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...
Lucy Kaplansky — ‘Everyday Street’ Samantha Curreli April 2, 2019 Albums, Reviews Press play and close your eyes. Soothing, soulful guitars will guide you down memory lane while thoughtful lyrics drift you through parks and streets in New York—even the highlands of Scotland. Carefully crafte...
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...
Mötley Crüe — ‘The Dirt Soundtrack’ Tim Louie March 27, 2019 Albums, Reviews One of the most highly-anticipated Netflix movies this year, for me anyway, is The Dirt, based on the best-selling Mötley Crüe autobiography. Of course, to coincide with any movie, there should be a soundtrack....
Rant ‘n’ Roll: Elvis Presley, Seth Walker, Larry Grenadier, and more! Mike Greenblatt March 27, 2019 Albums, Reviews By 1968, Elvis Presley had abdicated his throne to those British long-hairs whom he hated. The King just wasn’t relevant anymore and he knew it. Along came TV producer Steve Binder with an idea to restore Elvis...
Ariana Grande — ‘Thank U, Next’ Jackie Patrillo March 20, 2019 Albums, Reviews After a long year that was 2018, she’s back in 2019 and is dominating the music charts. Ariana Grande’s fifth studio album, Thank U, Next, has skyrocketed on the music charts, making music history for the 25-ye...
Rant ‘n’ Roll — Charlie Faye & The Fayettes, John Fusco and the X-Road Riders, and more! Mike Greenblatt March 20, 2019 Albums, Reviews The Whole Shebang (Bigger Better More Records), by Charlie Faye & The Fayettes, feels good. An update on the girl groups of the ’60s, singer-songwriter Faye wrote or co-wrote 12 frilly retro-pop tunes, sing...
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...
