Un-formal
Another week, another festival… This time, it's the inaugural Tully Scope Festival, which kicked off Tuesday night at Alice Tully Hall with a performance by the International Contemporary Ensemble (better […]
Tonight: Tully Scope
Yet another new entry to the NYC music calendar kicks off tonight with Lincoln Center's inaugural Tully Scope Festival: a three-week, multi-disciplinary series of concerts named for the host venue,
Junior Brown @ Continental Club
Junior Brown, one of the great guitarists in country or any other genre, onstage at the Continental Club in Austin Sunday night. All I can say is: Wow. Best part:
Back in Austin (w/Broken Social Scene)
SXSW may still be a month a way, but there's still plenty of music to be had down here in Austin. As in: Broken Social Scene (Toronto, ON), who played an anthemic
Alexi Murdoch @ Lincoln Center
Full confession: I've probably listened to Alexi Murdoch's Time Without Consequence sever hundred times. It's the kind of album that gets under your skin, and stays there: quiet, melodic, but with a
A Cathedral Without Crosses
What is going on in NYC these days? What is it with all of these uptown institutions importing downtown music – you know, the kind that's usually heard in Brooklyn
Ecstatic Music Festival: Roomful of Teeth
Bummer that I'll be out of town this weekend, or I would definitely be checking out this Ecstatic Music Festival show on Saturday, with local vocal ensemble Roomful of Teeth performing
No More Lullabys
One of the most elegant and virtuosic jazz pianists and arrangers of all time, George Shearing passed away this morning in Manhattan. He was 91. Times obit here. And, go here to