Bill
For all the times I could have caught guitarist Bill Frisell – at Barbes, at jazz festivals and top-tier jazz clubs around town – I'm kind of glad my first
New Music
Home Show
Home shows are a fairly common practice in New York, where musicians (mainly classical) play small, private concerts in the homes of wealthy patrons, who pay a pretty penny for
Discovered
Galapagos seems to have become the latest locus for new and interesting music in New York, thanks in no small part to New Amsterdam's Undiscovered Islands weekly, which wrapped up
Tranzac
After hanging out with my new friend Nick for the better part of the evening, we ended up at the Australian/New Zealand social club Tranzac around 11:30 last night to find these two Quebecois
Church Music
Smack in the middle of downtown Toronto, there is a church which, on some nights, doubles as Toronto's leading new music venue. (Sound familiar?) The Music Gallery, which has been a
The Art of (New) Song
"Often, when people hear new classical music for the first time, they react by saying: 'Oh, that was interesting.' But, when it comes to vocal music, people react very viscerally.
Town Hall Meeting
This year's Open Ears Festival ended with a concert by /~spin~/ in the City Hall Rotunda, featuring a mix of flute, theremin and live and recorded electronics. Ellen Waterman and James Harley
Music Install
In addition to all the live performances happening in Kitchener this past weekend, Open Ears visitors could encounter a number of sound installations in galleries and other public spaces around