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
While You Were Watching the Grammys…
…I was at Littlefield seeing violinist Todd Reynolds, bass clarinetist Michael Lowenstern and mutantrumpeter Ben Neill perform a pair of 45-minute sets.Calling it a "Relay," all three musicians shared the stage,
Nico and Company
Nico brought his ever-expanding band of merry music-makers to DUMBO's St. Ann's Warehouse this week for Tell The Way: a collection of songs loosely centered around the theme of travel and
Dan Deacon: Composer
"When I first started touring in 2004, I was a very different person and I was writing very different music. I have a different ideology now. Not an ideology that's separate
Uptown Debut
(photo: Shara Worden @ Bowery Ballroom, 1/23/10) Lincoln Center's American Songbook series, now in its thirteenth season, has made a habit of bringing an eclectic group of performers – everyone