NYC songstress Leona Naess brought her velvety tones to (Le) Poisson Rouge last night—and photographer Heami Lee was there to catch the action. Click past the jump for more shots, and take a listen to “Not the Same Girl” from her latest album, Thirteens.
How can you not want to spend more time with the genius mind responsible for this painting? Said artwork—which was recently auctioned off for charity—is the handiwork of none other than Jay Reatard, who has set the indie-rock universe ablaze in recent years with his bilious and mightily impassioned garage pop. You can catch him tonight for free at Stuyvesant Town Oval, where he’s likely to unveil some tuneage from his upcoming Matador full-length, Watch Me Fall. Just make sure not to piss off Mr. Reatard, lest you end up like the unfortunate security guard caricatured above.
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Introspective New York–London songwriter Leona Naess hits (Le) Poisson Rouge, in the company of Norah Jones associate Jesse Harris.
Latin-jazz lifer Eddie Palmieri brings his festive Afro-Caribbean Jazz Sextet to Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola.
Floridian outfit Fake Problems plies its gritty folk-punk at Mercury Lounge.
The Roots continue their budget-priced, special-guest-packed residency at Highline Ballroom.
Innovative jazz pianist Myra Melford matches wits with the stellar rhythm team of bassist Mark Dresser and drummer Matt Wilson—in a band collectively known as Trio M—at Smalls.
Contemporary-roots stylings reign as Claire Lynch Band and Missy Raines and the New Hip perform a free show at Madison Square Park.
It’s a transatlantic love-in with TONY this weekend. We’ve come to the Great Escape festival in the seaside town of Brighton, England. The Great Escape is basically the U.K.’s equivalent of SXSW, just much colder, with the Tex-Mex replaced by fish-and-chips. We’ll give you a full review of the fest once it’s wound up, but for now, check out one of our highlights so far: New York gal Leona Naess. Naess was born in NYC, moved to London as a kid, then returned to sunny Gotham. After playing a gorgeous set last night, Naess sang for us on a rooftop overlooking the sea today. It was pretty windy, so we filmed indoors, too, Naess still in her raincoat. Check out “Unnamed” here:
After the jump, “Not The Same Girl”, with seagulls.
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