Vienna in New York
"Autumn in New York/ It spells the thrill of first-nighting" (Vernon Duke) As Tony Tommasini wrote last week in the Times, it's always a privilege to hear the Vienna Philharmonic in
Vienna Phil @ Carnegie This Weekend
(Zubin Mehta with the Vienna Philharmonic, Carnegie Hall, March 2009) The new fall season is upon us, with the NY Phil opening it's season last week with Wynton Marsalis' new
New Music Bake Sale, Vol. 2
After the initial success of last year's New Music Bake Sale, organizers decided to move the event this year to Ft. Greene's Irondale Center: a decommissioned church on S. Oxford
The Greene Space
Last year, longtime local radio station WNYC moved from its longtime digs near City Hall to a new space on Varick Street, just east of SoHo. Following the fishbowl model
U.V.A./John Farah/White Ribbon Highway @ Galapagos
An excellent triple bill this past Sunday night at Galapagos combining the solo guitar and electronics of White Ribbon Highway, the solo piano and electronica of Toronto John Kameel Farah, and the
Red Rocks
I can't think of a better way to end my weeklong tour of the Southwest than with a visit to Red Rocks: the legendary outdoor amphitheater just west of Denver
Mariachi Matinee
I'm in Santa Fe, New Mexico, where the skies are azure blue, dappled with brilliant white clouds. But, at the moment, I'm indoors at the Lensic Performing Arts Center for
Taste of Colorado
I'm in Colorado all this week, more for hiking and biking than music, but this weekend, Denver is hosting its annual free Taste of Colorado festival on the Civic Mall.
Lonesome Heroes @ Superfine, 8.29.10
Austin's Lonesome Heroes, whom I first saw at the tail end of SXSW earlier this year, played an entrancing set of psychedelic country on Sunday night at Superfine in DUMBO.