Cake Shop Needs Your Help
As most folks have heard by now, LES stalwart Cake Shop has fallen on some tough times, just the latest victim to the developers and other profiteers who seem to […]
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Montreal Jazz Festival 2012 Wrap Up
For those who didn't make it to this year's Montreal Jazz Festival, here's a quick vid from FIJM founders Alain Simard and André Ménard that sums up nicely everything that took
Lowdown Hudson Blues Festival 2012
One of the (few) perks of working downtown are all of the free music events, most of which happen during lunch hour. But come summertime, the floodgates open, and there
Dana Leong Trio at One New York Plaza
by Angela Sutton River to River Festival hosted the multi-instrumentalist Dana Leong, along with sidemen John Shannon (guitar) and DJ Icewater (turntables and electronics), at One New York Plaza for
Flux Quartet at Bargemusic
by Donald Hagar Photo: Willie Davis for the New York Times The temperature topped 95 degrees last Friday, and what better way to cool down than to hear the Flux
Dirty Projectors Tonight at Celebrate Brooklyn
Those headed out to tonight's Dirty Projectors show at Celebrate Brooklyn can look forward to a strong, theatrical set, if their show Saturday night at Montreal's Socety for Arts and Technology
One for the Road
Local fusion outfit Kalumnity played several free shows during this year's Montreal Jazz Festival, but Sunday nights you can find them at Diese Onze: a jazz club/restaurant on St-Denis. Hints
Montreal Jazz Festival Sunday: Duke Ellington Orchestra vs. Count Basie Orchestra
Talk about a grand finale: for the first time anywhere, two of jazz's most celebrated orchestras shared the stage of Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier this afternoon for the closing event of the
Montreal Jazz Festival: Friday Recap
The Montreal Jazz Festival takes a decidedly broad view of "jazz" when it comes to booking acts. On the festival's opening night, Montreal-native Rufus Wainwright played before a crowd of