Sarah Jarosz and Ten String Symphony Bring Folk and Fiddles to Landmark With songs like the Poe-inspired “Annabelle Lee“ (2011), Sarah Jarosz has been busy alternately absorbing and lighting up the folk and bluegrass circuits. In venues like Prairie … Read More»
John Pizzarelli’s Wreath of Wit and Rhythm
Was he a Michael Feinstein on guitar? Way more fun. DarkViolin reviews the John Pizzarelli Quartet debut at the Landmark. The path from the storied Carlyle Hotel to the Jeanne Rimsky Theater is only eight leagues (or, if you prefer, less than an … Read More»
Ani DiFranco’s Lesson in the Bioelectricity of Music
Ani DiFranco electrifies an already charged audience in her brilliant Landmark debut In the early days of human physiology, no one dreamed of Walt Whitman’s Body Electric -- what we now call bioelectricity. That discovery, which didn’t happen until … Read More»
Tommy Emmanuel Blazes and Amazes
Tommy Emmanuel and opening act Richard Smith lit it up in an acoustic steel and nylon string assault on the wood frame box some call a guitar. “This is one act I need to see at least once before I die.” Prince, David Bowie, Michael Jackson, Cream, … Read More»
Alan Cumming Overcomes Bravado and Brio of Celebrity, Shines at Landmark
Alan Cumming, much heralded actor, singer, author, brought a portfolio of sprite-song to Landmark – to a sold-out gallery of wildly satisfied fans. “I loved him as Eli Gold in The Good Wife.” “He was great as Nightcrawler in X2: X-Men … Read More»