Brain Cave Festival – Saturday Pics
Indigo Street and Greg Saunier (Deerhoof) playing the bar stage at The Bell House, 4/7/12. More pics on the photo page.
Popa Chubby Returns to Rodeo Bar
by Freya Wilcox Traditionally, the power of the blues was never founded on its wall of sound or its high-fidelity roar; the power of the blues lies in its pain,
Brain Cave Festival – Thursday Pics
The ghosts of Adam Schatz and Indigo Street, Blast Off!!!, Bell House, 4/5/12. More pics on the photo page.
Mika Yoshida and Richard Stoltzman at Carnegie Hall
by Mike Engle Although a "new genre" of music was not necessarily invented on Wednesday night, I had the pleasure of witnessing a uniquely memorable concert at the intimate Weill
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