How Not to Get Press Here
Five years ago, about two thirds of the daily coverage you see here was created in house, independent of any persuasion from the publicity world. In March of 2020, the lockdown changed all that: for two full years, virtually of the content here was generated by a pitch from one publicist or another (and we love you guys – so many of you do great work). That’s what happens when live music is criminalized, or venues are turned into the enforcement arm of a police state. Back in the good old days (early March 2020), it was always easy to find something interesting happening around town to cover here. Obviously, with New York on a shaky path to getting back to normal, the game plan is to return to as much concert coverage as possible.
But you’re still welcome to send your music here.
Over the years, New York Music Daily has covered everything from surf rock, to heavy metal, bluegrass, honkytonk, salsa, cumbia, Balkan and Middle Eastern music, Malian desert rock, Indian ragas, all kinds of psychedelia and plenty of jazz and classical music too.
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Music calendar Listing – Jazz/Experimental
“World Trio” @ TACT Studio, october 20, Thursday,2011 @ 8pm-doors
10pm- jam session
Tickets- 25$ ( including drink)
900 Broadway, suite 905 between 19 and 20 street. ( trains: 23 st. N,R)
Evgeny Lebedev- piano
Lee Fish- drums
Haggai Cohen Milo-bass
More information on Evgeny Lebedev
http://www.elebedev.com
Billboard award winner and laureate of numerous jazz contests, Evgeny Lebedev quickly established himself as one of the most promising young pianists in today’s jazz scene. For such a small career Evgeny already performed and recorded with luminaries like Jack De Johnette, Marcus Miller, Terri Lyne Carrington, David Sanchez, David Fiuczynski and participated in prestigious festivals, including North Sea Jazz Festival, Lionel Hamplton Jazz Festival, Tanglewood Jazz Festival and more. Evgeny appears on more than 10 CD’s and released two albums under his own name, that were highly marked by critics in Japan, USA and Russia.
Calendar Listing (please forgive me if this is an incorrect place to send to you)
Jazz legend Beegie Adair featuring Monica Ramey
Beegie Adair (piano) Monica Ramey (vocals)
Thursday, January 26, 6:00 p.m.
Music Charge: $20
Birdland Jazz Club
315 W 44th St, New York, NY 10036
(212) 581-3080
http://www.birdlandjazz.com
http://www.beegieadair.com
http://www.monicaramey.com
Beegie Adair, who Michael Feinstein called “a marvelously understated player whose interpretations of standards are just brilliant,” jazz great Helen Merrill salutes her “inventive jazz sense, her wonderful sense of time and improvised melody,” and The Los Angeles Times calls her music “Elegant,” will be returning to Birdland with vocalist Monica Ramey. In 2011, their performances, as a duo and with the renowned Beegie Adair Trio, have consistently energized sold out audiences. Adair’s albums have dominated the jazz charts and album sales in Japan in 2010 and 2011 while Ramey’s debut album “Make Someone Happy” continues to receive international accolade and airplay on jazz radio, including Music Choice and DMX.
Beegie Adair is one of the finest piano players in the world.
Entertainment News
Now that the trend of aging rockers cutting albums of show tunes and standards seems thankfully to have run its course, we’re back to vocalists with a real feel for and understanding of the jazz tradition doing them justice. Nashville’s Monica Ramey is a shining example. Her excellent release “Make Someone Happy” offers resourceful, soaring and engaging interpretations of material from The Great American Songbook.
Ron Wynn – Nashville Scene
Her theatrical roots combine with her obvious deep affection for the classic popular song to give us a freshly unique take on the material she’s chosen for her debut. It’s sassy, swinging and totally enjoyable.
Jeff Steinberg, Musician/Arranger/Composer
Reserve Online or by phone.
The Unsatisfied
http://www.reverbnation.com/theunsatisfied
We wanted to thank you again for including us in your review in the recent past. This means a lot to us, sincerely, and it doesn’t go unappreciated at all. Thank you for listening to the music from Olga Walks Away. You really got the idea of what we were trying to get across to the listener…. more than anyone before. Peace Brother, and stay happy. Be well, and thank you again! Love this site… Peace, Aunt Ange
Greetings from across the galaxy. SuperGiant sending you an encoded message via light wave. Heavy rock fueled by nuclear fusion on the SuperGiant level. If you are receiving this message, we are broadcasting from the not too distant future. Where might we send a hard copy pressing to the present?
http://www.supergiant.bandcamp.com
GATO LOCO playing at 92nd St. Y Tribeca
When : March 17th
Time : 9pm
Details : 8pm door
Price $10
10-piece Psycho-Mambo — latin/experimental/rock / WORLD
Youtube streaming : http://youtu.be/PWILuv2icuI
Gato Loco was born from the streets of New York City. They are exotic and foreign, yet simultaneously urban and familiar. Their live show delivers an instant party filled with celebration and joy; like a decadent Latin mambo ballroom thrown in the midst of a 21st century rock concert. This is BIG music.
