In New York, performance is all around you, on stage, in the subway, in the parks and in the street. Singers, musicians, dancers, orators, acrobats and more, Summer, Winter, Spring and Fall. Above: Lupe Fiasco on Governor's Island....
Nile Rogers played all the Chic hits and the crowd was into it... Lincoln Center Summer Stage
Gil Scott-Heron
Was lucky enough to catch one of Gil Scott-Heron's last New York performances when he played a free Summer show at Marcus Garvey Park on Aug 5th. It was a homecoming concert and the Harlem crowd showed him lots of love.
F R O M 2 0 0 4 :
iggy pop on randall's island
Little Steven Van Zandt's one-day "garage band" festival on Randall's Island here in New York.
Fistfull Of Mercy, Dhani Harrison, Joe Arthur, Ben Harper at The Apollo
One of the first of Willie's shows that I covered, this is at Shutters on West 34th St
Orchestra Members - Brian Cadd / Russell Morris - The Conservatorium, Brisbane , Australia
Juanita Cohen-Smith was a guest at Willie Gee's Steppin Up To The Plate IV at The Triad NYC
Joe Arthur at The Bowery Ballroom in a few years back
Melissa Manchester was absolute dynamite at the Laura Nyro Tribute at Lincoln Center
Willie Gee's Steppin Up to the Plate show at The Triad on the Upper West Side
Sons of Albion singer Logan Plant is certainly a chip off the old block.
Flashback 60s - The Who at Festival Hall
The Doves at The Bowery Ballroom
McCartney absolutely slayed them in Boston.
From the vaults. It's Jerry Lee Lewis at the long gone Palomino Club in Nth Hollywood
Brian Jonestown Massacre in great form at Webster Hall