Ethan Lipton & His Orchestra, an eccentric NYC throwback if there ever was one, unleashed their new album Honker today.
Performed by Lipton and an inspired trio, Honker is packed with loungey/folk-jazz gems that grow on you but fast. NYC-area production credits abound as well.
Most of the album’s basic Read more...
On 7:30, Monday June 28th at Crash Mansion, The Musaic Concert Series presents “Wednesday Before Last,” an operatic tapestry sponsoring “To Write Love on Her Arms”, a non-profit movement dedicated to presenting hope and finding help for people struggling with depression, addiction, self-injury, and suicide. TWLOHA exists to encourage, inform, Read more...
Roadrunner/ Loud & Proud Records (NYC) has signed four-time GRAMMY-nominated guitarist Kenny Wayne Shepherd to the label.
The self-taught American musician signed a multi-album deal and is currently working on his Roadrunner/Loud & Proud debut records, which will include his first live album, as well as a new studio album. Read more...
Last weekend at Summer NAMM, Telefunken introduced the new MkII version of its R-F-T AK-47.
Featuring a dual-sided, gold-sputtered capsule and a NOS (New Old Stock) Telefunken EF-732 vacuum tube, the new AK-47 MkII includes a transformer upgrade to the historic BV8 found in the U-47 and U-48 microphone classics Read more...
Summer music festivals season is here, with both the Northside Music Festival and the 6th annual Afro-Punk Festival happening this weekend. Fort Greene’s Commodore Barry Park is the site of the Afro-Punk Festival, going down this Saturday and Sunday.
Saturday’s (June 26) showcase includes “afro-punk godfathers” Bad Brains, supported by Read more...
