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  • Droid Rocks

    For those who don’t like to read, I’ll start with my bottom line, then give lots of details: I love the Droid, it’s one of the best devices I’ve ever owned, and I’m a gadget freak! A little background before I begin what will inevitably be a very long post. I’m a geek, but I’m…

  • Jerry Douglas and John Oates at Highline Ballroom

    Jerry Douglas has a new Christmas CD out, Jerry Christmas. He’s touring actively in support of that CD. Special guest stars on this tour are John Oates (of Hall and Oates fame) and Maura O’Connell. Both John and Maura are up for a Grammy this year. Jerry has 12 Grammys already! We expected the majority…

  • New Thanksgiving Tradition

    Last year I reported on our first-ever trip to Birmingham, AL, for Thanksgiving with our godson David. It’s now officially a tradition, which is likely to extend at least through next year. Once again, the real parents went north and spent Thanksgiving with Laura and Chris. We repeated the general pattern from last year, but…

  • Vienna Teng and Alex Wong at Joe’s Pub

    We got the briefest taste of Vienna Teng a few months ago when she was a guest performer at ambeR Rubarth’s CD Release Party, also at Joe’s Pub. The minute Vienna announced last night’s show we grabbed tickets (more on that later). Alex Wong is well-known to us and I’ve written about him a number…

  • Amber Rubarth and Adam Levy at Jammin Java

    If you’ve been here before, you know we’re big fans of ambeR Rubarth both as a solo artist, and as part of The Paper Raincoat. It’s no big surprise that we would try to arrange our schedule to catch one of her shows. What’s a bit of a surprise was trying to arrange our schedule…

  • Don McLean at Birchmere

    Don McLean is one of the greatest songwriters of modern times. In addition to his songs being recognized as great when they first came out, they remain timeless today. The only time I saw him perform live was in the 70’s at the Bottom Line Cabaret. It was a magical night, one that I can…

  • Tonight Show Tribute Song

    For those who don’t like to read my long posts (or anything longer than a Tweet), here’s the bottom line (don’t forget, you can make the video play full screen!): httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36IN9OlD-GU You can also share the link with others (right click it and choose copy). The overwhelming majority of posts on this blog are about…

  • Spyro Gyra at Blue Note

    I’ve been listening to Smooth Jazz for 30 years. I own nearly all of the CDs/LPs from my favorite performers. Until a few years ago, the only two that I had seen live were Earl Klugh, who I saw in 1981 in Carnegie Hall, and Chuck Mangione at Radio City Music Hall around the same…

  • CMA Writers Series at Joe’s Pub

    Last night was our 12th CMA Songwriters Series show at Joe’s Pub. We look forward to all of them (and buy our tickets the minute the shows are announced). We were even more excited about last night’s show when our friend in Nashville told us that Jessi Alexander was very special. Since this is the…

  • Ian Axel at Rockwood Music Hall

    The title of this post is as big a surprise to me as it is to you. 😉 When we planned our evening last night (a couple of weeks ago), I was unaware that Ian Axel was scheduled to play at Rockwood Music Hall, and was unaware of his music. Our plan was to see…

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