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New Haven Independent » Music
6d ago
was on. Two bands — Portland, Ore.’s Blue Darling and New Haven’s own Goodnight Blue Moon — made Wednesday more celebratory than just the halfway point to the weekend with their sweet harmonies, lush melodies, and lyrical loveliness. As the outside temperature last night stayed a bit warmer than your typical October, inside Best Video the atmosphere was super cool, and not just because the ‘Blue Bill Keeps Best Video Cool ..read more
New Haven Independent » Music
6d ago
) volunteer Andrew Zumwalt-Hathaway lauded both New Haven’s musicians and At the beginning of a night of music at Three Sheets on Elm Street on Thursday, Downtown Evening Soup Kitchen ( as two ingredients that make the Elm City great. He noted that volunteering for one of the most fulfilling parts of my life.” ‘Three Bands Raise Funds And Roof For DESK ..read more
New Haven Independent » Music
6d ago
on Henry Street, a temporary, two-segment wall was erected, mounted with black paper. Artist Awilda Sterling-Duprey moved in that small space, a blindfold over her eyes, large pastels in her hands — improvisational jazz helping guide her way, during the last weekend of In the large common area at ‘A Month Of Art Ends "Blindfolded," Sublime ..read more
New Haven Independent » Music
6d ago
| Oct 29, 2024 2:21 pm | In the midst of a spirited game of Bingo among a group of senior citizens at The Shack, there was an interruption. It was U.S. Senator Chris Murphy stopping by — to get an up-close look at what makes the West Hills community center work so well ..read more
New Haven Independent » Music
2w ago
| Oct 15, 2024 9:24 am | Dan Greene, sometimes of the Mountain Movers, cast a dislocating spell on a rapt audience at the Institute Library Saturday night, with a tremolo guitar and his echo-drenched voice. He was singing a song about a usual habit, of meeting friends downtown and hanging out in parking lots. But one night, he sang, was different because / I didn’t know where I was.” The eerie sense of unease tipped into the surreal. We all turned into birds / and flew over the town / we turned back into wolves / when we touched the ground.” Had they been wol ..read more
New Haven Independent » Music
3w ago
| Sep 30, 2024 8:37 am | Cornetist Taylor Ho Bynum smiled from the stage at Firehouse 12 Friday night, explaining how good it was to be back there. I cannot imagine my life without it,” he said, from his collaborations with Anthony Braxton to his numerous performances there with other groups. On Friday, however, he was there with UK-based pianist Alexander Hawkins, as part of the Crown Street bar- recording studio-performance space’s fall jazz series, running now into December. ‘Cornet-Piano Duo Frees Up The Space ..read more
New Haven Independent » Music
3w ago
| Oct 2, 2024 9:41 am | October opened with a one-two punch as the dreamy double bill of the Psychedelic Furs and The Jesus and Mary Chain turned College Street Music Hall into a post-punk version of heaven.  ..read more
New Haven Independent » Music
3w ago
| Oct 9, 2024 8:42 am | ‘Three New Albums Put The Heart On The Line’ begins with a warm, gently unfolding gesture from the piano, an easing into consciousness. But then there’s an insistent ping from somewhere else. Something’s off, something’s wrong. A beat settles in, heavy and lethargic, with strings adding extra weight. It’s an exploration of a state of mind, in which maybe everything will be okay in time — but it’s not okay now ..read more
New Haven Independent » Music
1M ago
| Sep 20, 2024 9:42 am | Did Bill Monroe originally sing this? Was it a gospel number repurposed for bluegrass barn dances? It sounded as though it leaped from an old vinyl 78, minus the scratches. ‘The Fiddler Was Playing -- & Praying ..read more
New Haven Independent » Music
1M ago
Deerlady deployed a different sound, but still had the same searching sensibility. As the sounds continued pulsing around her, she began to play simple chords, laying down a rhythm, a chord progression. On the downbeat, Mali Obomsawin and Willis Edmundson joined Abrego. The soundscape switched off in a second, and the band — Deerlady — sounded, suddenly, like a rock band. But the impression was left, and a point made, that the trio was drawing from a broad musical vocabulary. Which made sense; the last time Abrego, Obomsawin, and opener Allison Burik w ..read more