Janelle Monáe might be today’s most uncategorizable popular artist. She is frustratingly difficult to pigeonhole: her music channels soul, R&B, funk, pop, rock, jazz, folk, and probably a dozen other styles,
DETROIT, MI – There’s no doubt about it: electronic music is having its moment in the sun. Daft Punk won Album of the Year at the most recent GRAMMY’s. Pop acts
It's hard to believe that a place as vibrant and innovative as Roulette has been around for 35 years, but why would you want to try? Roulette has brought together a
by Poppy Galloway Baby's All Right presented a showcase of the finest in experimental electronica Wednesday night; featuring Tristan Perich's Noise Patterns, Daniel Wohl with IKTUS Percussion, and the Los Angeles–based
The fourth edition of the Ecstatic Music Festival got underway in earnest last week with a pair of shows that featured unique collaborations between musicians from both the indie and
The fourth season of the Ecstatic Music Festival is now underway, with 11 unique and varied collaborations between composers and performers from both sides of the indie/classical divide. A collaboration
Seven years ago today, Feast of Music was launched with a review of—of all things—the Minnesota Orchestra at Carnegie Hall with Osmo Vänskä. (I liked it.) Back then, FoM was
Chris Madak (a.k.a. Bee Mask) has been weaving electronic soundscapes for over a decade now, mixing analog synthesis, concréte manipulations on tape and samplers, and digital signal processing. As I stood and listened
by Melanie Wong Webster Hall hosted the 12th annual globalFEST, North America's largest and most comprehensive world-music festival, on Sunday night—a riotous sold-out event, with three stages and 12 bands performing throughout the
