Music and Cheese
In its 44th season of free Parks Concerts, the New York Phil played Bach, Beethoven and Sibelius in Prospect Park on Monday, under incoming music director Alan Gilbert. New gimmick: […]
Friday Night Fever
I’ve pretty much stopped plugging shows before they happen (the Concert Calendar serves that purpose), but I’ll make an exception for this Friday’s event at Celebrate Brooklyn, which marks the
Pop Fizz
Critic Greg Sandow recently posted a curious and thoughtful piece on his blog which delineates the differences between classical and pop music reviews. Whatever dimwit wrote, “Pop music criticism is
Lockout
I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised that JellyNYC closed the gates for today’s Matt + Kim/Breeders show at McCarren Pool. But, a walk around to the side revealed plenty of open
A New Voice
Blowing off both No Age at the Seaport and Brazilian Girls at the Bandshell, I took David up on his fairly emphatic suggestion when I saw him on Wednesday to
One Voice
It’s bewildering to consider the role that Jamaica – a country roughly the size of Connecticut – has played in popular music over the past fifty years. Aside from creating
Barbes Outdoors
Music Under the Bridge, Barbes Night, 7/9/08 Parker String Quartet Las Rubias del Norte Mandingo Ambassadors
Exodus
In the latest sign that Brooklyn is the new Downtown, Ben Sisario reports in today’s Times that the Knitting Factory has taken over the failed Luna Lounge space on Metropolitan
Binoculars Not Required
“The cravings of youth are too good for this world. The best of us is buried alive.” (Die Soldaten, Act III) Let me get right to the point: I feel