At its annual ceremony dating back decades, the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., has honored a wide range of pop and rock musicians, from the Who, Led Zeppelin, the Eagles, and Earth, Wind & Fire to, this past December, the Grateful Dead, Bonnie Raitt, …
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Low Cut Connie, the Philadelphia rock and soul band fronted by Adam Weiner, has canceled a scheduled March 19 concert at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., citing President Trump’s takeover of the formerly non-partisan arts venue. “I was very excited to perform as part of this wonderful institution’s Social …
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He’s shy. He’s square. He’s a very average person. And yet, as the trailer for the documentary Art Dealers shows, Adam Weiner (who makes all those claims himself) becomes extraverted, hip, and larger-than-life when he steps onstage to front revivalist-rock revivalists Low Cut Connie. The full documentary, which Weiner co-directed …
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Stevie Van Zandt has taken Low Cut Connie‘s 2023 song “Are You Gonna Run?” and given it some E Street Band flavor in a new remix. The song originally appeared on Low Cut Connie’s 2023 LP Art Dealers. “The new version is just thicker sounding, kind of unapologetically classic rock,” …
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About 10 years ago, Adam Weiner was onstage in a shitty NASCAR bar in Illinois, playing two sets of piano-driven rock & soul for about 30 onlookers. Weiner, who’s Jewish and fronts the band Low Cut Connie, was wearing a Star of David around his neck as he sang and …
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Low Cut Connie is back. “Are You Gonna Run?” is one of frontman Adam Weiner’s first new song in years, following his 2020 album Private Lives. “Why won’t you tell how it’s gonna go. Tell me now. Why won’t you say what I already know?” sings Weiner on the make-it …
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The box was about two feet high and made out of wood, a rudimentary but useful tool to allow Jerry Blavat to get an unencumbered view of his dancers at bars and clubs that didn’t have a proper stage. In his later years, Blavat, a diminutive but supremely influential DJ, …
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