Ljova’s “Signal Strength” Via Subway Wi-Fi
Our old friend Ljova was showing off his conductor chops in Bryant Park recently, leading a varied group of NYC subway musicians via FaceTime, connected through the MTA's Wi-Fi system […]
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CMJ Music Marathon 2014: Saturday Recap
Well, I never made it out of Williamsburg on Saturday for the last day of CMJ, but I hardly felt deprived of good, interesting music. As on Friday, I started
CMJ Music Marathon 2014: Friday Recap
I got an earlier start on Friday, thanks to Brooklyn Vegan's day party at Baby's All Right, celebrating it's 1st anniversary after opening during last year's CMJ Music Marathon. Starting
CMJ Music Marathon 2014: Thursday Pics
The debut performance of French Style Furs (ex-Cold War Kids, We Barbarians), Fontana's, 10/23/14. More pics on the photo page.
CMJ Music Marathon 2014: Tuesday Recap
by Steven Pisano Photo by Steven Pisano For the last 34 years, the CMJ Music Marathon has presented New York with an overwhelming number of live music performances crammed into
WHY? Fills the Basement of (Le) Poisson Rouge
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
John Luther Adams’ “Sila: The Breath of the World” at Lincoln Center Out of Doors
Pulitzer Prize winning composer John Luther Adams, who moved from Alaska to NYC earlier this year, made a ritualistic offering to his new hometown Friday night in the form of a
Northside Festival Grows Up
For fans of indie music, Brooklyn's Northside Festival has always been the scruffy little sister to CMJ, filling the clubs of Greenpoint and Williamsburg each June with a woolly mix of
Feast of Music Turns Seven
Seven years ago today, Feast of Music was launched with a review of—of all things—the Minnesota Orchestra at Carnegie Hall with Osmo Vänskä. (I liked it.) Back then, FoM was