Billy Joel at JazzFest

"Drop a dime in the box, play a song about New Orleans!"

Terrible Loss

RIP Heath Ledger

I can hardly believe this is true. What an incredible loss of an amazing talent and father of a beautiful girl.

Singing Like the Sun One Year Ago

My how the time flies... It was just one year ago that Rotary Downs came to NYC for the first time and things haven't seemed the same since. "Sing Like the Sun" has become an integral part of the musical landscape for many new friends of the Downs. Here's an acoustic version from their taping at Studio 360 one year ago:

Circo Bisco

Check out this cool video created by JamBase contributor Jake Krolick and follow him around on New Years Eve through Circo Bisco:



Happy New Year! Look out below!

His full review on JamBase here.

U23D OMG

I saw a screening of the U23D film tonight. Can I even call it a film? It really was more of a live music experience than... a live music experience! Breathtaking (literally, it took my breath away), mind-blowing (I feel like it was DOING something in my brain), incredibly moving (it is a U2 concert afterall), and words that I don't have to describe. This is the future. Good luck at Sundance!

Kate Nash is my new Lily Allen

Yes! My first new musical love of 2008. Kate Nash... sing it girl! The album is Made of Bricks and it's filled with delicious musical nuggets. She's got the talent and the attitude: "Why you bein' a dickhead for? You're just f'in' up situations." She's got that cute little sassy Brit pop thing but can do Bjorky and Specktory inflections with her voice. Obsession #1 of the year! Woo hoo!! Check it out...

www.myspace.com/katenashmusic

www.rhapsody.com/katenash