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Darkling An Experimental Opera

CD Release

Dar Williams’ In the Time Of Gods

Sings From Her New Album At The Bell House
Encore Winter Jazz Series

A Conversation With 15 Year Old Beka Gochiashvili
Parts and Labor

Celebrating Their 10th Year Anniversary

All Music Articles

America, Meet the Serenades!

Sweden’s Dynamic Duo Adam Olenius and Markus Krunegard
Trans-Siberian Orchestra

Gets Christmas Off To A Rockin’ Start
Cotton Club Parade 2011

NY City Center and Jazz At LC Takes You Back to the Roaring Twenties
Music Won’t Let Him Go

Howard Fishman Returns To Dizzy’s
Koyaanisqatsi Comes to NYPhil

Celebrating the Philip Glass Score
Symphony For the Dance Floor
Another Earth Soundtrack

Fall On Your Sword’s Hypnotic Score
Cyrus Chestnut Trio Journeys To Jazz Standard

The Trio Will Perform From Their New CD
EXEGESIS to Host CD Release Concert
Summer Salon Series

Martha Wainwright to Perform Two Shows
Mostly Mozart: Week Three

A Week of Rarity, Beauty, and the Latest Renditions of Original Works.
Genre Buster

Jeremy Udden’s Plainville Stirs Things Up
Growing Up Isn’t All That Bad

Roswell Rudd’s Latest Album
Ty Stephens And SoulJaazz

Birdland Presents Funky Jazz And R&B
Summertime Classics

New York Phil Lights It Up For Summer
Rufus Wainwright and Prima Donna

Presented By NYC Opera
Tom Judson Kicks Off 20th Annual HOT! Festival

Hosted By Dixon Place
Alice Smith at Highline Ballroom

Part of the Blue Note Jazz Festival
Bassist Ben Williams

Celebrates Release of Debut Album at Harlem Stage
Be Bepop Da Da Da Doo-Wop

Kenny Garrett’s Jazz/Bebop Quartet At Dizzy’s
Adam Kolker Reflects

Assembling A Jazz Ensemble With A Personal Touch.
Tape Deck Mountain Sparkles

Knitting Factory/Brooklyn Presents West Coast Band
Madeleine Peyroux

At Blue Note Jazz Festival
Unifying One’s Voice With One’s Music

Stan Killian releases his album entitled, Unified
Victory!

JD Allen III Returns in Style
To Choose or Not to Choose

The Choice, Diego Barber Releases Album Combining Jazz and Classical
Motown in Central Park

The New York Pops Presents Motown Meets NYC
A Case of the Texas Blues

Jazz at Lincoln Center Presents Jimmie Vaughan and friends.
How Wild the Wind

Jazz Artist Esperanza Spalding Appears at the Iridium Jazz Club
CD Release Party at City Winery

Guthrie and Irion Celebrate The Release of Bright Examples
EASilence

Abrons Arts Center Presents This Eclectic Sound
Your Neighborhood Rock Review

The Knitting Factory Presents Your New Local Bands
Underdogs and Thundercats

Tin Pan to Host Dual CD Release Party at Joe’s Pub
Oh How Cunning!

New York Phil Presents A Visionary Forest Opera, The Cunning Little Vixen
‘Fearless’ Joe

Saxophonist Joe Lovano and Ensemble Performs In Big Apple
Hail to The Captain

Jazz pianist Orrin Evans and The Captain Black Big Band to perform at Dizzy’s
Come Fly With Me

“The Ambassador” Honors “The Voice”
Flying High

Diana Jones Presents Her High Atmosphere At Joe’s Pub
Legendary J-Techno Pop Band – Hikashu

Japan Society Presents Hikashu and Singer Shinorer
Proof that Music Ain’t Dead

Ben Sollee Releases His New CD – Inclusions
Lost or Found?

