Feast of Music

Sessions of New York

This might not be Ireland, but on any given night, you can find one (or more) quality trad sessions right here in the grand City of New York. Each has […]

Paul Wallfisch (above) is a pianist and producer best known as the leader of gypsy-punk outfit Botanica. He is also the impresario behind the post-cabaret night Small Beast, held each Thursday in the upstairs

Keeping Calm

"I feel a little fraudulent being up here tonight," Nico told the crowd at this past Wednesday's installment of Lincoln Center's American Songbook, "being as I have a terrible singing

Child’s Play

LPR continued its boundary-blurring ways Monday night with a program by toy pianist Phyllis Chen, who proved to be no less a virtuoso than those who play on instruments ten

Sunday Dinner

Thank goodness for holiday weekends, when you can stay out late on a Sunday and not be all screwed up for work the next morning. Which is key when you're

Hrdlička (Love Bird)

I suppose most people's idea of how to spend Valentine's Day involves candlelit dinner and flowers, which may explain the less-than-full attendance last night at local experimental venue Issue Project Room. Which

Clap Your Hands

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, played to a nearly-full BAM Opera House last night, one of the marquis events of this year's Sounds Like Brooklyn festival. The venue was a

Art or Music?

Roulette has been in the same SoHo space for around for 30 years, but was new to me when I went there Thursday night for a concert of music by

Confessions of a Critic

For those who haven't heard, Tony Tommasini, the chief classical music critic of the New York Times, is answering readers' questions this week on the Times website. Say what you