Union Street Preservation Society at Sullivan Hall

Presented by Hipster Resistance/Partyin Peeps
The Union Street Preservation Society a band which I play in and live out my fantasy of playing Duane Allman style slide, has found it's voice and has a string of upcoming shows. These gatherings are to be a reunion of old friends, new friends and friends who have never met. A meeting of the hearts and minds of back to the land futurists, music "business" types, web 2.0 pioneers and good homies.

We are a project/collective that is a link in the lineage of folk and blues musicians such as Robert Johnson, Duane Allman, Steve Earl, Bob Dylan and Bonnie Raitt. Our goal is to educate people through music and by talking about the history of the music. This generation is spiritual bankrupt (and increasingly financially so) and in need of something authentic. We seek to provide that communal experience. Join in on the project, sing along, learn some history and contribute any way you can. The society is always accepting new, honorary members who are willing to delve deeper into the music, both intellectually and spiritually and physically.

We are also playing Freddies Backroom April 3rd, one of the last shows this venue will have and Jalopy April 30th.

David Grisman, Steve Earl, Allison Moorer, City Winery

keep your eye on these concerts! at the City Winery

Steve Earle & Allison Moorer with friends

A summer residency from the alt-country couple.
Four nights of perfect songs.

July 8th

July 15th

July 29th

August 5th

David Grisman Bluegrass Experience

A not-to-be-missed show from the bluegrass maestro and his new band.

July 17th

Steve Earle & Allison Moorer with friends

A summer residency from the alt-country couple.
Four nights of perfect songs.

July 8th - Tickets

July 15th - Tickets

July 29th - Tickets

August 5th - Tickets

David Grisman Bluegrass Experience

A not-to-be-missed show from the bluegrass maestro and his new band.

July 17th - Tickets

Stormy Monday

In honor of the Allman Brothers run at the Palace here is my take on the song Stormy Monday.

At Ananda Ashram on my yogic journey I jammed and was schooled by fellow musician David Ellenbogen, being a jazz musician he taught me about different jazz progressions. particularly tritonal substitutions and other substitutions. Knowing that I love the blues he taught me how these sorts of substitutions are incorporated into the song "Stormy Monday", made famous (to me at least) by the Allman Brothers and Written by T-Bone Walker. I love the extra jazz chords such as the Am, Bm♭and B, at the turnaround to D. I was listening to this great music theorey podcast and it basically stated that nowhere in music theory will you find this Bm♭ in this sort of 1-4-5 progression. That's why the blues is so cool and mystical, it is based on emotion,so all sorts of messy notes work, major scales minor scales, and edgy dissonant notes that seem out of place but it just work so good.

Sara Bouchard: Songs of Lewis and Clark

Sara Bouchard is a Brooklyn based artist with an eccentric stroke of genius and is in keeping with this blog's partial, new theme of the back to the land movement and sustainability. The Lewis and Clark project is like nothing I ever heard with entire songs taken from the journals of America's greatest adventurers. The stories grab a hold of you and transport you to a different time and place, when the choices of survival and adventure took immediate precedence over Coke or Pepsi.

"Songs of Lewis & Clark" is a song cycle setting the journals of Lewis and Clark to music. With lyrics taken directly from the journals, the songs reveal moments of awe, reflection, humor and joy during the course of the 1804-1806 expedition through the newly purchased Louisiana territory. The full-length album was released November 23, 2008."

Taken from her facebook page

Wanderlust Comes to Kula Yoga in NYC

This studio is a great for pushing you further, albeit trendy and "coola" it gets credit. I might do a review on Wanderlust and stay at the Phish & the Dead house has a house very close.

Wanderlust at KULA Yoga

Saturday, March 20, 2010

28 Warren St.

New York, NY 10007

This Saturday we are throwing you a little Wanderlust party. Be there 8ish. Drinks, DJs... and you do not want to miss the largest game of Twister in NYC history.

(Mistress Alex in a gold lame jumpsuit spinning the wheel and administering lashes and prizes.)

The Ohio Party throw down an old skool style danceparty. And vamp it for a photo that may show up on the Wanderlust site... this could be the night that makes you famous. (Tandem class at 6 is full, but you can always drop in to the 6pm Kula Flow instead.)

If you haven't heard of Wanderlust, the festival is best described as a world-class yoga retreat crossed with a music festival, all set in the glorious natural scenery of Squaw Valley USA in North Lake Tahoe. For those who can't wait until July 29, Wanderlust at Kula gives you the essence of it at an intimate level.

Yoga: Elena Brower • Schuyler Grant • Janet Stone
Music: John Shannon • Garth Stevenson • The Ohio Party

Wanderlust brings a little taste of its summer festival to Tribeca to celebrate the equinox. After a long New York winter, come usher in Spring with a music-infused vinyasa class, an extreme session of Twister and a much-needed dance party at Kula Yoga Project. The evening kicks off with a tag team vinyasa class featuring 3 awesome Wanderlust teachers --- Virayoga's Elena Brower, Yoga Tree SF's Janet Stone, and Kula mama Schuyler Grant. Guitarist John Shannon and bassist Garth Stevenson will provide the musical inspiration. After class, grab a glass of wine or jump into Extreme Twister --- an instant classic from Wanderlust 2009. Open hamstrings a plus, competitive lust a must. There will be prizes to inspire a yogic state of equanimity.

Then get down to the funky beats of Brooklyn’s best --- The Ohio Party.If you haven't heard of Wanderlust, the festival is best described as a world-class yoga retreat crossed with a music festival, all set in the glorious natural scenery of Squaw Valley USA in North Lake Tahoe. For those who can't wait until July 29, Wanderlust at Kula gives you the essence of it at an intimate level.The event is presented in association with Kula Yoga Project --- NYC’s premier yoga studio known for its sweaty Kula flow and amazing teachers.

6pm - 8pm: Tag team vinyasa with Elena Brower, Janet Stone and Schuyler Grant. Music by John Shannon and Garth Stevenson.

8pm – 11pm: Extreme Twister hosted by Nikki and DJ dance party with The Ohio Party

Where: Kula Yoga Project, 28 Warren Street, 4th Floor, NYC

$40 for the class & the party & Gaiam eco-tote full of goodies.

$15 for those coming at 8pm. Wanderlust ticket holders get in free!!!

*A percentage of profits go to benefit Casa de Milagros and OFF THE MAT INTO THE WORLD®, the official Wanderlust nonprofit of 2010.

For advance registration email info@kulayoga.com. Reservations for class strongly recommended.