Author name: Peter Matthews

Feast of Music covers live music in NYC, and occasionally other places. Launched in 2007, it aspires to give equal voice to all kinds of music: everything from an indie show in a Williamsburg dive, to an orchestra concert in Carnegie Hall. As Duke Ellington once said: "There are only two kinds of music: good music...and the other kind."

Chamberlin at Mercury Lounge

by Jordan Lewis Chamberlin has been called "The biggest band in Vermont that no one has ever heard of," but after seeing them for the first time on Tuesday at Mercury Lounge, they're

Ray Chen at Le Poisson Rouge

By Caleb Easterly The rising star violinist Ray Chen Chen bounded onto the stage Tuesday night at Le Poisson Rouge, addressing the audience with a polite British accent and cracking a couple

Howlin Rain at Mercury Lounge

by Brian Donohoe Howlin Rain played a very intimate show to a crowd of about 75 on Tuesday night at the Mercury Lounge. It was the smallest show I've been to

Piano Squared: KeyedUp at Tenri Institute

by Angela Sutton   Marc Peloquin and Roberto Hidalgo, performing as the piano duo Split Second, gave a concert almost entirely of works from our young twenty-first century Saturday night

David Sanchez Quartet at the Jazz Standard

by Linda Hutchinson Playing a sax that could tame the most savage of moods, Grammy-award winner David Sanchez transformed the Jazz Standard into a serene oasis on Friday night, in the midst

Nathan McKee at Art Jam

by Sky Disco Nathan McKee is what you get when you blend Alaskan outdoors with New York concrete. His euphoric, tingly sound seems to melt all the slab away while

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