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."

Jukebox the Ghost at Brooklyn Bowl

by Sky Disco Edit: Sky caught Jukebox the Ghost for the first time last night at Brooklyn Bowl. I've caught them a bunch of times dating back to 2007, and am psyched

John Scofield at The Blue Note

By Brian Weidy (from December 2010 at the Blue Note)Having played with everyone from Miles Davis to Jaco Pastorius, to being in past (and the current) incarnation of Phil Lesh and

Daniel Harding and Mahler’s Tenth Symphony

by Michael Cirigliano II   Photo credit: Hiroko Masuike for The New York Times The New York Philharmonic was in very capable hands Thursday night as British conductor Daniel Harding led them

Zakee at Parlor

By Sky Disco I love the diversity and spontaneity of New York.  Last night, I went to Parlor : a private book release party for New African Fashion by Helen Jennings without the slightest idea that

Yarn/Wire at Issue Project Room

By Christopher Moore The acoustic quartet Yarn/Wire performed Tuesday night at Issue Project Room as the final part to the three-part event "Music of the Hemispheres." Pianists Laura Barger and Ning

Occupy Lincoln Center

I wasn't able to make it to last night's Occupy Lincoln Center protest, but fortunately, Alex Ross was there, and he provides a great recap here. Philip Glass, whose Satyagraha had just

More Woes at City Opera

(photo: New York Magazine) Has everyone been following the saga at City Opera? WQXR's Brian Wise offers this recap: "New York City Opera has declared an impasse in negotiations with

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