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  • The Third Wheel Band at Rockwood Music Hall

    This is the second of five posts today, but it’s out of order, deal with it. 😉 We had just seen three consecutive sets at Rockwood Music Hall. We were tired and had planned to head home to rest, mostly because we were intending to come back to Rockwood for the midnight set […]

  • Buddy Toth at Rockwood Music Hall

    This is the first of five posts today. I normally combine an evening into one (crazy long) post, but last night’s 4.5 sets felt like it would be too long even for me. We were scheduled to see Abby Payne at 7pm, followed by Chris Ayer at 8 at Rockwood Music Hall. I […]

  • Rebecca Haviland and American Idol Rejects Show at Rockwood Music Hall

    I’ve written about Rebecca Haviland quite a number of times, each time glowingly. That said, the most songs we ever saw her perform in a row were three, at a recent Backscratch show. We’ve wanted to catch a full set for a long time and nearly pulled it off twice. It finally happened […]

  • Live Society, The Thang and Chelsea Lee at Rockwood Music Hall

    I’ve seen Live Society once before when they opened a Benefit Concert at The Bitter End. They were awesome. Ever since then, I’ve followed them and have been trying hard to get to one of their shows (they play reasonably frequently). Unfortunately, it just didn’t work out. I was reasonably sure it wouldn’t […]

  • Ian Axel, The Spring Standards and Madi Diaz at Bowery Ballroom

    I tell everyone I meet that Ian Axel is magical. Since I don’t distinguish between people I’ve already told it to and newcomers to this fact, I am not surprised when people start running away as I approach. Until now, it has seemed subjective, but I finally have proof, to convince all of […]

  • Big Apple Singers and Mighty Kate at Rockwood Music Hall Stage 2

    What do you do when an extremely talented group of musicians doesn’t blow you away, then announces a new show? You go, without hesitation. No two shows are alike and the likelihood of a repeat experience is low. When I noticed that The Big Apple Singers (TBAS) were playing last night at Rockwood […]

  • Jeff Litman at Arlene’s Grocery

    Yesterday I posted a long rant. I ended it with the following: I’m going to stop now, or I’ll miss the show we are attending tonight. Hopefully, I’ll be back to my normal blog style tomorrow, having loved tonight’s show. I can happily return to my normal posts after enjoying last night’s set […]

  • To Blog or not to Blog…

    Introduction and Caveats My strong instinct was/is not to write this post. I often regret overruling my gut and I suspect this time won’t be different. This is a 100% opinion piece (obviously, every post is just my opinion, but this doesn’t even contain the normal factual parts like posting a set list, […]

  • Martin Rivas, Mike Campbell and Chelsea Lee at Rockwood Music Hall

    We saw three consecutive sets last night at Rockwood Music Hall. I could write about them in any order (they were independent) but I’ll write about them in reverse order (which is the usual order here) because that’s the order in which I heard about the sets and therefore dictated our planning the […]

  • With Friends Like This…

    With friends like this, who needs family? Yesterday, I entered a weekly contest that Amazon.com runs. This week’s prize is a Kindle 3G. It’s only the second time I’ve entered an Amazon contest. After entering, I was offered the opportunity to update my Facebook status. It was optional. Even though spreading the word […]