Art Rock
It's Armory Week here in NYC, and the city is flush with all manner of art and related happenings. Last night, the rough-around-the-edges Fountain Art Fair - situated this year at the Frying […]
American Singer
Gabe Kahane, who's appeared in these pages before, is used to playing rooms like Rockwood or LPR, where you can get a drink and stand among the barstools. So, it
The Best Orchestra You’ve Never Heard
One of the very first posts I wrote for this site was in praise of a NYC visit by the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra: the oldest orchestra in the world (founded
Close Quarters
The Blue Note, on 3rd Street in the Village, likes to refer to itself as the "World's Finest Jazz Club and Restaurant," allowing patrons the chance to see the top
Godfather of Funk
The mad circus that is George Clinton and the P-Funk All Stars, B.B. King's, 2/21/10. More pics at the Fan Page.
The Word Is “Love”
It's been nearly two years since I last saw Evangelista at Cake Shop, but the experience was so searing, so unlike anything I'd ever experienced, I can remember every detail
Quartets – Pt. 2
Last Saturday, the Takács Quartet – one of the worlds great string ensembles, founded in Budapest in 1975 and now in residence at the University of Colorado – played the second
Sunday in the Funk (with George)
The Godfather of Funk, George Clinton, has landed in town with the P-Funk All Stars, and is currently gearing up – by whatever means necessary – for one of his