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Playlist of the Month – September 2023
September Smoove
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Hellmode – Jeff Rosenstock
(2023-09-01) Quote Unquote Records Let me start with, as anyone who knows me, already knows I am a big fan of Jeff Rosenstock. But even with that being said, I honestly had no idea how much I needed a new album from the man and his band until I saw last Thursday that in classic…
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The Bird Still Flies – The Charlie Parker Jazz Festival
Charlie “Bird” Parker would have been 103 years old this year (08-29-2023) and the fine people behind The Charlie Parker Jazz Festival in conjunction with New York Summerstage and The City Parks Foundation have been honoring his legacy for the last 31 years by offering up The Charlie Parker Jazz Festival. The festival is now…
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The Head And The Heart Close Out The 2023 BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn Season
The fine folks over at BRIC managed to produce another wonderful season of concerts at the Lena Horne Bandshell in Prospect Park this year and to top it all off, they had none other than The Head And The Heart close things out last week. Despite an afternoon spiced with on and off rain showers,…
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Alvvays Live at BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn (2023-08-23)
@briccelebratebk is winding down its 2023 Summer season and @alvvaysband played their second of two fundraising gigs at The Lena Horne Bandshell in Prospect Park. On a night that felt more like the tail end of September rather than the dog days of August with cool Temps and almost no humidity, Molly Rankin and the…
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The Baseball Project Hit It Out of The Park at Brooklyn Made (2023-08-18)
Back in 2007 when Scott McCaughey and Steve Wynn concocted the idea of putting together a band that would perform nothing but songs pertaining to baseball, I personally was thrilled. But as a viable touring band? I didn’t exactly see this project becoming that. Fast forward to 2023, four full length albums and a host…
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Playlist of The Month – August ’23
My Name Is August West Track Listing
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The Englishtown Project Live at The City Winery Loft (2023-08-09)
August 9th marked 28 years since @jerrygarcia left this earth. I got to celebrate the date with @englishtownproject at the @CityWinery Loft. As a band comprised of musicians who are (or have been) members of such groups as Hot Tuna, New Riders Of The Purple Sage, and The Zen Tricksters, The Englishtown Project is a…
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Marquis Hill Presents The Debut of “As Above, So Below” at The Jazz Gallery (2023-06-23)
I first discovered Marquis Hill a few years ago when he was playing with Makaya McCraven and his band. Needless to say, I’ve been a huge fan ever since, so when I saw that he was debuting his latest piece, “As Above, So Below” at The Jazz Gallery, I jumped at the oportunity to see…
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Marcia Griffiths At The Lena Horne Bandshell – Prospect Park
2023-07-15 Marcia Griffiths began her musical career in her homeland of Kingston, Jamaica nearly 60 years ago with Byron Lee and The Dragonaires. She would go on to sing with a veritable who’s who of Jamaican reggae artists but it was her time spent as a member of Bob Marley’s backup singers The I-Threes (along…
W.S. Walcott Medicine Show 