The 2013 Celebrate Brooklyn concert series at the Prospect Park Bandshell includes some great free shows including Big Boi, Mavis Staples and Ladysmith Black Mambazo. There are also five paid ticketed shows for Beck, Robert Plant, The Roots/Jim James, Belle and Sebastian, and Barenaked Ladies/Ben Folds. Decide which shows to ride the G train to […]
The Most Blogged About Shows This Week
This week’s edition of “Most Blogged About Shows” falls on a leap day. Much has changed since the last leap day. On February 29, 2008: – George W. Bush was in the White House. – “Road margaritas” were readily available from Turkey’s Nest on Bedford Ave. – The domestication of dogs continued, unabated. – Zucotti […]
The Roots and John Legend cover Arcade Fire
I was pretty excited to hear a soul cover of “Wake Up.” With it’s hopefulness and positive energy I was really hoping this would be a banger. But I guess when the original is so huge sounding, anything else will always seem to fall flat. But if anyone can get away with this cover, I’ll […]