And isn’t today Fathers Day in America? And also Sunday, that day of rest that has rolled around each week and year again. Or is that Saturday, the Sabbath. And yet I find myself blah blogging away. And in between reading those Revelations 8 and the third part of the sea became blood end of the world BP gulf oil spill doomsday headlines and YouTube videos, I find myself coming across music event listings for Make Music New York, that one day music celebration that takes place each year on June 21st throughout the streets of New York in hundreds of public spaces with free concerts from just about every musician one can think of like the play me I’m yours piano installations art project, mass appeal concerts to be held at venues like Lincoln Center, Central Park Summerstage, Punk Island, Bedford Avenue in Williamsburg, Park Slope, East Village, Union Square, Brooklyn Academy of Music, The Metropolitan Opera and many, many, many more. And there are similar Make Music events in other cities around the world on this day also. And in other music event listings to be found in that L Magazine, that culture and events listings guide to be found in those orange boxes on those street corners throughout the city of New York, the Northside Festival is happening in Greenpoint and Williamsburg, Brooklyn June 24-27th in that city of New York as well with concerts, showcases, benefit shows and performances from seemingly hundreds and hundreds of artists including The Albertans, Anamanaguchi, Apse, Au Revoir Simone, Bad Girlfriend, Chica Vas, Cloud Nothings, Cults, Darlings, Dinosaur Bones, The Doctors Fox, Dom, Eternal Summers, Eula, The Fiery Furnaces, Fucked Up, Golden Girls, Grails, Grandchildren, The Grates, Gray Young, The Great Unwashed, Grooms, The Gypsy West, High Places, The Hundred in the Hands, Islands, Les Savy Fav, Les Vinyl, Liars, Marie Stella, Memory Tapes, Men, Milagres (ex-The Secret Life of Sofia), MiniBoone, Mon Khmer, Moon Duo, Parenthetical Girls, Polvo, The Rabbits, Real Estate, Red Rooster, The Senors of Marseille, Shark?, Shoney Lamar, Sic Alps, The Smoking Popes, The Sundelles, Thao and Mirah with the Most of All (Thao Nguyen with Mirah), That Fleeting World, Titus Andronicus, True Womanhood, Twin Sister, Viernes, The Wave Pictures, Wavves, We Are Country Mice, Woods and many, many, many, many, many, many more. And these Make Music and Northside Festivals New York concerts rock.

And since I have been finding myself blaghing about jazz, music, art and events in that city of New York a lot, every so often lately, I might as well blah blog about this one to be found in that All About Jazz newspaper that I came across in one of those all about jazz clubs and bars to be found in that city of New York. And so that Vision Festival XV, that all about jazz festival, is happening again this year in the city of New York. And I know because that copy of that All About Jazz newspaper says so. And its happening at A Gathering of the Tribes Gallery with a free outdoor concert, at The Local 269, at DROM, at Abrons Art Center and other venues throughout the neighborhood of the Lower East Side and East Village. And so those list of performers for this years event will include: Muhal Richard Abrams, Roy Campbell, Darius Jones, Tim Berne Crackleknob, Frank London, Matthew Shipp, Hamid Drake conduction, Fay Victor, Amiri, Amina Baraka and Rene Mclean, Borah Bergman, David S. Ware Trio, York College Blue Notes, New School DuoDuoDuo, Brooklyn College Jazz Band, Dorn Minasi, Tony Malaby conduction and a host of others. And this event Vision Festival Jazz Rocks. Have a great jazz music and beyond day.

Hey again bloggers, or whoever could be reading this blog. And every so often I find myself blah blogging about events in the area of that city of New York for some reason or another. And maybe it’s because hey, I am actually in that city at the moment, and also because hey, it’s less writing sometimes. And so this is yet another of those music events that’s happening there. And even though this event is yet a ways away from the date I find myself blaghing this, it still seems to be happening, And I know this event is still happening, because a friend and that facebook post I came across says so:

The Red Hook Jazz Festival happens annually at the Urban Meadow with concerts in June and September featuring jazz musicians mainly from Brooklyn. We’re also planning on having a few bluegrass festivals too!

