2017 Summer Music Preview
It's Memorial Day weekend, which means it's time for the music to head outdoors into the parks, piers and schoolyards throughout the five boroughs (and beyond). As is our catholic, omnivorous nature here
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Tan Dun and the Juilliard Orchestra at the Met Museum
If there's such a thing as a rock star composer, Tan Dun comes pretty close. In addition to winning an Oscar, a Grammy and the Grawemeyer Award, he's written music for
Sxip Shirey Album Release at National Sawdust
by Nick Stubblefield It would be futile to try and encapsulate impressions of electro-acoustic artist Sxip Shirey‘s (pronounced SKIP SHY-REE) album release show at Williamsburg’s National Sawdust in a single blog
Today: Make Music Winter 2016
As New Yorkers finish up their shopping and start thinking about heading home for the holidays, they'll be surrounded by music all day today as part of the 6th annual Make Music Winter,
Preview: White Light Festival 2016
Photo: Matthias Heyde The seventh edition of Lincoln Center's White Light Festival kicks off this week with a typically eclectic mix of music, theater, dance and film that all share a spiritual
Pathway to Paris Benefit for Climate Change at City Winery
"If we don't act boldly (with regards to climate change), the bill that could come due will be mass migrations. And cities submerged. And nations displaced… The Paris Agreement gives us
Rahzel and Friends: A Rap Reunion at Brooklyn Bowl
by Steven Pisano(All photos by Steven Pisano.) The message to the audience at Brooklyn Bowl for the Rap Reunion on July 28 was that hip hop music in the 1990s was more
Celebrate Brooklyn 2016
Ever since I moved to Park Slope 14 years ago, the one thing that had kept me here more than any other is Celebrate Brooklyn, the two month series of
Preview: Big Ears Festival 2016
I'm excited to be returning to Knoxville, TN this weekend for the Big Ears Festival, which I attended for the first time last year and was pretty much blown away by