Originally from Edinborough, Freddie Stevenson has been playing midnight Sundays at The Rockwood Music Hall for a while. Tonight Freddie continues his new residency at The Rockwood at the much earlier hour of 9pm.
Freddie’s original music has a little bit of everything in it including folk and English music hall, and he’s an engaging performer. The picture on the left shows Freddie with his band (he’s 3rd from the left). Freddie has a new band who will join him tonight. If you’d like a taste of what’s in store for you just check out this video of Baby I Own This Town from last week’s show.
Once Freddie has finished his set, get over to The 11th Street Bar (11th St. & Avenue A) by jumping into a cab or taking the M15 bus (and walking a block) to catch Julia Haltigan playing with her band on her home turf. 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.
Freddie Stevenson, Rockwood Music Hall, 196 Allen Street between Houston and Stanton Streets (F Train to 2nd Avenue, use the 1st Avenue exit), 9pm, No Cover (but a contribution for the band is highly recommended)
Julia Haltigan, 11th Street Bar, 510 E. 11th Street between Avenues A &B (Any train to 14th Street or L Train to 1st Avenue, then transfer to the 14 A bus to 11th Street), 10PM, No Cover (but a contribution for the band is highly recommended)
After having been on tour together through the South for the past few weeks, Freddie Stevenson and Julia Haltigan resume playing here in New York City tonight, albeit separately.
Originally from Edinborough, Freddie Stevenson has been playing midnight Sundays at The Rockwood Music Hall, along with his band, The Midnight Crisis, for a while. Tonight Freddie starts a new residency at The Rockwood, this one on Tuesdays at the much earlier hour of 9pm.
Freddie’s original music has a little bit of everything in it including folk and English music hall, and he’s an engaging performer. The picture on the left shows Freddie with his band The Midnight Crisis. I’m not sure whether Freddie will be playing solo or with the Crisis tonight.
Once Freddie has finished his set, get over to The 11th Street Bar (11th St. & Avenue A) by jumping into a cab or taking the M15 bus (and walking a block) to catch Julia Haltigan playing with her band on her home turf. 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 Haltigan, 11th Street Bar, 510 E. 11th Street between Avenues A &B (Any train to 14th Street or L Train to 1st Avenue, then transfer to the 14 A bus to 11th Street), 10PM, No Cover (but a contribution for the band is highly recommended)
Shows on Sunday nights are traditionally a bit sparsely attended. But the release show at The Rockwood Music Hall Stage 2 for The City Is King (pictured on the left), the new CD from Freddie Stevenson and The Midnight Crisis, was jammed packed and even had a party feel to it. There were also plenty of musicians in the audience and from time to time some of them would join the band for a song or two.
One of the high points of the two hour show was this number, Unsatisfied. Playing on this song you’ll find Freddie Stevenson (vocals), David Luther (sax), Oli Rockberger (piano), John Jackson (mandolin), Irakli Gaprindashvili (acoutic guitar), James Maddock (electric guitar), David Immergluck (electric guitar), Julia Haltigan (vocals) and Rob Heath (drums). Somewhat paradoxically, I find this number to be quite satisfying.
Originally from England, Freddie Stevenson has been playing midnight Sundays at The Rockwood Music Hall, along with his band, The Midnight Crisis, for a while now. His original music has a little bit of everything in it including folk and English music hall, and he’s an engaging performer. The picture above was taken at The Brooklyn Independent Music Fest a few months back where Freddie and the band just blew the audience away.
Tonight, Freddie releases a new CD and moves over to the bigger Stage 2. And the show is at the more reasonable hour of 10pm.
CMJ 2011 is now in the history books, but tonight still yields a number of interesting choices. The Spin Doctors and James Maddock will reprise the show from two weeks ago, this time in Williamsburg at Brooklyn Bowl. On the Lower East Side, Adam Levy continues his Sunday night residency, tonight joined by Julia Haltigan. Over at The Living Room, you’ll find The Silos and Spottiswoode and His Enemies playing the fourth of their five October Sunday shows. Tonight Spottiswoode has promised us a Jazz set. Of course, you’ll get rock from The Silos. If you don’t mind staying out late on a school night, you can wander back to The Rockwood by midnight to catch Freddie Stevenson and The Midnight Crisis play another late night Sunday show.
Sunday night is usually a night without much going on as people generally stay home. But tonight is far from that. There are six shows which merit attention. You can choose between the alt country/country/Americana double bill of Jay Farrar and Laura Cantrel, the multi-genre talents of Adam Levy, the atmospheric songs of Megan Reilly, rock from The Silos, a two hour acoustic in the round show with singer-songwriters Spottiswoode, Kenny White and Amy Correia, and the latest in the perpetual Sunday at midnight residency of Freddie Stevenson and The Midnight Crisis.
Jay Farrar, Laura Cantrell – City Winery – doors 5pm / show 8pm – limited seating left, buy your tickets on line to avoid disappointment, $22-28
With the lighting problem on the big stage at The Brooklyn Indie Music Fest mostly solved (it reoccurred once or twice and then was fixed) I was able to take photos of most of the acts there. The lighting was problematic on the smaller stage after the sun went in, though. In any event, here are photos of 18 bands that played on Sunday.
Brooklyn Indie Music Fest, Littlefield, 622 DeGraw Street between 3rd and 4th Avenues, Brooklyn (D or R Train to Union Street or B, D, N, Q, R, 2, 3, 4, 0r 5 Trains to Atlantic Avenue, note that the F and G Trains will not be running to 4th Avenue), $20 before 1pm or $25
The Brooklyn Indie Music Fest starts on Friday afternoon, runs three full days, has (by my count) 62 acts playing on two stages at Littlefield in Gowanus near Park Slope. There are many Now I’ve Heard Everything favorites playing along with acts I have yet to catch. There will even be a mini food truck festival on site with the following trucks ready to serve you: Pizza Moto, Mexicue, Joyride Truck, Frites ‘N’ Meats, Van Leeuwen Artisan Ice Cream and Wafles & Dinges. The whole thing gets started on Friday at 3pm (although in connection with the Music Fest, Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts will be available at the nearby Tea Lounge on Friday from 1pm to 3pm with a free panel discussion and Q&A on licensing, copyright, protection, and legal representation).
You’ll find a complete list of the bands playing below as well as directions to Littlefield. You can check the Music Fest site here for daily schedules, but Now I’ve Heard Everything will be posting each day’s schedule over the next three days as well.
Brooklyn Indie Music Fest, Littlefield, 622 DeGraw Street between 3rd and 4th Avenues, Brooklyn (R Train to Union Street or B, D, N, Q, R, 2, 3, 4, 0r 5 Trains to Atlantic Avenue, note that the F and G Trains will not be running to 4th Avenue on Saturday and Sunday), 3 day pass $55, one day ticket $17 before 4pm or $23 (Friday), $20 before 1pm or $25 (each day Saturday and Sunday)
Tuesday night brings two back to back residencies which will continue for some time to come. Freddie Stevenson will be playing at The Rockwood Music Hall and Julia Haltigan plays the 11th Street Bar.
Once Freddie has finished his set, get over to The 11th Street Bar (11th St. & Avenue A) by jumping into a cab or taking the M15 bus (and walking a block) to catch Julia Haltigan playing with her band on her home turf. 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.
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Shows on Sunday nights are traditionally a bit sparsely attended. But the release show at 
