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Founded in 1904, the New Amsterdam Musical Association, NAMA is the oldest African-American musical organization in the United States.It was founded at the time that the American Federation of Musicians Local 310 (now, Local 802) did not admit minority musicians and the law stated that one had to be in the union in order to perform in New York City.
The Nits developed a large audience outside the Netherlands, including Finland, Switzerland, Germany, France, Belgium, Greece and Canada and in 1989 were the first Dutch band to play in the (then still) Soviet Union. Urban Dance Squad was a cross-over band, combining hip-hop with funk and rock. The band's minor American success proved to be ...
The tour saw the band play a total of 111 concerts in the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, the United States, and Belgium over four legs—two European legs and two North American legs. [ 10 ] [ 11 ] Support came from Jonathan Swift, Ten Years After , Mary Wells , [ 7 ] Emerson, Lake and Palmer , The J. Geils Band , King Crimson , The Blues ...
More progressive music emerged in the 1960s in Amsterdam. In 1964 (see 1964 in music ), The Outsiders were the first Dutch psychedelic rock band to become successful. Well known was the 'Haagse Scene' - many of the popular bands of the 1960s came from The Hague , such as Shocking Blue , which topped the US charts in 1970 with Venus , Golden ...
This article contains a list of bands formed in New York City, New York. Bands should be notable and linked to their articles which lists their New York origins in the lead. References should be provided for any new entries on this list. Bands may be temporarily red-linked (while an article is developed) as long as the reference establishes ...
History of New York City; Lenape and New Netherland, to 1664 New Amsterdam British and Revolution, 1665–1783 Federal and early American, 1784–1854 Tammany and Consolidation, 1855–1897
The New York club scene is an important part of the city's music scene, the birthplace of many styles of music from disco to punk rock; some of these clubs, such as Studio 54, Max's Kansas City, Mercer Arts Center, ABC No Rio, and CBGB, reached iconic statuses in the United States and the world.
On 10 August, the band suspended their UK tour to do two contracted appearances at the Tanglewood Music Shed and the Woodstock festival. [7] Tommy 's "world premiere" took place at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam. After playing a show at Tanglewood on 12 August, the band flew to New York to play a set at Woodstock.