lower east side music

The Mast is the Brooklyn duo of singer, guitarist & songwriter Halle Gafori and percussionist Matt Kilmer. Together, they create music, but that music is something different, and special. They weave together Halle’s (pronounced Hah-Leh) sparse but effective electric...

I dropped in to the Bowery Ballroom over the weekend to check out Chavez play a “warm-up” concert before they embark on a European tour where they’ll be playing at All Tomorrow’s Parties in London, the Primavera Sound Festival in Barcelona, and at...

Here are musician Ken Beasley’s top music picks on the Lower East Side for this weekend: AARON DUGAN – Friday Feb. 10 | 1am Rockwood Music Hall Aaron Dugan is an experimental composer/guitarist hailing from Philadelphia. He studied Jazz Improvisation and...

Here are musician Ken Beasley’s top music picks on the Lower East Side for this weekend: WILDLIFE – Fri Jan. 20 | 7:30pm at Mercury Lounge Hockey, public art, low crime rate … just a few of the things that Toronto is known...

Here are musician Ken Beasley’s top music picks on the Lower East Side for this weekend: TEDDY GOLDSTEIN – Fri Nov. 18 | 9pm at the Living Room Teddy Goldstein is one those songwriters whose satirical musical work dovetails effortlessly with...

Here are musician Ken Beasley’s top music picks on the Lower East Side for this weekend: MORRICONE YOUTH – Fri, Nov. 4 | 9PM at Rockwood Music Hall It’s always fun when smart, talented musicians go conceptual with their band or...

Here are musician Ken Beasley’s top music picks on the Lower East Side for this weekend: JULIA HALTIGAN – Fri, Oct. 28 | 9PM at Rockwood Music Hall Julia Haltigan has a sharply delivered, full bodied sound not all that dissimilar...

Here are musician Ken Beasley’s top music picks on the Lower East Side for this weekend: PAUL BRILL - Fri, Sept. 23 | 10PM at Rockwood Music Hall In the last couple years, composer/band-leader/producer Paul Brill has become known not only for...

The Lo-Down is teaming up with Fontana’s on Eldridge Street to put on an October CMJ concert showing off the best of what the Lower East Side has to offer. The Lower East Side has always been a fountain of...

Here are musician Ken Beasley’s top music picks on the Lower East Side for this weekend: KATE BRANAGH – Fri, Sept. 9 | 9pm at The Living Room More than 20 years ago, Kate Branagh was born to two folk loving...