Gretchen Parlato Sings From Her New CD at Jazz Standard
Cruzing Along

Adam Cruz releases his new CD- Milestone.
Welcome Home Dion Roy

Namibian-born singer Dion Roy releases his new album
Warpaint’s The Fool

Bowery Ballroom presents the all-girl quartet
That Thing You Do

Singer Songwriter, Mike Viola Appearing at Joe’s Pub
Bird With Strings

Lincoln Center Jazz celebrates Bird’s infamous album
Judy Garland-Carnegie Hall-Relived

NY Pops Honors 50th Anniversary Judy Garland Concert
Hungarian Echoes

NY Phil presents a philharmonic festival conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen
Beat the Monday Blues

Mondays at the Village Vanguard still unbeatable
Brandford Marsalis at the NY Phil

NY Phil presents, Andrey Boreyko and Branford Marsalis to perform works by Haydn, Glazunov, Schulhoff and Strauss.
A Swinging Valentine’s Day

Dizzy’s Club welcomes Freddy Cole
Trails of Tears

Trumpeter Jacques Coursil is back with his new cd release, Trails of Tears.
Doc Severinsen and His Rhythm of Life

The NY Pops presents Severinsen and Gutierrez at Carnegie Hall
Davell Crawford and The Davell Crawford Singers

The Prince of New Orleans comes to The Jazz Standard.
God’s Trombones

Harlem Stages presents Craig Harris’ interpretation of the classic collection of poems.
Holiday Swinging at Birdland
Martin Sexton Plays Santa
Red Hot Holiday Stomp!

Christmas music cocktail with a New Orleans twist.
Sing, Sing, Sing

A list of choral performances around the city this season
Rufus Wainwright at Carnegie Hall
The Orpheus Orchestra Illuminates Soprano Kate Royal
Monk in Motion’s Three C’s

Tribeca Performing Arts Center host this year’s new voices of jazz.
Peter Bernstein Quartet at Jazz Standard
Paula West at Feinstein’s

The Great American Songbook has never sounded as captivating.
Amos Lee
Adele

Rolling in the Deep
Crystal Bowersox

A Farmer’s Daughter
Lee Fields

Pouring his grunts and screams over a legacy of funk
Kate Nash

My Best Friend Is You
Black Dub

Daniel Lanois’ new band, new cd, new tour.
NY Phil’s Contact

Magnus Lindberg writes Souvenir as a remembrance of Gérard Grisey
Interview: Wreckless Eric

The “Donovan of Trash” talks Mick Jagger, cover versions and taking the K.A.S.H. in the music industry
Fourteen Years in the Making

AfroCubism at Town Hall tonight
Cara Quici: The New Lady Gaga

Encore chats with the dancehall princess
Everything You Need to Know About Guided by Voices, In a Single Photo

Taken last night during the band’s show at Terminal 5
Do You Remember the First Time?

When it comes to Pulp, I will—assuming they play NYC!
Brooklyn Bowl’s Brunch After Dark Series

Featuring good bands, but no brunch?
Theoretical Boys (and Two Girls)

Recap of a panel discussion about NYC’s art scene from 1978-1983
Still Dandy After All These Years

The Dandy Warhols play at the Knitting Factory tonight
Best Music Writing 2010

Featured in the best new music journalism collection of 2010
A Maybe Secret Show

With the Black Lips at a small venue in Brooklyn
Review: Eve 6, Mercury Lounge, Nov. 1

Here’s to the night they played in NYC for the first time in awhile
Theoretical Music: No Wave, New Music and the New York Art Scene, 1978-1983

Including film screenings, panels and a concert
Greil, Bob and the Book of Articles

Author Greil Marcus talks about Dylan in Williamsburg tonight
Five Best Songs About November

And what the song says about November
Seven Days, Seven Shows

The concerts to see from November 1-7
Brooklyn’s Likeness to Lila Performs at Tribeca PAC

On November 12, at 8 p.m.
From Angel to Zombie: A Halloween Song for Every Letter of the Alphabet

The only time you’ll see Meat Loaf and XTC together
Five Concerts to See This Weekend

Including Frightened Rabbit and cover bands galore!
White Light, White Heat

Meredith Monk begins the White Light Festival with a free show
All Our Friends Are in New York

Including Stephin Merritt, DJ’ing tonight at Other Music
How Taylor Swift Can Make History This Week

And join the ranks of Eminem, 50 Cent and *NSYNC
Interview: Eve 6′s Max Collins

The group’s vocalist talks to us about their upcoming NYC shows
Five Best…Songs Mentioning the Walkman

We still can’t believe it’s gone—or that it was even still around
Lincoln Center’s American Songbook Series

With the Low Anthem, Mary Chapin Carpenter and more
Five Best…CMJ Performances

Including Yo La Tengo, Screaming Females and more
Seven Days, Seven Shows

The concerts to see October 25-October 31
Photos: S. Carey, Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr., Wild Nothing, Titus Andronicus, Reggie Watts and Marnie Stern

Saturday’s Brooklyn Vegan/Converse Showcase at Public Assembly
A Concert for Every Hour of CMJ, Day 5 (Last Day!)

