Email AuthorBrad Farberman
Bucks Burnett's Very Cool Eight Track Museum Opens This Weekend
October 12, 2012 in Sound of the City
Live: Thurston Moore And Chelsea Light Moving Make Their Debut At 285 Kent
September 13, 2012 in Sound of the City
Live: Jenny Scheinman Warms Up The Village Vanguard
September 04, 2012 in Sound of the City
Live: Janelle Mone, TV On The Radio, And Toro Y Moi Break Boundaries At Afro-Punk
August 27, 2012 in Sound of the City
Q&A: The Impressions' Fred Cash On Curtis Mayfield, Politics In The '60s, And The Venues His Band Played Back In The Day
July 19, 2012 in Sound of the City
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Q&A: Marc Ribot On His Headlining Run At The Village Vanguard, Heading Into Unfamiliar Scenes, And Coming To New York In The '70s
June 25, 2012 in Sound of the City
While working in organist Jack McDuff's band in 1979, guitarist Marc Ribot learned not to "hit the obvious note," a guideline he's followed ever since. As a sideman, he's strummed...
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Live: The Roots, Living Colour, And Others Pay Tribute To Jimi Hendrix At SummerStage
June 08, 2012 in Sound of the City
Adam MacchiaSummerStage Honors the Music of Jimi Hendrix Central Park SummerStage Tuesday, June 5 Better than: Exercising, which is apparently what you're supposed to be doing in Central Park. Hendrix was really into...
Daptone's Neal Sugarman On The Sweet Return Of The Sugarman 3
May 29, 2012 in Sound of the City
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Live: Questlove Puts The World On Shuffle At BAM
April 23, 2012 in Sound of the City
Ed Lefkowitz/BAMShuffle Culture Howard Gilman Opera House Friday, April 20 Better than: Celebrating "4/20." Questlove's "Shuffle Culture" event—at which ten or so musical acts performed a handful of songs each, but never more than...
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Q&A: Questlove On Artistic Freedom, "Shuffle Culture," And Spreading The Springsteen Gospel
April 18, 2012 in Sound of the City
Anthony PughIn a recent tweet responding to a follower's assertion that he was a celebrity, the drummer and head Root Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson demurred, claiming he was merely "a personality."...
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Dr. John Gets Locked Down With The Black Keys' Dan Auerbach
March 29, 2012 in Sound of the City
One recent trend in pop music has seen a number of old souls producing albums by the young at heart. Gospel goddess Mavis Staples's latest album, 2010's You Are Not...
