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The Madison Square Conservancy has just announced the line-up for their annual free outdoor concert series that runs Wednesday evenings from June 19th to August 7th on the oval lawn. Kicking it off is Susan Vega on June 19th (7-8:30pm). Vega is probably best known for her 80′s songs Tom’s Diner and Luca, but has continued on as a singer/songwriter/storyteller to this day.

Here is the full summer schedule:

• Wednesday, June 19th (7-8:30pm): Susan Vega (Singer/Songwriter)
• Wednesday, June 26th (7-8:30pm): Anat Cohen Quartet (Jazz from clarinet and saxophone player Anat Cohen)
• Wednesday, July 3rd (6-8:30pm): The Grascals (bluegrass band from Nashville), Joy Kills Sorrow (Boston-based string band)
• Wednesday, July 10th (7-8:30pm): Rene Marie’s “Experiment in Truth” (Blues, Soul, Jazz vocalist)
• Wednesday, July 17th (7-8:30pm): Ben Sollee (Acoustic rock, jazz from the cellist and singer/songwriter)
• Wednesday, July 24th (6-8:30pm): Dafnis Prieto Sextet (Latin Jazz) & Yosvany Terry Quintet (Cuban Jazz)
• Wednesday, July 31st (6-8:30pm): Erin McKeown (folk-rock singer/songwriter), Lake Street Dive (Jazz pop)
• Wednesday, August 7th (7-8:30pm): Ivan Neville’s Dumpstaphunk (Funk, Blues)

Here is a video of Susan Vega performing Tom’s Diner:

It’s the last show of the free Madison Square Park Music Studio Series today, with the Vespers at 3pm followed by the Deadly Gentlemen at 4pm. They play on a stage near the Shake Shack on the south side of Madison Square Park near 23rd and 5th Avenue.
Hosted by the Madison Square Park Conservancy, the theme here is American music (Americana, roots, bluegrass, blues, and folk).

Here are the Vespers with “Close my Eyes”:

The Oval Lawn music series in Madison Square Park may have ended, but the lineup for the free Madison Square Park Music Studio Series was just announced by the Madison Square Park Conservancy. The theme here is American music (Americana, roots, bluegrass, blues, and folk) and it all starts up Saturday, September 15th, and then it follows for 3 more Saturdays and ends on October 6th.

It’s FREE, and takes place at 3pm each Saturday on the south side of Madison Square Park (near the Shake Shack) near 23rd and 5th Avenue. Here is the lineup:

• September 15th: Jim Lauderdale(4pm) plus The Honeycutters (3pm)
• September 22nd: Rory Block(4pm) plusHeritage Blues Trio (3pm)
• September 29th: Vance Gilbert (4pm) plus Caleb Hawley (3pm)
• October 6th: The Deadly Gentlemen (4pm) plus The Vespers (3pm)

Here is Caleb Hawley with “My Own Two Feet”:

The Madison Square Park Music 2012 Oval lawn series finishes this evening with soul/R&B vocals from Bettye LaVette. Tonight’s show is from from 7pm-8:30pm. It’s part of a FREE music series hosted by the Madison Square Park Conservancy and it takes place on the Oval Lawn in Madison Square Park on Wednesday evenings in the summer. If [...]

The Madison Square Park Music series continues this evening from 6:30pm-8:30pm with folk music from Suzzy and Maggie Roche, Sloan Wainwright and Lucy Wainwright Roche.

It’s part of a FREE music series hosted by the Madison Square Park Conservancy and it takes place on the Oval Lawn in Madison Square Park on Wednesday evenings in the summer.

If you haven’t been to one of these yet, it’s great to just bring a blanket and some food (hit up the Fatty stand or grab some Shake Shack or bread, meats and cheese from Eataly) and have dinner and drinks on the lawn with music in the background.

This is the 10th season of the program! We posted the full calendar at www.madparknews.com/art_and_music/madison-square-park-music-calendar-2012/.

As usual, Fatty Crew will be selling Ribs, Fatty Wedges, beer and more in the park from 12-8:30pm.

Here is a video of Maggie and Suzzy Roche, Lucy Wainwright Roche playing Paul Simon’s ‘America’:

The Madison Square Park Music series continues this evening from 7pm-8:30pm with jazz from the Jeff “Tain” Watts Quartet. Watts is a Grammy award winning jazz drummer so this one will be amazing for jazz fans. It’s part of a FREE music series hosted by the Madison Square Park Conservancy and it takes place on [...]