Opening Night at Carnegie Hall with the Berlin Philharmonic
Whenever I start to feel a bit jaded about music, there are nights like last night, when I was privileged to witness the Berlin Philharmonic - arguably the greatest orchestra in […]
Nonesuch at BAM: Laurie Anderson’s “Landfall” with Kronos Quartet
Over the past 40 years, the Kronos Quartet has been responsible for more new music than any other institution, commissioning more than 800 works from just about every major composer on
Eighth Blackbird Opens the Season at Miller Theatre
by Nick StubblefieldHiroyuki Ito for The New York Times I've attended many great presentations of new music in New York City over the past couple of years, so when I
Söndörgő Captivates at Live@365
by Robert Leeper “We are Hungarian, but we also play…” and the list of musical influences on traditional Hungarian folk music—traditions of China, Turkey, parts of the Middle East, and,
Preview: Celebration of John Lurie and the Lounge Lizards at Town Hall
by Robert Leeper John Lurie and the Lounge Lizards in the early 1980s Le Poisson Rouge's festival tribute to American icon John Lurie and the Lounge Lizards, Strange & Beautiful:
Nonesuch at BAM: Rokia Traoré
Over the past half-century, West Africa has yielded an incredibly rich crop of musicians who have merged the indigenous music of the Griot tradition with rock, blues, and R&B, including Femi and
The King of African Music: Youssou N’Dour at BAM
Continuing the ongoing panorama of music at the Nonesuch at BAM Festival, Senegalese superstar Youssou N'Dour performed to a pair of packed houses last week that turned the Howard Gilman
WHY? Fills the Basement of (Le) Poisson Rouge
by Brian Corliss Cincinnati alternative hip-hop/indie band WHY? delivered a raw and charged display of musical emotion to the packed basement of (Le) Poisson Rouge this past Sunday. Opening was Minneapolis' Margret
Nonesuch Records at BAM: Philip Glass & Steve Reich
by Nick Stubblefield and FoM (Photo: Stephanie Berger) Two weeks ago, Philip Glass and Steve Reich - by any measure two of the most important and influential composers of our time – kicked off the Nonesuch