Manhattan Beat: Ministry, Collapsing Scenery, Laura Jane Grace, Black Lips Everynight Charley Crespo May 15, 2019 Concerts, Reviews Ministry/Music Hall of Williamsburg, Brooklyn/April 15, 2019 In 1961, shortly after the Cuban Revolution, the family of three-year-old Alejandro Ramírez Casas escaped from Havana and settled in Florida. In 196...
Manhattan Beat: Mott the Hoople ’74, Tony Bennett, Nick Lowe, The Foreign Resort Everynight Charley Crespo May 8, 2019 Concerts, Reviews Mott the Hoople '74/The Beacon Theatre/April 10, 2019 A British band formerly known as Silence became Mott the Hoople in 1969 when Ian Hunter joined as vocalist and pianist. The new band name was taken from ...
Manhattan Beat: Blaqk Audio, Wives, Hayes Carll, and Ex Hex Everynight Charley Crespo May 1, 2019 Concerts, Reviews Blaqk Audio/The Bowery Ballroom/April 1, 2019 In 2001, Davey Havok and Jade Puget were active members of AFI, but started writing electronic music very unlike AFI. Their intention was to create an entirely ele...
Manhattan Beat: Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, Ulver, Max Frost, and Southside Johnny Everynight Charley Crespo April 24, 2019 Concerts, Reviews Big Bad Voodoo Daddy/City Winery/March 25, 2019 In the 1980s, Scotty Morris performed in punk and alternative rock bands, and was conceiving the idea of starting a swing revival band. One night after a conce...
Manhattan Beat: Love Rocks 2019 & The New Colossus Festival Everynight Charley Crespo April 17, 2019 Concerts, Reviews Love Rocks NYC/Beacon Theatre/March 7, 2019 Robert Plant, Ann and Nancy Wilson of Heart, Sheryl Crow, Hozier, Grace Potter, Billy Gibbons, and Keb' Mo' were among the headliners who performed at the third an...
Manhattan Beat: Sally Can’t Dance at Bowery Electric Everynight Charley Crespo April 10, 2019 Concerts, Reviews Sally•Can't•Dance: Tribute to Sticky Fingers/The Bowery Electric/February 17, 2019 Sally•Can't•Dance is a thematic rock ‘n’ roll party at the Bowery Electric which features performances by many current scene...
Manhattan Beat: Ozomatli, Whiskey Myers, Buster Poindexter, The Flesh Eaters Everynight Charley Crespo April 2, 2019 Concerts, Reviews Ozomatli/Mercury Lounge/March 14, 2019 In 1995, community activists attempted to establish a workers union within Los Angeles. They were unsuccessful in winning recognition, but they received an abandoned bu...
Tibet House US Benefit Concert/February 7, 2019/Carnegie Hall Everynight Charley Crespo March 20, 2019 Buzz, Features Angélique Kidjo, Jon Batiste, Stephen Colbert, Debbie Harry, New Order, Patti Smith, Philip Glass, Nathaniel Rateliff, Jason Isbell, Chris Robinson Brotherhood, Tenzin Choegyal, and Laurie Anderson performed at...
Manhattan Beat: The Carvels NYC, The Monochrome Set, and more! Everynight Charley Crespo March 20, 2019 Concerts, Reviews The Carvels NYC/The Bowery Electric/March 6, 2019 Vocalist Lynne Von first hit the New York City music clubs in the late 1980s with Da Willys, a band that played bluesy, punky, rock ‘n’ roll. ...
Manhattan Beat: John Mellencamp at the Beacon Theatre, Procol Harum at City Winery, and more! Everynight Charley Crespo March 13, 2019 Concerts, Reviews John Mellencamp/The Beacon Theatre/February 25, 2019 Born in Seymour, Indiana, John Mellencamp formed his first band, Crepe Soul, at age 14 and later played in the local bands Trash, Snakepit Banana Barn, an...
