Free Jazz
If you were to ask someone where you could hear some "free" jazz yesterday, most folks probably would have told you to check out the 12th annual Vision Festival over […]
Bluegrass in Brooklyn
Ralph Stanley and the Clinch Mountain Boys, Celebrate Brooklyn, June 22, 2007 (From Left: fiddler Dewey Brown, mandolin player Nathan Stanley (Ralph’s grandson), lead guitarist James Shelton, and me)
Season Finale
I made is back in time for the Philharmonic last night, with an early 20th Century German program led by music director Lorin Maazel, in their final subscription concert of
Park It Here
Dining during the opera is an old tradition, going back at least as far as the 18th Century. At Venice’s La Fenice, for example, patrons with private boxes were known
Final Thoughts
The Emerson String Quartet’s cycle of the complete Beethoven quartets at Carnegie has been distinguished by presenting these masterworks in context, alongside everyone from Bach, to Brahms, to Bartok. But,
TV On the SummerStage
The sun came out for Television yesterday at Summerstage, and they played a terrific set, lasting just over an hour. Sadly guitarist Richard Lloyd did not play, in what was
Singing in the Rain
It rained all through the Apples In Stereo’s 50 minute set, but that didn’t seem to damper the crowd’s spirit, despite the fact that most didn’t have umbrellas or ponchos.
Radio Goodness
I was up early listening to my usual NPR, when I switched over to local freeform station WFMU on a lark. Apparently, the 9-10am Saturday morning slot is given to
Siren Symphony
Cara Buckley in today’s Times writes about the selection of sirens available to today’s NYPD officers. Her article, entitled, "Earsplitting Symphony, With the Maestro in Blue" profiles a highway patrol