Jazz Lions
I stopped by Bethany's Stochastic Brooklyn at Barbes this past Wednesday to hear Buy My Book: a young, part-time sextet playing originals by Alex Hills (piano, accordion) and Chris Tordini (bass). Their spatial, occasionally […]
Song Play
Singspiel ("Song-play") – a style of opera that combines music with spoken text – has been around for nearly three centuries. Think: Mozart's Magic Flute and Beethoven's Fidelio. Singspiel is designed
Quotable
"All about us is noise and bramble, thorn and din…Someone is trying to make music somewhere with a pair of wooden spoons on an oil drum, With cello, boom box,
Music to Warm Up To
On a cold winter night, there's nothing like a bit of roots music to help warm things up. Last night, I made my way out to Jalopy: a performance space/education center/vintage instrument store
Quotable
“I first heard it at Carnegie Hall when I was 15 or 16. More than half the audience walked out very angrily. That made me like it even more.” – Elliott
Tough Times
It's not the happiest of times in the rarefied world of big-time music, as these recent announcements can attest. Ticket sales are down, endowments are shrinking, donations are way off.
Fairytale of New York
The nice thing about living in New York is that even after you leave Ireland, the music follows you home. Case in Point: this past weekend, Hell's Kitchen's non-profit