June 27, 2006
On a warm summer night in the Lower East Side, you just never know who or what you might see. We saw the ConsciousGoodsCaravan parked in front of Pianos on Ludlow Street, so we hopped on board to check out the racks of spices, the organic coffees, and the food preparations going on upstairs at Pianos. We talked to the dude who tanked up the "Veggie Bus" full of grease from Arby's (no kidding) and to the chica who was preparing macadamia nut milk. At least that's what I think she said, it was way noisy upstairs.
Then we moved two doors down to catch the final of 26 Monday night shows at The Living Room by living legend Sam Bisbee. The man was way on, performing his hits such as Inferno, Sun Shines Where You Are, a great new song with riffs on his young daughter called You Got Soul, another favorite Alright and a number of others in the hour-long set. Backup vocals by two lovely ladies whose names I missed made for additional smoothness and great lyrics that remind us of the craziness of life. Critics have said Bisbee has the vibe of Springsteen and John Cougar as well as Rufus Wainwright, and we heard some great guitar work offering us that dreamy summer feeling of Jonathan Richman laced with some classic Yes.
Upcoming this week: tomorrow has The Shirts at CBGB, and they've got their first new album out in 26 years(!!) called "Only the Dead Know Brooklyn". On July 1 head to Central Park Summerstage for Brooklyn's awesome Antibalas, whose album Who is This America? still sounds as sweet and timely as it did when released two years ago. Then Senegal legend Baba Maal returns to Irving Plaza on July 2 while Brazilian legend Seu Jorge plays Summerstage the same night. It's a great week for free concerts.
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antibalas, baba maal, cbgb, central park, conscious goods caravan, irving plaza, kopali, sam bisbee, seu jorge, summerstage, the shirts
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