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."

Quiet

I've never thought of Arvo PÓ“rt as having rock star status, but it was absolutely packed in LPR tonight, where Ronen's Wordless Series hosted a "composer portrait" devoted to the

Brooklyn Big Band

For the second consecutive Friday, my ears were ringing with the brassy wail of big band jazz. Last week, it was Vancouver's Hard Rubber Orchestra at Kitchener's Open Ears Festival; last night,

Take Out

What a beautiful surprise it was to wander into Barbes last night to hear the Parker String Quartet – former regulars on the Barbes Classical series – play Terry Riley, György

Town Hall Meeting

This year's Open Ears Festival ended with a concert by /~spin~/ in the City Hall Rotunda, featuring a mix of flute, theremin and live and recorded electronics. Ellen Waterman and James Harley

Music Install

In addition to all the live performances happening in Kitchener this past weekend, Open Ears visitors could encounter a number of sound installations in galleries and other public spaces around

Blue Dot

After a piano recital, a gamelan concert, and a performance by The Books, you could either: a) Go to bed or b) Attend Blue Dot: an all-night art party featuring

Soundtrack Duo

I've seen The Books before (twice actually), but it was new to the large, enthusiastic crowd here last night at the Gig Theater, who ate up their infectious blend of mashed up

From Bali to Kitchener

I've heard Indonesian gamelan music on numerous recordings over the years, but never had the chance to hear one live before Saturday night in Kitchener, where Toronto's Evergreen Club Gamelan played a

Projecting Sounds

At the Registry Theatre in Kitchener, a performance by pianist Eve Egoyan, one of Canada's leading new music artists (and, coincidentally, the sister of filmmaker Atom Egoyan.) She performed the

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