by Melanie Wong Webster Hall hosted the 12th annual globalFEST, North America's largest and most comprehensive world-music festival, on Sunday night—a riotous sold-out event, with three stages and 12 bands performing throughout the
NOTE: This contest has ended. Brooklyn-based a capella sensations The Persuasions are coming to SubCulture this Monday, January 20, at 7:30 p.m., and FoM is giving away a pair of free tickets
After last night's performance of Thumbprint, I joined several members of the cast and production team down at The Public Theater, which is hosting a late-night cabaret each night this week.
by Robert Leeper Opera is no stranger to drama, but Sunday night's performance of the chamber opera Thumbprint at the Baruch Performing Arts Center—part of the ongoing PROTOTYPE Festival—grabbed you by the gut
by Dan Lehner and FoM Winter Jazzfest is known for having its acts whip their audience into a frenzy (for a "jazz crowd," that is) but the start to Saturday's
NOTE: This contest has ended. On Friday, January 17, at 7:00 p.m., Chicago-based tribute band Led Zeppelin 2 brings the true Zeppelin experience to Gramercy Theatre. Known for their impressive mimicry, the
by Dan Lehner and FoM The first venue to host the Winter Jazzfest, The Knitting Factory, moved to Brooklyn five years ago. One of the venues that showcased the festival's
Endangered Blood (Chris Speed, Jim Black, Oscar Noriega, and Trevor Dunn) last night at NYU Law School. More pics on the photo page.
As the story goes, Pepe Romero’s father. Celedonio Romero, played him into this world with music by Bach, and when Celedonio was on his deathbed, Pepe was there to play him out (with Bach of course). So as you might imagine when Pepe Romero kicked of the New York Guitar Festival with an All-Bach program Friday night at Brookfield Place it was an emotional affair for him, and, incidentally, for the audience as well. The Romero family has been oft dubbed, “the royal family of the guitar,” and Pepe proudly carries that tradition. From birth Pepe has had a healthy respect for the powerful music of Bach, and his father would have been proud of last nights presentation.
