Africa Now! at the Apollo Theater
by Steven Pisano (All photos by Steven Pisano.) The Africa Now! music festival, which just wrapped up it's fourth year at the Apollo Theater, aspires to provide American audiences with a tasting menu […]
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Ron Pope and the Nighthawks at Irving Plaza
by Steven Pisano (All photos by Steven Pisano.) Ron Pope and the Nighthawks played Irving Plaza last weekend, performing music off of their brand new self-titled album. Hailing from Georgia and
“Angel’s Bone” at the Prototype Festival
by Steven Pisano (All photos by Cory Weaver.) Angel’s Bone, presented by the unflaggingly innovative Prototype Festival and directed by Michael McQuilken, portrays the lurid tale of a suburban couple (Kyle
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"Something happened on the day he diedSpirit rose a metre and stepped asideSomebody else took his place, and bravely cried(I’m a blackstar, I’m a blackstar)​How many times does an angel
Hold on to Your Seat: The Prototype Festival Starts This Week
Now in its fourth season, the Prototype Festival has become an essential part of the New York cultural season. Featuring cutting-edge new chamber opera and music-theater works, shows are almost
Lettuce Brings the Funk to Brooklyn Bowl
by Steven Pisano (All photos by Steven Pisano.) Funk here, funk there, funk everywhere. That’s how I spent the first weekend of 2016 when the band Lettuce brought its pyrotechnic funk
Christine and the Queens at Webster Hall
by Steven Pisano (All photographs by Steven Pisano.) To an English-speaking audience, the name Héloïse Letissier (le-TISS-ee-ay) was probably destined to drop to the bottom of the sea. But, reimagined as
Kacey Musgraves at The Apollo Theater
by Nick Stubblefield Last Saturday, Kacey Musgraves became the first country artist to headline the famed Apollo Theater. This historic event was met with the style you’d expect of an event
The First Annual BRIC JazzFest Marathon
by Steven Pisano (All photos by Steven Pisano,) If I had thought about it too much ahead of time, I probably would have stayed home. Five hours of nonstop jazz, on three stages,