Montreal Jazz Festival 2012
Bonjour from Montreal, where I'll be spending the rest of this holiday week at the 33rd edition of the Festival International de Jazz de Montreal. The festival's winding down now, […]
Happy Canada Day/Montreal Bound
Happy Canada Day, to all my friends up north! Sometimes – especially on sweltering days like this – I wish I lived under the Maple Leaf. As it happens, I'm
Lisa Pegher at The Cell
by Angela Sutton Lisa Pegher brought precise musicianship and a mountain of toys to The Cell in Chelsea on Thursday night, in a program of contemporary works that integrated digital audio and
NY Philharmonic 360 at the Park Avenue Armory
In May 1882, conductor Theodore Thomas led the NY Phil in a landmark seven-concert festival at the Park Avenue Armory that included everything from Handel's oratorio Israel in Egypt, to excerpts from Wagner's then-new Ring. (You can
Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey at the Blue Note
by Brian Weidy There are some performances that you know will be transcendent as soon as they begin. As a part of the "Late Night Groove Series" at Blue Note,
Cassandra Wilson at Blue Note
Photo courtesey of eonemusic.com by Nicholas Fernandez Cassandra Wilson’s set at Blue Note Thursday night offered a chance to cast off Northeastern metropolitan worries in favor of Southern relaxation. Wilson has
Dutilleux Honored with New York Philharmonic’s Kravis Prize for New Music
by Michael Cirigliano II Photo credit: Ruby Washington for The New York Times It does seem odd that the inaugural recipient of the New York Philharmonic’s Kravis Prize for New Music
Kitten Berry Crunch and Freezepop at Knitting Factory
by Laura Wasson It’s safe to say there's a whole lot of '80s love happening in music right now. With so many bands leaning heavily on the New Order and Siouxsie
Yuka Honda’s Eucademix at The Stone
by Brian Weidy In my first ever visit to The Stone in Manhattan's East Village, I found myself lost; literally—I could not find the venue. Sure enough, though, on the