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."

Stochastic Finale

Here's another one for the books: after 8 1/2 years, Bethany's decided to hang up her WFMU mic so she can complete her training as a massage therapist. In an […]

Ascension

No offense to the folks who hosted the gathering for Suzanne at Issue Project Room on Monday, but at times, the recorded music felt a bit heavy and maudlin.  So,

Out of Tune

After leaving work late last night, I thought I'd try to sneak in a show on my way home. I checked some listings, and saw a fun-looking band from Vancouver,

A Night at Dizzy’s

It's not every day that you get to hear the world's greatest vibes player and the world's most celebrated jazz organist on the same stage, but that's exactly who I

Suzanne

I took this picture last June during Marc Ribot's soundwalk, part of Issue Project Room's first-annual Soundwalk-a-thon. The woman with short hair seated on the bridge is Issue founder Suzanne Fiol, whom

Montreal -> Bklyn

Coincidentally, my friend Richard – who I met in Montreal this past June – was in NYC with a friend this weekend for the NY Book Art Fair. Among other

Pop Wrap (with pics)

I won't say my first trip to Pop Montreal came off without a hitch: the walks between venues were long, the weather was cold and rainy, and my hotel room

Happy Ending

I ended my brief (too brief) to Pop Montreal yesterday with a visit to The Happiness Project: an art installation housed in a vacant apartment on Hutchinson Street in the

Pop Improv

I missed Krautrock pioneers Faust's show at Music Hall of Williamsburg on Thursday, but caught up with them here this afternoon, at an arts space called UbiSoft, in the industrial

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