The 10-piece “Psycho-Mambo” group released its latest self-titled album on the prestigious Winter & Winter Records in 2011, followed by several highly acclaimed European tours. This album chronicles an epic live outdoor show on the steps of a wine chateau in Bordeaux, France during the summer of 2010. Their live shows are internationally legendary; breathing fire and energy into any venue.
Contact for press info, photos, concert passes, or interviews (voice or email) :
info@gatolocomusica.com
646-267-0668
Hi, can you please put this event on your calendar? thank you kindly, mam.
THE GOTHAM ROOTS ORCHESTRA (GRO)
Friday, June 15 @ 8:30 PM @ INTAR Theater 500 West 52nd St. (10th Ave.) Buzz #4W1.
The bilingual blues/roots/americana THE GOTHAM ROOTS ORCHESTRA celebrate their eponymous CD/EP release w/special guests the Charlie Rauh and Concetta Abatte Duo. $5 cover goes to musicians.
Funky, stompin’ roots music, a new CD release, newer than new fuzz-inflected songs, roadhouse-style Steely Dan and Cabezas Habladoras (Talking Heads) covers, cold beer, special guests…what else can we give, amigos? :)
gothamrootsorchestra.com
gothamrootsorchestra@gmail.com
The one sheet and streaming audio EP is available at our special SoundCloud reviewers site at:
Hey there,
Jeff Morris from Kotorino wanting to let you know about our show at Joe’s Pub on June 29, this is a big one for us, I hope you can come – send me an email if you’d like a ticket. I hope all is well. – Jeff
Friday June 29, 11:30pm Kotorino play Joe’s Pub
Kotorino, the genre chewing ‘parlor rock’ octet plays at Joe’s Pub.
Jeff Morris leads this merry melange of misfits through collection of
original tunes crafted from pieces of dirt, silk, tooth, and aluminum
foil. Haunting vocal harmonies, tuba, sax, drums guitar, banjo, piano
trumpet and musical saw make up the original sonic pallet. Kotorino
embraces pomp and filigree of Sufjan Stevens, tempered with the mud
and rust of Hazmat Modine.
WNYC Says
…Kotorino has one of the most unique and unusual sounds of any band,
ever. Even in a music scene saturated with “chamber-pop” bands and odd
instrumentation, Kotorino stands out with its use of all variety of
winds, strings, and other musical gadgetry. The music itself is
omnivorous in its source material, quite pretty, and downright
haunting.
Price: $12
Tickets and seat selection can be purchased online at joespub.com, by
phone at 212-967-7555, or in person at The Public Theater Box Office
(1 PM to 6 PM) located at 425 Lafayette Street, NYC.
http://www.kotorino.com/info
direct link to ticket purchase:
http://www.joespub.com/component/option,com_shows/task,view/Itemid,40/id,6166
sounds that open your thoughts to emotions so smooth like the moon rising on a darken nite the encounter brings a smile to your face as if it is part of the sunlite oh play that sax it makes me what to write..that about that sound..poet terry fernando newton
Hey there! Just wanted to let you know about a Roma Gypsy music project we’ve got going right at the moment, which I figured might be up your street!
In the 1960s and 1970s Tito’s Yugoslavia saw a flowering of popular Roma Gypsy music. Reinvigorating their folk traditions with the Indian, Turkish, British and American sounds that poured from their radios, out of this largely forgotten scene came some of the most soulful, psychedelic, and just damned excellent tunes of the era.
It was about more than just the music, too – these songs gave the Roma a platform and a voice, which they have long since lost in a region now consumed by nationalist politics and popular anti-Roma sentiment.
But in the past year, Vlax Records have been on a quest to recover this lost musical golden age. We travelled out to Macedonia, Serbia, and Bosnia to meet the surviving artists and to collect old vinyls from the region’s shadiest flea-markets, and found amazing rarities by old stars like Esma Redzepova and Saban Bajramovic, and dug out forgotten gems like Trajko Ajdarevic Tahir and Neat Gashi.
