Free Sing Along
Dougie Bowne is a well-known musician/producer who's worked with everyone from Iggy Pop, to Brian Eno, to Cibo Matto, among many […]
New Music
These Kids Are Alright
Whatever Augusta Read Thomas programmed for Tanglewood's 45th Festival of Contemporary Music was inevitably going to be a letdown from last
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Merce (1919-2009)
"Mr. Cunningham’s most celebrated and revolutionary achievement, shared with the composer John Cage, was to have dance and music created
My Other Backyard
I thoroughly enjoy that I live in a neighborhood where, on consecutive nights, you can hear a pair of world-class
Monkey See, Monkey Listen
Williamsburg is not lacking for musical venues, but none are more intimate – or interesting – than Monkeytown, which I
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Public Spending Done Right
Every once in awhile, a public official commits an act so grand, so benevolent that it threatens to restore my
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Cream, No Sugar
Vancouver New York-based (and Vancouver bred) composer/bassist Lisle Ellis has been a key figure in the Canadian improv scene for
Sounds For the People
My main reason for being in Montreal this weekend is the 9th annual Suoni per il Popolo festival of underground
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Cité de la Musique
In case you haven't figured it out by now, 2009 has become my Canadian summer. First Kitchener, then Toronto, and
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