Lionel Loueke Trio Saturday, February 25, 2012 at 8pm Crowell Concert Hall Pre-concert talk at 7:15pm Thanks to the generosity of the Center for the Arts at Wesleyan University my wife and I will be attending the Lionel Loueke Trio Concert on February 25th gratis. We were awarded two free tickets due to appreciation of…
We’re very excited to be attending Tim Berne‘s debut release concert of his ECM Snakeoil recording being held at the Rubin Museum of Art in New York City on Friday February 17th, 2012. The concert is entitled Harlem in the Himalayas. Snakeoil is a potent blend of new voices and new ideas. Oscar Noriega (woodwinds), Matt Mitchell (keyboards) and…
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My wife asked me to choose what I wanted to do for my sixtieth birthday. I thought about it for a bit and then I said, “I’d like to celebrate jazz in New York City at a famous club with you.” So I purchased us tickets for Chris Botti at The Blue Note in Greenwich…
Two bands I have meant to see as individual concerts are on the same bill together. Tower of Power and Average White Band. They are r&b, soul, funk and bad-ass horns. I could not resist this double shot of funky soul in my neighborhood. So Thursday night at The Klein Memorial Auditorium in Bridgeport we’ll be up…
Stephen Stills Friday, October 21st, 8:00pm
I just love the lilting sound of Jon Anderson‘s voice, especially when it is coupled with the magnificence of Rick Wakeman‘s piano virtuosity. I just learned today that they will be appearing together at The Ridgefield Playhouse on Wednesday November 2, 2011. I am very encouraged to attend this event. It’s a rare opportunity to see these…
We will be attending the Lucinda Williams concert at the Ridgefield Playhouse on November 1, 2011. This will be an exciting opportunity to witness one of the best singer/songwriters in music today. Her latest recording Blessed makes powerful statements about life and the human condition. She also has an incredible library of songs and recordings that are very compelling listening. I…
Jazzed that The Fairfield Theatre Company has booked the Tedeschi Trucks Band along with Scrapomatic. The concert takes place Saturday October 29th at The Klein Memorial Auditorium in Bridgeport, Ct. What I am even more pleased about is that the concert tickets were $50 each for FTC members. Just last Friday Ridgefield Playhouse charged $127 each…
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We’ve ordered tickets to see Janis Ian at the barn at Great Camp Sagamore in the Adirondacks on August 27th, 2011. Looking forward to some great music, rest and relaxation in Upstate NY. Related articles Janis Ian – Society’s Child (musicofourheart.wordpress.com)
We are pleased to be ticketed to attend an educational and entertaining annual get together at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Patti Smith and her daughter Jesse Smith, along with Lenny Kaye and Michael Campbell perform a potpourri of musical instruments and songs, which are Intermixed with poetry and Patti Smith’s uncanny sense of humor and…
