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."

$8? Ok

I really don't mind sitting through a middling band from Michigan (Deastro) and a plodding bit of soft muddle (Crystal Stilts, above) knowing that I only paid $8 to be

This is Bleecker Street?

Have I mentioned how Le Poisson Rouge is quickly becoming my new home-away-from-home? The place – on an unlikely stretch of Bleecker Street that houses underage bars like Peculier Pub

Fall Preview

I'm not going to do this any kind of real justice tonight, but here's a quick rundown of some of the fall musical happenings where you can expect to find me over

Pirate Show

The days are waning for live outdoor music in New York, but today's a perfect day for the East Village Radio Music Festival, hosted by the pirate Internet station that broadcasts

Soldier Songs Staged

When I feast heard David Little's Soldier Songs at City Opera'sVOX in back in May, I was shaken by the work, which uses interviews with veterans to paint a horrific, first-hand

East Village Radio Festival Postponed

Due to the impending threat of Tropical Storm Hanna, today's East Village Radio Festival - with an eclectic lineup including everyone from Hammond B3 great Dr. Lonnie Smith, to Brooklyn noise outfit High

Noise and Rapture

 WFMU DJs are hosting a series of shows at Issue Project Room this month, with each meant to reflect their own particular (and often eccentric) musical tastes. Dan Bodah, who

African Symphony

At th end of a long evening, I find myself at Barbes for the Mandingo Ambassadors' new regular Wednesday night gig. Delectible Afropop goodness, anchored by veteran Guinean guitarist Marmady

Caribbean Rhythms

The 41st annual West Indian American Day Carnival , Brooklyn, 9/1/08  

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