Manhattan Beat – Ian Moore, Fear, & Others! Everynight Charley Crespo October 10, 2018 Columns, Manhattan Beat Ian Moore/Coney Island Baby/September 20, 2018 Encouraged by his parents, Ian Moore took up the violin at age six and guitar at age 15. By the early 1990s, Moore was a teenage guitar prodi...
Manhattan Beat – The The, Owl City, & More! Everynight Charley Crespo October 3, 2018 Columns, Manhattan Beat The The/Brooklyn Steel, Brooklyn/September 16, 2018 Matt Johnson spent much of his youth in or around his family's pub in London, England. At age 11, he was in a band, Roadstar, and at age...
Manhattan Beat – Richard Thompson, Alice Cooper, & More! Everynight Charley Crespo September 26, 2018 Columns, Manhattan Beat Richard Thompson/The Loft at City Winery/September 5, 2018 Richard Thompson was born in West London, England, where he formed his first band, Emil and the Detectives, with classmate Hugh C...
Manhattan Beat – Howard Hewett, The Underhill Family Orchestra, & More! Everynight Charley Crespo September 19, 2018 Columns, Manhattan Beat Howard Hewett/City Winery/August 31, 2018 Raised in Akron, Ohio, Howard Hewett started singing as a child fronting his older sisters in the Hewett Singers, touring the local gospel circuit, and as a teen, he...
Manhattan Beat – Fantastic Negrito, Fever High, & More! Everynight Charley Crespo September 12, 2018 Columns, Manhattan Beat Fantastic Negrito/S.O.B.'s/August 23, 2018 At age 12, Xavier Amin Dphrepaulezz moved with his large family from a secluded rural culture in western Massachusetts to a vibrant urban communi...
Manhattan Beat – O.A.R., Cake, & More! Everynight Charley Crespo September 5, 2018 Columns, Manhattan Beat O.A.R./SummerStage at Rumsey Playfield/August 13, 2018 Vocalist/guitarist Marc Roberge, drummer Chris Culos, guitarist Richard On, and bassist Benj Gershman formed the nucleus of O.A.R. (a...
Manhattan Beat – New York Junk, Mavis Staples, & More! Everynight Charley Crespo August 29, 2018 Columns, Manhattan Beat New York Junk/Coney Island Baby/August 10, 2018 Brooklyn has its indie scene, but Manhattan is all about rock ‘n’ roll, and many of these bands are led by veterans of the punk movement of ...
Manhattan Beat – Wild Rivers, Paul McDonald, & More! Everynight Charley Crespo August 22, 2018 Columns, Manhattan Beat Wild Rivers/Mercury Lounge/August 8, 2018 Khalid Yassein started writing songs on an acoustic guitar at age 11, but this private hobby was for his own enjoyment, not for the public. While ...
Manhattan Beat – Black Lips, Against Me!, & More! Everynight Charley Crespo August 15, 2018 Columns, Manhattan Beat Black Lips/The Liberty Belle Riverboat/July 27, 2018 Guitarist Cole Alexander and bassist Jared Swilley were expelled during their senior year in high school in Dunwoody, Georgia; they had...
Panorama 2018 Everynight Charley Crespo August 8, 2018 Concerts, Reviews Panorama New York City Randall's Island Park July 27-29, 2018 The third annual Panorama festival came to Randall's Island Park on Randall's Island for three days and nights on July 27-29, providing a wi...
