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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

This town is all about after parties: after seeing a bakers dozen of bands today in Waterloo Park, I decided to stop by Club Mohawk for a free indoor/outdoor show,

Before heading back to day two of the Fun Fun Fun fest, I had to stop off at the Texas Book Fair once more to see Kinky Friedman play a

I just got out of Alex Ross’ Rest Is Noise presentation here at the Texas Book Fair, where he interpersed book excerpts and other observations with samples of Stravinsky, Schoenberg,