Marlon Bishop appears in the following:
Gig Alert: Emilio Solla and the Tango Jazz Conspiracy
Wednesday, November 03, 2010
Emilio Solla takes his Tango Jazz Conspiracy (and post-Piazolla compositions) to the stage at Zinc Bar tonight. Download his dark, wild, "Remain Alert" here.
Gig Alert: Luisa Maita
Wednesday, November 03, 2010
Hailed as "the New Voice of Brazil," São Paulo native Luisa Maita brings her smart, contemporary Brazilian pop to SOBs tonight. Download her "Desencabulada" for free.
Gig Alert: Enescu Re-imagined (Lucian Ban and John Hebert)
Tuesday, November 02, 2010
Jazz pianist Lucian Ban teamed up with bassist John Hebert to rearrange the music of early 20th Century composer Georges Enescu for a jazz ensemble. Download this skillful remake of an Enescu aria here.
Gig Alert: Erland and the Carnival
Tuesday, November 02, 2010
Erland and the Carnival bring its morose and magical folk-pop to our side of the pond at the Knit tonight. Download the band's "Trouble in Mind" here.
Queens Mom-and-Pop Company Makes Halloween Costumes for the World
Friday, October 29, 2010
But Rubie's Costume Company isn't what you expect. Check out WNYC's audio slideshow here.
New Films On The Cheap
Friday, October 29, 2010
Low-budget movies are hot in Hollywood right now and the young filmmakers behind them owe a lot to the Internet. Technology and social media are changing the way films are being made — and it's a much shorter path from YouTube to the big screen than you might think. Produced ...
Gig Alert: Chino Maurice
Thursday, October 28, 2010
Chino Maurice brings back the sound and style of yesteryear's soul-funk-rock masters: P-Funk, Prince, and Jimi Hedrix. Catch him at Joe's Pub tonight and download "Luna" here.
Gig Alert: Kenny Werner and the Brussels Jazz Orchestra
Thursday, October 28, 2010
American arranger and jazz piano great Kenny Werner teams up with one of Europe's top big bands for a six-day stint at Dizzy's. Catch him tonight and download Werner's "Kadinsky" here.
Gig Alert: Chico Mann
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Gig Alert: Michael Formanek
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Gig Alert: Dan Tepfer Trio
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Dan Tepfer is one of the pioneering, young jazz pianists reinventing "jazz as we know it." Catch his trio's CD release party at The Jazz Standard tonight, and download his "All I Heard Was Nothing" here.
Gig Alert: Kagero
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Kagero brings its Japanese Gypsy Rock to Local 269 tonight. Download the band's rolicking "2 + 1 is Almost 5" here.
Gig Alert: Spectral Scriabin
Monday, October 25, 2010
Gig Alert: Jake Shimabukuru
Monday, October 25, 2010
Gig Alert: Freddie Gibbs
Friday, October 22, 2010
Rejecting hook-heavy club rap, Freddie Gibbs is single-handedly bearing the standard for Midwestern rap with impressive lyrical dexterity. Download an edited version of his "National Anthem" here.
Gig Alert: Calibro 35
Thursday, October 21, 2010
Art Deaccessioning: Right or Wrong?
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Gig Alert: Stew and Heidi Rodewald
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Stew and Heidi Rodewald, masters of rock-musical songwriting, present a song-cycle all about Brooklyn. Download the duo's "Love Like That," from Stew and Heidi's first hit musical Passing Strange.
Gig Alert: Dark, Dark, Dark
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Accordion (and banjo) wielding Dark Dark Dark, based in Minneapolis, brings its "chamber-folk" to the CMJ Music Marathon tonight. Download the band's earnestly executed, lovelorn "Daydreaming" here.
Gig Alert: Francis and the Lights
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
On the opening night of the CMJ Music Marathon, buzzier-than-thou Francis and the Lights brings its synth-laden disco-funk to Webster Hall. Download the band's terminally chill "For Days."
