American Original
When I arrived at Issue Project Room on Thursday, Tony Conrad was already onstage, playing an amplified ukelele like a lap steel guitar. He was soon joined by M.V. Carbon,
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 full year’s worth of events to come up with their
Burnt Sugar
On Thursday night, part of a weirdly short stretch of work this week, I ventured out to Zebulon: a friendly Francophile boite on a fast-developing stretch of Williamsburg between Grand
Must Have Mortier
For those looking for a little taste of what to look forward to with the arrival of Gerard Mortier as City Opera’s next director, WNYC’s Katherine Lanpher hosted a 90
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 nearly everywhere you turn. But, there are other holiday musical
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 showed up Sunday night at the Bowery Poetry Club to
Beethoven’s 237th
Beethoven was (probably) born on this day in 1770. WNYC’s Overnight Music is celebrating by playing all nine symphonies in a row; you can catch the webstream here. (They’re on
(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 a concert of his music by convention-busting new music group
Miami Music
My friend Liz and I spent this past weekend at the sixth annual Art Basel Miami Beach, which, with it’s more than 20 satellite fairs, has grown into the largest