The shows to see on October 23
Spark of Being

A movie/music collaboration from Bill Morrison and Dave Douglas
Interview: Lia Ices

The “pristinely strange” singer talks about her new album and working with Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon
Photos: Brooklyn Vegan Showcase at Music Hall of Williamsburg

Featuring Young Man, Suuns, Screaming Females, the Blow and the Pains of Being Pure at Heart
A Concert for Every Hour of CMJ, Day 4

The shows to see on October 22
A Concert for Every Hour of CMJ, Day 3

The shows to see on October 21
Interview: Shawn Fogel

Golden Bloom and Neutral Uke Hotel frontman talks about the ukulele, Jeff Mangum and the follow-up to Fan the Flames
My Favorite Press Release of the Day

And it involves both Joanna Newsom and The Simpsons
A Concert for Every Hour of CMJ, Day 2

The shows to see on October 20
Interview: Marnie Stern

Seven CMJ shows, seven times she’ll blow your mind
A Concert for Every Hour of CMJ, Day 1

The shows to see on 10/19
Pains of Needing a New Album

New album in March, new tour now
Photos: Levon Helm’s Midnight Ramble

Featuring the Levon Helm Band and My Morning Jacket
Forever In Our Lives

Prince announces new concert series
The Concerts to See This Weekend

Dead Kennedys, Dark Dark Dark and other “d”-named bands
About an Author and Musician, Pt. II

Ben Folds and Nick Hornby perform (for free) tonight
Five Best…Artists from Staten Island

And no, Lady Gaga doesn’t count
Boom Town

Lyle Owerko’s new photo series on the boombox
Get On the Stage to Sing and Play

Bob Dylan plays Terminal 5 in November
Interview: Marshall LaCount of Dark Dark Dark

We talk about CMJ and the accordion
Springsteen at His Finest

The best live songs from Darkness on the Edge of Town
Photos: The Vaselines at Webster Hall

You haven’t lived until you’ve heard “Dying for It” live
Photos: Belle & Sebastian in Brooklyn

The lovable tweesters play the Williamsburg Waterfront
God Help the Girls

Or, the many muses of Stuart Murdoch
Five Best…Bands/Artists from Scotland

Including Jack Bruce and the Vaselines
Photos from Last Night’s Teenage Fanclub and the Clean Concert

Get on the bandwagon(esque) before Thursday’s Waterfront show
About an Author and Musician

Ben Folds and Nick Hornby co-headline benefit for Housing Works
Photos from Virgin Mobile FreeFest

Feat. LCD Soundsystem, Pavement, Joan Jett and more
Seven Days, Seven Shows

The concerts to see from Sept. 27-Oct. 3
Photos: Pavement at Central Park

The penultimate show of the band’s New York tour
Interview: Elizabeth Cauley

Listening to 1,001 albums over 1,001 days
The Beautiful Music of Ping Pong Balls, Chocola and Wine Glasses

All this (and more!) at NY Phil’s Kraft
Photos from Last Night’s Yeah Yeah Yeahs Show

Karen O, Nick and Brian play loud, “Modern Romance”
Levon Helm: One of the Greats

And he’s playing at the Beacon in November
Six Days, Six Shows

The concerts to see from Sept. 21-26
30th Annual John Lennon Tribute

Celebrate the life of the songwriter at the Beacon
The Extra Lens On Tour

And the fascinating careers of its two frontmen
Beyond Our Boroughs

Virgin Mobile FreeFest 2010
The Week of Superchunk

They’re back with a new album, and better than ever
Spring Awakening Star Releases New CD

Lauren Pritchard’s Wasted in Jackson comes out on Sept. 21
Yo La Tengo Save Hanukkah

The band will perform their holiday residency after taking a year off
Wanna See Jay-Z and Eminem Tonight?

