Calexico and Gaby Moreno at Bowery Ballroom
by Steven Pisano The Arizona-based band Calexico was in the city on Sunday and Monday nights at the Bowery Ballroom as the last stop of a US tour before jetting
Omar Sosa at BRIC House
by Steven Pisano With Cuba increasingly on people’s minds as access to that magical island becomes easier for Americans to travel to, Cuban jazz pianist Omar Sosa and his Quarteto
SF Jazz Collective at Jazz Standard
by Steven Pisano With members hailing originally from Puerto Rico, Venezuela, Israel, and across the U.S., the lineup of the all-star SF Jazz Collective brings an international flavor to their
“Meredith Monk and Friends” at Zankel Hall
by Steven Pisano Photos by Steven Pisano One thing is clear: Meredith Monk has a lot of friends—musicians who have both directly and indirectly been influenced by her work. And she has written a lot of
“Lucia di Lammermoor” at the Metropolitan Opera
by Steven Pisano The Metropolitan Opera’s current production of Gaetano Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor doesn’t really show up on stage until the third and final act, but when it does,
Works by Paula Matthusen at the Avant Music Festival
by Steven Pisano Now its in sixth year at Wild Project, the Avant Music Festival, curated by Randy Gibson and Megan Schubert, provides contemporary composers an opportunity to present
Chris Bergson at Jazz Standard
by Steven Pisano This winter in New York City has been so unrelentingly and inhospitably cold, so bone-numbingly frigid that a lot of sensible people have just stayed home
“Don Giovanni” at the Metropolitan Opera
by Steven Pisano In Michael Grandage’s production of Mozart’s Don Giovanni now playing at the Metropolitan Opera, the snarling balls of flame that rocket up from the stage as the
“Independence Eve”: An Opera in Progress About Race Relations in America
by Steven Pisano Independence Eve is a three-scene chamber opera by Sidney Marquez Boquiren currently under development by American Opera Projects that explores different viewpoints on black-white relations in America. On Tuesday, February 5, the