Articles by Christine Connallon
Ringo Starr and His All Starr Band at Pier 17
by Christine Connallon
Ringo Starr and His All Starr Band Pier 17 New York, NY August 18, 2019 They say “It Don't Come Easy" but Richard Starkey has a way of making it look easy. Especially when Starkey, aka Ringo Starr, has a little help from his friends, The All Starr Band, who are spending August of 2019 winding their way across North America and celebrating 30 years of making magic together. Born in an inner ...
read moreDionne Warwick with Special Guest Darlene Love at NYCB Theatre at Westbury
by Christine Connallon
Dionne Warwick with Special Guest Darlene Love NYCB Theatre at Westbury Westbury, NY June 27, 2019 Darlene Love, born Darlene Wright, is an American singer and actress who discovered her voice while singing in her church at the age of 10 in Los Angeles, CA. Gospel gave her a foundation and her musical interests quickly spread to include rock and soul when she joined a local girl group called the Blossoms. The band worked with ...
read moreChris Isaak at The Paramount in Huntington, NY
by Christine Connallon
Chris Isaak The Paramount Huntington, New York August 29, 2018 Chris Isaak likes to make a splash. The perpetually youthful, now sixty-two year old musician burst onto the stage the way he burst onto the music scene over thirty years ago, when he signed to Warner Brothers and subsequently released the CD Silvertone (Warner Brothers, 1985). The crowd at the The Paramount in Huntington, New York spanned multiple generations and was clearly there ...
read moreMay It Last: A Portrait Of The Avett Brothers
by Christine Connallon
MAY IT LAST Oscilloscope Laboratories 2017 The opening scene depicts Scott and Seth Avett walking through the maze of hallways located in the bowels of Madison Square Garden in New York City prior to the band's inaugural performance at the venue in April of 2016. When a security guard asks for their credentials to proceed, they display Southern manners and show their passes quickly. “Awesome sauce," the security woman waves them through and the two ...
read moreWillie Nelson's Outlaw Festival
by Christine Connallon
Willie Nelson's “Outlaw Music Festival" Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater Wantagh, NY September 9, 2017 The sun blazed overhead on the Saturday afternoon in September as Willie Nelson and Blackbird Presents Outlaw Music Festival Tour landed at Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater on Long Island, NY. With an early 4 PM start to accommodate a wealth of talent, the parking lot already contained a hearty number of cars and tailgating fans ready to ...
read moreI Called Him Morgan by Kasper Collin
by Christine Connallon
Lee MorganI Called Him Morgan A film by Kasper Collin 2016 Forty five years ago on a precariously snowy night, prolifically talented jazz trumpeter Lee Morgan was fatally wounded at Slug's Saloon in the East Village of jny: New York City, shot down by his common-law wife, Helen, in front of horrified friends and fans at the bar of the venue. Kasper Collin's haunting documentary I Called Him Morgan is a revealing portrait of ...
read moreDuncan Sheik and Suzanne Vega Sunset Concert at Sands Point
by Christine Connallon
Duncan Sheik and Suzanne Vega Sunset Concert Sands Point Preserve Conservancy Sands Point, NY September 25, 2016 On a perfect fall evening, the hallowed and pristine grounds of the Sands Point Preserve Conservancy served as the picturesque backdrop for a delightful evening of music. Duncan Sheik and Suzanne Vega's Sunset Concert, the inaugural concert of its kind at this iconic venue located on the North Shore of Long Island, was ...
read moreBlink-182 at Nikon at Jones Beach Theater
by Christine Connallon
Blink-182 California Tour Nikon at Jones Beach Theater Wantagh, New York August 13, 2016 On the hottest day of 2016 so far, with temps that felt like 110 degrees, Blink-182's California Tour rock and rolled into the Nikon at Jones Beach Theater in Wantagh, NY. While the breeze helped provide some relief for the crowd at this sold out show, the palpable energy of the acts onstage and enthusiastic fans could have easily been ...
read moreThe 26th Annual Tibet House Benefit Concert
by Christine Connallon
The 26th Annual Tibet House Benefit Concert Carnegie Hall New York, NY February 22, 2016 The grand stage at Carnegie Hall created the proper ambiance, as it does each year, for the Tibet House benefit concert. The perfect mix of musicians representing a vast array of genres from around the world, hand-picked by composer and vice president of Tibet House, Philip Glass, filled the venue with their talents, culminating in a musical celebration that echoed ...
read moreU2 The iNNOCENCE + eXPERIENCE Tour 2015
by Christine Connallon
U2 The iNNOCENCE + eXPERIENCE Tour 2015 Madison Square Garden New York, NY July 30, 2015 Eight sold out shows during a residency at Madison Square Garden is no small feat, even for a band of U2's stature. The four man band that formed in Dublin, Ireland in 1976 and has kept the same lineup for nearly 4 decades is still going strong, displaying staying power that only the formidable can accomplish.
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