We love this music, and we want to share it with the world – and after lots of sweat and blood, we’re finally close to making the record a reality. But we need your help! We’re making a last push to get together the money to pay the rights and production costs. We’re also trying to get a surplus so we can pay the surviving musicians (or their families), given that these guys were often screwed by their labels back in the day and were only paid one-off fees for recording.
We’re using Kickstarter to generate the money: it’s also a good platform for letting people learn a little more about the music and the project. If you’re interested in getting involved or supporting us (and also hearing some of these amazing tunes!) check out our video here:
We’ve got some sweet rewards lined up for anyone interested in contributing – every penny counts, but even if do no more than tickle your curiosity and get you to learn a bit more about the music then for us it’ll have been worth it!
All the best,
Nat and Phil (the Vlax Records team)
The Kitchen Riots
3 Night Festival- Oct. 4-6
Night of Music: Oct. 5
7pm
Abingdon Theatre
June Havoc Theatre
312 West 36th Street (Btwn 8th & 9th Aves)
New York, NY10018
$18 cover
purchase tickets at http://www.thekitchenriots.org
A Purple Threads Ensemble Production, The Kitchen Riots, is a three-night festival of dance, music, and theatre taking place in New York City, October 4th, 5th & 6th 2012, where we will examine the full human experience: body, spirit & soul.
Journey with us through powerful stories of hope and transformation as together, we explore our shared humanity. What will you discover?
The Kitchen Riots began over a lively conversation around our kitchen table. Fittingly, a moderated panel with the artists, directors, and producers of the festival will follow each performance where audiences have the opportunity to join in on the conversation with a question and answer session. We then invite you in partake in a fun assortment of treats and exciting beverages, compliments of Purple Threads Ensemble.
Hey, I’ve recently moved to NYC and I have an ambient/drone project I was hoping you could check out.
http://maedhros.bandcamp.com/
Cheers
Thank you so much for listing my show at Shrine this week! You rock!
hi, i’m over your way from uk 21 feb at the anti folk sidewalk shows (6.45) and at the place called zirzamin 22 (11pm) .. and i get married in hells kitchen on sunday… maybe you could give the shows a wee mention? very best…jd meatyard.
to be or not to be ,it is what it is national writer/talent reveiwer/highliter of high profile and every day people/events host/international touring word performer/poet google terry fernando newton
Hi! Since you wrote such a fine piece on our pals Band of Outsiders (who I had the privilige of playing with at The Lakeside Lounge a year ago) I´d thought I´d give it a shot. My band´s The Plastic Pals – from Stockholm, Sweden – booked for gig at the Ding Dong Lounge (with Band of Outsiders) some time this year (if all goes according to plan). New album called Turn The Tide. Feel free to listen to it on our website: http://www.theplasticpals.se/listen-to-the-entire-new-album-turn-the-tide/#more-1182
Best/Hawk, The Plastic Pals
Hi,
In 2010 you guys reviewed my album, “Twice The Animal”. It was an astute and glowing review and my album was chosen that year to make your top 100 albums of the year. So… thank you! I have a new EP which I’d love for you to check out. It’s of the singer-songwriter vibe but uses lots of woodwinds and saxes where one might be used to hearing strings or synths so it’s a little different but something the first-time listener will totally get. Here’s the link https://soundcloud.com/chris-eminizer
The new EP is called “Over Hills And Underground”. Also I just wanted to say I love this page. It’s funny, honest, and informative. I especially love the band names section and the facebook comment. My band name is just me – Chris Eminizer.
Peace,
I look forward to hearing from you.
Would you kindly spread the word amongst friends to help Giorgio Gomelsky get his Red Door space that has existed since 1978 repaired.. the empty warehoused building next door collapsed and caused roof damage and he never had the money to fix it.. the rain came in and caused further damage.. a new group is helping him now and is planning to continue it as an affordable rehearsal and performance space. Here is the link, if you can help or spread the word, thanks so much http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/499513368/revive-legendary-nyc-rock-n-roll-establishment-red
May 18, 2013, 7-9 PM:
Lucia Pulido & Ruben Samama – Live in Concert at 287 Spring Gallery & Performance Space
287 Spring Street, NYC, 10013; tel: 212 620 0935; email: info@287Spring.com
http://287spring.com/luciapulido
Lucía Pulido (voice, cuatro) and Ruben Samama (upright bass) explore several traditional songs from Colombia and Latin America in a duet setting, guiding each other into new creative directions.
