The Feelies @ Celebrate Brooklyn
NJ garage heroes The Feelies playing Celebrate Brooklyn Saturday night, on a bill that also featured indie faves Times New Viking and Real Estate. More pics online.
Amy Winehouse (1983-2011)
(Amy Winehouse, performing via satellite during the 2008 Grammys.) Sad news from London today that Amy Winehouse – the oft-troubled R&B and soul singer – has been found dead in
Brooklyn Afrobeat
Seun Kuti (son of Fela) and Egypt 80, Celebrate Brooklyn, 7/22/11. More pics here.
Jazz Summer School
It would seem to make sense that NYU, which is surrounded by dozens of Village clubs, would have a kick-ass jazz program. This summer, the NYU Jazz Program is hosting
Revel(a)tion
How is it, exactly, that Cleveland – home to Drew Carey, Slyman's and Lolly the Trolley – gets to have the best orchestra in the U.S.? That's what I find
Bruckner (R)evolution: Saturday and Sunday Pics
The Cleveland Orchestra at Avery Fisher Hall with Franz Welser-Möst after Bruckner's 8th Symphony, 7/16/11. Franz Welser-Möst Cleveland Orchestra at Avery Fisher Hall after John Adams' Doctor Atomic Symphony, 7/17/11. John Adams
Titus Andronicus @ 4 Knots Festival
Decent – if silly – show from NJ indie darlings Titus Andronicus at yesterday's inaugural 4Knots Music Festival at the Seaport. Unfortunately, this was one of the few highlights of
4 Knots ≠Siren Festival
The Siren Festival may be no more, but the Village Voice has returned this year with a new free festival for all of you who were sick of making the
What Might Have Been…
(photo: El Pais)Solid piece by Zach Woolfe in this week's Times, combining a review of Madrid's new production of Messiaen's Saint Francois d'Assise with an eye-opening interview with the Teatro Real's new artistic director,