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."

Stars of the Pit

I was sitting in the second tier box closest to the stage at last night's Mark Morris performance at the […]

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Mostly (Not) Mozart

Ok, I may not be the world's biggest Mozart fan, but I am a big believer in Truth in advertising.

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Summer Styling

I didn't make it to the Williamsburg waterfront in time to catch DD/MM/YYYY yesterday afternoon, but still had fun wandering

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Park Animals

Animal Collective closed out the Celebrate Brooklyn season last night with a killer two-hour set that included most of the tracks from their

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Warm Up 2009

Yesterday was clear, warm, and the perfect day to visit to P.S. 1's weekly summer dance party Warm Up, which offers

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Free Sing Along

Dougie Bowne is a well-known musician/producer who's worked with everyone from Iggy Pop, to Brian Eno, to Cibo Matto, among many

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Americana

The Inbreeds, Hanks Saloon, Brooklyn, NY, 8/14/09

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Les

I only got to see Les Paul once during the many, many Mondays he played at Iridium over the past 13 years

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Way Better Than TV

TV on the Radio, Celebrate Brooklyn, 8/11/09 (More pics below.)

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