Real Dance Music
It will probably come as no surprise that I don’t spend much time at the ballet, which suffers from an […]
American Original
When I arrived at Issue Project Room on Thursday, Tony Conrad was already onstage, playing an amplified ukelele like a
I Hate Top 10 Lists
‘Tis the season for the obligatory Top 10 lists, in which critics make an unwise attempt to comb through a
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Burnt Sugar
On Thursday night, part of a weirdly short stretch of work this week, I ventured out to Zebulon: a friendly
Must Have Mortier
For those looking for a little taste of what to look forward to with the arrival of Gerard Mortier as
Other Holiday Music
New York is not lacking for live holiday music: you can find performances of Handel’s Messiah or Bach’s Brandenburg Concerti
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Bowery Big Band
You don’t expect composer-bandleaders to show up for gigs wearing brown hoodies and jeans, but that’s how Darcy James Argue
Beethoven’s 237th
Beethoven was (probably) born on this day in 1770. WNYC’s Overnight Music is celebrating by playing all nine symphonies in
(Much)More Than You’d Expect
Composers aren’t supposed to have mohawks. Or tattoos. Or play cello. But Pat Muchmore had/did all three last night, at
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