If I Dropped By... with Jamie DiTringo and John BellaVia of The Golden Furs

This week, I posed my "If I Dropped By..." question to Jamie DiTringo and John BellaVia of New York based band The Golden Furs.  This is what I found out during my hypothetical visits to their homes.

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?

John BellaVia (JBV): O Father! Acapella. You would play bongos and your friend can do hand claps. As long as there is someone else with a deep Barry White-ish voice for the bass, we are set.  O Father! just brings people together.

Jamie DiTringo (JDT): Amethyst. It’s one of the 1st songs John, Saul and I wrote together when we started the band and has a special place in my heart. Awww.. It has a lot of elements we really enjoy from the experimental intro, to the snappy verses and heaviness that drives the song. It’s tough to pick one because O Father is fan favorite at the moment.

The Girls In The Band Screening at Lincoln Center, 5/10 - 5/16

The Girls In The Band
Friday, May 10 - Thursday, May 16
Lincoln CenterFrancesca Beale Theater
144 West 65th Street
between Broadway & Amsterdam
New York, NY
Tickets: $8 - $13  

THE GIRLS IN THE BAND tells the poignant, untold stories of female jazz and big band instrumentalists and their fascinating, groundbreaking journeys from the late 30′s to the present day.

These incredibly talented women endured sexism, racism and diminished opportunities for decades, yet continued to persevere, inspire and elevate their talents in a field that seldom welcomed them. Today a new breed of gifted young women is taking their rightful place in the world of jazz which can no longer deny their talents.

Laura Stevenson to Play The Bowery Ballroom on 5/24

Laura Stevenson
Field Mouse
Friday, May 24
The Bowery Ballroom
6 Delancey Street
New York, NY
Doors: 7:30PM / Show: 8:30PM
Tickets: $13 advance / $15 dos
16+
Laura Stevenson released her new album Wheel on April 23.

Around New York ... May 5 - May 11, 2013

Upcoming Shows in the New York area ...

L.A. Guns at The Bowery Electric, 5/7

May 5 -- Free Energy / Deap Vally / Leda at The Bowery Ballroom
May 6 -- Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors / Caleb / Andrew Ripp at Rock Wood Music Hall, Stage 2
May 6 -- Ronnie Spector at City Winery
May 7 -- Spin Doctors / James Maddock at Brooklyn Bowl
May 7 -- Anna Rose at Rockwood Music Hall, Stage 1
May 7 -- Aaron Lee Tasjan / Mia Dyson at Rockwood Music Hall, Stage 2
May 7 -- Wakey!Wakey! at Rockwood Music Hall Stage 2
May 7 -- James Blake / Falty DL at Terminal 5
May 7 -- L.A. Guns / The Liza Colby Sound / Splinter / Sweet Cyanide at The Bowery Electric
May 7 - 12 -- Take 6 at Blue Note
May 8 -- Steve Earle & The Dukes / Mastersons at Music Hall of Williamsburg
May 8 -- Dessa: Early Words / Brick + Mortar at Union Hall
May 9 -- Lily and the Parlour Tricks at Cake Shop
May 9 -- Great Divide at Rockwood Music Hall, Stage 2
May 9 -- Jesus on the Mainline / A Brief View of the Hudson / Amanda Cross / Ashley Allen at The Bowery Electric
May 10 -- Sky Ferreira at Mercury Lounge
May 10 -- Shout Out Louds at Webster Hall
May 10 -- The Stationary Set / The Midnight Hollow / Joseph King at Cameo Gallery
May 10 -- Hypnotic Brass Ensemble at Blue Note
May 10 -- French Horn Rebellion at Brooklyn Bowl
May 10 -- Take Back The 80's Burlesque: Francine "The Lucid Dream" & Minnie D'Moocha at Parkside Lounge
May 11 -- Clementine and The Galaxy at Rockwood Music Hall, Stage 1
May 11 -- Sir Sly / Little Daylight / The Griswolds at Brooklyn Bowl
May 11 -- Mudhoney / Pissed Jeans at Music Hall of Williamsburg

VietNam to Play Glasslands Gallery on 5/18

VietNam
Andy Animal's Cannibal Tribe, Country Mice
Saturday, May 18
Glasslands Gallery 
289 Kent Avenue  
Brooklyn, NY
Doors: 8PM
Tickets: $10
21+
VietNam released their new full-length album, an A.merican D.ream, this past February.

The Milk Carton Kids to Play The Bowery Ballroom on 5/19

The Milk Carton Kids
The Barefoot Movement
Sunday, May 19
The Bowery Ballroom
6 Delancey Street
New York, NY
Doors: 7PM / Show: 8PM
Tickets: $17
18+

The Milk Carton Kids, Kenneth Pattengale and Joey Ryan, released their album The Ash & Clay this past March. If you're going to be at the legendary Newport Folk Festival, you can catch them there on Friday, July 26 and luckily, tickets are still available for that day.  

Geri Allen & Friends to Play Apollo Theater on 5/11

Apollo Theater Presents
Geri Allen & Friends  Celebrate the Great Jazz Women of the Apollo
Saturday, May 11
Apollo Theater
253 West 125th Street
New York, NY
Doors 2PM / Show 3PM; Tickets $10 - $55 Doors 7PM / Show 8PM; Tickets $10 - $55

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

Apollo Theater presents Geri Allen & Friends Celebrate  the Great Jazz Women of the Apollo featuring Geri Allen & Timeline Tap Quartet, Dianne Reeves, Terri Lyne Carrington, Lizz Wright, Tia Fuller, Karen Malina White, Marvin Sewell, Dormeshia and Afro Blue. Staged by S. Epatha Merkerson, narrative by Farah Jasmin Griffin with Deejay Val Jeanty. 

Hockey To Play Webster Hall on 5/14 + New Album

  Hockey
Tuesday, May 14
Webster Hall
125 East 11th Street
New York, NY
Doors: 6PM
Tickets: $20
16+

When last I saw Hockey, they were supporting their debut album Mind Choas and garnering a lot of attention for the infectious single, "Too Fake".  Now they're set to release their sophomore album, Wyeth IS digitally on May 7.

Marc Cary To Play Harlem Stage on 5/10

Harlem Stage Presents
Marc Cary Celebrates Abbey Lincoln with “Moseka House: The House That Abbey Built”
Friday, May 10
Harlem Stage Gatehouse
150 Covent Avenue at W. 135th Street
New York, NY
7:30PM
Tickets: $10

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

Harlem Stage, paying tribute to Clark Monroe’s Uptown House, presents Marc Cary Celebrates Abbey Lincoln with “Moseka House: The House That Abbey Built.”  Abbey Lincoln’s former pianist Marc Cary accompanies vocalists Keith Ailer, Maggie Brown, Pyeng Threadgill, and Imani Uzuri as they pay homage to Ms. Lincoln. Harlem Stage Gatehouse.

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.