CalendarNew York City Shows
January 2015
07 January
08 January
08 January
The Barr Brothers - Highline Ballroom (NYC)
Montreal quartet The Barr Brothers explore the furthest reaches of folk and beyond with a host of strange instruments. They released ’Sleeping Operator’ to raves in October 2014, NPR Music deemed the record “elemental, raw and mesmerizing,” and the band will tour worldwide throughout 2015.
09 January
09 January
Gretchen Peters - Rockwood Music Hall/ Stage 3 (NYC)
Nashville Songwriter Hall of Famer Gretchen Peters will perform the "gritty, dark numbers and lush ballads" (Wall Street Journal) from her "striking" (Los Angeles Times) album 'Blackbirds,' out Feb. 10.
12 January
Zac Brown Band headlines the Championship Tailgate at the inaugural College Football Playoff
AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas
13 January
13 January
13 January
Nora Jane Struthers - Rockwood Music Hall (NYC)
Billboard applauds Nora Jane Struthers' "musical odyssey" from Brooklyn English teacher to Nashville bandleader, from whimsical folk narratives to deeply personal, hard-charging songs on new album 'Wake' (out 2/24, Blue Pig Music). On the album, rich with robust electric riffs, pedal steel and violin, NPR Music's Ann Powers calls Struthers "guided by fire," Rolling Stone Country hails her "lyrical vulnerability matched by her growing confidence," and Amy Poehler's Smart Girls at the Party raves she is "entirely and unequivocally herself.”
16 January
Hailey Tuck - Joe’s Pub (NYC)
24-year-old expat jazz singer flips the script on the Zombies, Cole Porter, Maroon 5 and more, changing gender roles and playing with tempos as inspired by her fervent love for Blossom Dearie, '20s jazz and la belle époque.
29 January
Elliott BROOD - Mercury Lounge (NYC)
WXPN "Next" band-to-watch Elliott BROOD just earned another Juno nomination for their LP 'Work and Love' (Paper Bag Records), their most personal and urgent album to date with rock influences that nod to Neil Young & Crazy Horse as well as Richard Buckner and Whiskeytown.