The Music Scene — Part 1: Brian Elmquist

If you don't already know this, my husband has incredible taste in music. He rescued me from a world of Ludacris and Dashboard Confessionals and led me to the light of Andrew Peterson, Derek Webb, Sandra McCracken, Red Mountain Hymns and much, much more... I [and I'm sure many others] am thankful for this transition. Now don't get me wrong, I can still enjoy the occasional hip hop or emo jam, but thanks to Kameron [and a new heart, of course] it's in a much more redeemed way.

Continuing to brag on my husband [I'm sure he won't mind], because he loves good music so much he's really good about finding opportunities to hear good music wherever we are. He proved himself again during our time here in New York and was 2 for 2 with his music finds...

Our first adventure on the music scene here was to see a guy named Brian Elmquist. Kam stumbled upon this event while trying to find out if Zach Williams & The Bellow would be playing while we were here. They're based out of Brooklyn and pretty awesome. The video below is one of our favorites by them.



Back to Brian Elmquist— he's the other guy in the band singing [not Zach], so Kam thought it would still be a quality show [especially since Brian T. Murphy would be backing him up on the piano]. So one night, we headed to Rockwood Music Hall with Jeremy & Joanna Lugo [one of the many Cornerstone couples we've grown to love]. I must give a quick shout out to our pre-show dinner at the Meatball Shop. It was fabulous! Sorry, I was too hungry to take the time to document the meal...

Okay, back on track—Brian Elmquist. It was really fun. His sister came and sang with him and we were pleasantly surprised to find that Zach Williams and the other chick that makes up the rest of "The Bellow" [I tried to find her name, I promise!] were there and came up to sing a quick song with Brian and the rest of the crew.



Unfortunately I didn't think to film some of this musical goodness until the song was almost over! Here's a little taste of what we got the privilege of enjoying that night. The clip above is when he was joined by his fellow "Bellow" members :)

Earlier in the show, I noticed a guy in the crowd holding a trombone. I was hoping that meant that he would make an appearance— I was not disappointed!

When the trombone showed up, so did Kanye West [a.k.a. hippie chick on the left]. Since my absence from the hip hop scene, it wasn't a song I recognized but I definitely enjoyed their rendition of "All of the Lights."

Homeboy knew how to get down!

Just  another day in the Bay Ridge life. We sure will miss it here!