Poetry in Light
(photo courtesy of NewYork Times) "Stiller – than the fields At the full Dew – Beautiful – as Pictures – No man drew" (from I went to Heaven) The first […]
New Music
Two Quartets
12/10/08, 7:30pm: Messiaen's Quartet for the End of Time, performed by the Sofia Ensemble, Chelsea Art Museum 12/10/08, 9:15pm Brooklyn Rider performing Finnish and Armenian folk tunes, as well as
More than Four
"I've always wanted the string quartet to be vital, and energetic, and cool, and not afraid to kick ass, and be absolutely beautiful and ugly if it has to be…To
Cocktail Conversation: Becca Stevens
I realized recently that while these Cocktail Conversations may be thought-provoking, they've been pretty homogeneous in terms of their subjects (namely: all white dudes.) So, when I ran into vocalist/songwriter Becca
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Cocktail Conversation: David T. Little
David T. Little, who I've written about previously, is a composer, drummer, and bandleader who counts as influences everyone from George Orwell to Megadeth. In between finishing up his doctorate at Princeton, he can
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String Singers
Playing a stringed instrument while singing is a bit like trying to pat your head and rub your belly at the same time. Only harder. But, twice this week, I
Bang on Bleecker Street
Terry Riley with the Bang on a Can All Stars, Le Poisson Rouge, 11/7/08 (More pics below.)
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New Music Underground
Artists have always inhabited the fringes of New York. In the 60's, it was SoHo; in the 80's, Williamsburg and DUMBO. Now, the locus for young artists – especially musicians
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Change I Can Believe In
The Election Night party at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe had much in the way of politics and dissonance – the two often seem indivisible – referencing everything from the Constitution
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