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Video: President Obama Sings A Snippet Of Al Green, Isn’t Half Bad
While speaking at a fundraiser at Harlem’s Apollo Theater last night, President Obama couldn’t help but break into a bit of spontaneous song when he mentioned that the Reverend Al Green was in attendance. And the crowd went wild. More »
Amanda Bynes’ Twitter Playlist
We’ve noticed that actress Amanda Bynes uses her Twitter account frequently to post YouTube links of the latest songs she’s been listening to, so we decided to compile the last 15 into a Twitter playlist — Amanda’s commentary included. What is she listening to? Well, a lot of Lil Wayne, hip hop, some classic rock, and Passion Pit — an interesting mix. And this isn’t even a full representation of the last 24 hours.
(Photo: WENN.com)
Here’s the playlist:
Boston, “Amanda”
Amanda says: i… More »
Kings of Convenience, Al Green, and More On Sale
Tickets on sale now:
Warp20 NYC Closing Party with Jamie Lidell, the Hundred in the Hands and Born Ruffians at (le) Poisson Rouge on September 5. Tickets
Rain Machine (Kyp Malone of TV on the Radio’s new side project) at The Bell House on September 21. Tickets
John Wesley Harding’s Cabinet of Wonders: John Wesley Harding with Steven Page (Barenaked Ladies) , Eugene Mirman , David Gates , Elizabeth Ziman (Elizabeth and the Catapult) , John Roderick (The Long Winters) and Jon… More »
New Venue in NJ Announces Lineup
There is a new music venue called the Wellmont Theater in Montclair, NJ. Well, it’s not exactly new as it’s been around since 1922, but it was a cinema for a while and it closed in 2006. It is now being run by Bowery Presents and it has announced its initial lineup. Tickets go on sale for everything tomorrow (Saturday).
Nov 1 (Sat) - HANSON w/Dave Barnes & Everybody Else
Nov 2 (Sun) - MATISYAHU w/Flobots and Mishka
Nov 8 (Sat) – BILL MAHER
Nov 11 (Tues) -… More »
JVC Jazz Festival
So many festivals this summer, so little time. If you’re into jazz though, this one’s for you. The JVC Jazz Festival will be in in NY June 15-28 at various venues. They have a wide variety of performers and somewhat loose interpretation of jazz–artists as diverse as Gil Scott-Heron, Maceo Parker, Jill Scott, Al Green, Soulive, Herbie Hancock, and Brad Mehldau will be performing. Here’s the full schedule:
Sunday, June 15
A Father’s Day Gift
KENNY BARRON TRIO
Schomburg Center for Research in Black… More »