Lucía Pulido is a Colombian singer with one of the richest voices on the international Latin American musical scene today. She has mined the musical traditions of her native Colombia and other Latin American countries in an ongoing search for a distinct, experimental style, and has participated in various projects, ranging from traditional Colombian music to jazz and world music. The New York Times says that, “Ms Pulido holds on to the rawness of the original melodies while giving them a sophisticated new context”.
As the winner of the Deloitte Jazz Award 2010, AJTA award 2007 and semifinalist of the Thelonious Monk Award 2010, New York based bass-player RUBEN SAMAMA is quickly making name for himself as part of a new generation of jazz musicians unbound by style and conformism. Ruben received a Bachelor’s degree from the Royal Conservatory of Music in the Hague and a Master’s degree from the Manhattan School of Music in New York.
Admission: $20 (includes wine service); seating with prepaid reservations ONLY (PayPal to info@287Spring.com or call 212 620 0935)
Every Wednesday including this Wednesday, September 18, 2013, Jazz with Attitude hosted by Wayne Holmes and Jeff Sheloff featuring Wayne Holmes on keys, Jeff Sheloff on sax, Shinya Miyomoto on drums, Dave Jones on bass and Stephanay JNote on vocals. Jazz with attitude is a fun and exhilarating environment of jazz music where the katz play and then invite other musicians and singers to come on in and jam. A great night of music every Wednesday night at the Proper Café located at 21701 Linden Blvd in Cambria Heights, NY. 8:30 PM to 11:30 PM. Free admission.
Well a chance in a million is all that I need! After all isn’t why we choose to be musicians, years and years of practice for that one moment of recognition and hope, a lot of hope. So I will try my luck. Our story, well we come from 4 different Countries (France, England, Spain, US) and all met here in NYC with the same heart. We are currently booking our first national tour and doing it all our selves so the more blog, press we get, the better it is (being honest)!! We have shows coming up this months and would love to invite you and your friends.
http://www.frealane.com
March 8th —- 8 30pm at Spin NYC
48 EAST 23RD STREET NY, NY
March 11th —–9pm at Trash Bar
256 Grand St. between Driggs and Roebling
Williamsburg, Brooklyn NY 11211
I would like to let you know about an artist who deserves a lot more attention than he’s getting.
NATTY from the UK will make his NYC debut next week with three acoustic guitar performances. He is known for romantic hits such as Bedroom Eyes and Stoned on You as well as social commentary with songs such as Change, Revolution and Street Lights. Natty is a Rastafarian who does not create reggae music although that roots consciousness runs throughout his work. Everything he performs is his own original amazing music, no covers allowed (so please don’t ask).
The music…..
Acoustic
Bedroom Eyes-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Uw133gbDuA
Change- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-SUqP6dRAY
Full collection with band-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCivItVSO68&list=PL04EA6C206A04C663&index=18
The shows…..
Tuesday, March 18, 8 sharp-9p, $7 adm.
Cafe Wha?
115 Macdougal, btwn Bleecker and W. 3rd, NYC
Tuesday, March 18, 10-11p, Free
Shrine World Music Venue
2271 Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Blvd., Harlem, NYC
Wednesday, March 19, 8-9:30p free, reservations suggested
Madiba Restaurant
195 DeKalb Ave., Ft. Greene, Brooklyn
Link to an image: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/23024047/NattyWeb2.jpg
I would like to spread the word about Temple University Concert Choir’s upcoming concert at the Unitarian Church of All Souls on Tuesday, May 20, 2014 at 7:30 PM. A complimentary wine reception will follow the concert.
The program will include Herbert Howells’s Requiem, an incredibly moving a cappella piece written in the early 1930s and released just recently in 1980. Also included will be a performance of Latvian composer Eriks Esenvalds’s newly commissioned piece and another one of his compositions, Northern Lights. The choir has a wonderfully pure sound that will be amazing in the church.
Classical Movements is the official touring company for the concert tour.
