Soundbox Percussion Play New Works at Concerts on the Slope
If you were to ask me five years ago how many percussion ensembles I could name, the answer would be, One: Sō Percussion. But, while Sō remains the gold standard […]
Preview: The Four o’clock Flowers at the Brooklyn Folk Festival This Weekend
by Stephen Policoff Photo by Valery Lyman This weekend, the 7th annual Brooklyn Folk Festival takes place at St. Ann's Church in Brooklyn Heights, with more than 30 bands playing a
The Mountain Goats at Webster Hall
California's Mountain Goats played a sold out show at Webster Hall last Thursday in celebration of their new release, Beat the Champ. The crowd was as broad an audience as you could imagine:
Jenn Mundia at The Living Room
Brooklyn's Living Room was the ideal setting for singer-songwriter Jenn Mundia's set last Monday, with both an intimate vibe and tall ceilings. Jenn's vocal timbre has a soft and laid back feel, but was
Herbie Hancock and Chick Corea Make Piano Magic at Carnegie Hall
by Nick Stubblefield Chick Corea and Herbie Hancock, two of the living legends of jazz, hit the stage at Carnegie Hall on Thursday night for an evening of duo music for piano and keyboard.
Amy Helm & The Handsome Strangers Close Out Residency at City Winery
by Anna Murphy Last night, Americana artist and musical scion Amy Helm took the stage at City Winery with her band The Handsome Strangers for the last night of their week-long residency. Best known
New Music in the Tennessee Mountains: Big Ears Festival 2015
KNOXVILLE, TN – It didn't take long after my arrival at the Big Ears Festival in Knoxville last weekend for me to realize that this was no run-of-the-mill music festival.
The New York Philharmonic Premieres John Adams’ “Scheherazade.2”
In the orchestra world, the received thinking is that if you're going to have a new work on a program, you put it on the first half, in order to
Preview: Big Ears Festival in Knoxville
I've hinted at this in some previous posts, but I'll be headed down to Knoxville, TN this weekend for the 4th edition of Big Ears Festival, which Rolling Stone has called "the classiest,