Eddie Palmieri Salsa Orchestra at Celebrate Brooklyn
On the eve of his performance tomorrow at the Newport Jazz Festival, Eddie Palmieri and his Salsa Orchestra played to a capacity crowd tonight at Celebrate Brooklyn, performing a two […]
Warm Up at MoMA PS1
From today's Warm Up at MoMA PS1 with headliners Marcellus Pittman and Jackmaster. More pics on the photo page.
Jamie Lidell, Dan Deacon, and Stepkids Played Celebrate Brooklyn
A fun night of indie, electronica, and old-fashioned soul at Celebrate Brooklyn last night, opening with a high-energy set from The Stepkids. Unfortunately, smooth-singing headliner Jamie Lidell had the deep
Crash Kings at Bowery Ballroom
by Laura Wasson To listen to Crash Kings is to enter an aural anti-gravity chamber. It all seems and sounds like pretty familiar rock, but something very important is missing—namely,
Deb Oh Holds Court with Her Cavaliers at Brooklyn Bowl
by Aristea Mellos Deb Oh & the Cavaliers at Brooklyn Bowl (L to R: Emily Kalish, Alan Jeffries, Dave Yim, Dari Matilsky & Deb Oh) Deb Oh and the Cavaliers played a
Mostly Mozart Festival Opens with Beethoven, Debussy, and Mozart
"This once-hopeless festival has become an unlikely model of change…It did not invent any of the principles that pulled them out of stagnation. They simply embraced them." — Anthony Tommasini, The
Vagabond Opera Enchants Joe’s Pub
by Melanie Wong What do you get when Moulin Rouge meets a traveling carnival and Shakira? Vagabond Opera, of course—the Bohemian troupe combining traditional opera with cabaret, gypsy-style folk music, and
Preview: “Soundings” Exhibition at MoMA
Tristan Perich, Microtonal Wall, 2011 On August 10, MoMA opens its first major exhibition of sound art, called Soundings: A Contemporary Score. (Long overdue, for those of us who have
The Knights Bring Bach and Britten to Naumburg Bandshell
On a near-perfect evening last night, The Knights—Colin and Eric Jacobsen’s ambitious “flexible orchestra”—performed at Central Park’s Naumburg Bandshell, now in its 114th season. The mostly geriatric older audience packed