Music journalist Will Hermes said he first became enamored with the music of Lou Reed (shown above) and the band he co-founded, the Velvet Underground, while a college student. Hermes’s new bio from Picador Press tells all the ups and downs of Reed’s storied and turbulent career. ( Photo: Forest Scholl) Book on Lou Reed Paints the Velvet Underground Founder as The King of New York So many books and stories abound about Lou Reed that you’d be forgiven for believing that nothing else could be said about... City Arts 30 May 2025 | 03:47
Joan Baez and Bob Dylan performing at the March on Washington, August 28, 1963. Photo: Rowland Scherman, via Wikimedia Commons A Bob Dylan Tribute Concert – 30 Years Later I was excited to attend a tribute concert for Bob Dylan, on Oct. 16, 1992, at Madison Square Garden. On that night, Stevie... Voices 03 Aug 2022 | 04:05
Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson. Photo: Ed Rocha Goncalves The Resurgence of Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson The stage stood empty. Some tech men at Glasslands, the Williamsburg music room, asked each other when the previously heralded... News 31 Dec 2021 | 04:44
Cyclists Protest NYPD Criminalization Push Against Bikers for Traffic Infractions