Having documented contemporary music in New York for the better part of two decades, I’ve had a front row seat to the evolution of several well-known musicians as they developed […]
New Music Dispatch: Tristan Perich at Issue Project Room and David Moore at Roulette Read Post »
Over the past few years, I’ve had the good fortune to spend an increasing amount of time in Ireland, which has only made me more attuned to the vibrant Irish
Music as Theater: “Bellow” at the Irish Arts Center Read Post »
In music, as in life, there are certain things that are so rare and essential, it's worth dropping whatever else you have going on to make way for them. One
Music in Space: Stockhausen’s “Inside Light” at the Park Avenue Armory Read Post »
Whether it's the annual Marathon or the summertime Loud Weekend up in the Berkshires, Bang on a Can has mastered the art of wall-to-wall music presentation over the past 35
Weekend Preview: Bang on a Can’s Long Play Festival Read Post »
Acoustics are a funny thing. In most concert halls, you hear the instruments in your head in relation to their position on the stage, regardless of where you sit: violins
EMPAC Wave Field Synthesis Opens TIME:SPANS Festival at the DiMenna Center Read Post »
The prepared piano – where a pianist places screws, forks and other foreign objects on the piano strings to create strange, eerie timbres – has long had a place in
Kelly Moran at Roulette Read Post »
Winter Jazzfest 2018 Artist-in-Residence Nicole Mitchell has spent more than three decades on the vanguard of jazz as a composer and flutist, and has developed a unique voice that blends
Winter Jazzfest: Nicole Mitchell’s Black Earth Ensemble at Le Poisson Rouge Read Post »
Multimedia composer/performer Bora Yoon has spent the better part of a decade developing her one-woman show, Sunken Cathedral, which she describes as "an architectural journey through a house, and an archetypal journey through
Coffee Conversation: Bora Yoon Read Post »
It's not all that likely, but visitors to the 39th annual Atlantic Antic street fair on Sunday could have wandered up Boerum Place in downtown Brooklyn on their way home,
Jonathan Kane’s February, Dan Joseph Ensemble, and Jason Bartel at Issue Project Room Read Post »
