The Bowery Presents:

The end of the show with the blind boys of alabama, the students from PHJB and all the other artists who performed over the course of the evening.

Last night my parents and I saw the Preservation Hall Jazz Band and Friends at Carnegie Hall for their 50th anniversary.  It was really amazing to hear them talk about how they came to NY after Hurricane Katrina and it was because of the music community in NY that they were able to stay together and continue making music. 

Check out their blog.

And the NY Times Magazine talks about them, too.

this lady did not stop dancing the WHOLE night

Ed Helms. For real.
He plays the banjo and went to Oberlin with the music director/tuba play.

The Del McCoury Band w PHJB and Ed Helms

Check out this band-Givers-playing with PHJB. The lead singer,Tiffany Lamson, can sing. I mean, sing.

Yasin Bey (K.F.A. Mos Def) dancing in the background
and Trombone Shorty. Ahh-mazing.

dancers from Trey McIntrye Project -
 performed selections from their project with PHJB "Ma Maison"

The dancers are back with My Morning Jacket and PHJB 

My Morning Jacket. 

Tao Seeger...yup, the one and only Pete Seeger's grandson. He can sing and he seemed like a really cool person. 

Steve Earle. Enough said.