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."

Squeeze Playing Bryant Park This Thursday

  So, I haven't seen this on any official show listings, but Squeeze is playing a free show this Thursday at Bryant Park, starting at 7pm. It's part of the […]

OkayAfrica Party @ Celebrate Brooklyn

  A huge, overflow crowd packed Celebrate Brooklyn on Sunday for the OkayAfrica Party to coincide with the World Cup Finals in South Africa. I only got there in time

Phosphorescent Happy Ending

  Following up on last week's post that Phosphorescent's van was stolen the night of their show last week on Pier 54, Bklyn Vegan reports that the van and all the gear has

Pool Parties 2010 Kickoff

 I made it out to the Williamsburg waterfront this afternoon just in time to catch Deerhoof and Xiu Xiu closing the first Pool Party of 2010, performing Joy Division's Unknown

Warm Up 2010

  Yesterday's Warm Up party at P.S. 1 had a distinctly French flavor to it, thanks primarily to Agnes B.'s sponsorship. Paris-based Klement opened with a manic "live" set that

Phosphorescent & Dawes on Pier 54

  Phosphorescent played their trippy, rootsy rock underneath the sunset out on Pier 54 last night, part of the Riverrocks free concert series. Lead singer/songwriter Matthew Houck, with his curly hair and beard, looked

The Pool Parties – Vol. 5

  When I posted my Summertime roundup last week, one notable omission were the Pool Parties, which at that point had not yet been announced for 2010. Well, I'm happy to

West Side Circle

   Drum circle along the West Side Highway, near 14th St. 7/7/10. (More pics below.)

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