Category Archives: New York

Podcast news from Nortonville; Stompers hit the road

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They hate CDs, but apparently they like the Interwebs okay. The mad geniuses and longtime Stomp supporters at Norton Records (label co-owner Miriam Linna moderated a memorable oral history with Question Mark at the 2009 Ponderosa Stomp Conference) have launched a new podcast to feed your ears, beaming out straight across the cyber-spaceways from their Brooklyn-based Sputnik.

Norton house band the A-Bones will also be striking out soon for the mystic East, with five dates scheduled (starting this Friday) in Japan, sharing bills with the 5,6,7,8’s and Jackie & the Cedrics.

Mystic Knight of the Mau Mau and recent Lincoln Center debutant Mike Hurtt is also dusting off his suitcase to play gigs in Portland, OR and Spain with soul legend and 2004 Ponderosa Stomp headliner Gino Washington.

Play the video below to see Gino ride his pony with Hurtt’s Party Stompers in Detroit earlier this summer.

Garage, New York, Ponderosa Stomp On The Road, Soul

Legendary composer and producer Ellie Greenwich dies at 69

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The Ponderosa Stomp Foundation was sad to hear today that Ellie Greenwich, one of the leading songwriters of the early rock n’roll era, has passed away.   Greenwich was born in Brooklyn, NY in 1940 and raised in the suburb of Levittown. Her first instrument was the accordion, though she gave that up in short order … Continue reading Legendary composer and producer Ellie Greenwich dies at 69 →

Fallen But Never Forgotten, New York

Remembering Les Paul and Rashied Ali

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From today’s New York Times: Les Paul, Guitar Innovator, Dies at 94 By John Pareles In 1940 or 1941 — the exact date is unknown — Mr. Paul made his guitar breakthrough. Seeking to create electronically sustained notes on the guitar, he attached strings and two pickups to a wooden board with a guitar neck. … Continue reading Remembering Les Paul and Rashied Ali →

Fallen But Never Forgotten, Jazz, New York, Philadelphia, Rock 'n Roll

Roy Loney and Cyril Jordan Plus Miriam Linna Make Three

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Were you able to hoof your way to New York last month when Roy Loney and Cyril Jordan of the San Francisco-based face-meltingly fantastic rock group the Flamin Groovies — backed by the ever-capable A-Bones — reprised their appearance at the 8th annual Ponderosa Stomp with a pair of gigs at Maxwell’s and Southpaw? The … Continue reading Roy Loney and Cyril Jordan Plus Miriam Linna Make Three →

Garage, New York, Power pop, San Francisco