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Advance Planning: March 2014 Music Calendar
March starts this coming Saturday, so for all you advance planners out there, here is the Now I’ve Heard Everything Music Calendar for March, 2104. Listings on the calendar are for venues in New York...
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Music Video: Alana Amram and The Rough Gems – Should I Go Now
Alana Amram and The Rough Gems have long been a favorite around here. Although Alana left NYC for Los Angeles last year, she recorded a wonderful album here, Spring River, which has just been...
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Tonight: Alana Amram and The Rough Gems at The Knitting Factory
When I first met her a few years back, Alana Amram was playing Union Hall and Union Pool and she joked that she would only play clubs with Union in their name. That was then. Last year, Alana pulled...
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News and Notes: Alana Amram and The Rough Gems Sparkle
Writing about music is like dancing about architecture, or at least that’s how the old saying goes. It’s only partially true: if a music writer does the job well, you’ll at least have an idea of what...
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Advance Planning: July 2014 Music Calendar
Here is the monthly music calendar for July 2014. Listings on the calendar are for venues in New York City and for bands that I can personally recommend or which I have reason to believe are...
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Advance Planning: July 2014 Music Calendar Update (Added 6/27)
Here’s a cancellation and a whole bunch of additions for July. As always, these show have been added to the July 2014 calendar. July 7 – Jim Campilongo Trio with Hagar Ben Ari, Josh Dion – Rockwood...
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Advance Planning: October 2014 Music Calendar
October is going to be a very busy month for music. This year’s edition of the CBGB Festival runs from October 8th through the 12th, and CMJ starts on the 21st and goes through the 25th. I waited a...
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Advance Planning: October 2014 Music Calendar Update (Added 10/16)
Here are three more shows. The wonderful Alana Amram will play CMJ on Saturday the 25th; there’s a whole mess of talent showing up at The Treehouse at 2A to sing Rolling Stones songs; and Puss n Boots...
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Saturday: Five Picks
For today, the last day of CMJ, I offer five picks. As usual, they are a mix of CMJ and non-CMJ shows. First up, at The Rockwood Music Hall at 7pm, is Fife & Drom, a blues based band led by the...
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Tonight: Laura Cantrell at Berlin or Alana Amram at Union Pool
It’s one of those nights with two wonderful shows scheduled at the same time. You’ll find Laura Cantrell playing Berlin, a new club which is located in the basement of the bar 2A. Laura was born and...
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