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January 24

The Localist: Writing for Posterity

There are many issues with the idea of “content creation.” It’s a trivial term, because in a sense, everything artistic is “content creation” which sort of makes it a misnomer, because people don’t use the term to refer to everything artistic under the sun. They specifically refer to the creation of content for consumption as […]

February 19

BCF Select Shows – Week of 2.19.24

A selection of shows from the infinite sea of events in NYC this week:

February 06

BCF Select Shows – Week of 2.4.2024

A selection of shows from the infinite sea of events in NYC this week:

April 10

Albums and EP Releases – Week of 4.14.23

As part our Independent Album Release Calendar, we are starting a tradition of a dedicated post about album and EP releases that are happening each week. This week, we have an album from Frankie Sunswept and an EP from Taylor Bradshaw. Thursday, April 13, 2023, Frankie Sunswept releases Pink Noise. Purchase the album on Bandcamp: […]

November 15

BCF Select Shows – Week of 11.14.22

A selection of shows from the infinite sea of events in NYC this week:

October 26

Doctorates, Duende, and Drive-ins: An Interview with Eric Andersen

Tonight, I’ll be at City Winery New York City enjoying a live performance by The Songpoet himself, Eric Andersen, with special guests Steve Addabbo and Inge Andersen. Andersen is an American writer and singer-songwriter whose peers include Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, Lou Reed, Patti Smith, Leonard Cohen, and Joni Mitchell, to name a few. Below […]

June 04

KNABLE GAZING: AJRFU

Songs about how parents have had their good lives and now it’s entirely their 20-something progenies’ turns piss me off. You would think that would make me hate the AJR concert I went to the other weekend. And yet, I enjoyed it, being there as I was with my family, including my two sons and […]

May 24

BCF Select Shows – Week of 5.23.22

A selection of shows/livestreams from the infinite sea of events in NYC this week.

April 17

There’s Always an Old Song Somewhere: An Interview with Dom Flemons

On Friday, April 29th, I’ll be at Symphony Space attending a live musical performance by GRAMMY award-winning musician Dom Flemons, with special guest Andy Hedges, which will be the second of three consecutive nights of Flemons’ performances at the venue. Flemons is a multi-instrumentalist singer and songwriter with a repertoire spanning a century’s worth of […]

March 08

KNABLE GAZING: Reflections on a Dylan Dream

“We were in front of a house I knew in the dream but never in real life. He had a black Camaro that I regularly took him out for rides in. I had to do the driving and it was my honor. Top down, dirty old car, two-door so it opened wide and he climbed […]