TigerHawk

I haven't looked back having left New York in 2004 after 17 years in the city. College town/country life appeals to me. I guess the thing I miss most from my urban, childless 20s and 30s was the music scene, which I enjoyed tremendously and fairly regularly.

A friend who hasn't left compiles summaries of upcoming shows periodically, and they always bring pangs. Here's his take on the upcoming shows in New York over the next three months or so, with date, band, venue, and description. His top picks in bold. If you live in the NYC area, print it, stick it on your fridge, and take advantage if you can!

Wed
8/13
G. Love & Special Sauce
Roseland
Feel good music with a bit of hip hop thrown in some times

Wed
8/13
John Butler Trio
Roseland
Happy acoustic guitar centered rock-pop with blues & folk roots

Wed
8/13
Irma Thomas
Joe's Pub
New Orleans Soul Queen

Wed
8/13
Wilco
McCarren Pool
Indie Rock/folk heroes

Thu
8/14
Blonde Redhead
Pier 54
Eclectic Rock/pop band with a haunting, ethereal vocal style

Thu
8/14
King Crimson
Nokia Theater
Power Progressive Rock Band that started in the 60's.

Thu
8/14
Los Lobos
Summerstage
Tex Mex Blues rock stalwarts

Fri
8/15
Eric Lindell
Mexicali Blues
Soulful laid back blues/R&B singer/guitarist from New Orleans who will make you smile.

Fri
8/15
King Crimson
Nokia Theater
Power Progressive Rock Band that started in the 60's.

Fri
8/15
Scrapomatic
Joe's Pub
Scrapomatic is one of my top 5! Unbelievable vocalist with good stripped down blues/folk/R&B sound. I'll be there!

Sat
8/16
King Crimson
Nokia Theater
Power Progressive Rock Band that started in the 60's.

Sun
8/17
Campbell Brothers
Huntington, NY
Amazing sacred steel band (pedal steel, lap steel and slide guitar combined with a powerful gospel singer).

Sun
8/17
Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings
Summerstage
Soul/R&B singer with great backing band

Wed
8/20
Chris Smither
Rocking the River
My favorite folk/ blues rock musician with a great presence and great songs

Wed
8/20
Sonny Landreth
Rocking the River
Great slide guitarist who plays screaming blues

Thu
8/21
Suzanne Vega
Brooklyn Masonic Temple
Rebirth of the indie folk rock singer from the 80s (Small Blue Thing)

Fri
8/22
Hot 8 Brass Band
Southpaw
New Orleans Brass Bands play a unique brand of funk -- if you've never heard one -- make the effort

Fri
8/22
Keb Mo
Hammerstein Ballroom
Traditional Blues -- very basic -- very solid

Fri
8/22
Robert Cray
Hammerstein Ballroom
A blues great and soon to be a legend

Sat
8/23
Campbell Brothers
Lincoln Ctr Out of Doors
Amazing sacred steel band (pedal steel, lap steel and slide guitar combined with a powerful gospel singer). DON'T MISS THIS SHOW!

Sat
8/23
Hot 8 Brass Band
Joe's Pub
New Orleans Brass Bands play a unique brand of funk -- if you've never heard one -- make the effort

Sat
8/23
John Boutte
Lincoln Ctr
Male Jazz/R&B singer from New Orleans with a lot of expression

Sat
8/23
Victor Wooten
Nokia Theater
One of the baddest bassists on the planet. I swear you'll think, "how does he make a bass do that?"

Sun
8/24
Alex McMurray
Rodeo Bar
NJ singer/songwriter living in New Orleans with really clever songs, a wide range of styles (ballads to blues to rockabilly to sea shanties) good chops and a great stage presence

Sun
8/24
Pete Seeger
Lincoln Ctr
Folk living legend -- kids show at 11AM

Fri-Sun
8/29
Rhythm & Roots Festival
Rhode Island
Keb Mo, Robert Cray, Marcia Ball, Steve Riley, etc.. At a family music festival at Ninigret State Park in RI

Tue
9/2
Luminescent Orchestrii
Joe's Pub
Romanian gypsy, punk, tangos, hip-hop beats, all eaten and spit out by three violins, resophonic guitar, bullhorn harmonica and guitarron.

Wed
9/3
Stephane Wremble
Joe's Pub
Django Reinhardt influenced gypsy guitarist

Thu
9/4
Lettuce
Highline
Jam band with amazing guitarist

Fri
9/5
Lettuce
Highline
Jam band with amazing guitarist

Fri
9/5
Eric Lindell
Sullivan Hall
Soulful laid back blues/R&B singer/guitarist from New Orleans who will make you smile. I'll be there!

Sat
9/6
Hot Tuna
Tarrytown Music Hall
A Jefferson Airplane offshoot that is still gigging and according to a friend -- still has it.

Sat
9/6
Railroad Earth
Irving Plaza
Folky Bluegrassy Jamband with Grateful dead roots. Lead singer was in "From Good Homes"

Tue
9/9
Annie Lennox
Nokia Theater
Lead Singer from the Eurythmics

Wed
9/10
Paul Weller
Nokia Theater
The force behind the Jam and the Style Council

Thu
9/11
Bingo
Spiegelworld
Good music meets performance art in a carnival atmosphere that could only be born in New Orleans -- don't miss this

Thu
9/11
Paul Weller
Highline
The force behind the Jam and the Style Council

Fri
9/12
Bingo
Spiegelworld
Good music meets performance art in a carnival atmosphere that could only be born in New Orleans -- don't miss this

Fri
9/12
Ruthie Foster
Turning Point, Piermont , NY
Phenomenal Singer -- don't miss her in this tiny venue

Fri
9/12
Ollabelle
Mexicali Blues
Great band with gospel, blues, and bluegrass roots.