Red Hook Jazz Festival – 2010, Sundays, Jazz in June, June 13 and June 20 at The Urban Meadow, Brooklyn, NY
The Urban Meadow is also hosting the Brooklyn Folk Festival on Sunday, May 23 from 2pm – 7pm. Come on down, it’s gonna be a real hoot!. Here’s the line-up:

2:15pm- Rashad Brown – Blues and folk songs
3pm- Sam Doores – Blues, folk and original songs
4pm- Square Dance!
5pm- Brotherhood of the Jug Band Blues – Jug band traditionals and originals…
5:45pm- Stephen Strohmeier – Blues, folk and original songs
6:30pm- East River String Band – Country Blues duet

Sunday, June 13th 1:00pm – 5:00pm

1:00pm
Dave Sewelson’s BQE with Bobby Radcliff, David Hofstra & Richard Dworkin
2:00pm
Welf Dorr with Tom Zlabinger, Dalius Naujo & On Davis
3:00pm
Nick Gianni’s Evolution with Rick Botari, On Davis & Dalius
4:00pm
SPOKE with Andy Hunter, Justin Wood, Danny Fischer & Dan Loomis

Sunday, June 20th 1:00pm – 5:00pm

1:00pm
James Carney with Tony Malaby, Chris Lightcap, Dan Weiss
2:00pm
Chris Lightcap with Tony Malaby, Chris Cheek, Craig Taborn & Gerald Cleaver
3:00pm
Todd Sickafoose’s Tiny Resistors
with Jonathan Goldberger, Mike Gamble, John Ellis, Alan Ferber & Ches Smith
4:00pm
Harris Eisenstadt’s Canada Day Nate Wooley, Matt Bauder,
Chris Dingman, & Eivind Opsvik

And this event Red Hook Jazz Festival Rocks. Have a great Jazz Festival Day.

Hey Bloggers, or whoever could be reading this blog. And even when the world seems as if it could be falling down all around me and going to hell in a hand basket, that festival SXSW is still happening again this year. I know because that ad in this weeks copy of the Village Voice newspaper says so. And I have found myself blah blogging about this seemingly indie rock and beyond end all to be all of concerts before on this blog, as this concert seems to make its way around on that Gregorian calendar each year. And that South by Southwest festival is where music, film, conferences and more seem to happen in is it Austin, Texas. And this festival SXSW rocks. And so some of the bands and performers to be found there this year include:
Aa,Nicole Atkins and The Black Sea,The Black Atlantic,Break of Reality,B-Real of Cypress Hill,Broadway Calls,Carsick Cars, Caucus, Contra Coup, Cotton Jones, Daveman, The Daylights,DJ Evil Dee, DJ Revolution, Val Emmich,Eternia,Michael Feinberg,The Funeral Pyre, Rosi Golan, Jazz One, Julia Says, Karnivool, Audra Mae, Malente, Natalia Mallo, Marco Polo & Torae, Paleo, Parlovr, Past Lives, The Peelies, Julie Peel, Peter Wolf Crier, Steve Poltz,Andy Pratt, Sean Price, Princeton, Rebelle, Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson, Brisa Roche, Rock of Heltah Skeltah, Ruste Juxx, Skyzoo, Smif N Wessun, The Spring Standards,Sabrina Starke, Steel Train, Team Facelift,Timber Timbre, Two Star Symphony, Uncle Lucius, The View, We Are Scientists, We Are Wolves, Withered, Wolf Gang, Zona Tango and more. And the list goes on and on. Have a great music festival day.

And New Orleans is having a New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. I know because that copy of this weeks Village Voice says so. And so I thought to post this announcement on this blog because hey, it’s less writing sometimes in my attempt to maintain content for this blog whenever possible.
And that ad to be found in that weekly seemingly underground aboveground paper in New York with its bold yellow color and drawing of a dancing person made of music says something like “Come Marching In. April 23-25 & April 29-May 2, with performers Simon & Garfunkel, Pearl Jam, Aretha Franklin, Van Morrison, Lionel Richie, Anita Baker, Allman Brothers Band, My Morning Jacket, The Neville Brothers, Widespread Panic, Darius Rucker, B.B. King, Jeff Beck, Gipsy Kings, The Black Crowes, Band of Horses, Baaba Maal, Average White Band, George Clinton & Parliament/Funkadelic, Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, Richie Havens, Rebirth Brass Band, Blues Traveler and a host of other performers and hundreds more, and the list goes on and on. And this event sounds like one impressive line up of a music event. Have a great New Orleans music day.