Knights On Earth @ LPR

     I hadn't had the chance to see Knights On Earth before their gig this past Sunday at LPR, despite their monthly residency at Rockwood over the past year. It was worth […]

Yvonne

  “I have an extraordinary, marvelous, inspired interpreter whose brilliant technique and playing — in turn powerful, light, moving and colored — suit my works exactly.” – Olivier Messiaen During

Music ≠ Wallpaper

  So, I was doing a little light reading of the Times this afternoon when I came across this new ad from WQXR (which, for those who haven't been keeping up,

Hank Jones R.I.P.

  "To me, music consists of melody, rhythm and harmony, and if it lacks any one of those three elements, then it's not music anymore." – Hank Jones One of

Going Social

  This week, I received a bizarre series of emails from someone called "Nekrotzar," alluding to a certain NY Phil music director having random encounters around NYC with his "friend" Death.

The Master

  On the surface, Anton Bruckner's symphonies are deceptively simple: repeating motifs that build upon each other in atmospheric waves before exploding in brass-driven crescendos. But, in my experience, the best performances of

American Bands

  Last night's show at Bowery Ballroom offered a sampling of straight-up American music from bands hailing from sea to shining sea. The Loom (Brooklyn, NY) played a stunning opening set, using the transporting

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