String Singers
Playing a stringed instrument while singing is a bit like trying to pat your head and rub your belly at the same time. Only harder. But, twice this week, I […]
Sunday Night Jazz
Darcy James Argue's Secret Society, Bowery Poetry Club, 11/9/08. (More pics below. Review and setlist here.)
Bang on Bleecker Street
Terry Riley with the Bang on a Can All Stars, Le Poisson Rouge, 11/7/08 (More pics below.)
New Music Underground
Artists have always inhabited the fringes of New York. In the 60's, it was SoHo; in the 80's, Williamsburg and DUMBO. Now, the locus for young artists – especially musicians
Cut and Run
Dear Monsieur Mortier, I've just read Dan Wakin's Times story about your decision to resign as the incoming director of City Opera. While this news fills me with great sadness
The Best
“(Toni Morrison) is the best writer in America. Jazz, for sure; but also Mozart.” — John Leonard (1939-2008)
Change I Can Believe In
The Election Night party at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe had much in the way of politics and dissonance – the two often seem indivisible – referencing everything from the Constitution