by Robert Leeper John Lurie and the Lounge Lizards in the early 1980s Le Poisson Rouge's festival tribute to American icon John Lurie and the Lounge Lizards, Strange & Beautiful: […]
Over the past half-century, West Africa has yielded an incredibly rich crop of musicians who have merged the indigenous music of the Griot tradition with rock, blues, and R&B, including Femi and
Continuing the ongoing panorama of music at the Nonesuch at BAM Festival, Senegalese superstar Youssou N'Dour performed to a pair of packed houses last week that turned the Howard Gilman
by Brian Corliss Cincinnati alternative hip-hop/indie band WHY? delivered a raw and charged display of musical emotion to the packed basement of (Le) Poisson Rouge this past Sunday. Opening was Minneapolis' Margret
by Nick Stubblefield and FoM (Photo: Stephanie Berger) Two weeks ago, Philip Glass and Steve Reich - by any measure two of the most important and influential composers of our time – kicked off the Nonesuch
by Poppy Galloway (photo: Mike Benigno) As part of the ongoing celebration of the 50th anniversary of Nonesuch Records at BAM, popular alternative mad men Devendra Banhart, Stephin Merritt & Sam Beam (of Iron and
House of Time, a period-instrument ensemble of Juilliard faculty and international competition winners, kicks off its second season on September 24 and 25. The opening program, "Apotheosis and Re-Creation" (September 24th and
Question: What musical group can switch seamlessly from classical works by Monteverdi to indie-rock ballads by Bon Iver within the same program? Answer: Chicago's dynamic and acclaimed sextet eighth blackbird, who open
by Robert Leeper Photo by Noah Stern Weber, used courtesy of Kettle Corn Music Despite the wide variety of available instruments, a percussion concert can turn into droning monotony if the
