Brain Cave Festival – Thursday Pics
The ghosts of Adam Schatz and Indigo Street, Blast Off!!!, Bell House, 4/5/12. More pics on the photo page.
Mika Yoshida and Richard Stoltzman at Carnegie Hall
by Mike Engle Although a "new genre" of music was not necessarily invented on Wednesday night, I had the pleasure of witnessing a uniquely memorable concert at the intimate Weill
Jonquil live at Glasslands
By Jordi Oliveres If you haven’t heard of Jonquil yet, you will soon. The synthesizer-based calypso-pop these 4 lads from Oxford make is catchy, edgy – and, more importantly, it makes
Ring Cycle Kicks Off Tonight at the Met
Photo – Ken Howard / AP Ready or not, here it comes: the much-discussed Der Ring Des Nibelungen begins, in full and in order, with Das Rheingold tonight at 9 PM
The Patricia Barber Quartet at Jazz Standard
by Mike Engle A relatively rare treat recently blew in from the Windy City: the Patricia Barber Quartet, which enjoys an established residency at The Green Mill in Chicago, performed
Esa-Pekka Salonen Conducts the Juilliard Orchestra
After seeing James Levine pull off some real miracles up at Tanglewood over the past few summers, I suppose I shouldn't be surprised at the sight of a crack student
Looking Ahead at the Met Opera
For all the lumps Peter Gelb and the Met have been taking this season – from myself and others – there appears to be a light at the end of
Screamin’ Rebel Angels Rock the Rodeo Bar
by Freya Wilcox We’ve all seen the black-and-white photos of packed, sweaty rock’n’roll bars in New York, but sometimes it seems as though they are a relic lost to the
Thomas Wynn & the Believers and Dirty Names at Mercury Lounge
by Laura Wasson It’s a rare thing to genuinely like both acts at a show. Typically, one band will have more energy, better songs, better musicians, more friends present, etc. But