Half Step is a group of dedicated fans & students of the Grateful Dead, capturing the spirit, improvisation, sound & complexity of Grateful Dead music. Established in 2004 on Long Island, Half Step has been mastering their craft while winning over crowds of veteran Deadheads, newcomers and non-Dead fans alike. Just like the Grateful Dead […]
Films on the Green 2016 presents Boyfriends and Girlfriends, the sixth of French director Eric Rohmer's "Comedies et Proverbes" cycle, in Tompkins Square Park on July 29, 2016. L'AMI DE MON AMIE Directed by Eric Rohmer with Emmanuelle Chaulet, Sophie Renoir, Eric Viellard, Anne-Laure Meury, François-Eric Gendron 1987 | Romance | PG | 1h42 | […]
Known for their eclectic blend of electronic dance music with musical styles as diverse as tango, chanson, house, reggae and lounge, no one in Brazilian Girls is actually from Brazil, but they dance like it.
NYC Album Release Show July 30 @ Irving Plaza D Generation needs no introduction. Often credited for keeping NYC punk rock alive in the '90s, these five friends with unmistakable chemistry are widely regarded as one of the most important and unsung rock 'n' roll bands of the past twenty-five years. Before they’d ever been […]
Passion. It’s not only the reason so many musicians strive to make a career of their art, but it’s the inherent drive to keep aspirations alive and running. It’s what pushes a band through the loss of two separate singers and on to a third with hopeful optimism. It’s the ingredient that views skeptics as […]
Along with A Tribe Called Quest, DIGABLE PLANETS did more to connect hip-hop with jazz—and put forward a positive, cerebral form of the genre—than any other group. Their 1990s masterpieces Reachin' (A New Refutation of Time and Space) and Blowout Comb--a love letter to Fort Greene which Pitchfork said, “made a proto-crate-digging approach feel completely […]
Donavon Frankenreiter’s new album, “The Heart,” officially marks the start of the singer-songwriter’s second decade as a solo recording artist. It’s been over ten years since the release of his self-titled debut, and in that time he has grown, not only as a musician, but also as a man. He’s raising a family and nurturing […]
For over 18 years, Dark Star Orchestra has embodied the Grateful Dead’s live experience for fans both old and too young to have ever seen their own Grateful Dead show. Recreating historic Grateful Dead set lists, and intermittently crafting their own, Dark Star Orchestra offers a continually evolving artistic outlet within the Grateful Dead's musical […]