It’ll cost you
Five More Band Reunions That Need to Happen (Minus the Smiths)

Pavement and the Vaselines are just the beginning
The Walkmen Return to NYC

Band releases Lisbon, play Terminal 5 in December
Broadway’s Christopher Fitzgerald at Birdland Tonight

An evening of silliness, sentiment and songs
Musical Suppers

Five post-NY Philharmonic meals from world-renowned chefs
Seven Days, Seven Shows

Concerts to see the week of September 13-19
Have an Ice-T Day

The rapper-turned-fake detective performs tonight at the Knitting Factory
A Little Island Music

Multi-Grammy winning performers Ziggy Marley and Toni Braxton perform at the 15th Annual Bermuda Music Festival
The Great Rock ‘n’ Roll Swindle

Why Fashion’s Night Out and rock ‘n’ roll shouldn’t mix
Tribute Band of the Week

Erotic City purify themselves in the world of Prince
Music from Border Towns

HERE presents Border Towns from Nick Brooke/The Cabinet
Hear Joseph Gordon-Levitt Sing “Bad Romance”

Plus Madonna, Bob Dylan, Pixies and more
So, About That Free Show?

Still waiting to hear from you, M.I.A.
Peak Performances at Montclair

From contemporary chamber music to the Shanghai Quartet
Forty Things We Loved about All Tomorrow’s Parties

The country’s best music festival? Quite possibly.
Six Days, Six Shows: Sept. 6-12

The concerts to see this week
Tribute Band of the Week

Black Dog covers Zeppelin
Exploding with Excitement

This weekend is ATP NY with performances from many great bands, including Explosions in the Sky
Bambi Kino Recreate the Beatles’ 1960 Set

Before they were famous, they played in a tiny club in Hamburg, Germany
Built to Spill…on a Boat!

A mix to get you ready for tonight’s show
New York Philharmonic Ensembles

Purchase tickets for intimate and unforgettable performances
Five Best September Songs

The ninth month has been the inspiration for some great tunes
Be Careful

Eric Lindley bring his electronic folk sound back to NYC
Our Favorite Guy/Girl Groups

In honor of Jenny and Johnny’s album, I’m Having Fun Now
Five Songs That We (Well, I) Take Granted

Let’s never forget the greatness of “Like a Rolling Stone”
Original Cast Returns to Our Sinatra for Two Weeks

The musical celebration at the Oak Room contains more than 50 classic songs by Ol’ Blue Eyes
Ten Shows to See in September

From Built to Spill to Superchunk to Belle & Sebastian
The Confusing Career of Thurston Moore

Sonic Youth-frontman plays with White Out, just one of 1,325 side project groups
Can You Be Back If You Never Left?

Apparently, in the case of one boy band, yes
Classic ’80s Albums, Cathyland-ized

Blondie, the Police and Pat Benatar at Le Poisson Rouge, sort of
Tribute Band of the Week

KISSNATION covers KISS
Sufjan. Album. New

First full-length since 2005′s Illinois
So Much Cooler Than Seventy-Six Trombones

Boredoms’ performance with 77 drummers to be released on DVD
Got to Be There

Spike Lee hosts “Brooklyn Loves Michael Jackson Annual Birthday Party”
Seven Days, Seven Shows

The concerts to see from August 23-29
Leon Russell Will Play a Song for You

Specifically at the Highline Ballroom this Saturday
Tribute Band of the Week

The Sons & Heirs cover the Smiths
The Vaselines Return with New Album, Tour

The influential group releases their first album in 21 years
Musical Bucket List

The concerts you’d sell your first child for
Five Famous Concert Riots

Tila Tequila, you are not alone
Photos from Solid Sound Festival

Featuring Wilco, Mavis Staples, On Fillmore and more
Seven Days, Seven Shows

The concerts to see from August 16-22
The One and Only Mavis Staples

Five songs you need to hear before this weekend’s Solid Sound Festival
Interview with Martin Courtney of Real Estate

The frontman talks about touring Europe and playing in basements
Opening Night

Alan Gilbert to launch the New York Philharmonic’s 169th season
Merge Records’ Five Most Important Releases

