I was sort of waiting to write up this latest blog post once my new site launched, but I’m still coding it and trying to get everything in order. So in the meantime, I might as well post something. Flogging Molly’s show was great and a lot to shoot. FM always deliver the goods when it comes to their live show, and I’m very happy with the photos I got.
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Frank Turner was the second act for the Flogging Molly show at Hammerstein Ballroom. Frank delivered a great set filled with folk punk anthems that got the crowd moving, clapping, and singing along. I never saw Frank Turner before and glad to finally have seen his live act!
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Prefixmag.com is hosting a “Best Concert Photo of 2009″ and I entered a concert photo! The photo I entered is of Ida Maria at Webster Hall, taken at the end of March of this year. Please vote for me, I’d really appreciate it! To vote, you have to register at Prefixmag.com and then sign in. It only takes a minute! Then you can click on the “VOTE FOR THIS” button underneath the photo. Thanks a lot!
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The Cranberries have reunited, and it’s about time too! I bought tickets to their New York City show last month but I was hoping I was going to get a photo pass. I tried and I tried, e-mail a ton of people seeing if they wanted coverage. Nada. I decided to try for myself last minute (i.e. 3pm day of the show) and at 5pm I had a photo pass!
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It’s been a year since last seeing one of my favorite Celtic rock bands, The Young Dubliners from California. They released a new album Saints and Sinners back in February, and it’s still being constantly played on my iPod like I just heard it for the first time. But now it was time to see the band perform those songs live at Blender Theater in New York City.
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Seven Nations were the opening act for Young Dubliners at Blender Theater at Gramercy last Thursday in New York City. Their mixture of Celtic, rock n roll, and country folk were a perfect combination for an opening act for the Young Dubs.
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I have never seen Carbon Leaf before but they put on one hell of a show! I liked their performance at the Highline Ballroom so much, I’ll be seeing them again on July 17th at the Loft in Poughkeepsie, NY. The band is currently on tour to support their newest album “Nothing Rhymes with Woman,” which is out on Vanguard Records. The album is similar to Love, Loss, Hope, Repeat and that’s not a bad thing at all!
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Scotland’s Glasvegas played Webster Hall Monday night and put on a fantastic set! Ida Maria opened up which you can read about here. I thought Glasvegas sounded very similar to how they sound on their latest album, which is a good thing in my mind. If you didn’t see Glasvegas Monday night, you missed out on a great show!
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Last time I saw English Beat, it was at the Chance in Poughkeepsie, NY. They put on a great live show and I really wanted to photograph the band. Thankfully Dave Wakeling and the English Beat wrote me back and I got the okay to shoot the show. So thanks to Dave for hooking up a poor bastard like myself. While this set was REALLY HARD to shoot, I still had a blast of a time photographing The Beat.

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I’ve been trying to see Bad Manners for over 12 years now. I finally got the chance to and they didn’t disappoint at all. In fact, I’ll declare this and say they are one of the best live bands I’ve seen. They make you dance like an idiot, even if you don’t know their music or not. Of course I know their music though. The band just sounded really tight! If you missed this set, you really missed out!

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