Sat
9/13
Vinx
Trumpets, Montclair , NJ
Interesting jazz singer/percussionist who can lay down multiple tracks with his voice

Sat
9/13
Bingo
Spiegelworld
Good music meets performance art in a carnival atmosphere that could only be born in New Orleans -- don't miss this

Sat
9/13
Lez Zeppelin
Irving Plaza
Someone told me that this cover band was good - how can you resist the name

Tue
9/16
Marc Broussard
Hiro Ballroom
Young heart throbby r&b singer with a strong voice with gospel influences

Thu
9/18
Dumpstaphunk
Sullivan Hall
This was one of the best 2 shows I saw this year. Come by after the Meters

Thu
9/18
Cowboy Mouth
BB King's
High Energy upbeat rock band that gets some college radio station airplay and will surely will rock the boat!

Thu
9/18
Radiators
Maxwell's ( Hoboken )
New Orleans roots rock playing in the smallest room you can ever see them in

Fri
9/19
Campbell Brothers
World Café (Phila)
Amazing sacred steel band (pedal steel, lap steel and slide guitar combined with a powerful gospel singer). DON'T MISS THIS SHOW!

Sat
9/20
Dirty Dozen Brass Band
Irving Plaza
Brass Band Funk band from New Orleans

Sat
9/20
Trombone Shorty
Irving Plaza
Up and coming horn player from NO who likes to put on a show.

Mon
9/22
Steve Earle
Judson Memorial Church
Reigning political folk rock troubadour of his generation

Tue
9/23
Steve Earle
Judson Memorial Church
Reigning political folk rock troubadour of his generation

Tue
9/23
Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings
Socrates Sculpture Park
Soul/R&B singer with great backing band

Wed
9/24
Calexico
Webster Hall
Solid band with heavy horns and a Mexican flavor

Wed
9/24
Loudon Wainwright
Highline
American folk singer and songwriter

Thu
9/25
Joan Osborne
Music Hall of Williamsburg
Great vocalist who released a country and Motown album recently

Thu
9/25
Steve Earle
Judson Memorial Church
Reigning political folk rock troubadour of his generation

Thu
9/25
Dinosaur Jr
Terminal 5
Often credited with paving the way for Nirvana and the Seattle Rock movement

Fri
9/26
Dinosaur Jr
Terminal 5
Often credited with paving the way for Nirvana and the Seattle Rock movement

Fri
9/26
Steve Earle
Judson Memorial Church
Reigning political folk rock troubadour of his generation

Thu
9/26
PBS
BB King's
George Porter is one of the greatest bassists ever. This band has plenty of funk to go around

Fri
10/3
Carolina Chocolate Drops
Symphony Space
Young trio who has re-discovered old time jugband and blues music

Fri
10/3
Rusted Root
Nokia Theater
Roots rock band with a foot on the jam band carousel

Sat
10/4
Subdudes
Highline
Happy New Orleans roots rock with plenty of harmonizing to go around

Sun
10/5
Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra
Spiegelworld
"combines highlife, jazz, funk, and traditional West African rhythms informed with messages of political and spiritual evolution"

Fri
10/10
Papa Grows Funk
Sullivan Hall
Funk band that can make you dance (can get too much R&B at times), with an amazing bassist

Tue
10/14
Jonathan Richman
Concert Hall
Offbeat Singer Songwriter with boatloads of innocent charm and perfectly simple songs guaranteed to make the child in you smile.

Fri
10/17
Mofro
Highline
Outstanding soulful swamp funk and blues band from Fla.

Fri
10/17
Galactic
Irving Plaza
The best heavy funk band around with one of the best drummers I've ever seen

Sat
10/18
Galactic
Irving Plaza
The best heavy funk band around with one of the best drummers I've ever seen

Sun
10/19
Nick Lowe
Tarrytown Music Hall
"I knew the bride when she used to rock & roll", "cruel to be kind", "What's so funny about peace, love & understanding", and many more.

Thu
10/23
Donovan Frankenreiter
Highline
I think he has a very similar feeling to Jack Johnson

Fri
10/24
Joe Bonamassa
BB King's
Great blues guitarist and singer

Fri-Sun
10/24
Voodoo Music Experience
New Orleans
NIN, REM, Morning 40 Federation and dozens of other great bands

Sat
11/1
Chris Smither
Joe's Pub
My favorite folk/ blues rock musician with a great presence and great songs

Mon
11/3
Keren Ann
Joe's Pub
Dreamy Singer with etherial voice

Mon
11/3
Robert Walter Trio
BB King's
Great organist with James Singleton (great acoustic basss player) and Johnny Vidacovich (legendary drummer)

Tue
11/4
Keren Ann
Joe's Pub
Dreamy Singer with etherial voice

Thu
11/6
Derek Trucks
Highline
Guitar wizard (lead guitarist for the Allman Brothers) playing in his own band with overlapping solos

Fri
11/7
Derek Trucks
Blender Theater
Guitar wizard (lead guitarist for the Allman Brothers) playing in his own band with overlapping solos

Fri
11/7
New Mastersounds
Sullivan Hall
British Meters-style funk band that can really play

Sat
11/8
New Mastersounds
Sullivan Hall
British Meters-style funk band that can really play