Keeping Calm
"I feel a little fraudulent being up here tonight," Nico told the crowd at this past Wednesday's installment of Lincoln Center's American Songbook, "being as I have a terrible singing
Child’s Play
LPR continued its boundary-blurring ways Monday night with a program by toy pianist Phyllis Chen, who proved to be no less a virtuoso than those who play on instruments ten
Sunday Dinner
Thank goodness for holiday weekends, when you can stay out late on a Sunday and not be all screwed up for work the next morning. Which is key when you're
Hrdlička (Love Bird)
I suppose most people's idea of how to spend Valentine's Day involves candlelit dinner and flowers, which may explain the less-than-full attendance last night at local experimental venue Issue Project Room. Which
Clap Your Hands
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, played to a nearly-full BAM Opera House last night, one of the marquis events of this year's Sounds Like Brooklyn festival. The venue was a
Art or Music?
Roulette has been in the same SoHo space for around for 30 years, but was new to me when I went there Thursday night for a concert of music by
Confessions of a Critic
For those who haven't heard, Tony Tommasini, the chief classical music critic of the New York Times, is answering readers' questions this week on the Times website. Say what you
New Sounds From Down Under
Australian instrumental trio The Necks made their first NY appearance in six years tonight, playing an hour-long set to a half-full – but thoroughly satisfied – Le Poisson Rouge. From
Just A Random Monday
Picture this: small, downtown club, brick wall, stage lighting. Onstage, a singer plays piano and banjo, singing cabaret-worthy songs about urban life and love. It's a classic New York scene,