Jose Gonzalez

Perfect night! Thank you Jose!! The Van Buren is always a beautiful venue, and has dialed in the sound quality. The last two show I ve seen there have been excellent.

Amazing experience. Dream come true to see him perform and hear his gentle voice live. Talented wth the guitar, so impressive

Jose Gonzalez was really good live. I liked that he spend less time talking and more time playing. The venue was great-not too big and not too small. Any seat would have been a good one.

Second time seeing him live. He is in my top list of favorite artists to see live. The String theory was great, the venue was perfect for this event. The music, the melodies and the overall list of songs and music selected, it was great!

Amazing concert. We've seen Jose a couple time and have never been disappointed!

First time in the Beacon Theatre. Beautiful venue. The show was supposed to start at 8pm but it started around 8.15pm - which is ok (we know that artists are not good with keeping time). The warm up gig was ymusic - 6 musicians from New York who played string instruments as well as wind instruments. Their style was a mix of something that sounded like film music with an expressionistic touch. Enjoyed listening to them very much. After what seemed a short warm up session, José came on stage - for 2 minutes. Something was wrong with his guitar - and he left. People laughed. Nobody took offense (would have been ridiculous anyway but audiences can be very grumpy and unfair from time to time). So he came back and played older and newer songs in an amazing way. I really liked the performance of "This is how we walk on the moon" since I had never heard that song before. ymusic was not only a warm up gig, but they accompanied José for a couple of his songs. I really liked the peace and harmony they all expressed. Would definitively come and see José Gonzales AND ymusic again. Great evening. Real Music.

His playing was gorgeous, every note he sang and played On his guitar was effortless and soothing. Having y music ensemble accompany him was spectacular, they filled in all the right spaces and accentuated his already beautiful music. So worth it!

The combination of Jose Gonzalez and yMusic works really well, the music was beautiful. I am definitely glad I went and would (and have) recommend them as a show to a friend or colleague. Having said that: the crowd never really quieted down enough to fully enjoy the occasion. There were lots of late arrivals, even 90 minutes after the scheduled start time; ushers going back and forth, people getting up to get drinks, balcony lights never being turned off fully. yMusic in particular plays pieces that are best enjoyed in a quiet room, and they didn't get that opportunity, which was a real shame. They, and Jose, deserve a better venue and a better crowd.

Y music opened the show with a very inspired song and each of the five or so songs that followed were great, except to me each great song sounded very much like the last great song. It's not a very constructive criticism as many great acts never really change their formula, but I wish they would sometimes. Still, they were very effective. Then Jose Gonzalez took the stage and performed seven or eight solo songs that were truly inspired. He's a virtuoso guitar player and his voice stayed beautiful and consistent throughout. Unfortunately, when Gonzalez and Y music performed together I didn't think the result was as comprehensive a success as I would have hoped for these talented showmen. When they performed Gonzalez's Crosses, a great tune, their rendition wasn't nearly as impressive as it would have been had he played it solo on his guitar. However sometimes their collaboration worked, particularly with the last song of the evening.

Jose Gonzalez is truly talented. He sounds very consistent with his recordings, and I could have listened to his guitar and voice for hours.

This was a deeply moving and profound evening. You know, when you start weeping during the first song, that the music has somehow gotten a grip on you. I came with low expectations. My only exposure to Gonzalez was through a few movie soundtracks. This was incredible. The musicianship and pure talent of all the musicians was outstanding.

Really-really good! The music was so beautiful, so much energy, my heart was beating together with it. Especially, when Jose and Ymusic played together. Just great!

Seeing Jose Gonzalez live gave me a chance to not only hear the music and lyrics of his that I already loved, but also to see and to marvel at his wonderfully complicated guitar playing. He makes it look effortless.

Performance was flawless, even the missed note. You can't match the sound in this place. Unreal.

From the powerful start of the show with just Jose and his guitar performing the deep hitting Crosses, all the way through the jam sessions with the band, and even a surprise song from one of his band mates, this was a cannot miss event!The Variety is a great place to catch a show- not a bad spot in the entire place to see the stage from, and the lighting was surreal. So happy I was finally able to take in a Jose show!!!

This was the most beautiful concert I've ever been to. It was perfect. José's voice and his music are so beautiful, I was in awe. The event was peaceful yet energized. The audience could not stop applauding him after every song, but during each, everyone just stood and basked in the brilliance that is José. I am beyond glad that I went to this show.

Jose Gonzalez sounded just like his album-- beautiful-- except that the feedback was horrible and made my brain shake. The engineers at Paradise didn't seem to do anything about it, unfortunately. Jose's opener was an Icelandic yodeler and was terrible. I wish that the concert were better produced as we left early :(

This kid is simply amazing LIVE. I want to be his friend, his manager, his groupie.