What about the TUBA? Are our low-end brethren receiving the attention and credit they deserve for providing the bass, our groove, the “oom” to our “pah?”… or is our non-appreciation driving them to madness, burying themselves in tubas searching for answers?… Meet TubaJoe Exley, Dan Peck and Ron Caswell- three NYC musicians who are using…
What better place to spend Halloween than New York City? and what better place to celebrate than onstage at LPR (le poisson rouge), an icon of NYC nightlife and urban culture. Benjamin Ickies and his Ambitious Orchestra brought “Life is a Cabaret” to life with a dance troupe (Brooklyn’s “Lady Circus”), contortionist, sword-swallower and a…
Tin Pan Blues Band LIVE in Central Park, NYC – “Lord Lord Lord You Sure Been Good To Me.” 10/08/11.
What the hell is a Cimbasso? Ask yourself, confirm that you have no idea and then try to imagine all of the possibilities. Picture a tyrannosaurus rex singing with the lyrical adeptness of Luciano Pavarotti or a powerful yellow bulldozer covered in rose petals, maybe Quasimoto dining at Italy’s finest establishment with his drop-dead gorgeous…
You are “the greatest artist who ever lived.” Afterall, who isn’t trying to be the greatest artist who ever lived? … and what is an “artist,” anyways? Emerging in today’s all-access internet society means understanding that you can achieve success by promoting yourself, investing in the future and staying ahead of the game. However, trying…
Q: What do a ventriloquist, a janitor, a french horn player, a go-go dancer and a personal trainer all have in common? A: One ridiculously fun night at NYC’s Edison Hotel bar singing DAVID BOWIE. This night could have gone like any other night but these freakishly-talented performers created a tribute performance like no other,…
Firstly, have you heard the debut CD? It’s difficult to put a word on what allows a specific collection of musicians to be successful, initially. Sometimes it’s luck, sometimes it’s chemistry, sometimes it’s fate and sometimes the public is simply ready to receive. In the instance of Genghis Barbie, it was all of the above….
a beautiful old cartoon, compliments of the trombone section… the soundtrack alone is worth the watch.
What can I say?… sometimes I love this city, sometimes I hate it. It’s the best of times, it’s the worst of times. When the rhythm of the city coincides with my own personal highs and lows, it can feel like pure elation or absolute purgatory. This past week we landed on the former and…
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