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The images of New York’s recent snow storm make me miss the City at this time of year. Thinking about my Christmastime-in-New York memories, one night from 2006 stands out. I had the privilege of seeing one of my favorite songwriters, Alejandro Escovedo, play with a string quartet at Carnegie Hall. I recorded the show with my new recorder and that audio is featured in the podcast portion of this post. The short podcast intro recounts the December night when, after seeing one of the top 5 concerts of my life, my date and I walked up to the majestic bar of the Pierre Hotel, just off the park. A song from Alejandro’s performance called Slow Down precedes the audio you’ll here from the Pierre, which is in the last minute of the podcast. My recordings of cabaret singer Kathleen Maddox playing and singing Christmas carols that night in her perfectly loungey style make for some of my favorite personal recordings. Absolutely holiday time in New York. Merry Christmas from EP.
