Jeffrey Ziegler’s “Something of Life” at Le Poisson Rouge
After spending eight years in the Kronos Quartet, many were surprised when cellist Jeffrey Zeigler left Kronos – ostensibly one of the highest-profile gigs in the world – last year and moved
White Light Festival: Britten’s Curlew River at Cathedral of St. John the Divine
by Robert Leeper The music of Benjamin Britten focuses on the idea of the outsider, of men uncertain of their place in the world. He delves into the lives those
Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn at Symphony Space
by Nick StubblefieldJim McGuire, symphonyspace.org Growing up in the Appalachian mountains of North Carolina, I heard more than my fair-share of banjo picking. But. it wasn't until a few years
“The Death of Klinghoffer” at the Met Opera
Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera "There aren't many things left worth fighting for in this world. Art is one of them." – FoM In his 2008 memoir, Hallelujah Junction, John Adams devotes an entire
Ljova’s “Signal Strength” Via Subway Wi-Fi
Our old friend Ljova was showing off his conductor chops in Bryant Park recently, leading a varied group of NYC subway musicians via FaceTime, connected through the MTA's Wi-Fi system
John Adams Conducts the Yale Philharmonia and Brentano Quartet
by Nick Stubblefield Bernstein. Mahler. Stravinsky. These men were all highly-respected composer/conductors found in music history textbooks. Flip to the end of that textbook, and one is likely to find
CMJ Music Marathon 2014: Beach Fossils, Small Black, Fiancé & Colony House @ Brooklyn Bowl
by Poppy Galloway Newcomers to the music scene maybe not, but the pull of Brooklyn’s Beach Fossils was too strong to resist Thursday night at Brooklyn Bowl. Lush reverb, loose verse/chorus
CMJ Music Marathon 2014: PAWS, SPLASHH & DIIV @ Brooklyn Night Bazaar
by Poppy GallowayI arrived at the Brooklyn Night Bazaar last Tuesday just in time to catch Glasgow thrashers PAWS take the stage. Their set was three parts brutal garage punk
CMJ Music Marathon 2014: Saturday Recap
Well, I never made it out of Williamsburg on Saturday for the last day of CMJ, but I hardly felt deprived of good, interesting music. As on Friday, I started