Heard here and there: both Amy Speace (who lives in Jersey City) and
Kelly Jones (currently an East Village resident) are leaving the area and
moving to
Nashville.  I hope this is not the start of a musicians fleeing the
area trend.

On the other hand, Norah Jones, who recently returned to
Brooklyn, is now having work done to make her new home greener. Norah
also has a new publicity shot, which I'm betting was shot in Brooklyn. 
That's it on the left; what do you think?

Or, The Whale was a band I really enjoyed when I saw them at South By
Southwest earlier this year.  They're a large (seven piece) band based
in San Francisco and I didn't expect them to travel to these parts. 
But they will be playing here in a a few weeks supporting their new
album which is eponymously titled Or, The Whale.  First at Pianos on
the Lower East Side on October 9th and then on October 10th at Shea
Stadium over in Bushwick.

Finally, there are some albums which have the chance of being at least
interesting or perhaps very good coming out over the next two months or
so.  They include the previously mentioned Or, The Whale; Burn by Sasha
Dobson (an EP);  iLet Freedom Ring (that's not a typo) by Chuck Prophet and The Mission
Express; and The Fall, the guitar based collection from Norah Jones.

 –Eliot Wagner