Summerstage is here, Summerstage is here!

Those of you who know me well may know that during the Summer of 2001, I was the Assistant to the Executive Producer of the Summerstage Concert Festival, held in Central Park every year. And those of you who are forced to spend time with me this summer will know that I am SO excited for it.

Having lived in Hong Kong for two years, where the muggy weather forced us all to stay indoors (barring the month of November when the weather was good and EVERYthing that is held outdoors is crammed into four weeks of glorious, crisp days), I have missed proper seasons, and *this* season in particular. New York is at its cultural best when it's warm out; there are hundreds of lectures, concerts, events and they're all FREE and OUTSIDE. Can you think of anything better?

This year, Summerstage has got some heavy hitters: Damien Rice, Bonnie Raitt, the New Pornographers, Joan Didion (for a spoken word night), but none more painfully exciting for me (Josefine, you know what I mean) than Feist on June 25th, for Canada Day. Yay! Feist is a vocalist who was introduced to me about a year ago by my Swedish buddy, frequent blog commenter, music connoisseur and up-and-coming journalist, Josefine Hadell. The album is a soft one, but you can hear a little punk and a little passion in her voice. And since I'm generally terrible at music reviews (I don't know why HK Magazine ever let me write them), I'll just recommend you download, "Secret Heart," which I believe she's released as a single here in the U.S.

For a kind of rock-y version of the single, click here as she performs on the Carson Daly show (does anyone actually WATCH this?).

Yay Summerstage!