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."

White Light Festival: War Requiem

As I made my way back up to Avery Fisher Hall for the 2nd time in less than 48 hours yesterday afternoon to hear the London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus,

CMJ Saturday Pics

Hey Marseilles (Seattle, WA), Living Room, 10/22/11. More pics on the photo page.  

White Light Festival: Missa Solemnis

In addition to all the other musical events happening around town, the 2nd annual White Light Festival at Lincoln Center opened last night with an epic peformance of Beethoven's Missa Solemnis, with

CMJ Friday Pics

French Horn Rebellion at Santos Party House, 10/21/11. Lots more pics from Santos, the Fader Fort, and elsewhere on the photo page.

CMJ 2011 Pics (so far)

LA's Races playing Cake Shop on 10/19/11, part of the CMJ 2011 Music Marathon. More pics on the photo page. 

Fall Bounty

NYC is literally bursting at the seams with music this week, with no fewer than three festivals filling concert halls, alternative spaces and plain ol' dives all around the city.

The New Seattle Symphony

I'm out west this week, primarily to visit friends but also to check out some music of various stripes up and down the coast. The big news at the Seattle

Songs of Protest

I'm flying to Seattle tonight, where my friend Pat tells me their Occupy Wall Street protest has caught on in a major way, as it has in D.C., Boston, Chicago,

TV On the Radio at Terminal 5

Another fun Advertising Week show last night at Terminal 5, this one featuring Brooklyn faves TV On the Radio, who played a generous, high-energy set for those lucky enough to

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