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...
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...
Manhattan Beat: Rachael Yamagata, Interpol, Roger Manning, Bronze Radio Return Everynight Charley Crespo March 6, 2019 Concerts, Manhattan Beat, Reviews Rachael Yamagata/City Winery/February 13, 2019 Rachael Yamagata was two years old when her parents divorced. Although she says she is from Arlington, Virginia, she spent a lot of her youth shuffling between ...
Manhattan Beat: The Rewd Onez, Colin Blunstone, the Cactus Blossoms, and Soulfly Everynight Charley Crespo February 27, 2019 Columns, Concerts, Manhattan Beat, Reviews The Rewd Onez/Sidewalk/February 6, 2019 Historically, the Lower East Side of Manhattan has been a magnet for the most avant-garde among the arts community, and Rew Starr, born in the Bronx and raised in Inte...
25 Years of the Mercury Lounge Everynight Charley Crespo February 20, 2019 Concerts, Reviews (Above: Richard Barone at the Mercury Lounge, Feb. 4) The Mercury Lounge reached its 25th anniversary, an ancient venue by New York rock club standards. According to New York magazine, "just about ev...
Manhattan Beat: Screamin’ Rebel Angels, Jason Cadic, the Fleshtones, and more! Everynight Charley Crespo February 13, 2019 Columns, Concerts, Manhattan Beat, Reviews Screamin' Rebel Angels/Mercury Lounge/January 25, 2019 As a teenager, Laura Palmer published a punk rock fanzine, Rebel Angel. As a result, she was nicknamed Laura Rebel Angel. She started in the music busin...
