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Tonight: Dayna Kurtz at The Living Room

Posted in Live NYC with tags , , , , , , , on February 22, 2012 by Eliot

Over the past year, I’ve seen Dayna Kurtz and her band a number of times. Each set was mostly made up of songs from Danya’s album, Secret Canon, Vol. 1 (release date is April 10th), which consists of mid 20th century r&b, jazz and/or blues songs which have not been previously covered or covered only once. Dayna was able to infuse this material with enough passion to get an “Oh, Wow” from me and the crowd.  Tonight’s set should be drawn from the same material; at this show Danya will be playing with Dan Rieser on drums, Pete Vitalone on piano and B3 and Dave Richards on Bass

Dayna Kurtz, The Living Room, 154 Ludlow Street between Stanton and Rivington Streets (F Train to 2nd Avenue, use the 1st Avenue exit), 7pm, No Cover (but a contribution for the band is highly recommended)

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Advance Planning: February Music Calendar Updated (Added 2/21)

Posted in Calendars, Live NYC with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on February 21, 2012 by Eliot

I’m hoping that this is the last update for the February calendar (of course, it may not be).  Most of the shows here are advance sales, but they are good ones you might want to know about.

Feb. 29 – The Watson Twins (opening for Jessie Baylin) – Bowery Ballroom – doors 8pm / show 9pm

Advance Sale

Mar. 5 – Shooter Jennings (Record Release Show) – Hill Country – doors 8:30pm / show 9pm

Mar. 6 – Charlene Kaye, Misty Boyce and Jay Stolar – S.O. B.s – doors 7pm / show 8pm

Mar. 9 – Spottiswoode and His Enemies (Rock and Roll Night) – The Living Room – 11pm and Midnight

Mar. 14 – Willie Nile – Joe’s Pub – 9:30pm

Mar. 15 – Joe Hurley & The Gents – Joe’s Pub – 9:30pm

Mar. 16 – Sarah Jarosz – Joe’s Pub – 9:30pm

Mar. 22 – Chip Taylor (Record Release Show) - Hill Country – doors 9pm / show 9:30pm

Mar. 23 – Spottiswoode and His Enemies (Lounge Night) – The Living Room – 11pm and Midnight

Apr. 7 – Spottiswoode and His Enemies (Gospel Night) – The Living Room – 11pm and Midnight

Apr. 21 – Spottiswoode and His Enemies (Folk Night) – The Living Room – 11pm and Midnight

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Tonight: Spanking Charlene at The Lakeside Lounge

Posted in Live NYC with tags , , on February 18, 2012 by Eliot

It’s the third Saturday of the month, time once again for Spanking Charlene to appear at The Lakeside Lounge.  Tonight, Spanking Charlene will play their annual “Love Sucks” Valentine’s celebration.  As the suggests:

Come exorcise the demons of love with a potent mixture of rock/punk/soul, alcohol, sweat and partial nudity. Bring your friends, bring your lovers, bring your friends’ lovers, bring the friends who you want to be your lovers, drag a stranger in off the street…. or just show up and get lucky.  Remember, love sucks slightly less when you have a soundtrack to your misery.

Spanking Charlene, Lakeside Lounge, 162 Avenue B near 10th Street (any train to 14th Street or the L Train to 1st Avenue, transfer t0 the M14A or M14D bus to 11th Street and walk to Avenue B), 10:30pm, No Cover (but donation for the band strongly encouraged)

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Tonight: Your Choice of Two Early Shows

Posted in Live NYC with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , on February 17, 2012 by Eliot

 

Here’s a choice of two shows tonight, both of which begin on the early side.

I first saw Drina Seay (pronounced Sea) at Banjo Jim’s a few years back, mostly singing wonderful harmonies with the likes of Li’l Mo and The Monicats.  Drina has been playing with her own band, The Deep Blue Sea for a while now.  Tonight you’ll find Drina and her band at The Lakeside Lounge, for an early show beginning at 7pm.  You can expect American, country and roots music.

Your other choice is James Maddock‘s monthly show at his home base, The Rockwood Music Hall Stage 2.  James is certainly a favorite around here; his shows are not only excellent musically, they are just plain fun.  Joining James will be his band, Oli Rockberger (piano), John Shannon (guitar), Drew Mortali (bass), Aaron Comess (drums) and Leslie Mendelson (vocals and tambourine).  James has a new song, My Old Neighborhood, which I’m sure you’ll hear tonight.

Drina Seay, Lakeside Lounge, 162 Avenue B near 10th Street (any train to 14th Street or the L Train to 1st Avenue, transfer t0 the M14A or M14D bus to 11th Street and walk to Avenue B), 7pm, No Cover (but a contribution for the band is strongly encouraged)

James Maddock,  The Rockwood Music Hall Stage 2,196 Allen Street between Houston and Stanton Streets (F Train to 2nd Avenue, use the 1st Avenue exit), 7:30pm, $15

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Tonight: Laura Cantrell at Hill Country

Posted in Live NYC with tags , , , on February 16, 2012 by Eliot

Laura Cantrell was born and raised in Nashville, but came to New York City for college and never left.  She’s not only a singer and songwriter but a musicologist as well, serving as the proprietress as The Radio Thrift Shop on WFMU.  Rolling Stone has called Laura “A modern woman with an old-timey heart, with a voice pitched somewhere between the bluesy realism of Lucinda Williams and the vintage femininity of Kitty Wells.”

