Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Patti Smith at the MoMa NYC

Deciding to maximize on the Target Free Friday's at New York's Museum of Modern Art, we came across the LOOKING AT MUSIC: SIDE 2 exhibit.
A very cool collection of albums, artwork, posters, journals and other über cool things that'll make you glad you were born in the 70s (or wish you were)
Featured artist include:
Laurie Anderson
Beth B
Judith Barry/Richard Kern
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Ericka Beckman
Blondie
Coleen Fitzgibbon
Bob Gruen
Richard Hell and The Voidoids
James Nares
Glenn O’Brien
The Ramones
Patti Smith
Sonic Youth
Suicide
Talking Heads
Television


"This exhibition looks at the far-reaching and interconnected influence of artists and their musical and literary aspirations in the 1970s and early 1980s. It features photographers and magazines that assiduously documented the crossover between the music and art scenes of the time and highlights the harbingers of a new era of No Wave, hip-hop, house, and garage bands. These groups and activities coalesced at a time when New York, despite financial struggles, was an incubator of innovation. This time of phenomenal successes for a few artists and musicians marked the transition into a new, more commercial decade." - MoMa site

A must-see for anyone whose a fan of Punk, the exhibition is on until November 30th.
enjoy!
-corren

Thursday, July 23, 2009

Weekly Popcast: Discovery, Gerald Clayton and Baaba Maal

Baaba Maal performs a song from his new album, “Television,” and talks to Ben Sisario in our studio.
Click here to listen

Enjoy!

Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Baaba Maal - Electric Lady Studios NYC

With the highly anticipated release of Baaba Maal's latest album TELEVISION - first studio release in over 5 years & due out in the US August 25th - members of the press were privy to a private performance at the historic Electric Lady Studios in the West Village, recording home of Jimi Hendrix.



footage: n.corren conway
photos: kevin yatarola

Baaba Maal, Barry Reynolds, Jim Palmer, and Matumbu