Live at J&R
Carly Simon Celebrates Release of New Album At J&R
Carly Simon will be signing Never Been Gone November 24th, 6 pm at J&R Music, 23 Park Row, New York.
Carly Simon’s new album, Never Been Gone, revisits songs originally written throughout Carly’s extensively long and productive career. With new largely acoustic arrangements, the CD was recorded at home on the island of Martha’s Vineyard.
Carly’s son, Benjamin Taylor was the originator of the idea and Carly lived up to the dare. It has been one of the great thrills of Carly’s lifetime to be working with friends and family so close to her heart. Though Sally Taylor, Carly’s daughter, was available only to work once during the course of the recording, the choice of song that she sings on so beautifully is a meaningful coincidence: “Boys In The Trees,” is a message that a daughter receives so hauntingly from her mother.
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Rich Pagano Live @ J&R Music Monday Nov. 16th at 12:30 pm
“… “Rich Pagano + the SugarCane Cups” is among the best albums that you’ll hear in 2009.” - Reverend Keith A. Gordon, Blurt Magazine
After years of working behind the scenes to make memorable music for and with some of the industry’s most revered artists, Rich Pagano has stepped into the spotlight with an album that aims to, in his words, “take listeners on a journey of being pissed off at politicians, moving on from comforts and co-dependencies, suicidal thoughts, society’s extreme need for distraction, love’s transformations and religious freedom.”
“Rich Pagano + the SugarCane Cups”, a classic-infused rock and roll record of angst and escapism, evokes soaring comparisons to The Beatles, Continue Reading »
Master Rock Drummer, Carmine Appice, Live at J&R
“Carmine Appice set the foundation for heavy drumming…before Bonham, before Ian Paice…before anyone else.”–Rick Van Horn, Modern Drummer
Carmine Appice will be performing and signing autographs on Thursday November 19th at 6 pm, celebrating the releases of Carmine Appice’s Guitar Zeus: Conquering Heroes and Derringer/Bogart/Appice, The Sky Is Falling.
As drummer for Vanilla Fudge, Carmine Appice set the grooves for the groundbreaking band’s 1967 psychedelic debut, inadvertently inventing Stoner Rock in the process. The Fudge had no precedent. The band was totally unique. Continue Reading »
