Saturday, July 8: Tepfer alternates between performances of Bach’s famous variations (at one time the quarry of Glenn Gould and a few others with the technical facility to handle them) and modern improvisations on Bach’s themes by a truly liberated improvisor.
Saturday, July 8: The visionary novelist and cyberpunk William Gibson famously wrote, “I have always maintained that Steely Dan’s music was, has been and remains among the most genuinely subversive oeuvres in late-20th-century pop.”
Friday, July 7: Emmylou Harris and Carlene Carter join him on stage during his Sad Clowns and Hillbillies tour.
Saturday, July 8: His source material comes from the works of Hildegard von Bingen, the great 12th-century mystic nun.
Friday-Saturday, July 14-15: To celebrate the release of their new single “Guilty Party,” the National will be playing two intimate shows at Basilica Hudson.
The July 10 performance features guitarist Adam Rogers and legendary bassist (and Jim Hall duo-mate) Scott Colley. The July 17 trio is all rhythm, baby, featuring MM&W drummer Billy Martin and the great percussionist Cyro Baptista; the July 24 show features guitarist Matt Munisteri and bassist Danton Boller. The series concludes on July 31 with a trio featuring New Zion trio bandmates keyboardist Jamie Saft and bassist Brad Jones.
Just the other day I saw some people repeatedly punch the window of a truck that attempted to cut them off at a gas station. You might maybe be startled at the colorful behavior that goes on every weekend in this city once temperatures rise (or honestly otherwise at times).
The audience responded to contemporary music string quartet called ETHEL enthusiastically.
Forty years ago, Howard Greenberg and Michael Feinberg got together with a group of other photographers and decided that while being in a community known for respecting the arts, their particular art form needed more respect than it was getting.
While city officials and organizers dubbed the event a success, the concert’s promoter said that the riverfront venue would need major infrastructure improvements if big-ticket shows like Dylan’s were to become regular events.