Indie Dessert
I got back to the city around 4p this afternoon, just enough time to catch the McCarren Pool party, with Pittsburgh psychadelicists Black Moth Super Rainbow and Brooklyn’s own MGMT. […]
American Shelter
This was the name David Lang gave to the second of three sections he wrote for “Shelter,” his most recent collaboration with fellow Bang on a Can founders Michael Gordon
The Mohawk
As is tradition, The Mohawk – a dive bar across the street from Mass MoCA in North Adams, is serving as the home of the Bang on a Can Summer
Quiet Time
I didn’t make it up to Williamstown till 1:30 this morning, but it was worth it for the trip back to Falcon Ridge last night, where they kept the party
Don’t Try This At Home
I can pretty much guarantee that I’m the only person at Tanglewood tonight wearing a bracelet from today’s Falcon Ridge Folk Festival. But, hey, that’s how I roll. An all-Brahms
Back to the Farm
"I knew that when I got into folk music, it was more of a serious type of thing (than rock.) The songs are filled with more despair, more sadness, more
Who’s Counting?
At some point during tonight’s performance of Sinfonia (1998), I found myself asking: how is a frail, diminutive, 99-year-old capable of such fierce, overpowering sounds? And, how is it that every time
Tanglewood – Day 2
After a strenuous hike straight up Mt. Lenox this afternoon, an hour of Elliott Carter wasn’t exactly the first thing I wanted to listen to tonight. But the program, featuring chiefly
Carter Starter
I got to Tanglewood just in time afternoon to catch the seventh of ten Elliott Carter concerts taking place this week, featuring TMC fellows playing the Quintet for Piano and Strings,