Ever hear of Mexo-Americana music? If you’d been at Mad. Sq. Music on Wednesday night, you definitely would have. For the sixth concert in our summer Oval Lawn series, the Conservancy brought Mexo-Americana fusion group, David Wax Museum to the Park. Performing songs from their latest release, Everything is Saved, the Museum, along with Mexican… Read more
http://madisonsquarepark.org/news/blog/mad-sq-music-david-wax-museum
Last night Red Horse’s Eliza Gilkyson, John Gorka, and Lucy Kaplansky wooed a packed house on the Oval Lawn with their sweet harmonies. For this fifth show of our summer music series, the folk super-group entertained fans from across the country with songs from their first release, Red Horse. Each member took turns at the… Read more
http://madisonsquarepark.org/news/blog/mad-sq-music-red-horse
Last night’s Oval Lawn Series performance proved that not even mother nature could stop jazz great Christian McBride and his band Inside Straight. An unexpected torrential downpour stopped the show during Christian’s second song, but nothing could keep the group from heading back to the Mad. Sq. stage. Die-hard fans braved the weather, which cleared up… Read more
http://madisonsquarepark.org/news/blog/mad-sq-music-christian-mcbride-and-inside-straight
The Oval Lawn Series continued with a night of jazz from acclaimed international artists Lionel Loueke and Edmar Castaneda. Along with their trios, both artists brought a piece of their home countries to Madison Square Park, making for an irresistible night of melody and improvisation. Originally from the West African nation of Benin, jazz guitarist… Read more
What better way to kick off the Independence Day weekend than with a night of traditional American music and traditional American grub? Madison Square Park’s annual Bluegrass and BBQ night featured the harmonic stylings of acclaimed bluegrass songstress, Dale Ann Bradley, and break-out Americana band, The Steel Wheels – all accompanied by finger-lickin’ eats from… Read more
Sensational singer-songwriter Tift Merritt opened the 2011 Mad. Sq. Music: Oval Lawn series here at Madison Square Park last night. Despite a lack of cooperation by Mother Nature, the show went on to an appreciative, if slighlty damp, audience. Singing songs from her latest release, See You On The Moon, as well as some never-before-heard… Read more
http://madisonsquarepark.org/news/blog/mad-sq-music-oval-lawn-series-tift-merritt
The critically acclaimed “Prince of New Orleans,” Davell Crawford is a major force in American Roots music. Grandson to 1950s R&B star James Crawford and godson of Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Roberta Flack, Crawford developed his diverse musical talents at an early age and has become one of the most exciting live performers to come out of… Read more
http://madisonsquarepark.org/things-to-do/calendar/oval-lawn-series-special-guest
Photo courtesy of Michael Caulfield/WireImage.com A big congratulations goes out to Mad. Sq. Music friend and colleague, Seth Abramson of Rabbit Moon Productions, on his Grammy win last week for co-producing “Mingus Big Band Live At Jazz Standard” – named Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album at the 53rd Annual Grammy Awards. What a way to… Read more
http://madisonsquarepark.org/news/mad-sq-music-production-team-member-wins-grammy
Recently anointed as Boston’s Americana Artist of the Year, David Wax Museum has been called “one of Boston’s hottest new bands” (Boston Globe). It is no surprise that their acclaimed performance at the 2010 Newport Folk Festival was hailed as one of NPR’s All Songs Considered Highlights of the entire weekend. The Museum fuses traditional… Read more
http://madisonsquarepark.org/things-to-do/calendar/mad-sq-music-oval-lawn-series-7
Red Horse is the debut album from folk’s newest supergroup featuring Eliza Gilkyson, John Gorka, and Lucy Kaplansky. Together these three veteran songwriters team up to cover each other’s songs and breathe new life into old favorites. Awash in gorgeous harmonies and simple acoustic production, this album is sure to be an instant folk classic… Read more
http://madisonsquarepark.org/things-to-do/calendar/mad-sq-music-oval-lawn-series-6
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