Wednesday, July 9 from 6:00-9:00
Jazz at the Shabazz
The second installment of the new summer jazz series at the
Malcolm X and Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial and Educational Center
3940 Broadway, NYC
$10 at the door
Featuring Glenn White – saxophone, Noah Jackson – bass, Charles Goold – drums
http://TheShabazzCenter.net
http://GlennWhite.net
ASEFA-DUO with Samuel Thomas and Elie Massias.
at CityWinery, 2/8, 11am, $10.
Sam Thomas and Elie Massias, at CityWinery in the Tribeca area of NYC, present “ASEFA-DUO.” In a multi-instrumentalist tour de force, Sam and Elie explore different world music traditions and hybridizations, investing each song with the sounds of a Jewish spirit and flare.
https://madmimi.com/s/667ad5
http://www.AsefaMusic.com
Delarue wrote such a nice review of the New York Andalus Ensemble concert back in Fall 2014. Would be good to see him/her(?) at the this interesting twist.
Mail the Horse at Rockwood Stage 2!
April 13th. Doors at 9. Show at 9:30.
10 bucks a head.
Thursday, May 7, 2015 | 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM
Gamin in Concert with Special guest ETHEL
at The Korea Society (950 Third Ave., 8th Floor, NYC)
gamin, a celebrated piri (cylindrical double-reed bamboo oboe) player known for blurring the lines between classical and modern—and Eastern and Western—music, performs an evening of contemporary compositions on traditional Korean wind instruments. She will play new pieces by composers Paul Yeon Lee and Theodore Wiprud. ETHEL, a progressive string quartet that shares a commitment to musical collaborations, makes a guest appearance. Don’t miss this remarkable evening of musical exploration!
Tickets are 20 dollar and free for students with register.
http://www.koreasociety.org/arts-culture/performing-arts/gamin_in_concert.html
No prerecorded music !! Love it ! I agree! Thumbs up #musicBymusicians
Love it. Traveling up from WV on NOV 7 in my lying ass 2015 VW to play a show at Rockwood Music Hall Stage 3. my music streams right here http://www.toddburge.bandcamp.com thanks for the blog. great stuff. Todd Burge
Bumper Jacksons return to Rockwood Music Hall
Like an old-time barn dance in downtown New Orleans, DC-based Bumper Jacksons pull together a vast array of early American traditions into a deliciously cohesive sound that strikes you right in the heart. It’s a sound that’s pure passion…. joyous ragtime dances and roadhouse drinking songs are valleyed by delicate waltzes of loss and regret. Whether it’s a packed house in a historic amphitheater or a fireside in the hills of western Maryland, the intimate ballads, growly blues, and fast paced two-steps will call you into another world that’s at once like home and the road.
DATE: Monday, January 18th, 2016
VENUE: Rockwood Music Hall, Stage 3
ADDRESS: 185 Orchard St New York, NY 10002
SHOW TIME: 8:30pm
TICKETS: $10; http://www.ticketfly.com/event/977679
VENUE INFO: http://www.rockwoodmusichall.com; 212-477-4155
BAND INFO: http://www.bumperjacksons.com
LIVE VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPI7egquOag
Hi please add the new Owl Music Parlor to your listings. theowl.nyc
Thank you for your hard work!
Hello,
My name is John and I am a member of the Americana duo The Deltaz with my brother Ted based out of Los Angeles. We are about to release our new album “Like Your Brother” on June 10th. This new album features some of the last bass playing from Neil Youngs’ bassist Rick Rosas and a tune from The White Buffalo called “BB Guns and Dirt Bikes.” Here is a sneak peak of the album before its released!
http://www.thedeltaz.com/likeyourbrotheralbumpreview.html
hope you enjoy the music,
John Siegel
http://www.thedeltaz.com
Tacoma Narrows Tour Kick off on Friday 8/12: Doors at 7pm (show 9pm)
http://www.tacomanarrowsband.com/home/
“Tacoma Narrows, a NYC based band, taps into traditional folk and old-time country music, infusing the admixture with a pop-rocking dose of big city adrenaline. They’ve been around the block. The music is tight but flexible, wistful but wired. My toes are totally tappin’ to it. This remarkable first offering sets the bar encouragingly high. The making of this album was an odyssey from which emerged a band of truly professional recording artists as well as live performers, Tacoma Narrows with Good Mourning have a runaway hit.
– Gary Peterson | Gary Peterson Art and Music Reviews
“Good Mourning” is now one of my most anticipated albums coming out.”