From Superchunk to the Billboard-topping Arcade Fire
I’m on a Boat, Listening to Music

Rock Off’s Concert Cruises bring rock ‘n’ roll to the water

Woah: Weezer Puts Hurley on Cover of New Album

Plus seven rejected cover ideas, including a fellow Lost-mate
Sufjan Stevens Announces 2010 Tour Dates

Including two shows at NYC’s Beacon Theatre
Seven Days, Seven Shows

The concerts to see from August 9-15
Randy Weston Rides Again

Apollo Theater and BMCC Performing Arts Center celebrate the jazz great’s career
Better Than Standard

Standard Fare play their first NYC show tonight at Don Hill’s
Osheaga, Day 2

Featuring the Gaslight Anthem, the Black Keys, the Morning Benders, Sonic Youth and Weezer
Welcome to The Suburbs

The best first three albums, including Arcade Fire’s trilogy
Our Favorite Harpist

Joanna Newsom to play Carnegie Hall in November
Osheaga, Day 1

What we saw during our trip to Montreal’s premiere music festival
The Song’s Legacy Goes On and On and On and On

Twenty-nine years later, “Don’t Stop Believin’” has become the world’s biggest cross-format song of all-time
Interview with Peter Bauer of the Walkmen

He talks to us about making a new album, the capital of Portugal and the difficulties of performing at 1 p.m.
$10 Concert Tickets

Discount prices for PNC Bank Arts Center and Jones Beach
Channeling Chilton

Pay your respects to the Big Star singer tonight at City Winery
Back in Brooklyn, Where They Belong

Photo’s from last night’s National and Beach House show
No Longer Mistaken for Strangers

Brooklyn’s best band, the National, playing at Prospect Park
Review of Hard NYC

Die Antwoord steals the show, M.I.A. disappoints
Seven Days, Seven Shows

The concerts to see from July 26-August 1
At Their Best? Not So Much

Review of Best Coast’s show at the South Street Seaport
Clearning Up Their Mess

City Winery hosts “Reclaim the Coast: Oil Spill Benefit”
Dance to Your Favorite Old School Video Games

“Chiptunes Dance Party” at The Brick Theater
A Live Album to Be Heard Live

Harry Connick, Jr. in Concert on Broadway
Edgard Varèse’s Revolution, In Two Parts

“Varèse: (R)evolution” at the Lincoln Center Festival
It’s Day’s Night

Spencer Day at Joe’s Pub
Seven Days, Seven Shows

The concerts to see from July 19-25
A+ for Minus the Bear

Review of their recent Webster Hall show
Two-For-One Saturday

Afternoon, Siren Festival; Evening, We Are Scientists
Glenn Kotche

Interview with the percussionist for Wilco and On Fillmore
East, Meet West. West, Meet East

Shanghai Symphony Orchestra and New York Philharmonic play together for the first time on the Great Lawn
Seven Days, Seven Shows

What concerts to see from July 12-18
Cover Me (But No Dark Side!)

Five song-by-song album remakes
A Sixteen Hour Journey

Waiting in line to see Lady Gaga on Today
Get Hard NYC (No, Not in That Way)

M.I.A, Sleigh Bells and others perform at Hard NYC
Encore’s Ten Favorite Albums of 2010, So Far

We reserve the right to change our minds once the new Arcade Fire and Radiohead records are released
Seven Days, Seven Shows

What concerts to see from July 5-11
Jazz That Doesn’t Lurk in the Shadows

Brent Canter Trio on the cutting edge
Deep Feelies Fascination

The all-time great Feelies are playing Maxwell’s
The Youthful Sound of Ethel

Quartet releases new album, has upcoming Lincoln Center show
Kooper, You Did It Again

The Al Kooper Rockabilly Trio at City Winery
Gee’s Midnight Swing

George Gee kicks off Midsummer Night Swing
Seven Days, Seven Shows

What concerts to see from June 28-July 4
And the Livin’ is Evolutionary

New York Philharmonic presents “Summertime Classics”
Read ’Em and Rock

A collaboration between musician and writer
Passion of the Pit

Concert review of Passion Pit, Tokyo Police Club and Brahms
The Bearded Baby

Go see Baby Gramps at Brooklyn’s Zebulon
The New Blues

Greenwood play straight-up rock ‘n’ roll at the National Underground
Let the People Hear Mingus’s Music

