David Chiu
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David Chiu is a freelance writer based in New York. His writings have appeared in The New York Times, People, Paste, New York Press, The Queens Chronicle, amNY and many other publications.
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Usually before musicians get onstage to perform in front of an audience, they might pass the time by relaxing in the dressing room or catching a smoke. But for multi-instrumentalist Lara Meyerratken, who performed with Luna as a backup player at New York's Bowery Ballroom, she killed time by knitting. As Meyerratken recalls, she was doing that a ...
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Fans of Sam Phillips shouldn't complain much this year when it comes to expecting new music by her. In fact, by this fall, the singer-songwriter will have released five EPs and a full-length studio album. It's all part of Phillips' recent project, 'The Long Play,' a subscription-only service on her website that gives members access to new songs.
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Before she became a Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, Patti Smith was a young unknown poet living in New York City's Chelsea Hotel with Robert Mapplethorpe. In August 1970, she had a party invite for the opening of a new recording studio, Electric Lady, on 52 Eighth Street in Manhattan. But just as she approached the building, she had second thoughts ...
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At a literary event in New York City starring two legendary artists, the mention of country pop singer Shania Twain's name would be considered somewhat unusual. But when those two artists are singer-poet Patti Smith and actor-playwright Sam Shepard, anything is possible.
That is what happened last night at the 92nd Street Y's Poetry Project ...
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On Tuesday, Ringo Starr held a press conference on the set of 'Late Night With Jimmy Fallon' at the NBC Studios in New York to talk about his new album 'Y Not.' This summer, the former Beatles drummer will be hitting the road with his All-Starr Band starting on June 23. The lineup will include keyboardists Edgar Winter and Gary Wright, bassist ...
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It's safe to say that not many artists would go on to perform a concert after experiencing a physical ailment. Singer-guitarist Kaki King, however, was the exception. On Saturday night at the Music Hall of Williamsburg in Brooklyn, N.Y., she played her show despite recently suffering a ruptured eardrum. It was an experience that King described in ...
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Having been on vinyl, CD and digital formats over the years, some of British music's most enduring albums -- including ones by Led Zeppelin, the Rolling Stones and Coldplay -- are now transformed into the latest new medium: postage stamps.
On Jan. 7, Royal Mail, Britain's postal service, will be issuing a series of 10 stamps commemorating ...