I’m reaching out for Gracie and Rachel, a Brooklyn-based orchestral pop duo that over the past year has steadily been building a following with national touring and their single “Tiptoe.” They will be performing at 61 Local on October 23 and would appreciate any support you can lend to further awareness of the show.
Gracie and Rachel recently did a string of sold out shows with Julien Baker including Noise Pop Festival, followed by tours with Emmy The Great, Joseph, Lucy Dacus and Little Scream. Press and radio has given them warm embraces with sessions with WNYC Soundcheck In Studio with John Schaefer, KCRW Gary Calamar’s Mimosa Series, Daytrotter and an Audiotree live session.
Please let me know if you’d be interested in interviewing the band, previewing their upcoming performance and/or attending the show.
Music and videos available at: http://www.gracieandrachel.com/epkintro
Sunday, October 23
61 LOCAL PUBLIC HOUSE
61 Bergen St
Brooklyn, NY 11201
Doors 7:30pm
Show 8pm
http://www.songkick.com/concerts/28241039-gracie-and-rachel-at-61-local-public-house?utm_source=11593&utm_medium=partner&utm_campaign=widget&utm_content=6264284
Thanks for checking it out and considering.
Kind regards,
Michael Mungai
michael@ufomusic.com
BROOKLYN BASED ORCHESTRAL POP DUO GRACIE AND RACHEL
PERFORMING IN PHILADELPHIA WITH OLD SEA BRIGADE
ON TOUR
Fri, Jan 22 – Dartmouth College – Hanover, NH with Julien Baker
Sat, Jan 23 – Cafe 939 Berklee College of Music – Boston, MA with Julien Baker
Wed, Jan 27 – Cat’s Cradle – Carrboro, NC with Julien Baker
Wed, Feb 3 – Sofar Sounds – Boston, MA
Thu, Feb 4 – Sofar Sounds – Providence, RI
Fri, Feb 5 – Sofar Sounds – Pittsburgh, PA
Sat, Feb 6 – Sofar Sounds – Philadelphia, PA
Mon, Feb 8 – Sofar Sounds – New York, NY
Tue, Feb 16 – Rockwood Music Hall Stage 2 – New York, NY
Thu, Feb 25 – Noise Pop Festival at Bottom of the Hill – San Francisco, CA with Julien Baker
Tue, Mar 1 – Bunk Bar – Portland, OR with Emmy The Great
Wed, Mar 2 – Barboza – Seattle, WA with Emmy The Great
Fri, Mar 4 – The Chapel – San Francisco, CA with Emmy The Great
Sat, Mar 5 – Bootleg Theater – Los Angeles, CA with Emmy The Great
Tue, Mar 8 – Sofar Sounds – Los Angeles, CA
Fri, Mar 11 – W Hotel Hollywood BalconyTV LA music series – Los Angeles, CA with Holly Miranda
Sat, March 26 – Le Poisson Rouge (main stage) – New York, NY
Sun, April 10 – The Hum Music Series at Manhattan Inn – Brooklyn, NY
Wed, May 4 – Mercury Lounge – New York, NY with Joseph
Wed, June 1 – DC9 – Washington, DC with Lucy Dacus
Tue, June 14 – Sofar Sounds – Brooklyn, NY
Wed, June 15 – Lower East Side Studios Launch Party – New York, NY
Tue, July 12 – Swedish American Hall – San Francisco, CA with Little Scream
Sat, July 23 – Sofar Sounds – New York, NY
Sat, July 30 – Sofar Sounds – Brooklyn, NY
Sat, August 20 – C’mon Everybody – Brooklyn, NY
Sun, October 23 – 61 Local Public House – Brooklyn, NY
Tue, October 25 – Bourbon & Branch – Philadelphia, PA
Fri, December 2 – Concert Hall, New York Society for Ethical Culture – New York, NY
Wed, Dec 21 – The Battery – San Francisco, CA
BIO
Orchestral pop piano-violin duo, Gracie and Rachel, crafts intricate tunes combining classical string elements with haunting, fierce vocals, augmented by sparse but powerful percussion. Ivory satin lined with teeth, the duo finds beauty in stark simplicity, pausing to breathe a hint of the abstract into the highly emotive, evolved body they create. Through their music, the two young women use lyric and sound to flip common preconceptions on their heads.
