Great Divide to Play Rockwood Music Hall on 5/9

Great Divide  Thursday, May 9
Rockwood Music Hall, Stage 2
196 Allen Street
New York, NY
Doors: 8:30PM
Tickets: $10
21+  

Great Divide released their sophomore album, Great Divide, in February.

Cab Calloway Orchestra To Play The Alhambra Ballroom on 5/9

Jazzmobile Presents  A Night of Swinging with the Cab Calloway Orchestra
Thursday, May 9
The Alhambra Ballroom
2116 Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. Boulevard
New York, NY
8PM
Cash Bar / Food Available for purchase
$10

This show is a part of the Harlem Jazz Shrines Festival. The festival takes place May 6 - 11. 

Renewing their partnership for the third year, the Apollo Theater, Harlem Stage and Jazzmobile, Inc., in collaboration with Columbia University, have joined forces to present the Harlem Jazz Shrines Festival from May 6 – 11, 2013. These cultural organizations will present a series of concerts and events to celebrate the rich legacy of jazz in the uptown community while bringing both established and emerging artists to famed Harlem venues. This year, the festival will pay tribute to The Alhambra Ballroom, the Apollo Theater, The Baby Grand, Minton’s Playhouse, Clark Monroe’s Uptown House, Showman’s Jazz Club, the Sugar Cane Club and the Cotton Club. In addition to concerts at jazz shrines throughout Harlem, festival events will take place at Harlem Stage Gatehouse, Cowin Auditorium at Teacher’s College and Ginny’s Supper Club.

Mia Dyson to Play Rockwood Music Hall on 5/7

 

Mia Dyson
Tuesday, May 7
Rockwood Music Hall, Stage 2
196 Allen Street
New York, NY
Doors: 6:30PM
Tickets: $10
21+

Mia Dyson recently released her latest album, The Moment, here in North America.  Add this to my recommended listen list.  Check out the video clip for the track "Pistol" below.

Shout Out Louds to Play Webster Hall on 5/10

Shout Out Louds
Friday, May 10
Webster Hall
125 East 11th Street
New York, NY
Doors: 7PM
Tickets: $22 advance / $25 dos
18+

Shout Out Louds released their latest album, Optica, in February.  Check out the video for the track "Illusions" below. 

If I Dropped By… with Louis Epstein of HITS

Have you ever wondered what would happen if you decided to be random and drop by a musician’s home? No?  Well, I have.  So, I posed my, "If I Dropped By..." question to HITS frontman, Louis Epstein.  This is what I learned about my host when I paid a hypothetical visit to his home.

Quirky NY Chick (QNYC): ... and brought a friend who didn't know your music, what song of yours would you play for them and why?

Louis Epstein (LE): I'd casually play well-known songs from bands like The Talking Heads and Talk Talk and Tom Waits who just talks sometimes, while I slipped in a HITS song here and there, so when it stood out, they'd say, "Wait. Who's this?" I could say, "What this? Oh weird this is actually MY band. Why? Do you like it?"
 

Wakey!Wakey! to Play Rockwood Music Hall on 5/7

Wakey!Wakey!
Tuesday, May 7
Rockwood Music Hall Stage 2
196 Allen Street
New York, NY
Doors: 9PM
Tickets: $10

Vandaveer To Release New Album + New York Show

Vandaveer
SWIMM, The Ludlow Thieves, Rachel Brown
Thursday, May 2
Rockwood Music Hall, Stage 2
196 Allen Street
New York, NY
Doors: 8PM
Tickets: $12 advance / $15 dos
21+

Vandaveer will release their album of morbid ballads, Oh, Willie Please... in North America on April 30.  Those into alternative folk will enjoy this collection of songs.

They have recently released a video for the track "Pretty Polly".  Check out the clip below.

Sir Sly to Play Mercury Lounge on 5/3

Sir Sly
JMSN, The Last Royals
Friday, May 3
Mercury Lounge
217 E Houston St.
New York, NY
Doors: 7:30PM
Tickets: $10
21+

Around New York ... April 28 - May 4, 2013

 

  
Upcoming Shows in the New York area ...

Dawn Landes at The Living Room, 5/3

April 28 -- Aly Tadros at Rockwood Music Hall, Stage 1
April 28 -- Maya Vik at Pianos
April 29 -- Jim James / Cold Specks at Webster Hall
April 29 -- Cold Specks at Pianos
April 29 -- Purchase Jazz Orchestra featuring Jon Faddis at Blue Note
April 29 -- The Box Tiger / Weird Children / Mount Sharp at Union Hall
May 1 -- Joe Fletcher & The Wrong Reasons / Joshua Black Wilkins / Leslie Dinicola / Rebecca Haviland & Whiskey Heart at The Bowery Electric
May 2 -- Communion featuring SWIMM / The Ludlow Thieves / Vandaveer / Rachel Brown at Rockwood Music Hall, Stage 2
May 2 -- Belle Mare / Cherokee Red / Adam Rubenstein at Mercury Lounge
May 2 -- Mary Bragg at Rockwood Music Hall, Stage 1
May 2 -- The Bacon Brothers at The Town Hall
May 2 -- Amy Helm / Connor Kennedy at City Winery
May 3 -- Dawn Landes & The Hounds at The Living Room
May 3 -- Shwa and the Good Times Farewell Show at Rockwood Music Hall, Stage 2
May 3 -- Sir Sly / JMSN / The Last Royals at Mercury Lounge
May 3 -- Ben Harper & Charlie Musselwhite at Beacon Theatre
May 3 -- Doc Wasabassco's Burlesque at City Winery
May 3 - 4 -- The Great American Stomp at Union Hall
May 4 -- The Broadcast at Rockwood Music Hall, Stage 2
May 4 -- He's My Brother, She's My Sister / Jeffrey Lewis & The Rain / Beach Day at Music Hall of Williamsburg
May 4 -- Black Rebel Motorcycle Club / Bass Drum of Death at Terminal 5

Paula Cole to Play City Winery on 5/3

 

Paula Cole
Friday, May 3
City Winery
155 Varick Street
New York, NY
Doors: 6PM / Show: 8PM
Tickets: $30 - $40

Paula Cole released her latest album, Raven, on April 23.  She released a video for the first single, "Eloise", last month.  Check out the clip. below.