Tess's Music Blog 09

The Monterey Jazz Festival is the longest running festival in the world. It has been 13 years since I attended this festival so it was wonde...

August 20th Today we headed down to Chelsea and Pier 54 on the Hudson River where the Blues and BBQ festival was being held. We didn't ...

August 7th We headed off to the park early to get a seat for Grace Potter and the Nocturnals. They are a young up and coming band who play r...

This was the first time I'd seen virtuoso guitarist Larry Carlton live although I've been a fan since his days with the Jazz Crusa...

August 6th Tonight was a perfect night to go to Coney Island to see rock 'n soul duo Hall and Oates. These guys were huge in the 70...

Celebrate Brooklyn July 17th The first band were a Brooklyn funk/soul/doo wop band the Sweet Divines which turned out to be four young girls...

Naomi Shelton and the Gospel Queens and .Burning Spear Naomi Shelton grew up in Alabama and like most soul and gospel singers began singing ...