How the jazz great’s wife keeps his legacy alive
Three’s Company

A look (and listen) at the John Butler Trio
Meredith Monk: Inner Voice

A film by Babeth M. VanLoo
SummerStage Over the Past 25 Years

An interview with the executive director of City Parks Foundation David Rivel
A Convenient Truth

Interview with Kings of Convenience
It’s Alright, Ma (I’m Only Glee’ing)

Review of Glee Live! at Radio City Music Hall
Isle of Indie Dance

Yeasayer at Governor’s Island
Recession Era Blues

Roky Erickson’s triumphant return
Haunted Graffiti and R. Stevie Moore at the Mercury Lounge

An Ariel Pink Concert Review
Haitian Drums Meet Frankenstein Violin?

Daniel Bernard Roumain on his new album
A Project You’ll Beg Your Boss For

The Gotan Project blends styles to impress audiences
Beyond the Myth

Josh Ritter and the Royal City Band live in New York
Unfiltered

Encore exclusive interview with The Golden Filter
Bringing Back the Classics

Blues and Lasers at Brooklyn Bowl
Gloom and Satire Reaches the New York Philharmonic Stage

Alan Gilbert conducts Le Grand Macabre
They Came Out Of a Lady!

Rubblebucket’s new single and upcoming performances
Innovative Sounds

Encore exclusive interview with Mary Halvorson
Nikki at Night

Nikki Yanofsky bursts onto the scene
On the Road Again

Willie Nelson comes to NYC
Believe in Ghosts

Encore exclusive interview with The Scarlet Ending
Fats Waller Returns to New York

A new take on a classic jazz musician
Contemporary Composers

The New York Philharmonic’s CONTACT!
I Know What Girls Like

San Francisco-based Girl play Webster Hall
Discover ‘The King of Mambo’

The music of Tito Puente at Jazz at Lincoln Center
7-String Success

Charlie Hunter wows audiences
Great Music Dies Hard

A New Take on the Classic Cords of Django Reinhardt
Anchors Away!

April Smith and the Great Picture Show Making Waves
Madama Butterfly Spreads Her Wings This Spring

City Opera presents Puccini’s tale of catastrophic culture collision
Guitar Gods

Rodrigo y Gabriela bring musical skills to Radio City
Greatness Comes in Two’s

Pair of jazz giants play together
Muse Begins The Resistance

Muse brings new music, innovative sound to NYC
Out on His Own

Houston Person Quartet plays Jazz Standard
Braden-Rapp: Warm Expressions on a Cool Night

A review by Natasha Huang
Chill Out with Hot Music

Encore, St. Luke’s host exclusive party for readers
Man of the World

ALO releases new album
Album Celebration

Jeremy Pelt Quintet celebrates new album at Jazz Standard
Ladysmith Black Mambazo

South Africa’s cultural ambassadors arrive
Dance, Rhythm and Rhyme

The Beats of NYC bring cultural profusion
The Planets – An HD Odyssey

Houston Symphony, film at Carnegie Hall
Flight Crew

Leaderless Fly plays Jazz Standard
Celtic Woman Delivers Big

Musical super group plays NYC
Winter Festival: Beethoven Cycles

Chamber Music Society presents six concerts in February
David Jo Solo Provides Protection From the Cold

David Johansen at City Winery
David Hidalgo and Louie Perez of Los Lobos

Bandmates present songs and stories at SOPAC
George Coleman Quartet Still Fresh

Historic Saxophonist plays Jazz Standard
Peter Frampton and Denis Leary Play Benefit

John Varvatos hosts concert for Road Recovery
globalFEST 2010

Webster Hall’s world music mash-up
Listen up! The Dutchess and The Duke demand your attention

The Seattle duo returns to the scene of their appearance at CMJ and they don’t take kindly to a bunch of audience chitchat.
Christmas with Il Divo and Special Guest Kristin Chenoweth

International super group plays New York
The Christmas Story

The Waverly Consort at The Cloisters
Neon Indian “Strikes” in Williamsburg

The latest Brooklyn music phenom plays a pre-holiday show at Williamsburg’s “roomy” Brooklyn Bowl
Piano Man

