Tanglewood 2016: Towards the Future
LENOX, MA - It's been eighty years now since the Boston Symphony Orchestra gave it's first concerts in the Berkshire Hills of western Massachusetts and, aside from a four-year hiatus during
Classical
Brandee Younger and Camille A. Brown & Dancers at the BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival
by Steven Pisano Brandee Younger may be one of the most talented jazz musicians on the scene today. But there are many music lovers, even jazz aficionados, who seem not to have
The Sketchy Orkestra Plays Le Poisson Rouge
by Nick Stubblefield Guest Star Emily Braden sings Applying genre labels to music and musicians can be a tricky business — it sells a product, but is often at odds with
MATA Festival 2016 Wrapup
by Steven Pisano (All photos by Steven Pisano.) As one of NYC's leading contemporary classical and experimental music festivals, the MATA Festival was back in town last week for six
Ticket Giveaway: Utah Symphony celebrates 75 at Carnegie Hall with Andrew Norman premiere
The Utah Symphony and music director Thierry Fischer perform at Carnegie Hall in next Friday, April 29th—in a concert celebrating the orchestra’s 75th anniversary. The program features the New
Katherine Jenkins at the Café Carlyle
Photo: David Andrako When you visit the Café Carlyle, just off the lobby of the historic Carlyle Hotel on Madison and 76th Street, you know you aren't just seeing any old cabaret show. The minute you're
Charlie Parker’s Yardbird at the Apollo Theater
by Steven Pisano (All photos by Steven Pisano.) Saxophonist Charlie Parker was one of the seminal jazz musicians of the twentieth century, whose fast and furious improvisational style was the
TICKET GIVEAWAY: Orchestra of St. Luke’s at Carnegie Hall
Next Thursday, April 7th, the Orchestra of St. Luke's brings an evening of music spanning over 250 years of English music to Carnegie Hall. The evening includes Purcell's devastating "Dido’s Lament" from his opera
Preview: Big Ears Festival 2016
I'm excited to be returning to Knoxville, TN this weekend for the Big Ears Festival, which I attended for the first time last year and was pretty much blown away by