NOTE: This contest has ended. On October 23-25, NYU Skirball welcomes back The Joshua Light Show, “the most psychedelic light show of all time" (Rolling Stone). This year's 3-day festival of liquid light […]
by Brian Corliss Cincinnati alternative hip-hop/indie band WHY? delivered a raw and charged display of musical emotion to the packed basement of (Le) Poisson Rouge this past Sunday. Opening was Minneapolis' Margret
Birthed in one of the most fertile music scenes in the United States, Portland bluegrass-style band Black Prairie brought their fiddles and accordions to the East Coast Thursday night for
by Dan Lehner Audiences at the Newport Jazz Festival are frequently given opportunities to see how radically different a single format can be. For the audiences of the Quad Stage on
by Dan Lehner At the close of his set at Newport, Brian Blade said of his last tune, an optimistic gospel piece entitled “Let Your Line Shine Through”,
I really wanted to be at today's all-star tribute to Pete and Toshi Seeger, happening right now at Damrosch Park, but there are too many other things to do. At
by Poppy GallowayInspired by Appalachian string bands, Memphis soul, New Orleans dixieland, and honky tonk harmonies, Roosevelt Dime describe their multi-faceted sound as "Steamboat Soul". After years of thrilling audiences at
I'll say this: music people know how to throw a wedding. At Tristan Perich and Lesley Flanigan's nuptials in 2012, the electronic composers gathered around 500 of their closest friends at
I hadn't originally planned to check out any music this holiday weekend, but when I found myself near home without any plans on Saturday night, I decided to wander up
