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Photo by Jesse Faatz On Wednesday night, Billy Strings and Trey Anastasio took New York by storm at the city’s rooftop venue, Pier 17. The duo, backed by Strings touring band, closed out a setlist of diverse material consisting of Strings’ originals, bluegrass standards, a Pink Floyd cover and a pair of Phish classics. Preceding…
Today, Grammy Award-winning R&B songwriter and recording artist Leon Bridges shared his latest track, “Summer Moon.” The song features Mexican indie singer and songwriter Kevin Kaarl and is available now via Columbia Records. The track marks the two recording artists’ first collaboration together. Bridges discovered Kaarl’s sound during the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown…
Jamaican roots reggae singer-songwriter, vocalist, musician and icon Burning Spear will return to New York City for the first time since 2010 with a performance at SummerStage in New York’s beautiful Central Park on Thursday, Aug. 25. The return to New York–presented by Sony Hall and Dayglo–is part of Burning Spear’s Fan Appreciation Tour which…
Photos by Dino Perrucci Last night, the Steven & Alexandra Cohen Foundation put on the sixth annual Love Rocks NYC benefit concert at the Beacon Theatre in New York City. The performance kicked off with Ben Harper’s all-instrumental “Inland Empire,” off 2020’s Winter is For Lovers, and continued with a take on Led Zeppelin’s “When…
Deer Tick and Delta Spirit closed out their Friend Ship tour at New York’s Webster Hall on Tuesday night. During the night’s encore, the two groups joined together for a series of songs, as they often have this run: Cheap Trick’s “Surrender,” the self-titled song by Middle Brother, Deer Tick’s “Ashamed” and the traditional “La Bamba,” which Deer…
The Blue Note Jazz Club in New York officially reopened its doors on Tuesday, June 15 to an in-person crowd. Besides a few socially distanced performances this past fall, the shows marked Blue Note’s first ticketed event since March 2020. Keys-master Robert Glasper kicked off the 2021 Blue Note Jazz Festival with a sold out…
Photo by Carson Church New York State is easing COVID restrictions on live performances. In a press conference on Wednesday, March 3, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced that live performances can resume starting on Apr. 2. In the Albany presser, Cuomo stated that venues can reopen in early April at just 33 percent capacity, with a…
On Dec. 31, Phish presented a special, year-end edition of their ‘Dinner and a Movie’ broadcast series. Re-dubbed ‘Dinner and a Rematch,’ the band aired their monumental New Year’s Eve 1995 performance at Madison Square Garden. Simultaneously, the four members of Phish – guitarist Trey Anastasio, drummer Jon Fishman, bassist Mike Gordon and keyboardist Page…
Photo by Ellen Qbertplaya via the Greene Space Despite much of the music world being on pause due to COVID-19, Yo La Tengo still figured out a creative way to stage their traditional Hanukkah show this year, albeit in a slightly different form. Instead of performing each night of the eight-day holiday, as they have…
You’ll hear a lot of artists say, ‘I don’t like to dwell on the past. I just like to move forward and think of the future,’” Talking Heads and Tom Tom Club co-founder Chris Frantz observes while discussing the origins of his new memoir, Remain in Love. “And that’s fine—I think of the future— but…
I’m gonna say what I need If it’s the last thing I do I do, I do, I do I knew that kind of mood I’ve thrown my hat in the ring I’ve got nothing to loose With you, with you, with you I knew that kind of mood I’ll go under your wing I’ll…
The veteran trumpeter and loyal Sun Ra acolyte summons his mentor’s cosmic spiritwith the help of an earthy-yet-mystical cast of characters Sun Ra’s Afrofuturist jazz is more celebrated today than at almost any time since the keyboardist, composer and bandleader’s 1993 departure from planet Earth. While the Sun Ra Arkestra, led by nonagenarian saxophonist Marshall…
The Jazz Foundation of America is a charitable organization committed to “saving blues, jazz and roots, one musician at a time.” On Thursday, May 14, the JFA will enter the livestream realm to further this mission through an all-star online benefit dubbed #TheNewGig. Keegan-Michael Key will host the event, which will raise money for the…
Most serious Deadheads can rattle off key events in the band’s timeline by memory—they know, for example, that following a series of five shows at San Francisco’s Winterland in October 1974, the band went on hiatus. Their mammoth sound system was put on mothballs while the musicians tried to determine where they would head next—whether…