Kenny Barron quintet plays Jazz Standard
Hail the Regal Rage

The Royal Family New Year’s Ball
A Fitting Tribute

Steve Wilson does Joe Zawinul at Jazz Standard
Nuevo Tango

Tango Meets Jazz festival comes to Jazz Standard
New Music Makes CONTACT

New York Philharmonic plays The Met
The Manhattan Transfer Holiday Concert

A New York christmas
Cream of the Crop

Met states impressive concert
The Flamenco Side of Kind of Blue

Chano Dominguez concert at Jazz Standard
SOPAC presents A Chanticleer Christmas

Christmas caroling
The Problem with Being a Folk Singer from Texas

Lyle Lovett live at the Beacon Theatre
Clear Your Lenses

An experiment in sound you have to see to hear
The Legendary Pixies on Tour

The alternative rock band celebrate the 20th anniversary of their landmark Doolittle album
A Celebration in Three Acts

The Nativity Triptych comes to Carnegie Hall
Chico Hamilton Celebrates Milestone

Jazz legend throws birthday party with fans at Le Poisson Rouge
Barry Harris at the Jazz Standard

The bebop jazz pianist and educator has spent a lifetime preserving the classicist jazz persuasion
The Flaming Lips Curate a Wild All Tomorrow’s Parties 2009

The legendary DIY festival returns to the Catskills again this month
Titillating Tales

An interview with jazz trumpeter Mark Rapp
Larry Willis at the Jazz Standard

The multitalented pianist brings various styles
Animal Collective at Celebrate Brooklyn

Brooklyn band tops NME’s “Future 50” and headlines in their own backyard
The Pool Party Lives On in Williamsburg

Jelly NYC moves its free Sunday shows from McCarren Pool to the North Side waterfront and the quality lineup follows
Chico Hamilton at Dizzy’s

The famed percussionist and band-leader is still working diligently to promote jazz music
In With the Old and the New

Seventies rock standards reborn on the revitalized Jersey Shore
Depeche Mode is Back in Fashion

Thirty years later the electronic group is still going strong
Ernestine Anderson at the Jazz Standard

Critically acclaimed jazz singer brings her vocal prowess to the Big Apple
New Twist on Old Songs

Freddy Cole Quartet plays the Jazz Standard
A Night of New York Greatness

The New York Philharmonic is takin’ it to the parks
Big Easy Musician Visits Big Apple

Trumpet great Terence Blanchard plays the Jazz Standard
Enigmatic Vibraphonist Comes Home

Stefon Harris & Blackout play the Jazz Standard
Bob Dylan at Bethel Woods

The legendary singer makes up for his absence at Woodstock ’69
Forty Years After Woodstock

The famous festival still brings good music to Sullivan County
Summer Sounds From All Around

Central Park and Prospect Park host a slew of summer music
MGMT at Celebrate Brooklyn

The indie rock band brings its infectious melodies to Prospect Park
The 2009 Seaport Music Festival

This outdoor music event offers a dazzling NYC downtown harbor view
Renowned Jazz Organist to Play at the Jazz Standard

Joey DeFrancesco brings tour to NYC
Andrew Bird Spreads His Wings

The master of spontaneity is expanding the appeal of his sound and filling more seats
David Byrne at Celebrate Brooklyn

Ex-Talking Head will open the 2009 Celebrate Brooklyn season
Following the Sound

Sharon Little headlines the Gloucester County Summer Music Series
An Experimental Make-Under at Carnegie Hall

Band of Horses ushers in summer with their fresh, lush sound
Chris Morrissey Channels His Way to the Top
X the Band at Bowery Ballroom

Legendary Los Angeles punk band is back by popular request
Clarinet Cool

Jazz at Lincoln Center’s tribute to the king of swing
The Sky is the Limit

Kat Edmonson makes her first Northeast appearance
Hopeless Romantics

St. Luke’s Chamber Ensemble performs the music of Robert Schumann, Clara Schumann, and Johannes Brahms
A Modern Classic

Bonnie “Prince” Billy at the Apollo
Chris Smither at the Rubin

Folk-blues veteran rocks the Rubin Museum’s K2 Lounge
Etta James at B.B. King Blues Club

