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New York Daily News

Founded in 1919, the Daily News is an American newspaper based in New York City. It is the fourth most widely circulated daily newspaper in the United States.

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Tori Amos: Madison Square Garden, New York, NY

Live Review by Carol Cooper, New York Daily News, 15 May 1996

Performing non-stop for nearly two hours on Monday night, Tori Amos sang and played like a woman possessed by the need for release. ...

Elvis Costello, Emmylou Harris: Elvis Costello with Emmylou Harris: SummerStage, Central Park, NYC

Live Review by Mac Randall, New York Daily News, 20 July 2005

"PITY ABOUT IT BEING so cold and all," Elvis Costello cracked toward the beginning of his Central Park SummerStage concert last night. ...

LL Cool J: Beacon Theatre, New York

Live Review by Mac Randall, New York Daily News, 23 June 2003

At Beacon, everybody loves Cool James ...

Billy Joel's N.Y. State of Mind

Guide by Hank Bordowitz, New York Daily News, 13 July 2008

IT SEEMS FITTING that Billy Joel should play the last concert at Shea Stadium before it meets the wrecking ball. Shea has hosted the most ...

Laura Marling: Folk-rock's Laura Marling, a star in U.K. at 17, hits New York Friday

Report and Interview by Gene Santoro, New York Daily News, 18 January 2008

IN 2006, LAURA Marling, a 16-year-old Brit from Hampshire, started heading to London every week, looking for clubs to play and flats to crash at ...

Animal Collective is in a "Jam"

Report and Interview by Gene Santoro, New York Daily News, 28 September 2007

ANIMAL COLLECTIVE has been called psychedelic folk, indie noise rock and experimental folk electronica. ...

Kimya Dawson is just peachy

Report and Interview by Gene Santoro, New York Daily News, 4 April 2008

THE LEFT-FIELD success of Juno didn't end at the movie box office. The Oscar winner's soundtrack went all the way to No. 1, making its ...

Interpol on duty at Madison Square Garden tonight

Report and Interview by Gene Santoro, New York Daily News, 14 September 2007

THEY NEVER CAUGHT quite as much mainstream attention as other modern New York bands like the Strokes or the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. But now, Interpol ...

Porcupine Tree branches out

Report and Interview by Gene Santoro, New York Daily News, 12 October 2007

WHEN PORCUPINE TREE started in 1987, they were a Spinal Tap-style flight of multi-instrumentalist Steven Wilson's imagination. ...

Leonard Cohen: Last of the Pop Poets

Interview by Mike Jahn, New York Daily News, 2 September 1973

ANY ROOM containing both furniture and Leonard Cohen would be overcrowded. ...

Solomon Burke: No. 1, at last

Report and Interview by Gene Santoro, New York Daily News, 2 March 2007

Solomon Burke's latest, Nashville, features guests like Emmylou Harris, Dolly Parton, Patty Loveless and Gillian Welch. ...

The Cult: Cult returns with new CD

Report and Interview by Gene Santoro, New York Daily News, 9 November 2007

FIRST, THE GROUP tapped into punk and goth. Then they stirred in psychedelia on 1985's 'She Sells Sanctuary'. By 1987, the Rick Rubin-produced album Electric ...

Nas: Rap: Nas-ter Has Success 'Written' All Over Him

Profile and Interview by Amy Linden, New York Daily News, 25 July 1996

Speaking the Queensbridge English, recording artist is the city's No. 1 son ...

Nirvana: Coliseum, New York NY

Live Review by Deborah Frost, New York Daily News, 16 November 1993

Nirvana Reaches Nirvana ...

The Replacements, Paul Westerberg: Paul Westerberg: Former Angry Young Man Now a Bit Amused

Interview by Amy Linden, New York Daily News, 6 May 1996

Paul Westerberg wears the crown of pop punk king very reluctantly ...

Dan Penn and Spooner Oldham: Dan Penn & Spooner Oldham: St. Ann's Church, Brooklyn NY

Live Review by Amy Linden, New York Daily News, 9 December 1996

First Penn & Oldham wrote great songs, now they play 'em ...

Steve Earle, Will Rambeaux, Randy Travis: The New Nashville

Report by Laura Fissinger, New York Daily News, 20 December 1987

Country is giving berth to rock these days ...

Mary J. Blige, Boyz II Men, Montell Jordan, TLC: Boyz II Men, TLC, Mary J. Blige, Montell Jordan: Budweiser Superfest, Madison Square Garden, New York NY

Live Review by Amy Linden, New York Daily News, 31 July 1995

Budfest: State of the Art Black pop is in fine shape, even if Garden sound isn't ...

David Bowie: Carnegie Hall, New York NY

Live Review by Lillian Roxon, New York Daily News, 30 September 1972

David Bowie Can Do It All ...

World Party: Wallinger: The World's in His Hands

Interview by Laura Fissinger, New York Daily News, 12 May 1987

NOT THAT Karl Wallinger is modelling himself after Sean Penn or anything, but he'd really rather not be doing interviews — not this month, anyway. ...

