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Julieta Venegas and Plashilina Mosh

Posted by nycsummer On July - 14 - 2008




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Today was officially Bon Jovi in Central Park day! However, Bon Jovi was not the only exciting act performing for free in the park today. The Latin Alternative Music Conference had Mexican superstar Julieta Venegas and the Mexican Heavy Metal band Plastilina Mosh performing at Summerstage. Plastinlina came out first and had the crowd buzzing with their high energy Metal antics. Their were plenty on ‘Metal head’ kids jumping around in a ‘Mosh Pit’. Their were causing enough concern that security had to come over and put a stop to the Moshin’. Afterwords, the Metal heads had several rounds of the ‘girl pile’. This is where 10 or so girls take turns diving on top of each other, kind of like the pile ups football players do on the field. All in all good clean fun.Then the main attraction came out. Julieta’s music proved to be in stark contrast to the Metal energy Pashilina was putting out. She is more relax and her music more melodic. She performed several of her hits, including “Me Voy” and my favorite “Eres Para Mi”. Eres Para Mi has got to be one of the most catchiest songs I’ve heard in a long time. I just keep signing it in my head. Julieta is also multi-talented, in addition to signing she also plays the Keyboards, the Guitar, and the Accordion. I really like Julieta a lot, I like the way she waves her hands and pumps her fist when she is feeling the music.I also gotta say. We could not have asked for better Summer weather for an outdoor concert! Great for Pashilina Mosh, Julieta Venegas and Bon Jovi fans. Another great day for free Summer music in New York City.I love this town!

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Oleta Adams

Posted by nycsummer On July - 7 - 2008




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Oleta Adams lit up the Downtown Brooklyn Metrotech promenade with her beautiful booming voice. What a voice she has! Oleta gained famed back in 90’s with hits like “Circle of One”, and “Get Here”. She and her band performed these and many other songs. Their style is R&B, Gospel, and Jazz. Oleta puts on a tight, lively performance. She dances around the stage and dances behind her keyboard. She enjoyed being there to perform for us. At one point she remarked how blessed she was to be able to perform under the trees at Metrotech in great weather.

Partway through her show, Oleta and the band cleared the stage to showcase one of her backup singers sing out in front to promote her new CD.

Oleta Adams delivers a solid performance that gets the crowd going. She has a great voice and a love for entertaining her audience.

Did I mention her great voice?

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I love Summer in New York City. There are a gazillion things to do, from free concerts to street fairs, from outdoor dance parties to live performance art. The city is buzzing with activity. This blog captures the fun and energy that is New York City during the summer months. We attend all the coolest events in and around the city. I attend Summer Stage, Celebrate Brooklyn, PS1 Warm Up, Globesonic in Riverside Park and any other chill happenings. Whether it is Reggae or Reggaeton, Hip Hop or House, Salsa or Samba, Compas or Calypso. Whatever the style, we are there to enjoy it and share it with you. Jimmy Cliff, Raphael Saadiq, KRS-One, Kat Deluna, Ozomatli, The Wailers, Nile Rogers and Chic, Angelique Kidjo; these are some of the amazing acts we\'ve covered and there are many more to come. With a name like NYC Summer Blog you might think that everything goes on hiatus when it gets cold. Not so! It is always summer at NycSummer! Look for past NYC shows and other special events from other parts of the world, even when the temperature drops here in New York. So, browse the Gallery Index and enjoy the sights and sounds that is Summer in New York City! Terry

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