Preview—Sound Bites: Celebrating 35 Years of Roulette
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 […]
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Putting the “Mental” in “Experimental”: Tristan Perich, Daniel Wohl, and Lucky Dragons at Baby’s All Right
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
Ecstatic Music Festival Recap: Lesley Flanigan and People Get Ready/Victoire and Glenn Kotche
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
Preview: Ecstatic Music Festival 2014
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
Feast of Music Turns Seven
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’s Electronic Listening Party at Issue Project Room
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
GlobalFEST Rocks Webster Hall
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
Preview: New York Guitar Festival—Pepe Romero Plays All-Bach Program Tonight
It is rare that a true legend is still around to share his or her gifts with the musical world, and even fewer have sustained that greatness and continued to
Feast of Music’s Year in Review: 2013
Photo credits: Pete Matthews, Ryan Jensen (SubCulture) It was definitely a banner year for both New York City's music scene and Feast of Music. Here at FoM, we provided over