Smoking Gun
Pistolera is a NYC-based band that defines the latin alt-folklorico genre. Drawing from traditional styles of Mexican music and fusing it with pop-rock sensibility, the electrifying quartet features Spanish lyric songs of vocalist and guitarist Sandra Lilia Velasquez, the driving accordion melodies of Maria Elena and the unbeatable rhythm section of bassist Inca B. Satz […]
18 Million Cracks in the Glass Ceiling
A little after noon on Saturday, a proud and powerful senator from New York, Hillary Clinton, officially conceded the democratic party nomination to Senator Barack Obama. Thousands arrived at the National Building Museum in DC to hear her bid farewell as she ended her historic presidential campaign. Like Clinton, many were profoundly, visibly disappointed but […]
Britain Soul On The Lower East Side
Pining for the northern soul and mod clubs of her London home, expat Lady Dawn, founded The Subway Soul Club in 2001. The Subway Soul Club is a fun, vibrant, monthly dance night playing up-beat 1960’s northern soul, motown, boogaloo and organ grooves in New York City. This month, these fun Brits throw a spectacular […]
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