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On Thursday night, part of a weirdly short stretch of work this week, I ventured out to Zebulon: a friendly Francophile boite on a fast-developing stretch of Williamsburg between Grand

New York is not lacking for live holiday music: you can find performances of Handel’s Messiah or Bach’s Brandenburg Concerti nearly everywhere you turn. But, there are other holiday musical

You don’t expect composer-bandleaders to show up for gigs wearing brown hoodies and jeans, but that’s how Darcy James Argue showed up Sunday night at the Bowery Poetry Club to

Beethoven was (probably) born on this day in 1770. WNYC’s Overnight Music is celebrating by playing all nine symphonies in a row; you can catch the webstream here. (They’re on

Composers aren’t supposed to have mohawks. Or tattoos. Or play cello. But Pat Muchmore had/did all three last night, at a concert of his music by convention-busting new music group

My friend Liz and I spent this past weekend at the sixth annual Art Basel Miami Beach, which, with it’s more than 20 satellite fairs, has grown into the largest

After another late night at work, I took the L train to Williamsburg tonight to a raw space called Death By Audio, located on S. 2nd between Kent and Wythe.

Sunday’s lineup featured several familiar acts, including Cat Power, Mates of State, Ted Leo, and the reunited Murder City Devils. But, for me, it were the instrumental outfits that defined

The two-day Fun Fun Fun Fest in Austin this past weekend wasn’t anything close in scale to the city’s two main musical events – the Austin City Limits Festival or