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."

Jacco Gardner at Death By Audio

by Nick Fallon Psychedelic rock is definitely on its way back, and Jacco Gardner is going to be one of the names that you'll need to know in this musical

Beats Antique at Irving Plaza

by Nick Fallon Experimental electronic mavens Beats Antique played to a sold-out audience at Irving Plaza this past Friday, the latest stop of their multimedia touring show supporting their recent LP,

Preview: Vieux Farka Touré Tonight at Elebash Hall

Since last seeing Vieux Farka Touré—son of legendary Malian guitar player Ali Farka Touré, at Summerstage in 2008—he has emerged as one of today's leading exponents of African music, with his crisp

Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Met

by Melanie Wong Photo credit: Sara Krulwich, The New York Times Last Wednesday, a collection of talented young stars at the Met gave a lovably quirky performance of Britten's zany 1960 opera A Midsummer

Preview: White Light Festival 2013

The fourth edition of Lincoln Center’s White Light Festival returns this week, with its now-familiar eclectic mix of musical events spread across the Lincoln Center campus and beyond. As in

Dither Extravaganza at Gowanus Loft

For the fourth year in a row, the electric guitar quartet Dither held their annual Extravaganza on Saturday night, featuring an extended evening of music from their friends in new

FREE TICKETS: Vijay Iyer Trio at Jazz Standard!

NOTE: This contest has ended. 2013 MacArthur Fellow Vijay Iyer is coming to Jazz Standard with his highly celebrated—not to mention, Grammy-nominated—trio for a weekend of cutting-edge new music you won't want to

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