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."

Bands Ahoy

I'm sharing a ferry to Governors Island with the members of Grizzly Bear, who are headlining a killer Bowery Presents show tonight that also features Gang Gang Dance and The […]

One For The Road

Ozawa Hall at sunset, just prior to tonight's Herbie Hancock concert. More to come.

Tanglewood After Hours

If you ever want to see the faculty and fellows of the TMC let their hair down, just wander over to Sunday night karaoke at Prime Italian Steakhouse on Franklin

The Silk Road Ensemble at Tanglewood

It's been 10 years since Yo-Yo Ma assembled The Silk Road Ensemble during a workshop here at Tanglewood, using the music of the former Silk Road route from China to

BSO w/Christoph von Dohnányi @ Tanglewood

The aging but still exacting conductor Christoph von Dohnányi led the BSO in a sterling performance yesterday at Tanglewood, which included Dvorak's 8th symphony and the Beethoven Violin Concerto, featuring the

Quotable

"I don't know if there's a heaven, but if there's a heaven-on-earth, its Tanglewood." Sandeep Das, composer, introducing the Silk Road Ensemble performing his "Shristi" tonight in the Shed.

Tanglewood Sunset

Tanglewood was a much happier place about an hour ago, when they closed the gates and cleared the grounds to all but those who had tickets to see the Silk

Tanglewood 2010

I arrived at Tanglewood straight from Brooklyn this afternoon, just in time to catch Christoph von Dohnanyi conduct a husky, fiery version of Beethoven's Violin Concerto (with Arabella Steinbacher.) The

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