Christine and the Queens at Webster Hall
by Steven Pisano (All photographs by Steven Pisano.) To an English-speaking audience, the name Héloïse Letissier (le-TISS-ee-ay) was probably destined to drop to the bottom of the sea. But, reimagined as
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CMJ Music Marathon: A Night at Webster Hall
by Steven Pisano (All photographs by Steven Pisano.) On the second night of last week’s CMJ Music Marathon, Webster Hall was filled with bands that ranged from dreamy self-absorption, to
Calexico and Gaby Moreno at Bowery Ballroom
by Steven Pisano The Arizona-based band Calexico was in the city on Sunday and Monday nights at the Bowery Ballroom as the last stop of a US tour before jetting
Omar Sosa at BRIC House
by Steven Pisano With Cuba increasingly on people’s minds as access to that magical island becomes easier for Americans to travel to, Cuban jazz pianist Omar Sosa and his Quarteto
“Meredith Monk and Friends” at Zankel Hall
by Steven Pisano One thing is clear: Meredith Monk has a lot of friends—musicians who have both directly and indirectly been influenced by her work. And she has written a lot of music. So, it was only
“Lucia di Lammermoor” at the Metropolitan Opera
by Steven Pisano Cory Weaver/Metropolitan Opera The Metropolitan Opera’s current production of Gaetano Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor doesn't really show up on stage until the third and final act, but
Works by Paula Matthusen at the Avant Music Festival
by Steven Pisano Now its in sixth year at Wild Project, the Avant Music Festival, curated by Randy Gibson and Megan Schubert, provides contemporary composers an opportunity to present
Chris Bergson at Jazz Standard
by Steven Pisano This winter in New York City has been so unrelentingly and inhospitably cold, so bone-numbingly frigid that a lot of sensible people have just stayed home
“Don Giovanni” at the Metropolitan Opera
by Steven Pisano In Michael Grandage's production of Mozart’s Don Giovanni now playing at the Metropolitan Opera, the snarling balls of flame that rocket up from the stage as the