The King of Polka
Trivia Question: how many acts playing the city this past weekend can claim 16 Grammys? No, not Dave Matthews, not Roger Waters, not even The Police. Only one man can
Live Pool
While the hordes were making their way out to Giants Stadium for Live Earth yesterday, my friend Greg and I decided to check out the Boredoms show at Brooklyn Bridge
Rewind x2
It’s been 38 years since Richie Havens opened the Woodstock Music and Art Fair, with a rousing three hour set of songs about love, protest, and, of course, freedom. He
Main Squeeze
File this one under "Miscellaneous": the Second Annual NYC Main Squeeze Accordion Festival kicks off tomorrow at 2p in Riverside Park on the Hudson at West 70th St. Featured sounds
Ronen
Yesterday, I hosted a barbecue at my house, and Ronen Givony, director of the brilliant cross-genre Wordless Music Series, was kind enough to supply the indie rock soundtrack. (He also
There’s Always the Weekend
The weather doesn’t look very promising for tonight’s New Pornographer’s show at Battery Park, but there are a number of other musical happenings this weekend worthy of your attention. Friday:
The People’s Diva
Word just in that Beverly Sills, the soprano from Crown Heights who enjoyed an illustrious career on the world’s great opera stages but made her name as a 25-year fixture
A Quartet in Hipsterville
Once upon a time, I had a dream of recruiting Juilliard and Manhattan School of Music students to play chamber music concerts at Billyburg clubs like Pete’s Candy Store and
Chip Off the Ol’ Block
The late Leonard Bernstein didn’t invent the New York Philharmonic’s Young People’s Concerts, but by bringing them to a national TV audience, he made music lovers out of an entire