East Village
15 music artists that Wikipedia ties to the East Village, best known first. A tie, not always an origin
- MadonnaSinger, songwriter · Pop
- Steven TylerSinger · Rock & Punk
- Billie Joe ArmstrongMusician · Rock & Punk
- Klaus NomiCountertenor · Rock & Punk
- Ira GershwinLyricist
- La La BrooksSinger
- Julia CummingSinger-songwriter
- Eric EmersonMusician
- Arthur GershwinComposer
- Arthur RussellMusician · R&B & Soul
- Pat PatrickMusician · Jazz
- Jesse HartmanMusician
- Soce, the elemental wizardRapper · Hip-Hop
- T. K. BlueMusician · Jazz
- Bruce CoughlinArranger
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Music spots
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Venue
Webster Hall
1953–1968Built in 1886 as a hall for hire. In the 1950s Tito Puente, Tito Rodríguez and Pete Seeger played here, and from 1953 to 1968 RCA ran it as a recording studio, where Harry Belafonte and Tony Bennett recorded. On 2 February 1962 Bob Dylan played harmonica here on the title track of Belafonte’s Midnight Special, per Wikipedia.
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Venue
Fillmore East
1968–1971Bill Graham’s rock theatre on Second Avenue, open from March 1968 to June 1971. Miles Davis’s band opened for Laura Nyro here on four nights in June 1970, recorded for Miles Davis at Fillmore, and Taj Mahal played eight shows, per Wikipedia.
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Venue
Mercury Lounge
2000An independent venue on East Houston Street, founded in 1993. The Strokes got their start after playing here in 2000, and the club’s booker quit to become their manager; Lady Gaga is among the other acts that have played it, per Wikipedia.
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Mural
KRS-One mural
2023A portrait of KRS-One by the Italian street artist Jorit, on a building on 2nd Street near 1st Avenue, made in celebration of hip-hop’s 50th anniversary. Standing in front of it in January 2023, KRS-One said, “There is no award that is above this,” per FOX 5.
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