With the release of their latest single, “Tiptoe,” Gracie and Rachel’s NYC audience has expanded quickly into markets across the country. “Tiptoe” was premiered by NPR-affiliate WNYC Soundcheck followed shortly thereafter by a WNYC Soundcheck In-Studio Session with John Schaefer. In their track premiere for “Tiptoe,” WNYC said about Gracie and Rachel’s live show, “The two play off each other not only musically but mentally. Different shades of the same emotion appear simultaneously on their faces and flow through their instruments. A tangled and intimate connection between the two is apparent on stage and will no doubt imprint on their upcoming debut.”
National touring with artists such as Julien Baker, Holly Miranda and Emmy The Great followed the single’s release performing at venues such as (le) poisson rouge, The Chapel, and Schubas as well Noise Pop and CMJ Festivals. Press and radio have given them warm embraces with recent sessions with Audiotree, Daytrotter and KCRW Gary Calamar’s Mimosa Series. In their video premiere of “Tiptoe,” Baeble Music raved: “With the turbulent strings of Regina Spektor paired to the orchestral chamber pop of Bat for Lashes, “Tiptoe” is both beautiful and unsettling…and that’s just the track. The gorgeous video finds the pair engaging in a ritualistic interpretive dance which fits the dark shadows of the black and white video. File this video under stunner.”
Gracie and Rachel’s forthcoming debut, GO, is a penetrating record about questioning realities, anxious introspection, and self-exploration, which flows freely between virtuosic violin textures to sylphlike melodies, highlighting uniquely stimulating songwriting. The duo built the record from scratch in their Brooklyn loft with producer Garrett Eaton and completed it at Tarquin Studios in Bridgeport, Connecticut, renown for its long history with The National, Kurt Vile, San Fermin and the like. The result: a heartfelt glimpse into two passionate artists’ take on the powers that be. From the pit of despair to the summit of success, Gracie and Rachel will always be headed somewhere unpredictable.
PRESS QUOTES
“With the turbulent strings of Regina Spektor paired to the orchestral chamber pop of Bat for Lashes, “Tiptoe” is both beautiful and unsettling…and that’s just the track. The gorgeous video finds the pair engaging in a ritualistic interpretive dance which fits the dark shadows of the black and white video. File this video under “stunner.” —Baeble Music
“A mountainous piece of shrill piano presses, thick string plucks, and violins that skitter only to soar, Gracie and Rachel is simply beautiful. Gracie and Rachel awe in their ability to make technical mastery into something moving and potentially transcendent.”
–The Deli Magazine
“What do doe-eyed vixens, melodically-driven indie pop and Brooklyn, New York have in common? Gracie and Rachel, of course. This up and coming piano/voice and violin duo are stealing hearts from coast to coast with their original music and inspiring outlook on the act of creating art.”
–Amy Poehler’s Smart Girls
“Gracie and Rachel can’t release [their] debut album soon enough… Kate Havnevik, Regina Spektor, Sia, Tegan and Sara, and Frou Frou all come to mind when listening to Gracie and Rachel but they definitely have their own stylish sound.” –Examiner.com
http://www.gracieandrachel.com
Contact
MANAGEMENT
Invasion Group
Steve Dalmer
steve.dalmer@invasiongroup.com
212.414.0505 x118
t’s been a long time coming.
God’s Unruly Friends is emerging from its hiatus to offer a performance – maybe the last performance of 2016. Our music, a mystic-ethno-jazz-electronica will bring you to a psychospiritual place of peace and illumination.
If you can’t attend, the performance will be streamed live! You can access it at https://www.livamp.com/shrine/.
The performance will be on Thursday, October 27th, 7:00PM EST. It will be located at The Shrine (2271 Adam Clayton Powell Jr Blvd, New York, NY 10030). There is no cover.
Come, join us. Be part of something wonderful.
godsunrulyfriends.bandcamp.com
Press Release: New World Folk Club
The New World Folk Club is a new intimate and educational folk music event on the last Saturday of each month at the Scratcher Bar, NYC. Hosted by Vincent Cross (www.vincentcross.com), two special guests are invited to collaborate on traditional and/or contemporary folks songs. First guests are Gene Yellin (guitar) & Clarence Ferrari (fiddle).
Gene Yellin, a 40 year veteran of the New York bluegrass scene, has played with Hazel Dickens, Breakfast Special (Kenny Kosek, Andy Statman, etc), Yellin Grass (with his bluegrass banjo playing brother, Bob), Eastbound Freight and American Flyer (with Ben Freed). He is critically recognized as one of the best bluegrass singers to come out of the New York area.