Laura plays traditional country, alt-country and folk-rock as well.  The title song from her debut album, Not The Trembling Kind, was written by Jersey rocker George Usher.  She’s also covered Gordon Lightfoot‘s Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald. Her latest album, Kitty Wells Dresses, is a straight country album made up of covers of Kitty Wells’ songs with one original (the title track).  Laura has opened for Elvis Costello and also for country music legend Charlie Louvin.

Laura Cantrell, Hill Country, 30 W. 26th Street between 6th Avenue and Broadway (F, M or R Trains to 23rd Street), doors 8:30pm / show 9pm, $10

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Tonight: Love Hangover at The Bell House

Posted in Live NYC with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , on February 15, 2012 by Eliot

Before we leave Valentines Day completely for another year, here is another love themed show.  The Love Hangover, now in its 13th year, features several pairs of musicians, each duo performing love songs to hold forth on love in all of its many guises: the joy, the pain, the humor, the frustration, the ecstasy, the agony, the list goes on and on, just like love.

This year’s featured musical pairings are:  Sasha Dobson & Teddy Thompson, Jolie Holland & Rick Moody, Jen Larson & Michael Daves, Greta Gertler & Richard Alwyn , Megan Riley & Chris Mills and Michael Arenella & Alan Cary.

The Love Hangover, The Bell House, 149 7th Street between 2nd and 3rd Avenues, Brooklyn (F or G Trains to 4th Avenue or R Train to 9th Street), doors 8pm / show 9pm, $15

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Music Video: Bryan Dunn – Flowers

Posted in Live NYC, Music Videos with tags , , , on February 12, 2012 by Eliot

If you are feeling like you rather forget or ignore Valentines Day which is coming up on Tuesday, this song from Bryan Dunn which starts out “I was going to send you flowers but I bought myself a beer” should be right up your alley.  This was recorded live at The Living Room.

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Music Video: Squeeze – Pulling Muscles From a Shell

Posted in Live NYC, Music Videos with tags , , , , , , on February 11, 2012 by Eliot

On Tuesday night, I lucked into seeing a show at The Rockwood Music Hall Stage 2 titled Full Vinyl: The Music of Squeeze.  The cast of thousands (OK, it was only about two dozen) put together a great show and sent me home intent on pulling Squeeze‘s 1980 masterpiece, Argy Bargy, out for a listen.  Here is Pulling Muscles From a Shell, arguably the best song from that collection, done up live by Squeeze back in the day.

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Advance Planning: February 2012 Music Calendar Update (Added 2/10)

Posted in Calendars, Live NYC with tags , , , , , , , , , , on February 10, 2012 by Eliot

Here are some recently posted shows.

Feb. 12 -  Michaela Anne – Rockwood Stage 2 – 10:15pm

Feb. 12 -Freddie Stevenson – Rockwood Music Hall – Midnight

Feb. 13 – Charlene Kaye – Rockwood Stage 2 – 7pm

Feb. 19 -Freddie Stevenson – Rockwood Music Hall – Midnight

Feb. 22 – Melody Kills – Rockwood Music Hall – 9pm

Feb. 23 – Julia Haltigan – Joe’s Pub – 9:30

Feb. 24 – Nick Casey – The Living Room – 11pm

Feb. 25 – Tribute to Bob Dylan – The Living Room – 7-9pm

Feb. 26 -Freddie Stevenson – Rockwood Music Hall – Midnight

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Tonight: Julia Haltigan at The Mercury Lounge

Posted in Live NYC with tags , , , , , , on February 10, 2012 by Eliot

Julia Haltigan and her band played The Brooklyn Indie Music Fest in September and absolutely demolished the place.  Julia sings, plays guitar and leads a large band through material that draws on rock, r&b, latin rhythms, 40s and 50s pop and more.  Some of Julia’s songs could be called  Tom Waitsian except for the fact that they are way too cheerful for Tom.

Julia will be the opening act for a show that also includes Kendra Morris and the now almost legendary costumed purveyors of what they describe as pop cock rock, Mother Feather.  You might also be able to get yourself a copy of Julia’s new EP, My Green Heart.  If not, it’s for sale on her website,

Julia Haltigan, Mercury Lounge, 217 East Houston Street between Ludlow and Essex Streets (F Train to 2nd Avenue, use the 1st Avenue exit, F Train to Delancey Street but note that the downtown F is not stopping at these stations starting at midnight, or J Train to Essex Street), $12

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