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."

Running In Circles

Our soundwalk ends up at Issue Project Room, where there's a party with drinks, food and live music, including this band Flaming Fire, who are running up and down 4th

Stops You In Your Tracks

On 3rd St. near 3rd Ave., Bradford stops at a car, opens the trunk, and hauls out his Pencilina: a homemade contraption that's part electric guitar, part cello, and part

Soundwalking

At 4pm, I met up with composer Bradford Reed and about 15 others outside the Carroll St. F train stop, where he had us all download three of his "pieces"

The Bridge

Inspired by Daniel Neumann's soundwalk "Demasking the Bridges", I sat under the Manhattan Bridge for a half-hour. It's like sitting inside a tunnel, the rumble of trucks and trains creating

Pied Guitarist

I was taking pictures on the Union St. bridge when I heard a strange blend of melodicas, clarinets, kazoos and keyboards approaching. I turned to my left and saw Marc

Union St. Concerto

Walking across Union St. trying to catch up with Marc Ribot's Gowanus soundwalk, I pass this old factory space and hear the slow movement from Beethoven's 4th piano concerto coming

Soundwalk – Part II

Having thoroughly enjoyed my soundwalk through the woods of Kitchener last month, I was happy to hear that Issue Project Room will be hosting their first annual "Soundwalk-a-thon" this Sunday, (6/7)

Dissent

During a break from the action yesterday, I spoke to a composer friend, who had a bit of a different take on the Marathon: "Bang on a Can is kind

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