Feast of Music

Winter Jazzfest 2016 – Wednesday Preview with Bill Laswell, Colin Stetson and The Ex

by Dan LehnerWinter Jazzfest 2016 started off with a bang this year – or, more accurately, a series of bangs […]

by Steven Pisano (All photos by Steven Pisano.) Ron Pope and the Nighthawks played Irving Plaza last weekend, performing

by Steven Pisano (All photos by Cory Weaver.) Angel’s Bone, presented by the unflaggingly innovative Prototype Festival and directed by Michael

For the 12th year in a row, Winter Jazzfest takes over the Village this week, with more than 100 bands

by Steven Pisano (Photo by Ellen Appel.) War is everywhere. People are starving. The meager food rations air-dropped from military

"Something happened on the day he diedSpirit rose a metre and stepped asideSomebody else took his place, and bravely cried(I’m

Now in its fourth season, the Prototype Festival has become an essential part of the New York cultural season. Featuring

by Steven Pisano (All photos by Steven Pisano.) Funk here, funk there, funk everywhere. That’s how I spent the first weekend

Life can get in the way, sometimes. Which is the only explanation I can offer for why I am only