Jonquil live at Glasslands
By Jordi Oliveres If you haven’t heard of Jonquil yet, you will soon. The synthesizer-based calypso-pop these 4 lads from Oxford make is catchy, edgy – and, more importantly, it makes […]
Ring Cycle Kicks Off Tonight at the Met
Photo – Ken Howard / AP Ready or not, here it comes: the much-discussed Der Ring Des Nibelungen begins, in full and in order, with Das Rheingold tonight at 9 PM
The Patricia Barber Quartet at Jazz Standard
by Mike Engle A relatively rare treat recently blew in from the Windy City: the Patricia Barber Quartet, which enjoys an established residency at The Green Mill in Chicago, performed
Esa-Pekka Salonen Conducts the Juilliard Orchestra
After seeing James Levine pull off some real miracles up at Tanglewood over the past few summers, I suppose I shouldn't be surprised at the sight of a crack student
Looking Ahead at the Met Opera
For all the lumps Peter Gelb and the Met have been taking this season – from myself and others – there appears to be a light at the end of
Screamin’ Rebel Angels Rock the Rodeo Bar
by Freya Wilcox We’ve all seen the black-and-white photos of packed, sweaty rock’n’roll bars in New York, but sometimes it seems as though they are a relic lost to the
Thomas Wynn & the Believers and Dirty Names at Mercury Lounge
by Laura Wasson It’s a rare thing to genuinely like both acts at a show. Typically, one band will have more energy, better songs, better musicians, more friends present, etc. But
De Profundis: Yale School of Music Plays Music for Low Instruments
It may have seemed like an April Fool's joke on the surface, but tonight's concert by students and faculty from the Yale School of Music at Weill Recital Hall, exploring
Brooklyn Philharmonic’s “Brooklyn Village” at Roulette
(photo: Joshua Simpson) "Where was I the day/ I finally found my place? When was it that place/ Became home? What hand, what open arms/ Welcomed who I was What