Soul’s bad girl trashes Beyonce…and it’s about time
Leonard Cohen Comes Down from the Mountaintop

Recent Buddhist disciple entertains, pays some bills
Jamie Leonhart at Le Poisson Rouge

The sharp-witted chanteuse continues to develop as an artist
Leslie Mendelson at the Abrons

New album marks the young artist as an effortlessly charismatic performer
She Is Neko, Hear Her Roar

Artist showcases ever-maturing songwriting style at Nokia
Flight of the Conchords

Kiwi masters of deadpan hipster misadventure play Radio City
A Big Night Out in Montclair

New Jersey’s Wellmont Theatre is an entertainment force to be reckoned with
Rumors

Fleetwood Mac, poster children for 70s excess, tour greatest hits
Bloc Party

It’s always a party at U.K. rockers’ shows
St. Patrick’s Day with the Pogues

Skip the parade and spend the holiday in…style?
The Black Keys Channel Ike Turner

Expect the same notorious live performances, plus a handful of new tunes written for Tina’s late ex
Rufus Wainwright, Boy Genius

If his latest pop releases didn’t impress you, check out his opera chops
Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings

No matter what your relationship status, this band is playing your song
Antony and the Johnsons

Frontman Antony Hegarty brings his artistic integrity, and man-child sensibility, to Town Hall
Smells Like Brooklyn Spirit

BAM’s annual music fest focuses on internationally infamous local scene
The Prodigal Tenor Returns

Placido Domingo reprises the role he debuted with 40 years ago
Kings of Rock

Kings of Leon settles for superstardom with new U.S. tour
It’s Her Party: Four Decades of Meredith Monk

Underground music’s matriarch throws herself a live retrospective at the Whitney
The Man in Black Is Back…Again

A look at the latest Cash CD and DVD releases, not all of which are worth the bling
Celebrate the New Year with My Morning Jacket’s Jim James

My Morning Jacket is one of the endless options for ringing in 2009 in the frozen apple
The Next Generation of Experimental Pop

Classically trained Shara Worden brings her layered compositions and avant-garde sensibility to Le Poisson Rouge
Neil Young Plays Santa

Prolific songwriter and seasoned performer brings his “gift” to MSG
Aimee Mann’s 3rd Annual Christmas Variety Show

Former ’Til Tuesday singer has your Christmas plans all wrapped up
New Blood for John Pugh

Former !!! member founds dance-mix-friendly Free Blood
Girl Talk Is Inspired, Jarring Samples

Generation attention deficit disorder has a new pied piper
Broadway Unplugged

Blockbuster stars light up Dark Monday
Rock Is for the Living

Former Beach Boy survived the ’60s, psychotherapy and an abusive childhood—yet Brian Wilson’s latest will still make you smile
Saturdays=Youth

M83’s latest captures excitement and emotions of adolescence
Reclusive Electro Pop

Germany’s Notwist are back on the road with a new album
Beck Bounces United Palace Theatre

The Danger Mouse produced Modern Guilt proves America’s favorite “loser” is still relevant
Smashing Pumpkins at the United Palace Theatre

Well, Billy Corgan and Jimmy Chamberlin at the United Palace Theatre
Art Rock History 101 with New Jersey’s The Feelies

The band that shaped the indie sound is back, and playing better than ever
Siren’s Song

Israeli performer’s work is the perfect introspective sound track for autumn
My Bloody Valentine to Curate Mountain Music Fest

This ain’t your father’s Borscht Belt
Willie Nelson: America’s Songwriter

Still riding high (in the saddle) at Radio City Music Hall
The Benevento-Russo Duo

Childhood buddies Joe Russo and Marco Benevento bring their jammy-jazz devout rock worship to Spiegelworld
Panic at the Old-World Disco
Interview with NYC Music Impresario George Steel

On the 20th anniversary of Columbia’s Miller Theatre, the executive director heads west to helm the Dallas Opera
Interview with Cut Copy’s Dan Whitford

The band’s second album, In Ghost Colours, proves that the new dance hall sound comes from a land down under
Bob Dylan Is the New James Brown
All Points West Puts NYC on Music Fest Map
Dean & Britta Take Manhattan
Indie Rock Out with Your Cause Out in Central Park
Wilco at the Pool