My Top 20
Oh Lordy. These days, The Times seems keen on lobbing up fungos to hit out of the park of musical debate. First, there was the ill-advised critics roundtable/gripe session surrounding this past […]
Winter Jazzfest 2011
Happy New Year, music people! After a restful break of almost no show-going (well, there was that all-ages show in Baltimore), 2011 is kicking off with a bang tonight with
Pelléas et Mélisande
"Sometimes, something really great can happen when people understand something together and you know it couldn't have been any other way." Sir Simon Rattle on the Charlie Rose Show, 12/16/10
Ceremonies of Carols
The holidays are upon us, and for those who are so inclined, there is an abundance of seasonal music all around town, as varied in style and quality as there
New Music Moving to Brooklyn
Not to be outdone by Issue Project Room's pending relocation to Downtown Brooklyn, veteran new music space Roulette has announced that it will soon be relocating to the YMCA's 1928 Art
One Long Night
The Winter Solstice may not be until Dec. 21st, but these increasingly long nights seem to be cater-made for multiple-show goings. Case in point: I managed to get to three different
Timo Andres/Metropolis Ensemble
After the last jam Metropolis Ensemble threw in a Clinton Hill Brownstone, I jumped at the chance to check out their latest home show, in a lavish penthouse a stone's
Monks In Black
Last night, France's Ensemble Organum came to the Baryshnikov Arts Center to perform Guillaume de Machaut's Messe De Nostre Dame (1364): one of the earliest known complete settings of the Latin Mass and,
Coming in January: Ecstatic Music Festival
'Tis the season of genre-bending new festivals: hot on the heels of the inaugural White Light Festival, the Kaufman Center brings us the Ecstatic Music Festival: a two month series