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."

About Feast of Music

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

R.I.P. Ken Russell

   "Other film-makers might have found their creative impetus in novels or plays; Russell's inspiration was surely primarily in music. His ideas, his images, his rows, his career itself were

Accidental Skype Show

I hadn't heard of Portugese singer/songwriter Rita Braga before Tristan and Lesley innvited me over to their apartment Saturday night for one of their semi-regular soirees with live music. (The parties

Contact

If you’d like to invite Feast of Music to come out to see your show, please email us at: info@feastofmusic.com Please note that the Concert Calendar is reserved only for those

Olga

“For me, chamber music is the epitome of civilization.” – Olga Bloom  In 2008, I wrote about one of my many visits to Bargemusic: the floating concert hall that's been

Recap: Performa 11

Last week, I attended several events as part of the 4th edition of Perfoma: the biennial exhibition of "visual art performance." As oxymoronic as that sounds, there was something strangely

Thanksgiving Feast

Having trouble with your turkey this Thanksgiving? James and Kenny will show you how it's done (courtesy of the late, lamented MadTV.)

Robert Ashley’s “That Morning Thing”

Edit: Yet another guest post, this time by Bonnie.  Like most of Robert Ashley's operas, That Morning Thing – revived for the first time in more than 40 years last week at The Kitchen - is both

R.I.P. Paul Motian

I feel fortunate that I got to see the great drummer Paul Motian, who passed away earlier today at the age of 80, last year at the Blue Note with

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