Alabama Shakes, Diamond Rugs and Robert Ellis - Super show at SummerStage

Article and images by Bill Kelly

The City Parks Foundation continued wowing New Yorkers with a super Sunday SummerStage show featuring  soul-rockers Alabama Shakes,  Diamond Rugs; a collaboration with  members of Deer Tick, Los Lobos, The Black Lips, Dead Confederate and Six Finger Satellite, along with alt-Country crooner Robert Ellis. 

Deer Tick and Jonny Corndawg - Red Hook Park, Brooklyn NY

Images and article by Bill Kelly

Providence based alt-folk-rock band Deer Tick played  a brief but exubernt set in the neo-hipster,  warehouse waterfront neighborhood of Red Hook Brooklyn  last Thursday night.  Red Hook,  former home of dockworkers and milieu for the movie “On The Waterfront” is another one of those New York neighborhoods transitioning from dangerous to home of kimchi tacos.  

SummerStage 2012 Gala - The Music of Jimi Hendrix

Articles and images by Bill Kelly

Kicking off a season of over 100 music and dance programs, the NY Parks Foundation SummerStage series opened with a Gala celebrating the music of Jimi Hendrix.  Featuring a diverse group of artist including Wyclef, The Roots, Bebel Gilberto, G.Love, Soulive, Keller Williams, Amel Larrieux, John Scofield, Karl Densen and Living Colour, the evening celebrated the 70th anniversary of Hendrix’s birth.