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."

Late Show

Admittedly, 11pm on a Tuesday isn't the best time to catch a show, but my friend Sean spoke so highly of My Education, I just had to suck it up. I'm […]

Tenebrae

Some routines are worth repeating: for the third year in a row, I found my way to Trinity Church – now only a five minute walk from work – for

Moving

So, having attended two of the MATA Festival concerts last week at Le Poisson Rouge, it would seem that there certain partisans of new music who would prefer that it

Northern Lights

On their way back to Toronto from a North America tour that included eight shows at SXSW, I caught up with DD/MM/YYYY last night at Union Hall. A bunch of former art kids

Brilliant

Last night's LSO concert at Avery Fisher was a reminder of what separates good orchestras from great ones. It's not technical perfection – though that's certainly important. Nor is it

Lords of The Ring

"Life is travel and change. Such pleasures I cannot give up."    (Wotan, Das Rheingold, Scene 2) I don't get chills much at music events anymore, but when the Met Orchestra

In Translation

At first, I didn't know what to make of accordionist Chango Spasiuk, who played Zankel Hall on Friday night. He looked a bit like Jesus with his long hair and

Der Ring

Five years ago, my friend Pat and I paid $140 each for the privilege of seeing Wagner's Ring at the Met. From standing room. For those unfamiliar, that's about 20

“Labelmates”

itsnotyouitsme and So Percussion performing Jason Treuting's 16 Words, Players Theater, 3/25/09

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