Walkabout
One of my primary joys – usually indulged while traveling, or on occasional free weekends here – is to put on headphones and walk around some quiet area, preferably near […]
New Music
Fall Preview
I'm not going to do this any kind of real justice tonight, but here's a quick rundown of some of the fall musical happenings where you can expect to find me over
Soldier Songs Staged
When I feast heard David Little's Soldier Songs at City Opera'sVOX in back in May, I was shaken by the work, which uses interviews with veterans to paint a horrific, first-hand
East Village Radio Festival Postponed
Due to the impending threat of Tropical Storm Hanna, today's East Village Radio Festival - with an eclectic lineup including everyone from Hammond B3 great Dr. Lonnie Smith, to Brooklyn noise outfit High
Noise and Rapture
WFMU DJs are hosting a series of shows at Issue Project Room this month, with each meant to reflect their own particular (and often eccentric) musical tastes. Dan Bodah, who
Playing In The Rain
The rains came early for tonight's Wordless Music show at Lincoln Center's Damrosch Park, falling throughout the Renaissance choral works by Perotin and the first half of Manuel Gottsching's hour-long
Blow Out
They switched the order up on me, so I only caught the tail end of John Zorn’s “Cobra” at Issue Project Room’s outdoor show tonight at Brooklyn Bridge Park. The
American Shelter
This was the name David Lang gave to the second of three sections he wrote for “Shelter,” his most recent collaboration with fellow Bang on a Can founders Michael Gordon