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."

At the Grave of Messiaen

The grave of Olivier Messiaen and Yvonne Loriod-Messiaen in the Eglise Saint-Theoffrey, overlooking Lac de Petichet and Le Tabor. (See here and here for notes on my Messiaen trip through Paris, […]

Fěte de la Musique Pics

Nasser, playing next to the Fontaine de la Rotonde, Aix-en-Provence, during Fěte de la Musique 2011. More pics on the photo page.  

Fete de la Musique – à France

I'm sorry to be missing today's Make Music New York, but happy to be in France, where Fete de la Musique began 30 years ago in Paris. Tonight, I'm in

Sonar by Night: Saturday

Night two of Sonar kicked off with a double-bang of two pop stars with chops and charisma to spare. On the SonarLab stage, France's Yelle jumped around the stage in

Shangaan Electro

Back to catch the tail end of today's final Sonar By Day, where Soweto's Shangaan Electro are tearing up the SonarVillage stage with a wild mix of African chants, hyperactive

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