April 27 marks the 49th anniversary of the Grateful Dead’s enlistment of the Beach Boys for a surprise joint performance at New York’s historic Fillmore East. “We got another famous California group, it’s the Beach Boys,” Jerry Garcia declared from the stage in 1971, in the midst of the band’s five-night run (the evening prior, the Dead…
The Brazilian Girls drummer opens up about his band’s split with their singer, his current health crisis and life on David Byrne’s percussion bus. Taking the Bull by the Horns Brazilian Girls have had a couple of pauses. About 10 years ago, we were doing pretty well, and it was a little overwhelming for our…
[Intro] Yeah, wow They not ready for my new shit Yeah [Verse 1] I want my baby to have your eyes I’m going against my own advice Should I do New York? I can’t decide Fashion week is more your thing than mine I can’t even lie, I’d rather stay inside I can’t do suit…
[Verse 1] Your kiss, your touch, your hold You know I want you all The darkness in my soul Tells me to let you go [Pre-Chorus] And I Need you tonight But I’m blinded by lights So I gotta learn to live without you [Chorus] So please, New York Mend my broken heart tonight Cause…
[Intro: 6ix9ine, Nicki Minaj, & Baka] It’s f*ckin’ TR3YWAY! It’s King of New York, lookin’ for the Queen Uh, you got the right one L-let these-l-let these b-b-bitches know, nigga Queens, Brooklyn, brr, ah! Murda on the beat so it’s not nice! [Verse 1: 6ix9ine] Pussy got that wet, wet, got that drip, drip Got…
[ Intro ] I got you lil’ bro ( Your diamonds ain’t real, put the chain up ) 16 I told you, you got one Uh what, yeah, wait [ Hook: Famous Dex ] Your diamonds ain’t real, put the chain up Can’t fuck with fake niggas, man they change up, ooh Bad bitch, watch…
[Intro: Pitbull] Now let me take you from Miami, the pineapple To New York, the big apple Now let’s escape, darling [Chorus: Theron Theron] Party jumpin’, until the morning Feeling free, free, free Hands keep waving, we misbehavin’ Feeling free, free, free Cause ain’t nobody ready to go home We gon’ keep it going all…
Remix By DJ FORGOTTEN [Verse 1 – XXXTENTACION] You ever seen a nigga hung with a gold chain? I’d rather sing about the same things that we claim Such is bashful, but niggas like the task force Mobbin’ on the streets and robbin’ stores in ski masks, bruh Niggas ask for peace in a riot…
[Chorus] Darling, won’t you talk with me for a little while? We ain’t got nowhere to be, oh and I’ve come so many miles Darlin’, won’t you talk with me for a little while? Or at least until the baby cries or we both fall asleep [Verse 1] Oh I’ve been gone for so long…
[Verse] Made my way down the elevator And hit the street in the morning sun Gonna join the ranks of people with no sleep And last night’s makeup on Last night Got to your place late last night And it was such a mess and I can’t forget you [Chorus] You are a strange one…
[Verse 1] She worked her way through a cheap pack of cigarettes Hard liquor mixed with a bit of intellect And all the boys, they were saying they were into it Such a pretty face, on a pretty neck [Chorus] She’s driving me crazy, but I’m into it, but I’m into it I’m kinda into…
[Intro: A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie & Davido] Yeah Oh yeah (Let’s go, let’s go) Yeah (Let’s go, let’s go) Oh yeah [Chorus: A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie & Davido] I’m way too fly, shine in the night time I’m a vampire but I don’t bite, come outside when it’s daylight But please don’t waste…
[Verse] There’s money on your head you’re a wanted face Upside down I’m gonna turn this place In the shadow of the city you’ve been laying low Whoah – I won’t let go [Chorus] London don’t let me down London don’t let me down this time Take my luck and turn it round London don’t…
[Intro{ Tory Lanez] And all my New York girls Oh, and all my Latina girls Yeah, yeah to my LA girls Girls around the world [Verse 1: Tory Lanez] Only call when you want somethin’ Sexy lady, [??] fuck for me like you on somethin’ Willy tops [??] boo boo like Nundada Cock it up…
Yeah… It’s your boy J. Are man… This one goes out to the real people Them real ones in my life… Okay… I don’t know maybe you could relate… So Ima take you way back… Back before the journey man… Show you who I’m talking bout… Take this ride with me… Let’s go… Born in…
[Verse 1] I cut my hair on Tuesday I thought it would help you stay away From the New York subway World unraveling [Verse 2] We drove my car that weekend 100 miles barely speaking 9 AM, heavy breathing Try to figure out the meaning [Chorus] I’m sorry for your loss You probably get that…