Entries By Gwen Orel
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band are still around, playing licks at the Speed of Life (their first CD in five years, and a keeper). Here's my review of their B.B. King's concert October 6.
One of the groundbreakers of traditional Irish music, Andy Irvine (Planxty, Patrick Street), in collaboration with jaw-droppingly good Irish guitar player and songwriter, John Doyle (Solas, Liz Carroll, Joan Baez), in collaboration at Irish Arts Center this week-- public events Sept. 9, 11, 12 and 13.
"I invented historical folk rock and people yawned and moved on," says Al Stewart.
Singer-songwriter and "New Folk" singer-songwriter John Gorka plays the Rubin Naked Soul series tomorrow night, Friday, 8/7-- with songs from his upcoming CD "So Dark You See."
Interview with Grammy-award winning groundbreaker Mark O'Connor, on the second day of his NYC String Camp-- the first time it's ever been held in NYC, a sold-out event with 270 students.
Tin Pan Alley Rag is jukebox musical heaven (and a lot more), Shakespeare in the Park is not free, Cleavage is distracting, and Playwright Lisa Ebersole should be much more than "emerging"
Meandering thoughts about The Full Monty, Reed in the Wind, Missy Raines and the New Hip, Claire Lynch, nonagenarian painter Sylvia Sleigh, the Fourth of July, the Landmark Session and the I-didn't-graduate nightmare
Missy Raines talks about playing the bass, chasing the groove, a wiggly cat and a cool band after playing with her band The New Hip at Madison Square Park July 1
