Shining Strings
Readers of this site know that I've got a major thing for string quartets: over the years, I've seen everyone from legends like the Emerson, Juilliard, and Kronos, to upstarts […]
Getting Loud
Alice Tully Hall was never built to be a rock venue, but served that purpose well Monday night with a Tully Scope concert that featured multiple guitars, drum kits, and
Brooklyn Rider/Owen Pallett Tonight
(Pictured: Owen Pallett)I'll be running up and down along upper Broadway again tonight, as both Tully Scope and the Ecstatic Music Festival are hosting don't-miss shows. At Tully, bad-ass contemporary quartet
Tully Scope: Tyondai Braxton with the Wordless Music Orchestra
How's this for a way to start off the week: tonight's installment of Tully Scope has Caleb making his conducting debut, leading the Wordless Music Orchestra in Adams' "Road Movies",
Akron/Family and Delicate Steve @ Bowery Ballroom
Delicate Steve (New Jersey) Akron/Family (NYC/Portland, OR) More pics on Flickr.
Picastro/Nat Baldwin/Elfin Saddle/Julia Kent @ Littlefield
My friends Picastro from Toronto made the trip south Friday night for a mellow, one-night stand at Littlefield, along with fellow Candians Elfin Saddle and local stringers Nat Baldwin (Dirty Projectors)
Ecstatic Music Festival: Judd Greenstein and Olga Bell
At last night's edition of the Ecstatic Music Festival, Olga Bell and festival curator Judd Greenstein joined forces on a double bill of music inspired by each artist's heritage. Bell, who was born in Russia,
Stravinsky Under Water
Opera returned to the stage of BAM's Howard Gilman Opera House Tuesday night with the Canadian Opera Company's production of "The Nightingale and other Fables": a collection of short songs and
Next LA Phil Live: 3/13
For those who missed the last LA Phil Live in January, your next opportunity is a week from Sunday, when Duda conducts an all-Tchiakovsky program. Trailer here; more details on