“We are the motherfucking Darkness from the mother fucking UK” exclaims front man and borderline mad man Justin Hawkins a fews songs […]

My most favorite time of year sees my birthday (Oct 30th for those of readying your present buying) stealing candy from my niece and nephew when they aren’t looking, autumnal scents in the air and Pumpkin Spiced lattes from just about any coffee establishment I care to enter This time of year also sees the venerable Blood Manor opening its doors once again (from Oct 2nd to Nov 7th.) at their 2nd floor office space.

First of all, Joe’s Pup is a stellar place to attend a concert or a small intimate Q&A/listening party, which this was. Lodge’s new album 10,000 Light Years Ago (his first solo album in 38 years!) is a lush 8-song achievement. It features some signature Moody Blue-isms (as well as Lodge bringing back two old Moody’s to play on the stand-out tune “Simply Magic” a song about his grandson) as well as country-influenced numbers, wrenching love ballads and some fiddle-stomping fun. All around this is a collection of songs that Lodge assured us are about his life, but not so much a looking backward as looking into the future.

Throughout much of his short set, Kanye West, joined by his G.O.O.D. Music “clique,” seemed to be somewhat distracted. More than once, […]

Lisa Fischer, female backing vocalist with Sting and Chris Botti, one of the stellar stars of the Oscar winning documentary Twenty Feet […]

Steve Hackett’s Genesis Extended 2014 World Tour hit Town Hall, Saturday night, and it’s one of the better concerts I have seen […]

The Suicide Girls brought their famed Blackheart burlesque show to New York City on Halloween for a full house of costumed fans […]

The Box is a venue best known for its club nights and racy burlesque, but a couple hundred audience members gathered on […]

On Tuesday, October 14th, Webster Hall was brimming with an eager audience. The crowd packed into the sold-out Main Ballroom in anticipation […]

Taking place at over 80 venues across Manhattan and Brooklyn this year with more than 1,300 artists performing, CMJ’s annual Music Marathon […]