Posts Tagged ‘ concert photography ’
‘Traveling On A High Frequency: The Photography of Jay Blakesberg exhibit opening March 4th
Jay Blakesberg is a San Francisco-based photographer and video director whose work appears regularly in many magazines, including Rolling Stone and Guitar Player. Over the last 30 years his photographic rock and roll journey has seen him work with many legendary artists including The Grateful Dead, Carlos Santana, Tom Waits, Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, Radiohead, Phish, Dave Matthews and John Lee Hooker to name just a few. He has published several volumes of his work that includes books on The Grateful Dead, Primus and The Flaming Lips. Recently he has directed live concert video for The Flaming Lips, REM, Spearhead, Gov’t Mule, Jackie Greene, Widespread Panic, and The Allman Bros. His most recent book is ‘Traveling on a High Frequency’ which is a 30-year retrospective of his music photography.
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Photos: Relient K and TobyMac at Hammerstein Ballroom, NYC – November 20th 2009
TobyMac’s Winter Wonder Slam Tour featuring: TobyMac, Relient K, B. Reith & Stephanie Smith happened last night at Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City last night. Photographer Sean O’Kane was on hand to take pictures for ReadJunk.com. Check out the shots below:
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The Cranberries – Nokia Theatre, NYC
Date: November 18th 2009
Opening Act: Griffin House
Band Link: www.cranberries.com
The Irish rock band The Cranberries are back, after taking a hiatus for a few years. Dolores O’Riordan and the band made a stop at Nokia Theatre in Times Square in New York City last night. The concert was sold out, and something tells me that they could have sold out another 2 shows at least.
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Ska is Dead Tour – Starland Ballroom, Sayreville, NJ
Date: November 15th 2009
Bands: The Toasters, Mustard Plug, Pilfers, Voodoo Glow Skulls, Deal’s Gone Bad, Hub City Stompers, Avon Junkies
Link: www.skaisdead.com
The Ska is Dead tour made a stop at Starland Ballroom in Sayreville, NJ yesterday. The main tour features The Toasters, Mustard Plug, Voodoo Glow Skulls and Deal’s Gone Bad. For this particular show, NJ ska fans were in for a treat since a few other bands were playing like the Pilfers and Hub City Stompers. It felt like a Ska Warped Tour to me.
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Great Big Sea – Tarrytown Music Hall, Tarrytown, NY
Date: October 10th 2009
Band Link: www.greatbigsea.com
Great Big Sea made a stop in the small town of Tarrytown, NY last night. The night offered fantastic music, lots of hand clapping & dancing and jokes about hot dogs and Rocky Horror Picture Show. The sold out venue was bouncing to the music stopped, and the band were excellent as always.
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The Rifles – Mercury Lounge, NYC
(Photos by Bryan Kremkau. View the full gallery of the show at PrefixMag.com)
Date: September 24th 2009
Opening Band: Useless Keys
Band Link: www.therifles.net
The UK rock band The Rifles were finally in town to support their new release “Great Escape” that was just released over in North America on Nettwerk. I’ve been a fan of the band for over a year now but never had the chance to see them perform live. I finally got the chance last night to see them at the Mercury Lounge in New York City and glad I made the trek down.
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Young Dubliners – Blender Theater at Gramercy, NYC
Date: September 10th 2009
Opening Band: Seven Nations
Band Link: www.youngdubliners.com
The Celtic rock band the Young Dubliners from Los Angeles made their way into New York City last Thursday. Seven Nations provided support for The Young Dubs and whoever was there last Thursday got an awesome double dose of Celtic rock music! See the live photos below!
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Vans Warped Tour 2009 – Toyota Pavilion at Montage Mountain, Scranton, PA
Date: July 15th 2009
Link: warpedtour.com
The weather gods were on our sides yesterday at the Toyota Pavilion at Montage Mountain in Scranton, Pennsylvania. The weather was perfect, hot at times; thankfully clouds came over in the afternoon. This year was the 15th anniversary for the Vans Warped Tour which featured punk veterans Bad Religion, NOFX, Flogging Molly, Less Than Jake, Anti-Flag, and a bunch of other bands that scream.
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Photos: Franz Ferdinand & Born Ruffians @ Roseland, NYC – 5.7.09
I shot the Franz Ferdinand & Born Ruffians show last night at Roseland in New York City. I’ll have a live review of the show later on this weekend but for right now, you can check the photos at Prefixmag.com.
View the gallery here.
My Top 20 Best Concert Photos of 2008
I recently compiled my top 20 best photos of the year over at my Photography blog SkaPunkPhotos.com. I managed to get a lot of cool photos this year, and it was tough trying to pick out 20 photos. If you haven’t seen the write-up, here’s a piece of the blog but be sure to read the entire thing by click the link at the end. Also be sure to comment at SkaPunkPhotos.com or here!
1. The Kooks @ Terminal 5, NYC
This is one of my favorite photos this year. The shot is of Luke Pritchard of the Kooks at Terminal 5 in New York City. What I like about this shot is the composition, the lighting and the rockstar pose.
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