John Denver: Carnegie Hall, New York NY

Live Review by Lillian Roxon, New York Daily News, 2 October 1972

Denver a Sweetie Pie ...

H-Town, Jade, LL Cool J, Naughty By Nature, Shai, Silk, SWV: L.L. Cool J, Naughty by Nature, H-Town, Jade, SWV, Silk, Shai: Madison Square Garden, New York NY

Live Review by Amy Linden, New York Daily News, 20 July 1993

Hormones in Harmony at Garden Summerfest sizzles with sex as rappers drop trousers & leave pants in their wake ...

SWV returning home as VIPs

Interview by Amy Linden, New York Daily News, 15 July 1993

SWV STANDS for "Sisters With Voices." No, they aren't sisters, but they have voices that you cannot get away from, no matter how hard you ...

Lil Jon & the East Side Boyz, Ludacris: Hip hop’s new home

Report and Interview by Michael A. Gonzales, New York Daily News, 28 September 2003

Southern stars challenge domination of rap by East and West Coast acts ...

New Edition: Home Again (MCA)

Review by Amy Linden, New York Daily News, 10 September 1996

AWOL SINCE 1988, New Edition is back with a vengeance. With all members on board (yes, that includes bad boy Bobby Brown, as well as ...

Bryan Ferry, Roxy Music: Bryan Ferry: A Perverse Romance

Profile by Susin Shapiro, New York Daily News, 15 April 1979

BRYAN FERRY, born in Newcastle, England, would make a perfect matinee idol. But though he has all the attributes — handsome, suave, with a slow-spreading, ...

Bootsy Collins: Tramps, New York NY

Live Review by Amy Linden, New York Daily News, 1 October 1994

Despite Sore Throat, Bootsy Puts His Best Funk Forward ...

The CBS Orchestra, Bernie Worrell: Funk master Worrell gets "a steady gig"

Report and Interview by Amy Linden, New York Daily News, 6 September 1993

Brilliant Bernie joins Letterman show's band ...

Blackstreet, New Edition, Keith Sweat: New Edition, Keith Sweat, BLACKstreet: Madison Square Garden, New York NY

Live Review by Amy Linden, New York Daily News, 13 January 1997

New Edition Recaptures Old Feeling ...

Patti Austin, Groove Theory, Brian McKnight, The Tony Rich Project, Take 6, The Time: The Time, the Tony Rich Project, Take 6, Patti Austin, Brian McKnight, Groove Theory: Theater at Madison Square Garden, New York NY

Live Review by Amy Linden, New York Daily News, 2 September 1996

The Vibe Wasn't Exactly Magic Quick taste of new Quincy Jones/Magic Johnson production doesn't provide enough flavor ...

Merle Haggard: Tramps, New York NY

Live Review by Amy Linden, New York Daily News, 13 May 1996

The bus stops here, at long last, and Merle shows he's still one of our great country men ...

Al Green: Still Spreading The Good Word

Interview by Amy Linden, New York Daily News, 31 October 1995

THE REVEREND Al Green is explaining why, after 18 years of singing sacred music, his gospel fans will understand why he has re-entered the world ...

Boyz II Men: II (Motown) ****

Review by Amy Linden, New York Daily News, 4 September 1994

Boyz II Men: A Smooth Transition. II shows Philly quartet isn't just a passing fancy. ...

Deee-Lite: Dew Drops in the Garden (Elektra) ****

Review by Amy Linden, New York Daily News, 31 July 1994

New growth in Deee-Lite's Garden Downtown trio gets back in the groove with third album ...

Television: CBGBs, New York NY

Live Review by Stephen Demorest, New York Daily News, 29 December 1976

Television, but not TV ...

Stuff: Bottom Line, New York NY

Live Review by Stephen Demorest, New York Daily News, 1 January 1977

The Stuff stars are made of ...

Sheryl Crow: Wildflower

Review by Jim Farber, New York Daily News, 25 September 2005

SHERYL CROW wears her '70s influences on her sleeve. Despite having achieved stardom in the '90s, her albums sift together the pop side of Bonnie ...

Gretchen Wilson: Here for the Party

Review by Jim Farber, New York Daily News, 25 September 2005

Honky tonk angel — Gretchen serenades the joys of beer, chaw and real men ...

Ike Turner: It Didn't Work Out Fine — Ike Turner: Tramps, New York NY

Live Review by Amy Linden, New York Daily News, 26 August 1996

Ike Turner still can light fires with his guitar, but new Ikettes lack the spark to keep it going ...

Nick Lowe: Wetlands Preserve, New York City

Live Review by Jim Farber, New York Daily News, 1 February 1995

NICK LOWE picked a strange place to get serious Monday night. The famously whimsical rocker gave a decidedly sober performance at the Wetlands, an odd-shaped ...

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