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Phoebe Bridgers On Stage / © photo by Ellen Qbertaplaya

Phoebe Bridgers On Stage at Celebrate Brookyln! photo by Ellen Qbertplaya / courtesy of BRIC Arts Media

Carefully Curated: BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn’s Own Diane Eber

June 10, 2023 by Michela Arlia

As summer begins to kick off in Brooklyn, there is only one season-long outdoor Festival concert and performance series that highlights and celebrates musical talent... read article

Laurie Anderson_Somi -Angelique Kidjo at Women Waging Peace -June 30, 2012

The Photo Pit Takes A Look Back At Celebrate Brooklyn!

June 4, 2023 by B.L. Howard

As Celebrate Brooklyn! gets ready to open the 2023 season , Brooklyn Roads‘ publisher selected some photos he took during the 2012, 2011 and 2012... read article

Annie Keating Release Show / photo by Griffon Sgroi Jacobs

Annie Keating On The Jalopy Theatre Stagr photo by Griffon Sgroi Jacobs

Annie Keating Wows Jalopy Crowd With “Hard Frost” Release Show

May 27, 2023 by David K. Moseder

With her newest album, Hard Frost, due out on June 1, Brooklyn’s own Annie Keating played a release show at Jalopy Theatre on May 18.... read article

Taj Mahal photo courtesy of BRIC Arts Media-Celebrate Brooklyn!

Summer Music Preview: Festivals and Fanfare

May 12, 2023 by David K. Moseder

As summer approaches, Brooklyn’s music scene is heating up with an array of festivals bringing some of the best local, national and international performers to... read article

Dana Athens photo by Mary Zadroga

Music in Her Bones: Dana “Danger” Athens Weathers the Storms

April 21, 2023 by Michela Arlia

Dana “Danger” Athens, who you may know best as front woman for rock and roll band Jane Lee Hooker, is now on a side journey of... read article

Camp Bedford photo by Yekaterina Gyadu

Camp Bedford’s “So Often & So Sweet” Is So Promising

April 17, 2023 by David K. Moseder

Brooklyn-based trio Camp Bedford — Roxanne Quilty and Mariela Flor Olivo, on guitars and lead vocals and Tallen Gabriel on cello – have released their... read article

Bruce Springsteen at Barclays Center In 2016 Photo by Debra L. Rothenberg

Brooklyn’s Live Music Scene Is Blossoming

April 2, 2023 by The Brooklyn Roads Team

Now that spring is upon us and the pandemic is behind us, Brooklyn’s music venues are rushing to make up for lost time. The most... read article

Aiofe O'Donovan Plays Nebraska-album cover

Aoife O'Donovan Plays Nebraska Album Art

Aoife O’Donovan’s “Nebraska” — A Fresh Take on a Classic Album

March 23, 2023 by David K. Moseder

Aoife O’Donovan Plays Nebraska was initially a live-stream event recorded at her Brooklyn home on May 9, 2020, and released digitally in 2021. Now it’s... read article

IVA’S “NOBODY’S WOMAN” SHOULD APPEAL TO EVERYBODY

March 17, 2023 by David K. Moseder

When Brooklyn Roads interviewed singer-songwriter IVA in November of 2022, she told us that she aims to create “thought provoking” music that “gives people mega... read article

Celebrating Women’s History Month Through BK’s Female Music Scene

March 7, 2023 by Michela Arlia

As the month of March — Women’s History Month — gets underway, Brooklyn Roads celebrates some of the many ever-so-talented women who have graced the... read article

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Eric Stern: Brooklyn Born, Jazz Driven

Eric Stern/photo by Hoyeon Choi/ courtesy of the artist

Brooklyn has long been home to innovative artists, and pianist-composer Eric Stern is no exception. Born and raised in the borough, Stern’s sound is a fusion of jazz, Latin, and classical influences shaped by his upbringing and New York City’s diverse musical landscape. Stern’s love for music began at home, where classical compositions played daily on WQXR alongside Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, and Sammy Davis Jr. His exploration led him to jazz and salsa, drawn to artists like Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea, and Miles Davis. His participation in Belongo’s Fat Cats program, a youth music initiative, deepened his passion for Afro-Latin music, exposing him to icons like Chico O’Farrill and Tito Puente. Though he played in school jazz bands and youth programs, it was at Fat Cats—rehearsing every Sunday at the former Fat Cat jazz club (now Cellar Dog)—that his passion crystallized. “It was sheer joy,” Stern recalls. The experience drove him to practice for hours daily, solidifying his decision to pursue music professionally. Stern studied at the University of Miami, where he formed a quartet with trumpet, piano, bass, and drums, performing across Miami until 2022. Adding saxophonist Dylan McHann that fall elevated the group into its current quintet form. Since returning to Brooklyn, the lineup has shifted, now featuring Chris Ferrari (tenor sax/flute), Joey Curreri (trumpet), Cookie Stephenson (bass), and Peru Eizagirre (drums), with Stern leading on piano and compositions. Brooklyn’s underground jazz scene remains central to Stern’s creative evolution. While Manhattan is home to institutions like the Village Vanguard and the Blue Note, he finds Brooklyn’s avant-garde spaces—Ornithology Jazz Club, Bar Bayeux, and ShapeShifter Lab more experimental and inspiring. At the heart of Stern’s music is a simple mission: joy. “That’s the only thing I really care about. If selling a million records and being super famous is able to do that, great. If not, I don’t really mind. I just want to give other people who listen and hear the music the same joy I have in playing and creating it.” Eric Stern is one to watch for those seeking a fresh, dynamic voice in Brooklyn’s jazz scene. “Why not perform in Brooklyn?” he says. “There are so many great spaces to play—why not make it happen?”

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