Clarence Ferrari has performed with countless musicians including Pete Seeger, Tom Chapin, Tom Paxton, Roswell Rudd, Davey Arthur of The Furies, Les Binks of Judas Priest, and The Brooklyn Philharmonic. He has established his “fast and floating fiddle” to both Irish and bluegrass music.
Date: Saturday, Feb 24th
Time: 4-6pm
Location: The Scratcher Bar: 209 E 5th St, New York, NY 10003
Donation: $5
Hi Friends,
Check out D. Riley Nicholson: Shimmer; Adam Tendler: Solo Piano
March 20th 8pm @ MISE-EN_PLACE BUSHWICK
Shimmer: composed and performed by D. Riley Nicholson
for solo piano and electronics
east coast premiere
Adam Tendler: solo piano
selections from Cage, Glass, and Takemitsu
Shimmer is a 50 minute musical work by composer-pianist D. Riley Nicholson for piano and electronics. Nicholson worked closely with sound designer Zach Miley to record, sculpt, and create an interface suitable for live electro-acoustic performance. Shimmer is performed by Nicholson alongside projected visuals created specifically for the production by artist Robby Gilson.
To shimmer is to reflect a wavering or distorted visual image, to tremolo a fitful light. To shimmer is to flicker and allow the complexity of a beautiful light to evolve, to open up the possibility of an object viewed from multiple perspectives simultaneously. From a different angle, Nicholson explores Shimmer as a highly personal verb: We are remembered by how we reflected the light around us. We didn’t create our light, but we do choose to spread and magnify it in a myriad of directions. Shimmer reflects these ideas as a repetitive tremor of shaking, mesmerizing, aural glare.
Nicholson shares the evening with Adam Tendler. Described as “a virtuoso pianist” by The Village Voice, Tendler has a strong history of championing 20th century and new music; he will be playing selections from Cage, Glass, and Takemitsu
When: March 20th @ 8pm
Where: MISE-EN_PLACE BUSHWICK (675 Hart. St)
Tickets: $10-$15
More info: Shimmer.RileyNicholson.com
Where to buy tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/d-riley-nicholson-shimmer-adam-tendler-solo-piano-tickets-43958624429
Monday night, July 16th I 12:00 MIDNIGHT
Rockwood Music Hall I 196 Allen Street, New York, NY
Emily Julia Kresky and The Point
No Cover
Blues/Folk/Rock trio out of Charlottesville, Virginia
Emily Julia Kresky is a multifaceted singer-songwriter, guitarist, and performer who blends styles of blues, rock, and folk with a retro twist. Born and raised in northern New Jersey, she relocated to Charlottesville, Virginia in the winter of 2014 and quickly immersed herself into the local music scene. She has since appeared on many stages throughout Virginia including Blue Grass Valley Music Festival and Jammin’ Java. She performs both as a solo act and with her backing band, The Point, and was in the duo Together Soul for three years. She released her first solo EP, “No Place to Be”, in March, 2018. She celebrated the release of this album in New Orleans during the 2018 Jazz & Heritage Festival with two shows at The Howlin’ Wolf Den.
Emily’s music is rooted in a deep pool of inspiration that began with a love of writing and expanded to complex songwriting that draws from various playing styles such as roots and blues-shuffle to create her authentic and recognizable sound. Known for her catchy melodies, poetic lyrics, and captivating performances, Emily Julia Kresky continues to engage crowds and gather avid followers.
I would like to email a one sheet with a musical link for a new LP entitled “Compositions” by Johnathan Pushkar. JEM Records will release it on June 4, and it can be played one week beforehand,
The single “Any Second Now” can be played earlier on May 3.
Thanks,
Maureen Pietoso
JEM Records
Publicist
(908) 415-1034
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Hello, this is a message for a mysterious @delarue
Yesterday I found a review on my CD Versus from September 28th 2021. Besides being pleasantly surprised, I was stunned with writing style of the review. Not only did it give a precisely descriptive picture on the music, it-wording, sentences, paragraphs sounded like music itself. I hope to say “thank you” in person one day. 🙏
Just found out about your site.
Hello! Would love some clarification on this sentence: “Please help us all return to normal and do not participate in concerts which have lockdown restrictions” — what exactly is being discussed here? If performers / audiences are encouraged to mask or test, are those events unwelcome on this site?
Exactly. All pro-freedom artists and events are welcome here