Amadou and Mariam and Bombino at Celebrate Brooklyn
by Zoë Gorman Before extremists began taking over the north of the African nation of Mali and proclaimed a jihadist state, Mali granted more record-label contracts than any country in
by Zoë Gorman Before extremists began taking over the north of the African nation of Mali and proclaimed a jihadist state, Mali granted more record-label contracts than any country in
by Dan Lehner Photo credit: Dan Lehner Marla Mase has a lot she wants to talk about. Over the course of the 90-minute “Speak”—a new multimedia/multidisciplinary work based on her
To celebrate their LPR X5 festival, (le) Poisson Rouge is offering their exclusive "School of Fish" membership to two lucky FoM readers! Members get access to over 100 free shows every year,
by Melanie Wong On Friday night, Opera Hispánica presented Ástor Piazzolla’s tango-opera, María de Buenos Aires, at (le) Poisson Rouge, the culmination of the pioneer Latino opera comapny's first festival season.
by Aristea Mellos In the last year or two, there’s been a flurry of negative press surrounding the composer Osvaldo Golijov. Repeated talk of missed deadlines and accusations of plagiarism left
Patti Smith closing out the night with "People Have the Power." More pics of performances by Jim James, Tune-Yards, Rahzel, as well as Ira and Philip Glass at FoM's photo page.
by Sky Disco This past Monday, I experienced a live performance by Sandra Lilia Velasquez (better known as SLV) at Joe’s Pub that quickly brought the word “sophisticated” to mind. SLV's sound—produced by 10-time Grammy
by Craig Brinker Monday evening’s concert at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola featured mallet percussionist/composer Erik Charlston’s diverse and well-rounded group, JazzBrasil, paying tribute to one of Brazil's most interesting and eccentric musicians,
by Craig Brinker Brazilian composer and multi-instrumentalist Hermeto Pascoal might be best known in the United States as "that guy who whistles and sings on Miles Davis' Live-Evil," but his