York City

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