Ingrid Michaelson and friends played their fourth annual Holiday Hop at the Highline Ballroom on 12/10/10.
Greg Laswell opened after a set by the "Aunties;" Ingrid, Bess and Allie in disguise...
More in my Flickr photoset...
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Jeff Tweedy played a solo show at the Tarrytown Music Hall on 12/6/10.
There was no photography allowed. I sneaked in my DSLR, but my stealth shots were a bit too rushed to get good sharpness. When the going gets tough, the tough go for... special effects. :)
A couple of more shots can be seen in my Flickr photostream.
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Brandon Flowers played the Hammerstein Ballroom, NY on 12/2/10.
No photo pass, so this was another "point-and-shoot" show.
See more in myFlickr photoset.
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Guster played the Beacon Theatre on 10/29/10; it was the last show of their Fall tour supporting their new album Easy Wonderful.
No photo pass for this show, so this was shot with the point and shoot.
A couple more can be seen in the Flickr photoset.
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Johnny Flynn played a set at the Music Hall of Williamsburg on 10/22/10.
Although it was a short set, he played both favorites and songs from his new album, to be released in the US in a few days.
Don't miss him the next time around...
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Ingrid Michaelson and her band played the Best Buy Theater in NYC on 10/13/10.
Entering to Led Zep's 'Immigrant Song', the band uncovered, then covered the song.
Ingrid was funny, sincere and talented as usual. Her band is a tight musical unit and good friends too.
More in my Flickr set.
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The National played in Propect Park as part of the Celebrate Brooklyn summer festival.
The band was happy to be playing in their neighborhood and played an intense set.
Additional musicians included Kyle Resnick on Trumpet, Ben Lanz on Trumpet and more, Padma Newsome on Violin and keys and a percussionist whose name I missed.
For more, check out the entire photoset on Flickr.
Show 50+9 (50+8 was Taylor Swift at Nassau Coliseum; no pics).
Titus Andronicus made a stop on their "Monitour" at SUNY Purchase's student center. Debuting their new album "The Monitor," this was a free show and a warmup for their sold out show at Maxwell's in Hoboken, NJ.
They played a late, hot and intense set for a small crowd of SUNY students.
Cassie Ramone, of The Babies and Vivian Girls sat in after their set.
More in the Flickr photoset.
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(50+6 being Wilco in Hartford, 4/9/10; no photos taken).
Wilco played the first of a two night stand at the Wellmont Theater in Montclair, NJ. These were shot for the Vulture blog at New York Magazine online. All of the photos are on my photoblog 50showsat50.
Part of the show was an acoustic set. The lamps gave the stage an intimate, living room feel.
More photos in higher resolution in my Flickr photoset.
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The National played the first of two shows debuting songs from their new album High Violet. Set to be released 5/11/10 in the US, the band seemed excited to play the new songs.
Guests included Thomas Bartlett AKA Doveman and their horn section that included Kyle Resnick.
This show and tomorrow night were some of the hottest tickets in NYC this week. I got lucky and snagged one of 30 tickets released at 5:30 by the band for fans.
More high resolution photos in my Flickr photostream.
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The current issue of Relix magazine contains this photo of legendary producer Steve Lillywhite sitting in with Guster at one of last fall's Beacon Theatre shows.
Thanks Relix...
Sam Amidon played a set accompanied at times with his friend Thomas Bartlett on 1/12/08 at Mercury Lounge.
Thomas Bartlett, AKA Doveman, sat in. Both of these talented guys collaborate with Beth Orton on her next album.
More on Flickr.
This preceded sets the following week with Beth Orton in Brooklyn and Manhattan.
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Evelyn, Evelyn, the conjoined twin singer(s)-songwriter(s) played a private, tune-up show for fans at the Slipper Room in NYC the afternoon of 1/12/10.
For more on the sisters, see this internet entry.
To avoid knowing too much, don't look here.
Photography wasn't permitted. I was too great a fan of everyone involved to violate that request.
It was a special event. Be sure to check them out when they tour and release their next album.
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Emily Wells headlined the show at City Winery on Saturday, January 2, 2010.
Playing unaccompanied by other humans, Emily proceeded to create, on-the-fly, amazing mixes of her songs.
Don't miss a chance to see her play.
NY Magazine liked this one for their Vulture blog NYE weekend slideshow.
More high res photos in my Flickr photoset.
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Jenny Owen Youngs played the opening set at City Winery on Saturday, January 2nd, 2010. She was accompanied by the multi-talented Chris Kuffner and Elliot Jacobson.
Last seen backing Ingrid Michaelson, Chris and Elliot had many friends in the audience including Bess Rogers.
More in my Flickr photoset.
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Watch this space for what I learned and a roundup of some of the best photos from the run.
I hope to get some tie after the weekend and I get back to a smaller household and normal schedule.
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